This x That:
Know This:
- World Sauna Championships finalist dies after being exposed to 110 degrees Celsius for six straight minutes.
- Alaska Airline flight aborted after eagle sucked into engine.
- Kelly Watch The Stars!: Peak of annual Perseid Meteor Shower this Thursday.
- RIP: Patricia Neal, Oscar-winning actress, dead at 84. Also: Radical leftist Marilyn Buck, at 62. Historian Tony Judt, at 62.
Read This:
- Did Sarah Palin roll her eyes at teaching?
- Headline of the Day: “Mia Farrow contradicts Naomi Campbell in Charles Taylor trial.”
- Young, fat & fabulous Gabi Gregg picked to be first MTV TJ (Twitter Jockey).
- Minority Report-style crime prediction apparently a real thing.
- Study: Watching Popeye gets kids to eat their vegetables. Now if only we could get kids to watch Popeye.
- British adventurer becomes first to walk the length of the Amazon River.
Look At / Listen To This:
- How To: Homemade laser tripwire.
- He Is Possibly An Enormous Person — a They Might Be Giants parody band.
The Other:
- NewsFeed: Top 10 Ridiculous Competitions.
- Techland: Live Coverage: Google and Verizon Strike a Deal.
- Flavorwire: 10 Buildings That Look Like Other Things.
- Tea x Time List: 12 theories about “Lost” that were better than the actual show.
- Above: McDonald’s MacFries Pedestrian Crossing in Zurich, Switzerland. (via.)
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Infographic of the Day: “Diagram of Geek Culture.”
Yup. Pretty much.
Also: Arguing —> Godwin’s Law —> Reductio ad Hitlerum —> Famous tyrants —> Facial hair.
Embiggen.
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Geeky Earrings of the Day: Upcycled Computer Chip Earrings from Etsy seller Change of hART.
Genuine 8-pin and 16-pin computer chips are mounted on sterling silver posts to create two pairs of earrings suited for that elegant lady geek in your family.
Elegant lady geek not included.
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