Oakfairy

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joilieder:

Spidercats in training.

This might very well be the world’s cutest and most awesome dog costumes ever. This was for this year’s Halloween.

Want to see what the owner did last year? Check it out.

OMG.

[Source: tomato_sauce on Reddit | Via]

[Source Business Cat – Happy Jar]

I slutet av 2012 introducerade ryska tillverkaren Yota Devices sin ovanliga mobil YotaPhone. Nu har företaget meddelat att uppföljaren YotaPhone 2 börjar säljas i Europa i december. Telefonen har dubbla skärmar: en på framsidan och en på baksidan.

Främre panelen skyddas av Corning Gorilla Glass 3 och är fem tum stor, med AMOLED-teknik och 1920 x 1080 pixlar. Det intressanta med YotaPhone 2 är att på baksidan sitter även en 4,7-tumsskärm med elektroniskt papper (960 x 540 pixlar).

Skärmen är av samma typ som är vanlig för exempelvis e-boksläsare. Bakre panelen är alltid på och kan visa väderinformation, tid och datum eller aviseringar. Om du är på utflykt och börjar få slut på batteri kan du välja att exempelvis lägga en permanent karta på bakre skärmen. Även skärmen av e-papper skyddas av Gorilla Glass 3.

Om endast e-pappersskärmen utnyttjas i ett särskilt läsarläge sägs YotaPhone 2 erbjuda fem dagars batteritid. Specifikationsbladet nämner Android 4.4, Snapdragon 800, 2GB RAM, 32GB lagring, en 8MP-kamera, främre 2,1MP-kamera och ett 2500mAh-batteri. Konstruktionen mäter 144,9 x 69,4 x 8,95mm och väger 145 gram.

I nuläget saknas definitiv information om svensk lansering, men Sverige går att ange som land i formuläret för de som vill få mejl när YotaPhone 2 blir tillgänglig. Priset verkar preliminärt ligga kring 495 euro.

Inlägget Dubbelskärmade YotaPhone 2 kommer i december dök först upp på Swedroid.

Update (Dec. 3, 2014 at 04:30 UTC): LIFTOFF! The launch went very well, and Hayabusa2 is, as I write this, on its way. It's in orbit, coasting for a little over an hour to get into position to reignite its second stage engine and head off to the asteroid 1999 JU3. I'll post another update when I hear more.

Update 2 (Dec. 3, 2014 at 14:00 UTC): Success! After its orbital cruise phase, the second stage reignited, setting Hayabusa2 on the path toward an asteroid rendezvous in 2018. Congratulations to everyone at JAXA and to asteroid scientists everywhere. Next update: 2015, for the Earth flyby. 

The Japanese space agency JAXA is scheduled to launch a very important mission tonight: The Hayabusa 2 space probe, set to visit the asteroid 1999 JU3. This is a very ambitious mission: It will land on the asteroid, collect samples, deploy three small rovers, and then send the samples back to Earth for study.

And that’s only part of the mission; you can read articles by Emily Lakdawalla at the Planetary Society and Paul Sutherland at Sen for more details.

JAXA will have a live webcast for the launch. (It also has channels on YouTube and Ustream.) I don’t know if other space agencies will carry it, but just in case here are the links for the ESA live feed and NASA’s Ustream channel. If I find out more, I’ll update this post.

Now if you want to watch, pay attention here: The launch is scheduled for 04:22 UTC on Dec. 3, which is 23:22 Eastern U.S. time tonight, Dec. 2. Living on a round planet can be confusing. Remember, launches are frequently delayed (this one already has been from an earlier scheduled date), so check the JAXA news page for updated information.

If you miss the launch, don’t worry overmuch. The asteroid rendezvous isn’t until June 2018 (with an Earth flyby to gain velocity in 2015), so there’s plenty of time to learn about this mission. If it goes as planned, it’ll be amazing.

femsplain:

"It’s Not Ebola, But It’s Something"

Now, that America is over its Ebola fever, at least according to CNN, FOX NEWS, or any other 24 hour news outlet…I feel comfortable committing my tale of hospital woes to beyond short anecdotes to friends and family.

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Weird how EBOLAmania pretty much ceased to exist on November 4th.

French graphic designer Damien Hypolite took it upon himself to travel accross Paris and match printouts of famous locations he took in “Assassin’s Creed: Unity” to their real world versions. As you’ll see, even though the game is set in 18th-century France, the “photos” still match up pretty well!

[Damien Hypolite | Via]

Mom Google is mostly for ‘that one YouTubes with the cute cat doing the funny thing’.

Artwork by Chris Gugliotti [webcomic | tumblr]

All new Frog Shorts over at Runt of the Web! Read it early, click here!

seanbonner:

cah:

The ad was very misleading.

Actually it’s about ethics in bullshit marketing.

blogdogz:

hangingoutwithdogs:

and we’re back.

BREAKING NEWS: Officials are still searching for where that fucking ball went. Sources say that they totally saw Jeff throw it so it has to be somewhere. We’ll keep you updated as events unfold.

(via Cartoon: Black and white)

Did someone just eat the primary buffer panel off my gorram ship?

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Jonesy’s first snow by Elizabeth Bouras [flickr]

magicalspacetaxi:

unexplained-events:

The President

The 3200 year old tree so massive that it had never been captured in a single image until recently.

This giant sequoia stands 247 feet tall and measures 45,000 cubic feet in volume. The trunk alone measures 27 feet and the branches hold 2 billion needles (more than any tree on the planet).

This picture took a team of photographers from Nat Geo, 32 days and stitching together 126 different photos to make.

SOURCE

i love redwoods because they are at the very limit of what the dynamics of capillary action allows to exist i’m glad an evolutionary niche exists for “THE BIGGEST FUCKIN TREE THAT CAN BE”

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4gifs:

Pigeon trolls cat. [video]

dukeofnod:

"No you fool!! You could fall!!"

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witchcraftandlizardry:

A little girl from work and a little orphan opossum.

edwardspoonhands:

It is very easy to get an indictment in a grand jury. There is no defense…only a prosecutor and the prosecutor can decide what evidence they present and which witnesses to call and whether to cross examine or not. For every 10,000 indictments, less than 1 does not proceed to court.

So when the verdict came back that Darren Wilson was not indicted, there were two possibilities. 

1. There was just something about the case that we didn’t know that made it very clear that no crime could possibly have been committed
2. That the prosecutor did not want to indict, which is the opposite of their job so this would indicate at least some level of corruption.

Since I’m old and unwilling to believe the worst about the world I wanted to wait and read more fully about the grand jury before saying anything. After reading this New York Times article that’s fairly comprehensive and definitely worth reading, I think the case is fairly clear. 

The prosecution did not want to indict, likely because they were told or they believed that it was in their, or St Louis’s, or the world’s best interest not to indict. Of course, that’s a complete misunderstanding of the purpose of the justice system. This is a corruption and it is infuriating and it is cowardly.

Do I think it’s simple? No. But I think that very fact is one of a thousand reasons why this case should have gone to court. 

The corruption of this process is just another obvious case of deep racial and class bias in this country…one of countless others that occur ever day. 

But it is at least encouraging that this injustice is being publicly discussed…if there’s anything that will temper my fury with hope, that is it.

lizclimo:

happy thanksgiving. please wear pants 

By drsimonbutler
The DeLorean Time machine Owner's Workshop Manual. This special 2015 edition covers DIY Hover Conversion, Mr Fusion Installation and General System Repairs!

By kharmazero
i tried a speed painting technique on this one