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For the sinking eyes: I'm pretty sure the eyes are attached-to/floating-on some other surface when they're sinking. If you look at the side of the pot you can see the edge of that other surface moving down the side at the same level as the eyes. My best guess is that the water and the eye-surface are both just sheets of clear plastic. It's also possible that one surface is liquid and the other plastic, or maybe even two clear liquids with different densities -- but I think that last one is least likely. - Laurence Gonsalves

My kids loved this video. Anything with candy corn fire is alright in my book. - Jason Shellen

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“I keep expecting Don to cut this short, telling me that "you're staying at the Grosvener, your name is Roundtree."”

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“It's a good day for a long walk.”

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“It's weird to think of Dr. Strangelove as a comfort movie, isn't it? But I do.”

July 11 at 11:02 pm - Link

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“OH: "But using Kaiser is a cost effective way to die earlier!"”

July 11 at 6:44 pm - Link

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“@ev Good numbers. I wonder why Ask didn't throw more support behind Bloglines instead of letting Reader outpace them.”

July 11 at 3:00 pm - Link

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“iPhone apps I've downloaded first: Super Monkey Ball, Shazam, AIM, Remote, Twitterrific, Box Office, NYTimes. Wonder how many I'll keep?”

July 10 at 5:28 am - Link

Sooo exciting. I love the "big bang" of having a ton of production-quality apps available all at once. - Jake

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Where do all the Balloons go ?

July 9 at 11:02 am - Link

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A remarkable looking animated advertisement for the French children's channel, Tiji, that gets lodged in my "some ads are entertaining" column. (Alongside that Guy Ritchie ad for Nike.) - Chris Wetherell

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Money Shots

July 9 at 11:02 am - Link

Anti-Terrorism Exercises in China

July 9 at 10:13 am - Link

Security propaganda aside...a fun picture. - Chris Wetherell

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Yatta Explains How Copy+Paste Was Invented

July 9 at 1:26 am - Link

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“Adding color correction, brightness/contrast shifts, and edges to clips via my laptop. Uh, I'm gonna need a bigger boat. With a RAID array.”

July 8 at 9:53 am - Link

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“Really liked Paris J'Taime...except for the Coen Bros and C. Doyle segments. Surprised by that.”

July 6 at 11:28 am - Link

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A breakdown of what Viacom was granted and denied in the recent ruling in its case against YouTube.

July 3 at 11:04 am - Link

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“It took a minute or two for me to realize during my conversation with a stranger that we were both naked.”

July 2 at 7:03 pm - Link

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Boy if I had a nickel for everytime this happened I have...well a nickel but my point is valid - Blackopsmanners

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All kinds of people ARE DOING IT. (Don't press pause.)

June 26 at 5:28 pm - Link

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seriously messed up - ben rogers via twhirl

Omg why?!! - Erica Baker

Norwegian flour bags! - Daniel Bruce

http://www.facebook.com/group.... - Braden Kowitz

Isn't that a clip from the cinematic masterpiece "Stayin' Alive?" No? - Karen Kelley Mares

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“Recycle, re-use. The US is still using Purple Hearts from stocks built for a planned invasion of Japan. http://hnn.us/articles/1801.ht...”

June 30 at 3:08 am - Link

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The article is from 2003, but the 120,000 hearts counted at that time couldn't all have been awarded in the last four and a half years...right? - Chris Wetherell

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“Apple's 24 hour rental period for movies is too short for me. I like to pause, rewind, rewatch, sleep on things.”

June 29 at 10:32 am - Link

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It used to be that if you paused a video, Apple would like you finish watching it; that it's 24 hrs or 1 viewing, whichever is longer. I wonder if it still works. - Mark Trapp

24 hour rental policies are a joke. Best avoid purchasing content from companies with those kinds of restrictions. Netflix works much better for me and is more economical. - Thomas Hawk

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I don't agree with 24 hour rental periods either as there always seems to be something that comes up to delay viewing!! - Joe Dawson

I've not rented one yet. Using Netflix. Slower paced movie watcher myself. - Todd Jordan

Agreed. VuDu just added an extension / second view option. Still not great but a step in the right direction. - Kevin C. Tofel

I bought into AppleTV, just like I bought into VOD. I don't plan what I want to watch in advance: I'm very much an impulse watcher. I tried Netflix for a while, but I always found by the time I got the movie, I didn't want to watch it anymore. I always watch movies in one sitting, so the limit doesn't bother me, and it's cheaper than VOD/video stores in my area. - Mark Trapp

I totally agree with you Chris. I have had to make the tough decision on re-renting things twice now. - Robert Occhialini

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Fed Up With the Frustrations, More Doctors Change Course

June 26 at 4:34 pm - Link

Many of the results of this trend are pretty disturbing. For example, the idea that our primary physicians are avoiding seeing us when we're hospitalized because it's too time-consuming to deal with the bureaucracy and commuting is maddening to me. - Chris Wetherell

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“Wanting imdb.com to add the titles of movies as URL fragments so hover discovery could work - ex. imdb.com/title/tt0837802/#Your-Name-Here”

June 26 at 3:35 pm - Link

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Autodesk talks a little about music video clients and "Weapon of Choice"

June 26 at 2:58 pm - Link

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Kind of wanting Autodesk software these days. This article's about Combustion, a compositing app, and its use in various music videos, particularly "Weapon of Choice" featuring your favorite Walken doing more than walking. - Chris Wetherell

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Nassim Nicholas Taleb: the prophet of boom and doom

June 26 at 2:58 pm - Link

There's interesting stuff to know about Nassim Taleb, who is the author of The Black Swan and Fooled by Randomness, and I found this long article and interview to be a fun introduction to knowing more about him. - Chris Wetherell

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$78 million of red ink? - Los Angeles Times

June 26 at 11:14 am - Link

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Movie money is SICK money. Hollywood spending is crazed, but Sahara is especially awesome in its burn rate. Its ten writers cost a total of $3.8 million. McConaughey got $8 million. $10 million was paid for the story from Cussler. (Ouch.) A scene of an airplane crash cost over $2 million and was deleted. Meals cost $1.4 million. Bribes in Morocco cost them $237,386. There's more details in the article - I love when Hollywood goes all "Pets.com" on occasion. - Chris Wetherell

according to http://www.imdb.com/title/tt01... "Waterworld" may still reign as biggest box office flop, but great article - Karl Rosaen

I love reading about the Movie Business. I have 2nd ed. of "The Movie Business Book," need to pick up the 3rd ed. -- http://www.amazon.com/Movie-Bu... - Brian White

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“Today is my first day without work or other labor-like responsibilities. And I'm awake early and already showered. This seems wrong.”

June 26 at 8:48 am - Link

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If I were in that situation, I would just take another shower. - Dustin

go relax on beach! - Susan Beebe

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Honey? I'm home. I'm gonna come in the back.

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backstory: http://www.designverb.com/2007... - ⓞnor

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