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{"item":{"status":"visible","url":"\/2011\/06\/12\/bass-shown-in-a-high-speed-recording\/","trash":"","name":"bass-shown-in-a-high-speed-recording","parent":"","title":"Bass shown in a high speed recording","date":"2011-06-12 10:40:17","filepath":"posts\/2000130_bass-shown-in-a-high-speed-recording.xml.json","type":"post","content":"It looks so alive. \u00a0The strings wobble as the musician grasps and slaps the strings. \u00a0Music is beautiful.\n\n<iframe src=\"http:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/4041788?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><p><a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/4041788\">stunning bass-string shot<\/a> from <a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/urbanscreen\">urbanscreen<\/a> on <a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\">Vimeo<\/a>.<\/p>"}}
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{"item":{"status":"visible","url":"\/2011\/06\/11\/soap-what-is-it-and-how-does-it-work\/","trash":"","name":"soap-what-is-it-and-how-does-it-work","parent":"","title":"Soap, what is it and how does it work?","date":"2011-06-11 11:41:07","filepath":"posts\/2000126_soap-what-is-it-and-how-does-it-work.xml.json","type":"post","content":"Soap is one of humanity's greatest inventions. \u00a0It keeps our bodies clean and it can be made with \"found\" materials. \u00a0Our ancestors all across the globe would make soap from simple ingredients like hardwood ash, water, and animal fat.\n\n<img class=\"alignleft\" style=\"margin: 5px;\" title=\"Soap\" src=\"http:\/\/www.grit.com\/uploadedImages\/GRT\/articles\/issues\/2009-01-01\/saponification.jpg\" alt=\"Saponification\" width=\"216\" height=\"308\" \/>\n\nToday we don't necessarily need to know how to make soap. \u00a0We can simply buy it from the store. \u00a0However, the invention is so great and important, it would be a shame to have the majority of humanity forget how it is made.\n\nBefore learning how to make soap or the ingredients, like lye, to make the soap, it is worth the time to learn how soap works. \u00a0How does soap make us clean?\n\nWell, Jennifer Nemec explains <a href=\"http:\/\/www.grit.com\/Tools\/How-Lye-Becomes-Soap.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">How Lye Becomes Soap<\/a>. \u00a0She explains the science behind the process in easy laymen's terms.\n\nThere is also another good article on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.grit.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Grit.com<\/a> by Lacy Razor\u00a0on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.grit.com\/Tools\/Easy-Homemade-Soap.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">How to Make Homemade Soap<\/a>. \u00a0It has a nice history lesson and is also worth reading.\n\nNow, if society crumbles, or you are transported back to 10,000 BC, or the zombie apocolypse arrives, you should at least know how to make soap.\n\n...next up is to learn how to tan animal hides with the animal's own brains... \u00a0 oooh gross! \u00a0But very cool!"}}
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{"item":{"status":"visible","url":"\/2011\/06\/10\/online-javascipt-beautifier\/","trash":"","name":"online-javascipt-beautifier","parent":"","title":"Online Javascipt Beautifier","date":"2011-06-10 11:01:01","filepath":"posts\/2000122_online-javascipt-beautifier.xml.json","type":"post","content":"<a href=\"http:\/\/jsbeautifier.org\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-123\" style=\"margin: 5px;\" title=\"JavaScript Logo\" src=\"http:\/\/www.8bitrobot.com\/media\/uploads\/2011\/06\/js.png\" alt=\"JavaScript Logo\" width=\"116\" height=\"83\" \/><\/a>I recently ran across <a href=\"http:\/\/jsbeautifier.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">JSBeautifier<\/a> while looking for an online JavaScript re-formatter. \u00a0It is much faster than having to open a desktop IDE, paste the code, and re-indenting the source.\n\n<a href=\"http:\/\/jsbeautifier.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">JSBeautifier<\/a> is simple and keeps the most used options available like number of spaces for indention and where an open bracket should be. \u00a0All this is great for code standardization.\n\n<a href=\"http:\/\/jsbeautifier.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">JSBeautifier<\/a> is free and open source. \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/jsbeautifier.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Check it out<\/a>."}}
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{"item":{"status":"visible","url":"\/2011\/06\/09\/carl-sagan-pale-blue-dot\/","trash":"","name":"carl-sagan-pale-blue-dot","parent":"","title":"Carl Sagan - Pale Blue Dot","date":"2011-06-09 12:14:20","filepath":"posts\/2000113_carl-sagan-pale-blue-dot.xml.json","type":"post","content":"Carl Sagan is my hero.\n\n<iframe src=\"http:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/22582065?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><p><a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/22582065\">Pale Blue Dot - Animation<\/a> from <a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/user2814951\">Ehdubya<\/a> on <a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\">Vimeo<\/a>.<\/p>"}}
