Photos of Interest
j7uy5 | July 20, 2007This
is marketed as a brush to be used for shampooing dogs.
However, it is also very good for dry brushing of cats.
It is particularly effective at getting those extremely fine
hairs from the undercoat. It is
also effective for removing cat hair from furniture.
One nice thing about this brush, is that it encloses your entire hand.
So if the cat decides to swipe the brush with its claws, you
don't get hurt.
j7uy5 | July 5, 2007The
href="http://www.allerca.com/">Allerca
hypoallergenic cat...
href="http://scienceblogs.com/corpuscallosum/images/Alerca_kittens.jpg">
is a
hot commodity right now. The company claims a 15-month
waiting list for the $4,000 pets. They supposedly have many
virtues:
An
ALLERCA GD cat's personality is very sweet and
affectionate, thanks in part to our unique socialization program.
Customer who now own GD cats report that they make great
family pets and are wonderful with children.
"GD"
stands for "genetic divergence," in case
you were wondering.
Their breeding program is said…
j7uy5 | June 30, 2007The
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Panda">Red
Panda has a Latin name that suggests it is a cat.
It is not, being more closely related to bears and raccoons.
They are similar to the more famous Giant Pandas, but
sufficiently distinct so as to have their own family name, Ailuridae.
This
photo was the Wikipedia picture of the day for November 1, 2005.
It was taken by Bernard Landgraf at the Munich Zoo.
j7uy5 | June 18, 2007
href="http://www.latimes.com/la-bamboobikes-pg,0,860767.photogallery?coll=la-default-underdog">
The
href="http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-bamboo18jun18,0,7672267.story?coll=la-home-center">inventor
hopes to see them become commonplace in the third world.
Strange, because the frame alone costs $2,700 in the USA.
However, the frames can be made with no power tools. The
material is cheaper than dirt. (Pound for pound, compared to
potting soil.) Get a few folks who have time on their hands
and a bit of skill, and they could start a business.
Presumably they would be a lot…
j7uy5 | June 8, 2007Does
this...
(nuclear football)
contain one of these...?
(alcohol analyzer)Seriously.
It never occurred to me before, but shouldn't it
be required that the President stay 100% sober at all times?
Apparently not...
This unkind photo was published by Britain's #1 quality website,
Telegraph.co.uk. It accompanies
href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/06/08/wbush108.xml">a
story on a "stomach ailment" that troubled Bush on the last
day of the G8 summit. More
href="http://www.towleroad.com/2007/06/is_bush_off_the.html">here.
j7uy5 | May 31, 2007
This is a photo of Horseshoe Bend, in Arizona. It was
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Horseshoe_Bend_1_md.jpg">one
of the featured images on Wikipedia. It is from a
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Wikipedia_featured_widescreen_desktop_backgrounds">selection
of photos that are good for use as wallpaper for widescreen monitors (16:10 aspect ratio). The original is
1231 × 821 pixels.
This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike
2.5 License. It was taken by
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Moondigger">Moondigger.
j7uy5 | May 18, 2007
These are from the World
Wildlife Federation News blog.Newborn:
Day 3:
Day 120:
The full set of photos is
href="http://news.worldwild.org/evolution-of-a-new-born-panda/">here.
Absolutely the most precious thing in the world.
j7uy5 | May 16, 2007Yet
another photo from
href="http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=17644">NASA's
Earth Observatory page, showing yet more evidence of what
carbon dioxide hath wrought.
In
the past 125 years, the Athabasca Glacier has lost half of its volume
and receded more than 1.5 kilometers (0.93 miles), leaving hills of
rock in its place. Its retreat is visible in this photo, where the
glacier's front edge looms several meters behind the tombstone-like
marker that indicates the edge of the ice in 1992. The Athabasca
Glacier is not alone in its retreat: Since 1960,…
j7uy5 | May 3, 2007
href="http://inkhornterm.blogspot.com/2005/12/7-drinks-of-mankind-tea-joe-mooney.html">
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It is
time to pick the tea leaves. May 2 is the traditional date to
begin
href="http://home.kyodo.co.jp/modules/fstPhotos/index.php?photoid=21162">picking
tea leaves in Japan.
j7uy5 | April 25, 2007From
LA Times:
The San Diego Zoo's male giant panda, Gao Gao, nips at female panda Bai
Yun's back. The two adult giant pandas at the San Diego Zoo mated
Tuesday, zoo officials announced, raising hopes of an offspring this
summer.
