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DeAnne Smith Just For Laughs 2012
“The jazzy DeAnne Smith serves up her trademark wit and spontaneity at the Just For Laughs Montreal Comedy Festival 2012 with a catchy tune all about love.” (YouTube) This is a very funny song and stand-up routine by DeAnne Smith. … Continue reading
Posted in Music, Ramblings
Tagged 2012, being different, Comedy Festival, DeAnne Smith, death, Just For Laughs, love, Montreal, stand-up comedian
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The Funniest AutoCorrects Of 2012
Autocorrects on phones… don’t you just love them? The way a single word change can completely change the meaning of a sentence, for better or worse. Over at BuzzFeed and Bored Panda, they have a list of the funniest autocorrects … Continue reading
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Tagged 2012, autocorrect, boobsicles, Bored Panda, BuzzFeed, donkey, funny, language, phone, sad, smile, word
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Weekly Ramblings – Astronaut Tweets 3D Fireworks Spelling Science
A new year, a new round of Weekly Ramblings. Let’s see what 2013 brings, shall we? Welcome to Weekly Ramblings number 1 of 2013! Starting off, we have the time when the internet exploded. Why did it explode? Well, a … Continue reading
Posted in Films, Ramblings, Science
Tagged 20 worst, 2012, 2013, 3D printing, best of, captain, Chris Hadfield, Colossal, Commander, CyberBuzz, errors, firework, International Space Station, ISS, language, MAKE, meme, Mental Floss, Prometheus, reverse, robot, science, science fiction, space, spelling, Star Trek, technology, Telegraph, transforming robot, Twitter, Weekly Ramblings, weirdly spelled words, William Shatner
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Pale Blue Dot
I’ve already posted about Carl Sagan‘s wonderful passage on the Pale Blue Dot, but I thought it fitting to end the year 2012 with it again, in a visual representation. Let’s look after the Earth in 2013, for it is … Continue reading
Posted in Science
Tagged 2012, 2013, Carl Sagan, Earth, happy new year, Pale Blue Dot, This Is Order
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Science In 2012
Another day closer to the end of 2012, another review of some of the awesome science and stuff that has gone on this year! Starting us off today is New Scientist with their picks of the year in life science. … Continue reading
Posted in Photography, Science
Tagged 2012, DNA, Dungeons & Dragons, Earth, Ed Yong, gallery, hidden gems, images, life, life science, microscopy, National Geographic, New Scientist, night, night time, Phenomena, photography, review, science, space, Wired, Wired Science
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The Guardian’s Best Science Stories Of 2012
The Guardian has a rundown of their best science stories of 2012 in pictures, and of their top 10 science videos of 2012. The pictures include the transit of Venus, the Curiosity rover, and the life of Sir Patrick Moore. … Continue reading
Posted in Photography, Science
Tagged 2012, Curiosity, Mars, plankton, rover, science, Seven Minutes of Terror, Sir Patrick Moore, The Guardian, The Secret Life of Plankton, transit, transit of Venus, Venus
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366 Days: Nature’s 2012 In Review
2012 has been a big year for science. Of our many accomplishments, we’ve landed Curiosity on Mars, discovered the Higgs boson, and created the Encyclopedia of DNA Elements (ENCODE). Over at Nature, they have compiled a fantastic list of all … Continue reading
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Tagged 2012, 366 days, climate, Curiosity, DNA, ENCODE, faster-than-light, genetically modified, global warming, GM, Higgs, Higgs boson, Hurricane, images, James Cameron, Mariana Trench, Mars, nature, neutrinos, numbers, photography, review, Rothamsted, rover, Sandy, superstorm, year in review
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