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{"item":{"status":"visible","url":"\/2011\/06\/06\/perspective-battleships-are-awesome-and-stupid-at-the-same-time\/","trash":"","name":"perspective-battleships-are-awesome-and-stupid-at-the-same-time","parent":"","title":"Perspective: Battleships are awesome and stupid at the same time.","date":"2011-06-06 15:21:42","filepath":"posts\/2000117_perspective-battleships-are-awesome-and-stupid-at-the-same-time.xml.json","type":"post","content":"<a href=\"http:\/\/scottlocklin.wordpress.com\/2011\/06\/01\/battleships-a-ridiculous-but-awesome-idea\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-118\" style=\"margin: 5px;\" title=\"Battleship\" src=\"http:\/\/www.8bitrobot.com\/media\/uploads\/2011\/06\/bship.jpg\" alt=\"Battleships, the bling of the seas...\" width=\"128\" height=\"128\" \/><\/a> \"Guns that squirted out bullets as heavy as a Volkswagon; 14\u2033, 16\u2033, 18.1\u2033 in diameter! Armor a foot and a half thick! Giant coal and oil burning steam engines creating 150,000 horsepower and belching out enormous clouds of smoke! 60,000 ton craft at 30 knot speeds! Sweet baby Jesus, that\u2019s damn cool.\"\n\n<em>More at <a href=\"http:\/\/scottlocklin.wordpress.com\/2011\/06\/01\/battleships-a-ridiculous-but-awesome-idea\/\" target=\"_blank\">Locklin on Science<\/a><\/em>"}}
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{"item":{"status":"visible","url":"\/2011\/06\/05\/200-pound-baby-in-the-park-with-grandma\/","trash":"","name":"200-pound-baby-in-the-park-with-grandma","parent":"","title":"200 pound baby in the park with grandma","date":"2011-06-05 11:55:28","filepath":"posts\/200080_200-pound-baby-in-the-park-with-grandma.xml.json","type":"post","content":"This is surreal to say the least.\n\n<iframe width=\"560\" height=\"349\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lBC6z6xcnFM\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n\nMore <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hyperflesh.com\/\">info<\/a>."}}
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{"item":{"status":"visible","url":"\/2011\/06\/04\/web-development-state-of-the-union\/","trash":"","name":"web-development-state-of-the-union","parent":"","title":"Web development state of the union","date":"2011-06-04 12:43:48","filepath":"posts\/200091_web-development-state-of-the-union.xml.json","type":"post","content":"<a href=\"http:\/\/www.8bitrobot.com\/media\/uploads\/2011\/05\/jscloud.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-92\" style=\"margin: 5px;\" title=\"Web Cloud\" src=\"http:\/\/www.8bitrobot.com\/media\/uploads\/2011\/05\/jscloud.jpg\" alt=\"Web Cloud - needs work\" width=\"177\" height=\"156\" \/><\/a>Harry Brundage put together a good write up on the state of web development today. \u00a0Not only did he outline what is wrong with development today, but he also proposed some solutions and how to fix the problems.\n\n<em>Good read - <a href=\"http:\/\/harry.me\/2011\/01\/27\/today-web-development-sucks\/\" target=\"_blank\">Today Web Development Sucks<\/a> - at <a href=\"http:\/\/harry.me\/\" target=\"_blank\">harry.me<\/a><\/em>"}}
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{"item":{"status":"visible","url":"\/2011\/06\/03\/spotlight-beastie-boys-make-some-noise\/","trash":"","name":"spotlight-beastie-boys-make-some-noise","parent":"","title":"Spotlight: Beastie Boys - Make Some Noise","date":"2011-06-03 14:55:05","filepath":"posts\/200098_spotlight-beastie-boys-make-some-noise.xml.json","type":"post","content":"This new video by the Beastie Boys has cameos galore. \u00a0The video is very entertaining.\n\n<iframe width=\"560\" height=\"349\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WdgLMslbDuY\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n\nElijah wood, Danny Mcbride, Seth\ufeff Rogen, etc...?"}}
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{"item":{"status":"visible","url":"\/2011\/06\/02\/real-life-super-heroes-in-san-francisco\/","trash":"","name":"real-life-super-heroes-in-san-francisco","parent":"","title":"Real life super heroes in San Francisco","date":"2011-06-02 11:02:51","filepath":"posts\/2000101_real-life-super-heroes-in-san-francisco.xml.json","type":"post","content":"<a href=\"http:\/\/thebolditalic.com\/JustinJuul\/stories\/777-san-francisco-bay-guardians\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-102\" style=\"margin: 5px;\" title=\"heroes\" src=\"http:\/\/www.8bitrobot.com\/media\/uploads\/2011\/05\/heros.jpg\" alt=\"Real life super heroes\" width=\"150\" height=\"170\" \/><\/a>You have to hand it to these guys. They are standing up for what is right and are staring fear in both eyes (from both physical and social injury).\n\nAt night these guys put on costumes and walk around the Tenderloin and other unsavory places around SF in an effort to keep the public safe.\n\n<em>Read more at <a href=\"http:\/\/thebolditalic.com\/JustinJuul\/stories\/777-san-francisco-bay-guardians\" target=\"_blank\">thebolditalic.com<\/a>.<\/em>\n\n<em>Become a super hero yourself at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.reallifesuperheroes.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Real Life Superheroes<\/a>.<\/em>"}}
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{"item":{"status":"visible","url":"\/2011\/06\/01\/no-you-are-not-dreaming\/","trash":"","name":"no-you-are-not-dreaming","parent":"","title":"No you are not dreaming","date":"2011-06-01 10:11:01","filepath":"posts\/200086_no-you-are-not-dreaming.xml.json","type":"post","content":"<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2011\/US\/05\/30\/arlington.cemetery.protesters\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-87\" style=\"margin: 5px;\" title=\"Westboro Baptist Church and the KKK\" src=\"http:\/\/www.8bitrobot.com\/media\/uploads\/2011\/05\/WBC_KKK.jpg\" alt=\"Westboro Baptist Church and the KKK\" width=\"125\" height=\"113\" \/><\/a>Over at Arlington Cemetery, the KKK has taken to counter-protesting the Westboro Baptist Church. \u00a0Full story at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2011\/US\/05\/30\/arlington.cemetery.protesters\/index.html\">CNN.com<\/a>.\n\nThe Klan is opposed to WBC's position towards the military and WBC says the KKK has no moral grounds to oppose WBC.\n\nWhatever. \u00a0Both groups continue to use the civil rights they want to keep others from having."}}
