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Film

And I thought they smelled bad on the outside

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Lucasfilm approved (though also $100 – is that a lot? I can’t remember the last time I bought a sleeping bag) this Tauntaun sleeping bag is pretty freakin sweet (complete with innard-effect lining and lightsaber zip).

It also brings to mind:

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Food

The skies yet blushing with departing light

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This week was the first week it started to feel like Autumn (and definitely not Winter as I have to keep insisting to a certain somebody).

I’ve decided this year to try my hand at a spot of homebrewing (which will hopefully be a little more successful than growing my own veg which managed to produce a single snozzcumber). I’m going to go for some cider and perhaps a berry wine though I need to go a-foraging to see what I can turn up. Worst comes to worst I’ll steal a little blackberry wine from John when it’s time for me to mull my Christmas cider.

(Pic from The Big Picture)

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Art

Dead Flies

I think bizarre is the only word for it really…

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Technology

Adobe -> Canvas

One for the geeks:

In other words, you draw in Illustrator, copy and paste into Dreamweaver (which converts it to code), and the art displays as vector art in a web browser. What’s more, the engineer proceeded to actually bind XML data to the chart.

Article and demo vid over at John Nack’s blog.

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Film

Between the Folds

Trailer for a new film about origami.

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Natural Science

Altruism

Does rewarding altruism squelch it?

Imagine your neighbor has a dog that regularly escapes her yard. One day you see the dog escape and return it to her. She thanks you by giving you a piece of delicious home-made apple pie. This happens several days in a row. Then one day when you return the dog, there’s no pie, no thanks, and no explanation. Would you return the dog the next time it escapes?