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creatures of the mechazoic era

Posted in i must retire to my nerdery, look over here! on June 3rd at 3:47pmcomment

justin chase black creates sculptures of robotic animal fossils! more here.

40 THOUSAND year old painting of a ginormous bird June 1st at 5:33pm – comment

perhaps the oldest in australia, this rock painting shows an extinct bird, the genyornis.

the alien landscapes of northern california’s salt ponds

Posted in i must retire to my nerdery, look over here! on June 1st at 5:26pmcomment

cris benton’s photos from the above salt pond here, a bajillion other awesome aerial kite photographs of salt ponds here.

via io9

my bicycle photo is featured on LAist! June 1st at 5:09pm – comment

see it here!

my photo is featured on LAist!

Posted in look over here!, photos on May 31st at 11:09amcomment

cactus garden overlooking LA

7 Reasons to Love L.A.

geologic time viewer May 28th at 4:36pm – comment

a visual representation of the earth’s geologic timeline, including aspects of ancient geology we live with in the present day.

katamari in bronze

Posted in i must retire to my nerdery, look over here! on May 26th at 4:52pmcomment

the prince and his katamari, by mark ellis.

bots of both worlds

Posted in i must retire to my nerdery, look over here!, videos on May 25th at 7:43pmcomment

behold: the latest installment of the spitzer science center’s web series for kids. starring amy okuda from ‘the guild’ and the voice of wil wheaton. the setting: the giant ring of saturn!

tangent: as wil wheaton has noted via his site and twitter, there was a truly great line in the finale of ‘the big bang theory’ last night, and I’d like to share it here:

…there are man-made objects on the moon, put there by a member of a species that only 60 years before had just invented the airplane!

whoa. right??

periodic table of ‘the empire strikes back’

Posted in i must retire to my nerdery, look over here! on May 24th at 4:59pmcomment

via io9

flower petal bee nests

Posted in look over here! on May 20th at 10:22pmcomment

Turkish bees make beautiful nests out of flower petals

details at io9.