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If you need to wrap a pigeon for aircraft-drop, this will help. From the surprisingly useful Pigeon Service Manual, Air Ministry, 1919 (featuring "Some meritorious performaces," "Writing the message," and more).

Could prove useful

If you're ever engineering a nuclear power plant with a lefty, beware: apparently, the same features of their brain that make them left-handed might also make them avoid using exact numbers.  Even more surprising, just having a left-handed relative makes people more prone to rounding. Maybe this is why the Romans didn't trust them, and "sinister" comes from the Latin word for "on the left side." Familial Sinistrals Avoid Exact Numbers "We report data from an internet questionnaire of six

We love a good lap pool. They take up a fraction of the space of a traditional pool, and their elongated shape is so elegant and modern. There's room to exercise, to splash around and have a drink on a hot day (because isn't that the whole reason to have a pool?), and you can still have a backyard. More

An Iranian businessman claims to have mastered time with a machine that allows users to fast forward up to eight years into the future.

somnambulant:

Listen to Henry Rollins and Ian MacKaye’s 2-hour DJ set on KCRW

YESSSSSSSSS.

by Lora Zombie Captain 

YOU HAD ONE JOB!

Apple is in talks with Yahoo to bring more of the search company's data to the iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch, reports The Wall Street Journal. Yahoo has long been one of the data providers for iOS devices — the default stocks and weather apps pull data from Yahoo, and Siri uses the company for things like sports statistics as well. Now, the companies are discussing ways to get more Yahoo data, including expanded sports data and content from Yahoo News onto iOS, presumably through Siri or other built-in apps.

It's not a huge surprise to see Yahoo attempt to forge a deeper partnership with Apple — CEO Marissa Mayer has made it clear that mobile is a major part of her strategy for improving the company's fortunes, and the iPhone is a logical place to start. Given Google's own vast array of data, Yahoo likely holds little interest for the other dominant mobile OS. But last year, Apple finally severed all its ties with Google by removing the default Google Maps and YouTube apps that lived on iOS since its introduction in 2007.

Despite that change, Google's position on iOS is arguably stronger than ever — the company has released a string of excellent iOS apps that vastly improve on the older default options. Yahoo may have a tough road to achieving mobile dominance, but it has to start somewhere. As for now, the WSJ's sources say that no deal is imminent, so it may be a while before we see what Yahoo and Apple are planning.

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hydrofix writes "The Bitcoin-to-USD exchange rate had been climbing steadily since January 2013, from around 30 USD to over 250 USD only 24 hours ago. Now, the value bubble seems to have burst, at least partially. The primary trading site MtGox reported a drop in value all the way down to 140 USD today, a loss of almost half in real value. With many sites unreachable or slow, there are also news of a possible DDoS attack on MtGox: 'Attackers wait until the price of Bitcoins reaches a certain value, sell, destabilize the exchange, wait for everybody to panic-sell their Bitcoins, wait for the price to drop to a certain amount, then stop the attack and start buying as much as they can. Repeat this two or three times like we saw over the past few days and they profit.'"

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There is more cloth for those, who enjoy the distinctive drape, texture and colours of vintage cloth. Most of it is woven by venerable Italian mills in the Biella area of the Piemonte region, for instance Luigi Botto, Reda and Mario Zegna.

I am having several jackets and suits in making for myself from the fabrics. There is no reason not to choose outstanding cloth for expensive bespoke clothing …

Buy vintage cloth at the store.

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“Paul’s Junkyard” by photographer Troy Paiva is a series of light-painted night photos of Paul’s Junkyard, a Southern California salvage yard that recycles film & TV prop vehicles. The long exposure photos document prop cars from Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events, Flintstones, CSI, and more. You can also view the gallery on Flickr.

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With writer Dustin Warburton, former professional basketball player Dennis Rodman has authored Dennis the Wild Bull, a children’s book that teaches kids to just be themselves. The book is illustrated by Dan Monroe and is available to purchase online at Amazon.

…Dennis Rodman knows what it means to work hard. Living in the spotlight isn’t easy for anyone, especially when everything you do winds up in newspapers and on T.V. After going through his latest divorce and having to spend time away from his children as a result, Dennis has now done something many people never thought would ever happen. He’s written a children’s book which he’s dedicating to his children, with the intent to relay a positive message to our countries youth and to his own children.

Here’s Rodman talking to Jimmy Fallon about the book recently:

via Late Night with Jimmy Fallon

Minicore Studios is a small indie developer in Austin, TX, and it's making an alternate history game about the first dog in space. The game is called Laika Believes, but unlike the legitimately terrible fate that befell the real Laika, Minicore's version of history represents something a bit more hopeful, despite its dystopian overtones.

