What a Wanderful world! This is a random collection of crap goodies that I run into whilst “researching”. Tumblr (3.0; @billybobthesixth)http://billybobthesixth.tumblr.com/<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jsuits/3340377026/">chess pieces julia on Flickr - Photo Sharing!</a>: <p>These pieces are very heavy and very stable. You have to work to tip them over. Many of them make a jingling sound !! You can mix and match parts and get as creative as you want. Your hardware store…</p>http://billybobthesixth.tumblr.com/post/199616967http://billybobthesixth.tumblr.com/post/199616967Mon, 28 Sep 2009 20:23:24 -0400<a href="http://www.scientificamerican.com/blog/60-second-science/post.cfm?id=new-worm-species-found-in-unusual-h-2009-09-25">New worm species found in unusual habitat: dead whale carcasses: Scientific American Blog</a>: <p>Living whales may seem scarce in the world’s vast oceans—and their carcasses even more rare. But to animals and bacteria that feed on these graveyards, they are a rich source of life. And to one…</p>http://billybobthesixth.tumblr.com/post/199616961http://billybobthesixth.tumblr.com/post/199616961Mon, 28 Sep 2009 20:23:24 -0400<a href="http://www.virtualbox.org/">VirtualBox</a>: <p>VirtualBox is a powerful x86 virtualization product for enterprise as well as home use. Not only is VirtualBox an extremely feature rich, high performance product for enterprise customers, it is also…</p>http://billybobthesixth.tumblr.com/post/199616944http://billybobthesixth.tumblr.com/post/199616944Mon, 28 Sep 2009 20:23:23 -0400<a href="http://www.wired.com/culture/education/magazine/17-09/st_sinmaps">American Vice: Mapping the 7 Deadly Sins</a>: <p>We’re gluttons for infographics, and a team at Kansas State just served up a feast: maps of sin created by plotting per-capita stats on things like theft (envy) and STDs (lust). Christian clergy,…</p>http://billybobthesixth.tumblr.com/post/199616931http://billybobthesixth.tumblr.com/post/199616931Mon, 28 Sep 2009 20:23:22 -0400<a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/09/090921162144.htm">Math Used As A Tool To Heal Toughest Of Wounds</a>: <p>ScienceDaily (Sep. 28, 2009) — Scientists expect a new mathematical model of chronic wound healing could replace intuition with clear guidance on how to test treatment strategies in tackling a…</p>http://billybobthesixth.tumblr.com/post/199616933http://billybobthesixth.tumblr.com/post/199616933Mon, 28 Sep 2009 20:23:22 -0400<a href="http://www.aplin.com.au/?page_id=368">Aplin Software » Neo’s SafeKeys 2008</a>: <p>Neo’s SafeKeys 2008 represents a huge improvement in security and useability over the previous version of Neo’s SafeKeys, and is a recommended dlownload for all users</p>http://billybobthesixth.tumblr.com/post/199616935http://billybobthesixth.tumblr.com/post/199616935Mon, 28 Sep 2009 20:23:22 -0400<a href="http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=3225307">Gmaps Pedometer</a>: <p>5.0719 miles @ 44:07 mins.</p>http://billybobthesixth.tumblr.com/post/199616914http://billybobthesixth.tumblr.com/post/199616914Mon, 28 Sep 2009 20:23:21 -0400<a href="http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2009/09/one_year_after_hurricane_ike.html">One year after Hurricane Ike - The Big Picture - Boston.com</a>: <p>One year after Hurricane Ike tore across the gulf coast of Texas, residents paused on Sunday to observe the anniversary of the costliest natural disaster in Texas history. Destroying or damaging many…</p>http://billybobthesixth.tumblr.com/post/198204148http://billybobthesixth.tumblr.com/post/198204148Sun, 27 Sep 2009 06:23:33 -0400<a href="http://braillelabeler.net/index.html">6dot Braille Labeler</a>: <p>Designed with the blind in mind, and engineered by a team of MIT undergraduate students, 6dot, which is currently in the prototype phase, will be the first easy-to-use electromechanical Braille…</p>http://billybobthesixth.tumblr.com/post/198204150http://billybobthesixth.tumblr.com/post/198204150Sun, 27 Sep 2009 06:23:33 -0400<a href="http://www.menainfra.com/news/marine-causeway/">World’s longest marine causeway to start construction by 2010?