April 2009
omg TimeSync is Live now, join the chat, bitch, question, http://ping.fm/6M3O2
March 2009
TimeSync Live episode 018 in about an hour.
RT @sarasioux: @vocino Saw this site and thought of you. Maybe you should partner. http://ping.fm/0w0Pb
Clay Shirky correctly pointed out it’s not newspapers we need, but journalism.
Reading about Gaia Framework for Flash, http://ping.fm/3F9Z4 — pretty kick ass.
Why Parachutists Die →
What makes parachuting dangerous? It might be thought that it is the risk that the parachute won’t open, but in a dissertation he is defending at Umeå University in Sweden, Anton Westman shows that…
The Intelligent Design Zoo presents: http://is.gd/pMiI
RT @estarla: @biz Twitter replies are now mentions! http://ping.fm/3KTBk
I find myself making Twitter backgrounds for people a lot. Maybe I should charge—still can’t believe people pay for that.
Argh, can’t save new Twitter background. Keep getting sad robots.
Interesting flash game, use your gaming logic: http://is.gd/pIro
Stem Cells To Grow Bigger Breasts →
A STEM cell therapy offering “natural” breast enlargement is to be made available to British women for the first time. The treatment could boost cup size while reducing stomach fat. It involves…
Shampoo in water triggers growth of drug-resistant... →
Fabric softeners, disinfectants, shampoos and other household products are spreading drug-resistant bacteria around Britain, scientists have warned. Detergents used in factories and mills are also…
World’s Top 10 Fastest Electric Cars [Pics +... →
After re-discovering a 1972 electric datsun that can accelerate from 0-60 in 3 seconds, we decided that an important question hadn’t really been answered yet: how do the electric cars we’ve been…
How to Defend the Earth Against an Asteroid Strike →
In troubled economic times, it’s often hard to convince the government to fund space science. Heck, at least fruit flies live on our planet. But there’s one field of research that the public should…
World’s First Successful ViKY Robot-assisted... →
This month Fox Chase Cancer Center performed the world’s first successful minimally invasive distal pancreatectomy using the ViKY® system’s revolutionary robotic, compact laparoscope holder. The…
Vince the ShamWow guy was arrested for hitting a hooker in Miami. What has the world come to if we can’t even look up to the ShamWow guy?!
#followfriday love for @3eighteenmedia for guest hosting this week’s @timesynclive
Well-Preserved Fossil Casts Light on Evolution of... →
The earliest known and well-preserved bony fish has been found in southern China. The fossil of a Guiyu oneiros, described in this week’s Nature journal, sheds light on the evolutionary history of…
Does US Have the 'Right Stuff' to Land an... →
It only took eight years for JFK’s dream to land a man on the moon to be fulfilled, but plans to to land a man on is going to take just that little bit longer -24 years to be exact, but at least we…
An Impending Crisis? How Peak Water Would Alter... →
If you think peak oil is a big deal, then just wait until the peak water crisis is in full swing. Experts say that in many areas aquifers and rivers are starting to run dry as human consumption and…
Gene Exchange Common Among Sex-manipulating... →
Certain bacteria have learned to manipulate the proportion of females and males in insect populations. Researchers have mapped the entire genome of a bacterium that infects a close relative of the…
Spacetime May Have Fractal Properties on a Quantum... →
Usually, we think of spacetime as being four-dimensional, with three dimensions of space and one dimension of time. However, this Euclidean perspective is just one of many possible multi-dimensional…
My old (awesomely short) icq number got hacked apparently.
Iran considering the death penalty for ‘offensive’... →
In the past it has been applied to rape, adultery, drug-related offenses, and homosexual behavior. Iran now wants to introduce the death penalty for bloggers who write about and promote illegal…
Rumor: A Fifth Blizzard Game in the works →
A 5th Blizzard game is in their early development stage. Paul Sam has hinted at 2 new IPs, one which was announced as the “Next-Gen MMO” and now another secret game.
Every web app is Twitter now. Is there anything left without their own status update thing anymore?
I love how every science article that allows comments automatically becomes a debate forum for theists claiming ownership of the ideas.
Finally home after a very long day of meetings and running around.
Created a new fancy listen page for TSL, http://ping.fm/6M3O2
I Hate Dane Cook →
That is all.
Become a fan of the TimeSync Live facebook page: http://ping.fm/tlMYV
Marked 12/23/2012 in Google Calendar with “Make fun of 2012 idiots without compunction.”
All the cool kids are in love with Cylons
I need a guest host for this Tuesday’s TimeSyncLive.com podcast. Anyone interested?
Creationist (heh) Master of Science (haha) degree... →
A Texas state Representative who — you might want to sit down, or maybe even lie on the floor as you read this — wants the Institute for Creation Research to be able to grant Master of Science…
Scenes from 30,000 meters above (PIC) →
The Meteotek08 team has collected their images and data on both their blog and flickr page, and has kindly given me permission to share these photos here with you.
Cellular Lego Animations | Popular Science →
Very cool animations!!
Scientists Discover Promiscuous Antibody that... →
Researchers have challenged an old immunological dogma — that an antibody can bind to only a single target or antigen — by engineering an antibody to bind tightly to two distinct proteins.
Finally back from a long commute to meetings.
#fridayfollow @merylkevans @drsuzy @SamLawrence @sashagrey
Spectacular photo of underwater volcano eruption →
South Pacific, near Tonga
Starting from square one after losing a PSD to a crash. Crazy awesome automated S3 backup system now in place.
For the record, @ScreenFlow saved the day and I love them again. Btw, best screencasting software available.
13 firms receiving bailouts owe back taxes →
At least 13 firms receiving billions of dollars in bailout money owe a total of more than $220 million in unpaid federal taxes, a key lawmaker said Thursday. Rep. John Lewis, chairman of a House…
Dear Screenflow, you suck for not offering an upgrade purchase option. That is all.
Note to self: Don’t ask for random people to msg you unless you like getting flooded.
Anyone with a jabber/Gtalk account want to test my Google Apps/Domain by msg’ing travis(at)vocino.com?
The Intellectual Dishonesty Is Astounding →
The ability to understand intricate cellular processes comes with a certain amount intellect; the ability to understand science and the methods contained therein yet hold to a 6000yr old universe is…
Scenes from the recession (PICS) →
The state of our global economy: foreclosures, evictions, bankruptcies, layoffs, abandoned projects, and the people and industries caught in the middle. It can be difficult to capture financial…