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We’ve had some serious storms roll through the St. Louis area the last day or two. More unsettled weather is on tap for today and actually the next few days. Where I live it was just rain, but some areas were pummeled with hail as large as 3 inches in diameter. I just had $4,790 worth of hail damage from storms a few weeks ago, repaired on my vehicle this past week. One man was killed and more than one hundred people were injured, 5 critically, when a storm lifted a giant tent at a bar and dropped it on patrons who had gathered to celebrate a Cardinals baseball victory.
Bits and Pieces
Pete’s good buddy, up-and-coming hilarious comedian Chris Thayer, comes by to make it weird and weird it gets made. Seriously a great dude, a hilarious dude, and some of the… more
Nerdist
Year: 2001 User Profile: 17-year-old high school graduate waiting for college to start. Went through high school as That Girl Who Is Always Saying "You guys, I have to get home by 12.
The Awl - Be Less Stupid
If you are searching for an apartment in the UK then Cravify is a good place to start. This Google Maps application allows you to search for flats by price, number of bedrooms and by the date the apartment was listed. The markers shown on the map include the price of the rent and the number of bedrooms which allows you to quickly find apartments you could be interested in. If you are searching for an apartment in the U.S. then you could use MyApartmentMap .
Google Maps Mania
* Q: Wha? A: These previously published entries have been updated with new information in the last 24 hours. You can find past updates here . If I hadn't seen it on the official Emmentaler web site , I would have thought this video about cheese producers using geckos to produce better cheese was fake. Pesky flies buzzing around our cows cause them stress. And this affects the quality of the milk.
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Fish: A Tap Essay, by Robin Sloan . iPhones only. It's free. Grab it here . Reviewed by David Dobbs Novelist and blogger Robin Sloan had something he wanted to say about three things he loves — writing, reading, and the Internet.
Open Culture
Today we’re bringing you a roundup of some of the great Science Fiction, Fantasy and Dystopian classics available on the web. And what better way to get started than with Aldous Huxley reading a dramatized recording of his 1932 novel, Brave New World . The reading aired on the CBS Radio Workshop in 1956. You can listen to Part 1 here and Part 2 here . (FYI: You can download Huxley’s original work — as opposed to the dramatized version — in audio by signing up for a Free Trial with Audible.com , and that applies to other books mentioned here as well.)
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Writtend and directed by Andrew Niccol, from the novel by Stephanie Meyer. Starring Saoirse Ronan, Max Irons, Jake Abel, Diane Kruger, and William Hurt. So it’s Invasion of the Body Snatchers/The Thing? Makes sense with a title like The Host, I just wish this teaser gave us a little more.
From our first season correspondent Idi from Suriname has made reports for Metropolis. He made a lot of good, interesting but also funny reports about subjects from his country. It's time to put Idi in the spotlights with a collage of his work.
Metropolis TV
Todas las cosas tienen un principio y un final. Llevaba mucho tiempo meditando esto, pero creo ahora ha llegado el momento: se acabó mi paso por el mundo de los tebeos. Se cierra este espacio de La Cárcel de Papel que me ha dado tantas satisfacciones durante nueve años y dejo de colaborar en prensa (con la única excepción de la vinculación que tengo con la Cartelera Turia de Valencia) o eventos relacionados con el tebeo. Durante muchos años, casi veinte, he convertido mi hobby, mi pasión, en casi una segunda profesión. Y creo que debo volver a buscar esa sensación de disfrutar de la lectura de tebeos como lector raso, con la única preocupación de gozar de su lectura.
La Cárcel de Papel
Imaginary Foundation
ShareThis Empathy is one of the most valuable applications of our imagination: the ability to imagine what it’s like to be someone else. Cultural historian Roman Krznaric gives a great talk on the art of empathy: “Multi-platform cultural curator” Ghostly International (best known as the record label for Tycho, Com Truise, Gold Panda, Lusine, and other emerging electronic producers) has just released this set of beautiful folded paper compositions by Matthew Shlian and Michael Cina. The internet has intensified connections between people across the planet. As traditional funding models are dissolving, new forms of expressing ownership have arisen to accomodate for remix culture, and artists are finding ways to connect physical art experiences and traditions to the internet.What better way to celebrate Star Wars Day than with two girls having a bubblebath lightsaber battle? The video is some sort of Axe body spray parody, but for some reason features Chewbacca, lightsabers, two girls in white tank tops, water, and bubbles. I'm not complaining, I just think you should know what you're getting yourself into. Throw in some bacon and maybe a dinosaur wrestling a robot and we may have the video of the year.
Geekologie - Gadgets, Gizmos, and Awesome
By Nikki Nash (from Intel) on March 28, 2012 It's not every day you get to meet someone who is about to climb Mt. Everest. The long journey to the top of the tallest mountain in the world takes months to achieve.
Life Scoop — Tips for a Connected Lifestyle
Monday - Pittsburgh @ Filmmakers (Melwood) @ 8PM (w/ Jacob Ciocci) Tuesday - Cleveland @ Grog Shop @ 8:30PM ( BUY ) Wednesday - Detroit @ Corktown Cinema @ 9PM ( BUY ) Thursday - Ann Arbor @ The Yellow Barn @ 8PM Friday - Columbus @ Skylab Gallery @ 10PM Saturday - Athens @ Jackie O's @ 10PM Sunday - Cincinnati @ Mayday @ 8PM (FREE)
Everything Is Terrible!
De los pacientes que tomaron psilocibina en un estudio médico reportaron que la experiencia mejoró su sentido de bienestar de manera significativa.