In this universe, Laika survived her trip into orbit and returned to Earth with robotic augmentations, somehow transformed into a capable canine war machine. Why exactly this happened remains uncertain, though her mysterious metamorphosis hasn't changed her into a mindless killing machine. If anything, Laika's conversational skills are just as important as the various weapons mounted on her back.

Gallery: Laika Believes (Concept Art)

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IDC: Global PC Shipments Drop 13.9% in First Quarter Wall Street Journal Worldwide shipments of personal computers fell 13.9% in the first quarter, according to market researcher IDC, in the biggest decline since the firm began issuing quarterly numbers in 1994. The grim estimate of 76.3 million units shipped is the latest sign that ... Research firm IDC: Global PC shipments plunge 14 percent in first quarter as ...Houston Chronicle PC sales plunge, Microsoft and Windows 8 blamedThe Seattle Times (blog) Research firm: PC sales plunge as Windows 8 flopsHuffington Post all 9 news articles »

Shipwack sends this quote from the Guardian: "The Iranian authorities have long accused Google Earth of being a tool for western spy agencies, but now they have taken their attacks on the 3D mapping service one step further — by planning the launch of an 'Islamic' competitor. ... The minister, however, gave little information on what he meant by an Islamic 3D map. 'We are developing this service with the Islamic views we have in Iran and we will put a kind of information on our website that would take people of the world towards reality Our values in Iran are the values of God and this would be the difference between Basir and the Google Earth, which belongs to the ominous triangle of the U.S., England and the Zionists [a reference to Israel].' Experts, however, have serious doubts about the project. An IT consultant who has worked on Iran's national internet project in the past said the announcement was merely an excuse to obtain funds and secure working contracts for the future. 'They have claimed to run their service in four months and said their data centre capacity will reach Google's size in three years,' he said. 'Three-year project, no business model and only relying on government funding, a piece of cake indeed To have a data centre with such capacity and security level they need power stations, cooler systems, bandwidth, etc, which will require billions of dollars of investment that doesn't fit with Iran's sanctions-hit economy.'"

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Mid-April means taxes (did you remember?!), but it also means the release of the previous year’s beer sales figures, helpfully compiled by the Brewers Association. We already know that craft breweries continued to grow in 2012, accounting for 6.5% of total beer sales (up from 5.7%), but it’s always interesting to see who’s really moving product on a large scale. If you compare the numbers below with those from 2011, there wasn’t a huge amount of movement, except for Lagunitas, which moved up to sixth place. Brooklyn Brewery also hopped two places up to 11 after expanding its Williamsburg facility.

Did you realize all of the breweries below were so big?

Top 50 U.S. Craft Brewing Companies 
(Based on 2012 beer sales volume)

Rank	Brewing Company	City	State
1	Boston Beer Co.	Boston	MA
2	Sierra Nevada Brewing Co.	Chico	CA
3	New Belgium Brewing Co.	Fort Collins	CO
4	The Gambrinus Co.	San Antonio	TX
5	Deschutes Brewery	Bend	OR
6	Lagunitas Brewing Co.	Petaluma	CA
7	Bell’s Brewery, Inc.	Galesburg	MI
8	Matt Brewing Co.	Utica	NY
9	Harpoon Brewery	Boston	MA
10	Stone Brewing Co.	Escondido	CA
11	Brooklyn Brewery	Brooklyn	NY
12	Boulevard Brewing Co.	Kansas City	MO
13	Dogfish Head Craft Brewery	Milton	DE
14	Abita Brewing Co.	Abita Springs	LA
15	Shipyard Brewing Co.	Portland	ME
16	Alaskan Brewing Co.	Juneau	AK
17	New Glarus Brewing Co.	New Glarus	WI
18	Long Trail Brewing Co.	Bridgewater Corners	VT
19	Great Lakes Brewing Co.	Cleveland	OH
20	Firestone Walker Brewing Co.	Paso Robles	CA
21	Anchor Brewing Co.	San Francisco	CA
22	Rogue Ales	Newport	OR
23	Summit Brewing Co.	St. Paul	MN
t. 24	Full Sail Brewing Co.	Hood River	OR
t. 24	SweetWater Brewing Co.	Atlanta	GA
26	Victory Brewing Co.	Downingtown	PA
27	Oskar Blues Brewery	Longmont	CO
28	Cold Spring Brewing Co./ Third Street Brewhouse	Cold Spring	MN
29	Flying Dog Brewery	Frederick	MD
30	Founders Brewing Co.	Grand Rapids	MI
31	Ninkasi Brewing Co.	Eugene	OR
32	CraftWorks Restaurants & Breweries, Inc.	Chattanooga & Louisville	TN/CO
33	Odell Brewing Co.	Fort Collins	CO
34	Bear Republic Brewing Co.	Cloverdale	CA
35	Stevens Point Brewery	Stevens Point	WI
36	Blue Point Brewing Co.	Patchogue	NY
37	Southern Tier Brewing Co.	Lakewood	NY
38	Lost Coast Brewery and Cafe	Eureka	CA
39	Karl Strauss Brewing Co.	San Diego	CA
40	BJ’s Chicago Pizza & Brewery, Inc.	Huntington Beach	CA
41	Breckenridge Brewery	Denver	CO
42	North Coast Brewing Co.	Fort Bragg	CA
43	Left Hand Brewing Co.	Longmont	CO
44	St. Louis Brewery, Inc./ Schlafly Beers	St. Louis	MO
45	Saint Arnold Brewing Co.	Houston	TX
46	Ballast Point Brewing Co.	San Diego	CA
47	Big Sky Brewing Co.	Missoula	MT
48	Allagash Brewing Co.	Portland	ME
49	Uinta Brewing Co.	Salt Lake City	UT
50	Tröegs Brewing Co.	Hershey	PA