(
href="http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-pandas25apr25,1,4154066.story?coll=la-headlines-california">Ken
Bohn / Zoological Society of San Diego)
href="http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-pandas25apr25_jh100unc,1,2512398.photo?coll=la-headlines-california">
I never can resist a good panda picture.
j7uy5 | April 17, 2007
href="http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=17617">Dust
Dampens Hurricane Formation
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I'm hardly an expert, but it appears that there is some evidence that
the amount of dust in the air over the Atlantic is a factor in
determining the severity of the hurricane season. More dust =
less ocean warming. Like so many things, this is hypothetical:
face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Using dust observations
collected by the Ozone Monitoring Instrument (OMI) on NASA’s
Aura satellite, they found that the Sahara sent…
j7uy5 | April 10, 2007From
href="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2007/04/070409-crystal-cave.html">National
Geographic:
April
9, 2007—Geologist Juan Manuel García-Ruiz
calls it "the Sistine Chapel of crystals," but Superman could call it
home.
A sort of south-of-the-border Fortress of Solitude, Mexico's Cueva de
los Cristales (Cave of Crystals) contains some of the world's largest
known natural crystals—translucent beams of gypsum as long as
36 feet (11 meters)...
Apparently
a mining operation pumped water out of a cave, and this is what they
found. The story of the discovery of the caves is…
j7uy5 | April 3, 2007Wikipedia's
Image of the Day is a
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Desinsertion_du_muscle_CO.jpg">photograph
of eye surgery. It is pretty cool, but only if you
like that kind of thing. I won't impose it on those who might
not want to see it.
j7uy5 | March 19, 2007
href="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2007/03/photogalleries/wip-week20/index.html">National
Geographic POD
face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Edinburgh,
Scotland, United Kingdom, March 13, 2007—For gentoo
penguins, it's all about who's got the best rocks. Like a human
offering jewelry, this gentoo male at the Edinburgh Zoo presents a
large pebble on Tuesday in hopes of winning over a female.But
sometimes finding the flashiest gifts isn't enough. During the mating
season—which begins in March and lasts up to six
weeks—males suffering from "pebble envy" will steal the
best…
j7uy5 | March 10, 2007What
would happen if Tux went to a famous portrait artist to get a
makeover?
href="http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/modigliani/">Modigliani
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botticelli">Botticelli
This was done using the method
href="http://scienceblogs.com/corpuscallosum/2006/07/patches_modiglianized.php">described
previously.
j7uy5 | March 4, 2007HT to :: the
Core 4 :: for the link to the newest
href="http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA08362">picture
of Saturn.
The complete image file is over 35MB. You would
need a 4088x2908 monitor to see the whole thing at full
resolution.
This is one where you have to use your imagination.
Original Caption Released with Image:
Surely one of the most gorgeous sights the solar system
has to offer, Saturn sits enveloped by the full splendor of its stately
rings.
Taking in the rings in their entirety was the focus of this particular
imaging sequence. Therefore, the camera…
j7uy5 | February 27, 2007From
href="http://uchiblogo.uchicago.edu/archives/2007/02/snow_days_1.html">UChiBLOGo:
It' a nice car, but wouldn't you rather have a Subaru?
j7uy5 | February 17, 2007I am taking my time with the next big post, and happen to be on call,
so I'm not getting enough sleep this week.
I know this is old, but it still amuses me.
j7uy5 | February 16, 2007This is the Rosette
Nebula, as featured on Astronomy Picture of the Day. Credit
& Copyright:
href="http://www.robgendlerastropics.com/Biography.html">Robert Gendler.
Click on the image for the full size version.
It is in constellation Monoceros, which means Unicorn; just to the left
of Orion. According to Wikipedia, it is a "modern" constellation,
having been named in 1613, or perhaps 1564. I suppose in
astronomical terms, 1613 really is modern.
j7uy5 | February 13, 2007Just so you will know what we'll be blowing to bits, if it comes to
that. These are more-or-less random photos from Flickr, tagged
"Tehran."
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