Scotto's Wall Scrawls

Lisa^2 are in New Orleans, and gave me a ring a ding ding from party central. They offered to pick up some stuff for me at the local hoodoo stops, but I'm set for my chicken feet and tomb dust for the time being.

It sounds like they're having a grand time, and I wish I could be along for the ride.

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I don't think I'll see a long-term Moonbase / Manned Mars mission in my lifetime, and that's ok with me.

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Flash Earth (uses google and MSn Earth API in a speedy interface) (starting from my house)

part of Neave.com's project list

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Moment of Lyric:

they tell us that we lost our tails
evolving up from little snails
i say it's all just wind in sails
are we not men? we are DEVO!
we're pinheads now we are not whole
we're pinheads all jocko homo
are we not men? D-E-V-O
monkey men all in business suit
teachers and critics all dance the poot
are we not men? we are DEVO!
are we not men? D-E-V-O
we must repeat o.k. let's go!

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Current moment of Old-time radio has the Blue Beetle telling an addicted chinatown informant "Here's a $100... go buy yourself a new lithium pipe."

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Bush makes history - a five-year streak without saying 'no'

WASHINGTON – Like pardons and executive orders, vetoes are among the cherished privileges of the Oval Office. Ike liked them. So did presidents Truman and Cleveland - and both Roosevelts. But apparently not George W. Bush. In fact, well into the fifth year of his presidency, he has yet to issue a single veto. ( Collapse )

See, I'm wondering if he's even looking at stuff that flies over his desk.

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1 year ago - missed oneeyed, bro scams mom, no donkey basketball, t-mobile good gesture, scale model of city, lenny kravitz warning, cemetery stroll urge, Bermuda Triangle, Saturn's 33 moons, flash game tutorial

2 years ago - Newt vs measuring cup, astronaut jones, free router stuff

3 years ago - Saturday mornings, heroclix, band names, toad turmoil, recorder, fun gab

4 years ago - page pondering

5 years ago - bakery-dog

Amazing Spiderman 215 page 03
Originally uploaded by scottobear.

Yeowitch!

Poor Spidey... Sandblast-enema?

Also note that Sandman suffers from Harry Osborne Hair and Electro's Fashion sense. poor guy.

I always thought Sandman was more spiffy as a sort of Neutral guy, not really a hero or a villain.

I imagine Spidey probably was looking for Hydroman to use as a bidet after that.

CHAFE!

What is this?
It's a map of 33,000 English nouns. Each tiny rectangle corresponds to a noun. The color of the rectangle has been assigned a color, based on an internet image search for that noun. The words are clustered so that similar words are near each other. You can move your mouse around the map to see what word a rectangle represents. You can also click and zoom in, to see individual clusters. The gallery page has many examples.

Can I pick a color and see what word it corresponds to?
Yes. Click on the "color" button. That will arrange the words by hue and brightness, forming a kind of color chooser. Move the mouse over the rectangles to see what words they correspond to.

Can I type a word and see what color it is?
Yes. Type the word into the "all starting with" text box. As you type, the map will narrow down to show all the words starting with the letters you've typed.

How exactly did you assign colors?
For each word, we performed a Yahoo image search and retrieved 50 image results. (If fewer than 50 images were found, we deemed the word too obscure and discarded it.) Then for each image we averaged the values of the pixels in the middle and then averaged those 50 results. We brightened the colors slightly for display.

Check it out!