Time was Inherited from an Earlier Universe
Ever wondered why time is linear? I am sure you did, when you broke mum's favourite teapot, and wished that you could reverse time.
Physicists from Caltech studied Cosmic Microwave Background, and came up with the theory that time might have been inherited from a parent universe from which our universe 'bubbled' out. It's still just a theory, but a pretty cool one.
{Daily Galaxy}
Other Universes Finally Detectable?
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| A map of the Cosmic Microwave Background |
We all love parallel universes (well, at least I do. Do you?) But will we able to finally find concrete proof that they exist? Again, the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) comes to the rescue.
They have devised a new algorithm to study patterns in the CMB which show a sort of 'flattening' pattern in our universe; or think of it as 'bruises' which were inflicted on our universe when a multiverse was created.
{National Geographic}
Book of Odds
I bookmarked this such a long time ago, I can't believe that it took me so long to put this link up.
As per it's name, this website is like a dictionary containing the probability of something happening to you in everyday life. It does not calculate anything for you, but just has a collection of comprehensive data on a myriad of things, and tells you the probability of an event based on that. Still, it's a pretty cool project,and fun to browse around.
You can also use the search engine to find something particular you might be looking for. The results are displayed in a very simple, readable way. But you might not find everything, since most of the data they have is for health-related things.
{Book of Odds}
Wheel of Concept
This thing is just ridiculous, but I will link to it anyway.
You know those fuck-annoying people at work, who just spew out jargon in front of the boss, and you can tell that they have no idea what they are spewing out? Well, now you can be that annoying person too!
This is just a ridiculous concept-maker, for the times when you need to tell your boss about some new idea for your company's product, but you were passed out drunk last night to get any work done. Spin the wheel, and get your crappy idea!
{Wheel of Concept}
The Dieline - Package Design Blog
For design freaks. This blog looks at cool, innovative package design.
{The Dieline}
Cartoon Brew
I'm sure a lot of people know about Cartoon Brew already, but it has been haunting my bookmarks for a long time, so I might as well add a link here.
Cartoon Brew is a wonderful blog for anything related to drawing and animation. It introduces you to cool new animators, as well as wonderful new animation shorts or upcoming feature films.
{Cartoon Brew}
A Beer for the Shower
I found a new blog! They were featured in Blogger's Blogs of Note a week back or so. Usually I don't follow a lot of the Blogs of Note blogs, but this blog is downright addictive. Not only are they hilarious as hell, but they also make MS Paint comics (if you know me, you know how much I love MS Paint).
{A Beer for the Shower}
Twaggies
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| Pancakes for robots. Via Twaggies |
I know I have written about Twaggies before, but back then this blog didn't look as good as it does now. So you guys seriously need to follow this blog now!
Twaggies basically picks up random tweets off the Twitterverse and does illustrations for those tweets. The results are just downright surreal and hilarious, since the tweets look so odd when placed out of context (also: people on Twitter can be absolutely mental). Not to mention that the illustrations are awesome.
{Twaggies}
Have Computers Taken Away Our Power?
An in-depth interview of my favourite media person, Adam Curtis. This came out quite a few months ago, but it's still just as good. He is discussing his latest documentary series, All Watched Over By Machines of Loving Grace.
He talks about how computers have given us a good way to organise ourselves, but we should not treat organisation as some sort of ideology. An interesting read, and try and watch All Watched Over By Machines of Loving Grace if you can get hold of it.
{The Guardian}
25 Coolest College Labs in the US
Nothing quite like getting to blow up caves using dynamites as part of an undergraduate education. Or alien hunting - nothing beats alien hunting.
{Popular Science}
An Open Letter to TV Snobs
Another hilarious little post from McSweeny's, this time against people who become all smug when they watch 'quality television'.
While we are on that topic, don't you get pissed off when people think they are so high and mighty when they tell you they don't own a television? Am I supposed to be impressed by the fact that you are some boring snob who never enjoyed a good episode of True Blood?
If you genuinely do not like television then that's fine, but no need to act so snobby about it.
{McSweeny's}
I spent way too much time on the Book of Odds, only to realize we were one of the link! Thanks for the mention! MSPaint is one of the greatest tools of our generation. Just don't tell any graphic designer that. They'll have a seizure.
ReplyDeleteNo problem :) I love your blog, so of course had to link to it =D
ReplyDeleteI know some graphic design junkies and yes, saying that I prefer using Paint all the time does give them a seizure :)
I actually tried to force myself to use other software, but somehow my creativity ends up dead if I try.
Interesting bookmarks. I actually stopped thinking about universe. During my schooldays I used to think how universe was created and what is the end etc etc and usually end up with huge headache.
ReplyDeleteThink about it. The smallest particle is atom and it works on same principle as the biggest objects like solarsystem where sun/neutron stays in the middle and the electrons/planets revolve around it and so on..
Ahah, yeh true sometimes the universe can give to headaches :)
ReplyDeleteIt is rather odd how these orbital patterns are followed by the largest to smallest structures, but things hit rock bottom as soon as you come to quantum physics :)