</a>: <p>The Qatar-Bahrain Friendship Causeway, a 40km long marine causeway featuring a 22km bridge and 18km embankments connecting the west coast of Qatar to the east coast of Bahrain, is scheduled to begin…</p>http://billybobthesixth.tumblr.com/post/198204145http://billybobthesixth.tumblr.com/post/198204145Sun, 27 Sep 2009 06:23:32 -0400<a href="http://noimpactman.typepad.com/">No Impact Man</a>http://billybobthesixth.tumblr.com/post/197250875http://billybobthesixth.tumblr.com/post/197250875Sat, 26 Sep 2009 02:33:19 -0400<a href="http://www.microphotonics.com/nanotomo.html">Nano X-ray tomography: Nano-CT</a>: <p>The 2011 X-ray nanotomograph from Skyscan provides non-destructive 3D microscopy of the internal structures of small objects with spatial resolution down to ~400 nanometers. It is now possible to…</p>http://billybobthesixth.tumblr.com/post/197250862http://billybobthesixth.tumblr.com/post/197250862Sat, 26 Sep 2009 02:33:19 -0400<a href="http://www.dvhardware.net/article32613.html">IBM researchers show off nano MRI</a>http://billybobthesixth.tumblr.com/post/197250858http://billybobthesixth.tumblr.com/post/197250858Sat, 26 Sep 2009 02:33:19 -0400<a href="http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2009/09/spider-silk/">1 Million Spiders Make Golden Silk for Rare Cloth | Wired Science | Wired.com</a>: <p>A rare textile made from the silk of more than a million wild spiders goes on display today at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City. To produce this unique golden cloth, 70 people…</p>http://billybobthesixth.tumblr.com/post/197250865http://billybobthesixth.tumblr.com/post/197250865Sat, 26 Sep 2009 02:33:19 -0400<a href="http://noimpactproject.org/movie/">No Impact Project » Movie</a>: <p>Author Colin Beavan, in research for his next book, began the No Impact Project in November 2006. A newly self-proclaimed environmentalist who could no longer avoid pointing the finger at himself,…</p>http://billybobthesixth.tumblr.com/post/197250871http://billybobthesixth.tumblr.com/post/197250871Sat, 26 Sep 2009 02:33:19 -0400<a href="http://www-03.ibm.com/press/us/en/pressrelease/21399.wss">IBM Press room - 2007-04-22 IBM Milestone Brings MRI Technology to the Nanoscale - United States</a>http://billybobthesixth.tumblr.com/post/197250846http://billybobthesixth.tumblr.com/post/197250846Sat, 26 Sep 2009 02:33:18 -0400<a href="http://nano.cancer.gov/news_center/nanotech_news_2005-10-03b.asp">Nano News - MRI Contrast Agents from Viral Nanoparticles</a>http://billybobthesixth.tumblr.com/post/197250853http://billybobthesixth.tumblr.com/post/197250853Sat, 26 Sep 2009 02:33:18 -0400<a href="http://www.weathersealed.com/2009/09/22/where-the-buffalo-roamed/">Where The Buffalo Roamed « Weather Sealed</a>: <p>This summer, cruising down the I-5 through California’s Central Valley to the Los Angeles Basin, I unwittingly stumbled upon a most exasperating development: the country strip mall. First, let me…</p>http://billybobthesixth.tumblr.com/post/196202197http://billybobthesixth.tumblr.com/post/196202197Thu, 24 Sep 2009 20:39:27 -0400<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2009/09/12/business/financial-markets-graphic.html">How the Giants of Finance Shrank, Then Grew, Under the Financial Crisis - Interactive - NYTimes.com</a>http://billybobthesixth.tumblr.com/post/196202203http://billybobthesixth.tumblr.com/post/196202203Thu, 24 Sep 2009 20:39:27 -0400<a href="http://godhatesprotesters.wordpress.com/">god hates protesters</a>http://billybobthesixth.tumblr.com/post/196202145http://billybobthesixth.tumblr.com/post/196202145Thu, 24 Sep 2009 20:39:21 -0400