Biomedical Image Awards 2006
This is a split open skin cancer cell
PHP speed tests
These pages have a few benchmark tests for PHP4 perfomance to do the same thing using different methods.:
NB Refresh the pages a few times, the results change as webserver load differs.
X’Tal Vision
One is invisible / see through clothing, which uses a camera / projector setup to make it look as though the cape is transparent (I’ve seen many blogs referring to this as the real thing ie. bending light around the cape or the back being made up of camera’s and the front of display, but they obviously failed to go to the source and check up to see that it’s really clever trickery).
They also dive into telepresence or telexistence, where they project people onto robots to make it seem like they’re there.
They have a space age futuristic head mounted projector, which just looks far out.
There are plenty of movies on the site to illustrate better what they’re doing – it’s very convincing indeed.
Anti anti smoking
Now I’ve found a few websites dedicated to telling you a few truths – they also find the studies they have access to are full of shit, especially those regarding passive smoking.
The only claims they refute that I simply can’t agree with is that smoking is non-addictive. Having smoked for quite some time, I can tell you that it damn well is.
What they do show is the conspiracy of the anti-smoking lobby having successfully inundated the population with their fairy tales and spin which grows larger and more all encompassing (eg. that smoking affects appearance).
I’m glad to see there is some movement to grant us our rights!
380 ways to freak out your roommate
8. Learn to levitate. While your roommate is looking away, float up out of your seat. When s/he turns to look, fall back down and grin.
42. Put your mattress underneath your bed. Sleep down under there and pile your dirty clothes on the empty bedframe. If your roommate comments, mutter “Gotta save space,” twenty times while twitching violently.
53. Clip your fingernails and toenails and keep them in a baggie. Leave the baggie near your computer and snack from it while studying. If s/he walks by, grab the bag close and eye him/her suspiciously.
64. Create an imaginary cat for a pet. Talk to it every night, act like you’re holding it, keep a litter box under your desk. After two weeks, say that your cat is missing. Put up signs in your dorm, blame your roommate.
106. Pretend to shower often but only wash your hair in the sink. See how long it takes your roommate to notice.
129. Get your roommate’s social security number. Call the registrar and switch all of his/her classes. Tell your roommate at the end of the term that the Philosophical Environmental Anthropology exam is supposed to be really hard. Wish him/her luck.
193. Move everything to one side of the room. Ask your roommate if s/he knows how much an elephant weighs, and look at the floor on the empty side of the room with concern.
229. Keep some worms in a shoebox. When doing homework, go and consult with the worms every so often. Then become angry, shouting at the worms that they’re stupid and they don’t know what they’re talking about.
