Archive for June, 2008

Hey, Man, Shrooms Are Good for You

Science is catching up to what devotees have known for years: the effects of hallucinogenic mushrooms can be positive and far reaching. But the researchers also include a caveat: Don’t try this at home.
Original post by Associated Press

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Google, Yahoo to search inside Flash files

Adobe has made it possible for Google and Yahoo’s search engines to index the content inside Flash media files.
Original post by Associated Press

Nikon unveils the 12.1 megapixel D700 digital SLR

Nikon introduced a new 12.1 megapixel digital SLR aimed at advanced and professional photographers.
Original post by Associated Press

Playlist: Spaced Out Architecture, Troll 2 Fest, Futurama DVD

: Through hundreds of groovy photos, Alastair Gordon’s book explores the tripped-out buildings of the age of Aquarius. This history of hippie homes chronicles the rise of architecture inspired, in some cases, by LSD: geodesic domes, DIY crash pads, and counterculture communes, among others. Spaced Out shows how ambitiously experimental, hallucinogenically colorful, and at times […]

How to See 93 Million Miles: Plan a Trip to a Total Solar Eclipse

A total solar eclipse will cut a swath of shadow through Greenland, the Arctic, Russia, Mongolia and China on August 1. And thousands of people will travel to remote locations just to stand in the dark for three minutes — and maybe perceive the vast size of the solar system.
Locations are rarely convenient, and planning […]

15th Anniversary: 5 Things Wired Pronounced Dead Prematurely

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Commercial Web publishing (April 1996) Online news sites everywhere respectfully disagree.
Web browsers (March 1997) Push media was about to supersede browsers. Or not. If we could push this claim from the archives, we would.
Online song swapping (December 2002) Kazaa? LimeWire? BitTorrent? D’oh!
Futurism (December 2003) Predicting the death of predictions? Niiiice.
Brands (november 2004) […]

150th Anniversary of Theory of Evolution

1858: The Linnaean Society of London listens to the reading of a composite paper on how natural selection accounts for the evolution and variety of species. The authors are Charles Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace. Modern biology is born.
Scientists of the time knew that evolution occurred. The fossil record showed evidence of life forms that […]

When the Band Hits the Fan: Musicians vs. Audience on YouTube

A video of Amy Winehouse singing her way through a series of punches directed at a fan during the Glastonbury music festival last weekend inspires us to stroll down YouTube’s seamier nooks and crannies, collecting clips of band-on-fan violence.
Original post by Listening Post

First Look: Intrepid Ibex Alpha Points to Ubuntu’s Mobile Future

The newest alpha release of Ubuntu Linux — codename Intrepid Ibex — shows enhancements aimed at improving performance on low-power devices like mobiles and mini-notebooks. In Webmonkey.
Original post by Webmonkey

AirPort Utility and Firmware updated

Apple released updates for its AirPort Utility software and Firmware fixing several bugs.
Original post by Danger Room