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I'm sure there's a lot of Naturalist Nancys in Santa Cruz - Rodfather

"Polaroid goes for cute and comes up cubed with its unique new action camera, now in stock at B&H. The Cube Mini Lifestyle Action Camera is a magnetized 35mm cube (that's 1.4" to we imperial folk) that features a wide 124-degree FOV lens, records Full HD 1080p video, and is built into a splash- and shock-resistant body. In these respects, it’s a pretty standard action camera. What sets it apart is its novel mounting concept. Being magnetic—and cube-shaped—you can attach it directly to flat surfaces that are made of ferrous metals, for example, on top of a putter (A driver? Not so much). Thanks to perfect symmetry, you can even lock multiple cameras together, forming an aggregated block of cameras. Why? Perhaps you’d like to stitch together a single, high-resolution image, or to have different cameras covering different angles." - rønin

Better be some powerful as heck magnets cause I can see people losing these left and right if not. - rønin

This would not work in my house. You'd end up with a lot of furniture sticking out into doorways or pushed through walls. - April Russo (FForever!)

"One neat thing about this one is that unlike with some cartograms, the basic shapes of the countries are very recognizable. Such low-population, large-area Anglophone nations as Canada and Australia nearly vanish from the map, though, while the nations of the Indian subcontinent swell enormously. Russia also shrinks from being a giant of land mass to only a mid-sized country as judged by population. You can also see that Nigeria really dominates the West African landscape in terms of actual population in a way that conventional area maps don't reflect." - rønin

Gah, really irritating when FFBookmarklet can't pull in the selected photo even though it shows in the bookmarklet frame. - rønin

Yeah, I have that problem with SB nation sites as well (which seem to use something that references vox in their media files, so it might be related.) - Jennifer Dittrich

"Marshawn Lynch and Rob Gronkowski join Conan for an extreme Super Bowl proxy battle in "Mortal Kombat X." - rønin

"William Wingate had been standing on a busy Seattle street corner in July and leaning on a golf club he uses as a cane. That’s when a police cruiser pulled up, stopped, and the officer inside yelled that he “put that down.” The resulting exchange — in which the white officer claims Wingate, an elderly black man, swung the club at her after she asked him to “shut it down” before she arrested him – was all captured on the cruiser’s dashboard camera, the footage of which Seattle Police released this week as it apologized for the incident." - rønin

"Mohammed, who lived through the events in Baghdad the film depicts, admits that scenes where women and children were killed were hard for him to watch. But all in all he liked the movie. “I love watching war movies because especially now they give me the strength to face ISIS,” he said, using one of the acronyms for the Islamic State. When asked if he thought the movie was racist or anti-Arab — a charge made by some critics in the West — he replied, “No, why? The sniper was killing terrorists, the only thing that bothered me was when he said he didn’t know anything about the Quran!”" - rønin

"But not all Iraqis were cheering on "Chief" Kyle’s kills. Wael, a government ministry employee in his thirties, says the film was too violent. He’s happy it’s no longer being shown in some Baghdad theaters. “To some extent, I considered it against all Muslims,” he said. He also referred to the opening scene in Fallujah where a woman and child are killed. “The sniper, he has a chance to hit the child and his mother in their foot or anywhere without killing them, but he didn’t because he’s bloodthirsty like all the American troops.” Wael, who asked to only be referred to by his first name because he fears for his security, says he still watched the movie three times: twice at the cinema and again at his friend’s house." - rønin

"“There is no American films [about Iraq] — and I saw a lot of them — that have given justice to the Iraqi people and the events that happened in Iraq,” he said. “I sort of understand why not, because when an American filmmaker and an American company make a film they think about it from the American point of view, they don’t care about Iraq, they care about themselves.” “That’s why we Iraqi filmmakers have to make films about Iraqi people,” he added." - rønin

How come I didn't get that book? Is it available as an ebook? ;-p - rønin

Fugly. - Joe

It's like a weird mish-mash of Myspace/Geocities style colors with a more modern layout. Ugly headers and text running into photos and whatnot. How'd this get green lighted? - rønin

Yeah, it's bad. - John (bird whisperer)

"Earlier this month, a car hit the 1 ½-year-old cat in Tampa. Bart's owner was so distraught, he couldn't stand the thought of burying him, so he asked neighbor to dig a shallow grave. Five days later, on Jan. 21, a matted and injured Bart emerged, meowing for food." - rønin

Whoa. It's like the movie, Pet Cemetery. - Tamara J. B.

