November 11
The Big Picture: THE SURFACE OF MARS More specifically: Intersecting swirling trails left by the earlier passage of dust devils across sand dunes, as they lifted lighter reddish-pink dust and exposed the darker material below. Also visible are darker slope streaks along dune edges, formed by a process which is still under investigation. ARE YOU FING KIDDING ME? IF YOU DON’T THINK THIS IS AWESOME. STOP READING THIS BLOG NOW. UNFOLLOW PLZ. More pictures at Boston.com

The Big Picture: THE SURFACE OF MARS

More specifically:

Intersecting swirling trails left by the earlier passage of dust devils across sand dunes, as they lifted lighter reddish-pink dust and exposed the darker material below. Also visible are darker slope streaks along dune edges, formed by a process which is still under investigation.

ARE YOU FING KIDDING ME? IF YOU DON’T THINK THIS IS AWESOME. STOP READING THIS BLOG NOW. UNFOLLOW PLZ.

More pictures at Boston.com

November 10
[Flash 9 is required to listen to audio.]

Brigitte Bardot - ‘Moi Je Joue’

If there’s ever a slideshow of any sort of romp I take through France, this is for sure the background music.

UPDATE: Nm, apparently Sofia Coppola beat me to it.

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Remember how awesome this was?

Yeahhhhhhh was the original awhhhh.

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How to (properly?/efficiently?) eat a chicken wing

This video may or may not have changed my life.

via Michelle

November 9
UH OH. AIR QUALITY LEVELS IN OUTDOOR AIR ARE PREDICTED TO BE GREATER THAN AN AIR QUALITY INDEX VALUE OF 100 FOR THE POLLUTANT OF FINE PARTICULATES. THE AIR QUALITY INDEX… OR AQI… WAS CREATED AS AN EASY WAY TO CORRELATE LEVELS OF DIFFERENT POLLUTANTS TO ONE SCALE. THE HIGHER THE AQI VALUE, THE GREATER THE HEALTH CONCERN. WHEN POLLUTION LEVELS ARE ELEVATED… THE NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH RECOMMENDS THAT INDIVIDUALS CONSIDER LIMITING STRENUOUS OUTDOOR PHYSICAL ACTIVITY TO REDUCE THE RISK OF ADVERSE HEALTH EFFECTS. PEOPLE WHO MAY BE ESPECIALLY SENSITIVE TO THE EFFECTS OF ELEVATED LEVELS OF POLLUTANTS INCLUDE THE VERY YOUNG, AND THOSE WITH PRE-EXISTING RESPIRATORY PROBLEMS SUCH AS ASTHMA OR HEART DISEASE. THOSE WITH SYMPTOMS SHOULD CONSIDER CONSULTING THEIR PERSONAL PHYSICIAN.

UH OH.

AIR QUALITY LEVELS IN OUTDOOR AIR ARE PREDICTED TO BE GREATER THAN AN AIR QUALITY INDEX VALUE OF 100 FOR THE POLLUTANT OF FINE PARTICULATES. THE AIR QUALITY INDEX… OR AQI… WAS CREATED AS AN EASY WAY TO CORRELATE LEVELS OF DIFFERENT POLLUTANTS TO ONE SCALE. THE HIGHER THE AQI VALUE, THE GREATER THE HEALTH CONCERN.

WHEN POLLUTION LEVELS ARE ELEVATED… THE NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH RECOMMENDS THAT INDIVIDUALS CONSIDER LIMITING STRENUOUS OUTDOOR PHYSICAL ACTIVITY TO REDUCE THE RISK OF ADVERSE HEALTH EFFECTS. PEOPLE WHO MAY BE ESPECIALLY SENSITIVE TO THE EFFECTS OF ELEVATED LEVELS OF POLLUTANTS INCLUDE THE VERY YOUNG, AND THOSE WITH PRE-EXISTING RESPIRATORY PROBLEMS SUCH AS ASTHMA OR HEART DISEASE. THOSE WITH SYMPTOMS SHOULD CONSIDER CONSULTING THEIR PERSONAL PHYSICIAN.

November 8
NiceKicks: Jordan 2 White/3M These come out (“drop”) sometime next year, hopefully they won’t be a pain in the ass to procure.

NiceKicks: Jordan 2 White/3M

These come out (“drop”) sometime next year, hopefully they won’t be a pain in the ass to procure.

November 7
Someone needs to have a talk with this guy. Previously.

Someone needs to have a talk with this guy. Previously.

November 6
Lol: Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T

Lol:

Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T

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Dog does the mambo

Mambo? More like mamb-lol.

November 5
“ I’m going to play them all. On behalf of all Steve Slaton owners everywhere, f you Gary Kubiak.
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Factually incorrect advertising: Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T

Factually incorrect advertising:

Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T

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How to hypothetically download Friday Night Lights not legally (if you were so inclined)

THIS IS NOT SOMETHING I DO, but a lot of people have asked me how someone might do this, so I thought I would share.

  1. Download a program that will let you use a torrent file to download something over the BitTorrent network - I’ve heard good things about Transmission (for Mac), not sure what to use for Windows but I’m sure if you google it you can find something.
  2. Go to either Mininova or The Pirate Bay and search for “Friday Night Lights” (or whatever other TV show, movie, program you’re looking for).
  3. Within the results, sort by “seeds”, that’s how many people are currently sending out the file, and choose the one that has the highest number of seeds, and thus the potentially quickest download time. Note: Downloading the torrent file itself should be very fast, it’s a small file.
  4. Download and open the torrent (it should automatically run whatever torrent downloading program you downloaded before) and you should see a download start to go go go.
  5. When the download’s done, just go to the folder where it downloaded and, “voila!” your file should be there (5b. You may need to download some codecs to make the file work properly, if you get Divx that might be all you need, if it still doesn’t work, download VLC or mPlayer - again for Mac)

Anyways, that’s how you COULD potentially download Friday Night Lights off the internet. There are other streaming options as well (google it), but for the highest quality viewing, this is what I would recommend- but know that this is VERY ILLEGAL.

Clear Eyes, Full Hearts.

(Plz don’t arrest me)

November 4
jeffrubinjeffrubin: They are among us, does anyone have any more info? (via our intern Ariel) HUGE.

jeffrubinjeffrubin:

They are among us, does anyone have any more info?

(via our intern Ariel)

HUGE.

November 3
“ I hope I find love in the next 10 years—that will be pretty annoying if I am 31 and still have never been in love!

Rihanna to Glamour

OUCH! Poor Chris Brown! They dated for like two years!
November 1

I'm just glad those bathtubs are gone.

  • David: WOW
  • David: there is an awesome new viagra/erectile disfunction commercial
  • Trex: ahahhaha
  • David: have you seen this???!
  • David: with the reflection?
  • Trex: oh yeah
  • Trex: it's great
  • David: amazing
  • Trex: he's got multiple personalities, but not even a single boner
  • David: hahahahahah