 

Top 50 Overall U.S. Brewing Companies
(Based on 2012 beer sales volume)

Rank	Brewing Company	City	State
1	Anheuser-Busch Inc. (a)	St. Louis	MO
2	MillerCoors (b)	Chicago	IL
3	Pabst Brewing Co. (c)	Woodbridge	IL
4	D. G. Yuengling and Son Inc.	Pottsville	PA
5	Boston Beer Co. (d)	Boston	MA
6	North American Breweries (e)	Rochester	NY
7	Sierra Nevada Brewing Co.	Chico	CA
8	New Belgium Brewing Co.	Fort Collins	CO
9	Craft Brew Alliance, Inc. (f)	Portland	OR
10	The Gambrinus Co. (g)	San Antonio	TX
11	Minhas Craft Brewery (h)	Monroe	WI
12	Deschutes Brewery	Bend	OR
13	Lagunitas Brewing Co.	Petaluma	CA
14	Bell’s Brewery, Inc.	Galesburg	MI
15	Matt Brewing Co. (i)	Utica	NY
16	Harpoon Brewery	Boston	MA
17	Stone Brewing Co.	Escondido	CA
18	Brooklyn Brewery	Brooklyn	NY
19	Boulevard Brewing Co.	Kansas City	MO
20	Dogfish Head Craft Brewery	Milton	DE
21	Abita Brewing Co.	Abita Springs	LA
22	World Brews/Winery Exchange (j)	Novato	CA
23	Shipyard Brewing Co. (k)	Portland	ME
24	Alaskan Brewing Co.	Juneau	AK
25	August Schell Brewing Co. (l)	New Ulm	MN
26	New Glarus Brewing Co.	New Glarus	WI
27	Long Trail Brewing Co. (m)	Bridgewater Corners	VT
28	Great Lakes Brewing Co.	Cleveland	OH
29	Firestone Walker Brewing Co.	Paso Robles	CA
30	Anchor Brewing Co.	San Francisco	CA
31	Rogue Ales	Newport	OR
32	Summit Brewing Co.	St. Paul	MN
t. 33	Full Sail Brewing Co.	Hood River	OR
t. 33	SweetWater Brewing Co.	Atlanta	GA
35	Victory Brewing Co.	Downingtown	PA
36	Oskar Blues Brewery	Longmont	CO
37	Pittsburgh Brewing Co. (n)	Pittsburgh	PA
38	Mendocino Brewing Co. (o)	Ukiah	CA
39	Cold Spring Brewing Co./ Third Street Brewhouse (p)	Cold Spring	MN
40	Flying Dog Brewery	Fredrick	MD
41	Founders Brewing Co.	Grand Rapids	MI
42	Ninkasi Brewing Co.	Eugene	OR
43	CraftWorks Breweries & Restaurants, Inc. (q)	Chattanooga & Louisville	TN/CO
44	Odell Brewing Co.	Fort Collins	CO
45	Bear Republic Brewing Co.	Cloverdale	CA
46	Stevens Point Brewery (r)	Stevens Point	WI
47	Blue Point Brewing Co.	Patchogue	NY
48	Southern Tier Brewing Co.	Lakewood	NY
49	Lost Coast Brewery and Cafe	Eureka	CA
50	Karl Strauss Brewing Co.	San Diego	CA

 

[via Brewer Association]

AnandTech:

To put the drive’s excellent price in perspective, the 960GB M500 has roughly the same MSRP as Intel’s 80GB X25-M had back in 2008. That’s an order of magnitude more storage capacity at the same price in 5 years time. Moore’s Law makes me happy.

After AnandTech’s usual barrage of tests and solid analysis, this sounds like a great SSD for a lot of people: it’s not the fastest, but it has more consistent performance than most, and it’s the cheapest by far among other 1 TB-class SSDs.

