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Love in a cold climate

by C. Fernsebner, concerning the matter of Penguins

Do you like penguins? Do you like baby penguins? Do you like watching fuzzy baby penguins learning to waddle? You would enjoy the trailer for March of the Penguins. You would enjoy watching it repeatedly, until your housemate asks for his computer back.

Update: Oh my god, these stills.

Extremely Iced Tea

by Kathleen, concerning the matter of Tasty Things

I bought Fuz an ice cream maker for our anniversary.  I have discovered the joys of making sorbet.
Earl Grey Tea Sorbet:
3 cups water
1 cup sugar
5 Earl Grey Tea bags
Place tea bags in heat proof bowl.  Boil water and sugar.  Pour over tea bags.  Let it steep a long time.  Remove the tea bags.  Let the tea syrup cool on the counter.  Put it in the fridge.  Go see a movie.  Pour it into the ice cream machine and let it mix for 1/2 hour, harden in freezer.  Yummy.
Also not to be missed- Mango and Green Tea Sorbet.  Use green tea instead of Earl Grey.  Puree one fresh mango and add it to the mixture.

Best Love Advice Ever

by gus andrews

You know how in Cosmo and Teen and magazines like that they always tell you how to know if someone likes you by their body language and the way they talk to you and whether they hang up their washcloth on YOUR part of the towel rack rather than THEIR part after the third date but the other way around after the fifth date EXCEPT if they are actually dating your best friend on the side and not if they are over thirty? Well, those magazines are all wrong, and the folks at OKCupid are right, and if you haven't read their advice I'm guessing you haven't gotten kissed much lately.

Recent news

by C. Fernsebner, concerning the matter of Technological Advances

Switzerland gives glacier a giant blanket

Bunnies compiled for Bunny Mandala Project

Korean mobile carrier offers pet translator service

MIT holds time travelers' conference; no time travelers show up

Robot dogs playing soccer

by oboreruhito, concerning the matter of Puppies, Technological Advances

"ATLANTA (AP) — Hugging the sideline, the robot dog waddled down the field and hit a ball with its nose. The ball bounced off the goal post.

It was one of the University of Texas’ last chances to get back in the game, which it eventually lost 2-0 to the reigning European champs - the Microsoft Hellhounds from Dortmund University in Germany.

The robot dogs were acting fully autonomously using artificial intelligence instead of remote control operation from a human, as part of the Robocup U.S. Open Competition at Georgia Tech in Atlanta. The competition was founded to foster and promote research in artificial inteligence and robotics."

From Sportsdot:
"After the match, the German robot dogs were programmed to flex their metal biceps. With the time to devote to development and the financial backing of a company like Microsoft, the German entries are much more polished than their American counterparts at the moment."

The top photo is of the UT robodogs (red) vs. Georgia Tech. The bottom photo is a Hellhounds player - the goalkeeper, I believe - wearing the 2003 championship medal. Be sure to watch some highlight reels.

Stray dog saves baby

by oboreruhito, concerning the matter of Babies, Puppies

Now named Mkombozi (Saviour), the dog who saved a baby is treated by the Medic Personnel from Kenya Society for the Protection and care for Animals in a compound on the outskirts of Nairobi on May 10. The nursing dog, while foraging for food, retrieved an abandoned baby girl in a forest and carried the infant to its litter of puppies last week.

The stray dog, who lives with the children in the compound, carried the infant across a busy road and a barbed wire fence in a low-income neighborhood bordering the Ngong Forests in the capital, Nairobi.

Heightened Duck Security

by C. Fernsebner

Reuters: "'We are widening the perimeter around the duck as a precautionary measure,' Treasury spokesman Rob Nichols said" concerning the safety of a mallard hen who has laid nine eggs outside the Treasury. (There is a perimeter. Around a DUCK.)

"The bird spends her days nibbling mulch around her, dozing in the spring sunshine, or feathering her nest. Every evening at dusk, she covers her eggs and leaves for about 15 minutes to feed, a Treasury official said. Decision-making about the duck's safety was closely guarded. 'We don't comment on security matters,' Nichols said."

Polyglot animal dictionary

by C. Fernsebner, concerning the matter of Words

At Bzzzpeek.com, you can hear different languages' pronunciations of their onomatopoeia for the sounds made by animals such as pigs, frogs, mice, bees, ducks, and so forth (and a few noises emitted by man-made beasts: car horns, fire trucks, trains). "This project focuses on the pronunciation and comparison of these sounds by presenting them side by side"—with a very cute interface of animals shapes and national flags—"as each language expresses them differently." They are soliciting contributions from native speakers. (Via WFMU.)

And Cuteness for All

by Lifesasong, concerning the matter of Babies

See the Metallica Baby Drummer here!

Where's the ":P" ?

by C. Fernsebner, concerning the matter of Technological Advances

Mauricio Melo's networked emoticon device lets two people remotely follow each others' moods throughout the day with simple, glowing smiley faces and frowny faces. "Some times you would like to know how your partner is doing during the day and vice versa, especially if you spend most of your day out at work. The main idea is to use a communication channel that doesn't require an immediate response from the other part... It's a reminder once in a while during the day of each other's delayed mood state." (Via the Protein Feed.)