:/ - هانیبال

The ground beyond is sour. - COMPLICATED MR. NOODLE

"Though only a prototype at present, Yuki-taro's creators in the snowy city of Niigata expect to have a marketable version ready within 5 years at a cost of under 1 million yen (about $9000). That may sound like a lot, but it's likely that municipalities would pay the cost and deploy them where needed. Besides, Yuki-taro is packed with high-tech features such as a GPS positioning sensor, twin video cameras for obstacle avoidance in the "eyes", and an integral snowblock maker that will thrill local kiddies looking to build an igloo or two!" - rønin

#caponluk - grizabella

Bune rakum mu - antabus

Didn't agree more. Totally thought it was a spider until I read the caption. Doesn't look like King Julien at all - COMPLICATED MR. NOODLE

"Fear is one of our most basic evolutionary instincts, a sudden physical jolt to help us react to danger more quickly. In the modern world, fear often seems excessive -- in the absence of wild animals to flee, we're left screaming over roller coasters and scary movies. But for at least one woman, fear is unobtainable. And while she lives a normal life, her fearlessness is actually a handicap." - rønin

Yep. Same here. - Friar Will

"Now, New Yorkers think they know the real thing when it comes to Chinese food. It has been a topic of hot debate. A lot of folks like to cite Flushing, where there are some legitimate regional specialists. But when it comes to quality, it is Los Angeles that reigns supreme—yes, better than Flushing and Vancouver." - rønin

I don't think you'll meet any Chinese who will say Flushing has the best Chinese food in the US. It probably has the largest concentration of decent places in the NY area but there's no way it can compare to what's available on the West Coast. - rønin

I am still reluctant to even agree that LA beats Vancouver. <grump> - Andrew C (✔)

I've had some really good Chinese food in Monterey Park. The thing about LA is the trends change so fast. One place could be hot but then 6 months later, another place would become the place to eat at. - Rodfather

"And she wasn't just driving, she was DRIVING, leaving Abdullah a quivering wreck: His nervousness only increased as the Queen, an Army driver in wartime, accelerated the Land Rover along the narrow Scottish estate roads, talking all the time. Through his interpreter, the Crown Prince implored the Queen to slow down and concentrate on the road ahead. That's right: Queen Elizabeth basically spent an afternoon using her military-grade driving skills to haze the crown prince of Saudi Arabia. Result: Elizabeth 1, Abdullah 0." - rønin

"Cloud storage startup Box soared in its Wall Street debut Friday after a public share offering, pushing its market value to $2.7 billion. Trading under the symbol "BOX," the shares jumped 66 percent to close at $23.23 on the New York Stock Exchange from the offering price of $14 announced Thursday." - rønin

Does anyone actually use Box? I have an acct, just like I have a Dropbox, iCloud, Google Drive, OneDrive, and Pogoplug acct but I don't really use any of them except for Dropbox. And iCloud. - rønin

I got a free 50GB account. I use to back up all my photos from my phone every night. Mostly to back up Eye-Fi transferred photos. - Rodfather

I use this app https://play.google.com/store... - Rodfather

"It’s commonly used in traditional cuisine as a condiment or side dish with grilled foods (Korean barbecue), served with steamed rice for a humble meal or as an accompaniment to ramyun (Korean noodles), nibbled between slurps or added to the bowl for extra zest. Indeed, kimchi can perk up just about anything, even a plate of bacon and eggs. But to think of it merely as a condiment is a mistake. Kimchi is also a magic ingredient with many possibilities, and home cooks would do well to explore them. Adding it to soups, stews, noodles or rice dishes gives them more dimension. It’s like adding a layer of very flavorful vegetables." - rønin

As I mentioned yesterday, one of the most annoying things about this 'trend' is that there are several kimchi that are not cabbage or radish based. - Anika

Yeah, but cabbage and radish are by far the most popular. Even at Korean markets, the cucumber and other veggie kimchis are far in the minority compared to cabbage ones. - Andrew C (see frenf.it)

Starts out pretty funny but then gets a lil' disturbing (to me at least) from the middle on as they discover the joys of random violence. - rønin

CoD was hilarious. - Heather

I know you're not supposed to run away when coming upon a bear but I probably would've done the same. Stupid fight/flight response. =p - rønin

"Conan makes IT guru Chris Hayes' dreams come true with a visit to the Taco Bell test kitchens." - rønin

"In the U.S., hanging out in a cafe with animals is such an exotic concept that people can't get enough of it. A pop-up cat cafe in New York last year had lines down the block. Online reservations for another Manhattan cat cafe are almost fully booked more than two months ahead. But in Japan, cat cafes are just the start. You can hang out in rabbit cafes or have coffee in Tokyo with two goats. And you're not limited to domestic animals. You can also spend an hour at a cafe holding a great horned owl." - rønin

When the boys & Ga Yeon of Roommate visited the owl cafe in Tokyo it was hilarity. I felt bad for the poor birds chained to sticks, though. - Anika

He's lucky he only took himself out. "The North Carolina Highway Patrol says a tractor-trailer driver hauling a load of Ramen noodles nodded off at the wheel and crashed, causing a mess along southbound I-95 near Rocky Mount Wednesday morning." - rønin

MAN saw this and said " eh, it's only about $20 worth". He eats the really cheap kind :-) - Shannon - GlassMistress

"Jeff de Boer is a Calgary-based multi-media artist with an international reputation for producing some of the world's most original and well-crafted works of art." - rønin

Da fuq? - rønin

Jesus. :( - Tamara J. B.

"In about two and a half minutes, the folks at MinuteEarth give us a solid explanation incorporating fluid dynamics, fractals, and some interesting examples of what happens when rivers get "too bendy" and the bends collide." - rønin