the anti-shazzzam

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Nov 23
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Um, awesome. I totally want some Battlestar Galactica glowing spine action.

Scientists are researching biodegradable, silicon-silk devices that could be implanted inside the human body for various applications, potentially including the development of “LED tattoo” skin displays.

Unlike the current breed of “rigid” implantable chips (such as the ID tags that can be put into pets), these devices would build a silicon circuits into thin films of silk that would be flexible and could conform to the surface of human tissue.

The silk substrate onto which the chips are mounted eventually dissolve away inside the body, leaving just the electronics behind. The silicon chips are around the length of a small grain of rice — about one millimeter, and just 250 nanometers thick, and the sheet of silk will keep them in place, moulding to the shape of the skin when saline is added.
You could show off your latest Flash animations, watch TV on your arm, or have a built-in PDA screen.

(via Huffington Post)

I love the future!

Nov 21
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MLS cup

I started learning windmills this week. It is hard.

My breaking teacher Jerome is dancing at the MLS cup halftime show at Qwest Field this weekend. The Massive Monkees are doing a routine to a Guitar Hero sequence of Michael Jackson’s “Beat It” as performed by some of the celebrity soccer players. Let’s hope they don’t drop any notes and mess the bboys up, hmm?

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Good dinner, good people. That’s all that matter’s in life, really.

Nov 20
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Marking achievements

We often categorize our lives into buckets of time when we felt or did certain things: “that’s when I was in college,” “that’s when I met my husband,” “that’s when I made my first million dollar deal.” As a young teenager I decided to catalog my life. I never wanted to forget how I felt and why I did the things that I did. I wanted to be able to analyze my brain and mental progress at a later date. I have a small box of journals, each titled “Chapter 1,” “Chapter 2,” etc, detailing my life from high school until now. When I read them today, I smile, feel embarrassed or blush.

Going to college was a feat. When you grow up on food stamps in an overwhelmingly restrictive environment with people whispering “you’ll never go to college” in your ear, a diploma seems like a pipe dream. But I did it, and thus far, my graduation day is one of the best days of my life. As I was graduating college, I had hopes of attaining a PhD. I screamed “PLEASE LET ME GET INTO GRAD SCHOOL!!!!” A few days later, I got my acceptance letter. That acceptance letter is tucked away amongst my items labeled “precious.” I am proud to say that I have the highest level of degree of anyone in my immediate and extended family.

That dream is gone now that I realized that graduate school was useless. I have moved on, but I still love that memory of the way I was. I was just as elated as when I got my first security consulting job. I had dreamed of being a security professional since I first began fiddling with modems. When I got my first offer letter, I promised myself that when I got enough money, I would buy myself a ring so that I could always remember that I could achieve my dreams. I wanted to carry around the reminder that I had the power to achieve what I wanted. I had a Tiffany ring picked out and filed away in my head, but for one reason or another, I never got it.

When I got my new job a few weeks ago, I decided it was time to buy that ring. I knew I wanted something unique: a statement ring. I looked everywhere but couldn’t find one that was interesting enough. I’m picky and I hate jewelry, so it was hard. By chance, I stumbled across a brand called Iosselliani in one of the fashion blogs I read. I was in love.

What I like about this ring is that it is ridiculous. It’s huge, it’s heavy, it kind of looks like costume jewelry. I love it! It is a melded conglomerate of five engagement rings. Bling, bling, baby! Wearing this heavy ring will be like carrying around my journals, remembering the outrageous goals I have made and achieved, marking this period of my life, and assuring me that I can do it again.

Nov 19
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You know what's awesome?

When your ex’s mom whom you haven’t spoken to in years calls up unexpectedly, tells you she loves you and thinks of you as a daughter, invites you to Thanksgiving, tells you that you were the best of all the previous girlfriends and you were the one that got away.

#validated

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“I was writing for me, and I discovered that was the way to go.”

Ray Bradbury’s compelling advice not just for struggling writer’s but for everyone. Do what is best for you, what you care about, and other’s will follow.

(io9)

PS - Ray Bradbury is very cute with his blow up Godzilla, 6 cans of Coors and cheese, and little short shorts.

Nov 18
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justin:

Watch this in case you’re not sure …

Everything about this is adorable and will make you go “awww”

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