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Fourteen years ago today, TLC's "No Scrubs" hit #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 and immortalized lame men who ride shotgun everywhere.

petermorwood:

people-should-all-be-onions:

no yoU CANNOT I REPEAT OMFGGGG HSFKBS I CANT

Deepfried Dory with chips. That’s the one where you forget the salt & vinegar.

Oh, sweetie. Ow, ow, ow, OW.

Space is depressing as Hell

lazymercenary:

Marvel Comics’ Manhattan & DC Comics’ Gotham City by Eliot R. Brown

Ending more than a year of intermittent negotiations and aborted deals that left even the presiding judge frustrated, the producers of Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark and ousted director Julie Taymor announced today they have reached a settlement in their legal battle over copyright, royalties and credit for the most expensive show in Broadway history.

“I’m pleased to have reached an agreement and hope for the continued success of Spider-Man, both on Broadway and beyond,” Taymor said in a statement. Lead producers of Michael Cohl and Jeremiah Harris offered: “We’re happy to put all this behind us. We are now looking forward to spreading Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark in new and exciting ways around the world.”

Terms of the settlement weren’t released.

Best known for her stage adaptation of Disney’s The Lion King, Taymor was fired from Spider-Man in March 2011 following her resistance to making any major changes in the wake of a series of blistering reviews. A new creative team was brought in to overhaul Spider-Man — many of Taymor’s signature elements were stripped in the process — transforming it into one of the most successful, if also most expensive, productions on Broadway.

Taymor sued Cohl and Harris in November 2011, alleging they violated her copyrights and deprived her of future royalties; they responded in kind, insisting Taymor “could not and would not do the jobs that she was contracted to do,” and therefore didn’t deserve additional royalties.

Yesterday, all of the internet was ablaze with the news that Saga #12—Image Comics' sci-fi adventure drama by Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples—was being blocked from iPads and iPhones by Apple. A new announcement from digital comics purveyor Comixology indicates that they, not Apple, were to blame. It also says that the comic will be available later today.

To our customers -

In the last 24 hours there has been a lot of chatter about Apple banning Saga #12 from our Comics App on the Apple App Store due to depictions of gay sex. This is simply not true, and we’d like to clarify.

As a partner of Apple, we have an obligation to respect its policies for apps and the books offered in apps. Based on our understanding of those policies, we believed that Saga #12 could not be made available in our app, and so we did not release it today.

We did not interpret the content in question as involving any particular sexual orientation, and frankly that would have been a completely irrelevant consideration under any circumstance.

Given this, it should be clear that Apple did not reject Saga #12.

After hearing from Apple this morning, we can say that our interpretation of its policies was mistaken. You’ll be glad to know that Saga #12 will be available on our App Store app soon.

We apologize to Saga creator Brian K. Vaughn and Image Comics for any confusion this may have caused.

All the best,

David Steinberger
CEO and co-founder
comiXology

Sound off and let us know when you see the issue pop up in the Comixology and Image iOS apps.

Cyberpunk 2020:

Reissued

Apr 10th 2013 By: Matt D. Wilson

The sibling conflict teased on the cover of Batgirl #19 may be the hook that pulls readers in, but it will be another reveal in the issue that will occupy a spot in comics history, as one of the book's characters will reveal she is transgender, the first time a character has done so in a mainstream superhero comic.

Wired reports that writer Gail Simone was inspired to create a transgender character by a conversation with Batwoman co-creator Greg Rucka at Wondercon a few years ago. Simone asked why there seem to be fewer gay male comics characters than lesbian heroes (such as Batwoman). Rucka replied it would be a huge sign of progress for a gay male character to appear on a comic cover. It'd be even bigger if the character was transgender.

Find out just who will be revealing her transgender status in the book, as well as have a look at the full cover to Batgirl #19, after the jump.

Alysia Yeoh, the young woman dating Barbara Gordon's psychopathic brother James Jr., reveals she's transgender in a conversation in which Barbara opens up and discusses her former status as a paraplegic.

Simone said DC Comics Co-Publisher Dan DiDio didn't take much convincing to give the character the go-ahead in a lunch meeting. "He just paused for a moment, asked how this would affect Barbara's story, and immediately approved it," Simone said. The writer said she plans to add another transgender character to a different comic she's writing, though she couldn't say which one.

Yeoh is also bisexual, Simone said.

Simone acknowledged that characters in independent and mature-readers titles have been transgender, and some superhero comics characters have changed their gender characteristics through magical and science-fictional means.

"Those characters exist [and] that's great, but I wanted to have trans characters who aren't fantasy-based," she said.

For the full interview and full pages from the issue, head over to Wired. Batgirl #19 is available in comic shops and on ComiXology today.

namespudding:

C.S. Lewis

Nothing, I suspect, is more astonishing in any man’s life than the discovery that there do exist people very, very like himself.