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Misplaced Thoughts

• Jan 21 2009
  Obama Ant Hills by Eric Silva
  Misplaced Thoughts

  See the big picture at PopSci. Via Ryan Culbertson.
  
  
• Jan 06 2009
  MacGuyver Multitool Concept by David Goligorsky
  Misplaced Thoughts

  [caption id="attachment_935" align="aligncenter" width="410" caption="MacGyver Tool"][/caption]
  
  
• Dec 18 2008
  Louis Agassiz by David Goligorsky
  Academia, Architecture, Art, Misplaced Thoughts, Quotes, Science, events, history, sculpture

  [caption id="attachment_896" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="\"Great in the abstract, but not in the concrete\""][/caption] The statue of Louis Agassiz, fallen from the Zoology building at Stanford after the earthquake in 1906. Someone was quoted in the papers as saying Louis Agassiz "was great in the abstract, but not in the concrete."
  
  
• Nov 27 2008
  Happy Thanksgiving by Eric Silva
  Misplaced Thoughts

  Happy Thanksgiving. Cookies by Maria Silva. Photo by Eric Silva.
  
  
• Nov 24 2008
  The Hidden Cost of War by Eric Silva
  Misplaced Thoughts

  The Hidden Cost of War infographic motion piece. Via Subtraction.
  
  
• Nov 13 2008
  The Selby by Eric Silva
  Misplaced Thoughts

  Cheri Messerli and David Rager's home on The Selby. Krysten Ritter's home on The Selby.
  
  
• Oct 25 2008
  Skippy Racer scooter by Eric Silva
  Misplaced Thoughts

  Via Signal vs. Noise
  
  
• Oct 09 2008
  UPS Tracking by David Goligorsky
  Misplaced Thoughts

  Ok. I ordered some stuff on the internets that I need really soon. Everything was honky dory until I got an email from UPS saying that my package is an "exception" to delivery, which means that I won't get it on schedule. This is my tracking information:
  
  
• Sep 27 2008
  They thought no one would notice by Eric Silva
  Misplaced Thoughts

  There's inspiration, then there's this. The Panasonic RP-HTX7 headphones, released in 2006: The Boosted Stiloso headphones, released in 2008: The similarity is stunning, right down to the two small screws attaching the similarly perforated headband. It's not apparent in these images, but both headphones have unusual cloth-insulated wire connecting the headband to the cans. These photos are roughly to scale—the headphones appear to be the exact same size. This sort of thing is common with inexpensive items imitating products costing orders of magnitude more. Oddly, the original Panasonic RP-HTX7 headphones are actually cheaper than the Boosted Stiloso headphones. I noticed the Stilosos in my local ...
  
  
• Sep 18 2008
  Perpenduum is not for tips by Christian Eager
  Apple, Misplaced Thoughts

  However, Eric and I were recently talking about missing keyboard shortcuts, and I figure it's worth sharing. Add a "Zoom Window" Keyboard Shortcut on Mac OS X Open "System Preferences" Click "Keyboard & Mouse" Select the "Keyboard Shortcuts" tab Click the "+" button to add a new shortcut Choose "All Applications" in the Application dropdown, type "Zoom" in the menu title field, and set your desired keyboard shortcut (I chose cmd-shift-M). Click "Add". Voilà. There does seem to be an outstanding issue in which this does not work properly in Firefox 3, but it works like a charm in every other app I've tried.
  
  

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