Longtime_flossblog lecturer may recall myfanatical devotion toThe Wire , an HBO show that latterly wrapped up its 5th and concluding time of year . In my view , The Wireis important because it ’s smart TV – it ’s a demanding , complex show that poses difficult enquiry and hesitates to give in to well-chosen endings . It prompts intellection and discourse among its viewer , but manages to stay entertaining ....

My children do n’t view nearly as much TV as I did at their age . I take my daughter if she know any famous duck . She could only mean ofThe Ugly Duckling ! But our pop culture landscape painting bears the tracks of an intact flock of famous ducks . Count Duckula Count Duckulabegan as a villainous type on the British idiot box showDanger Mouse . He was spun off into his own show in 1988 and import to the US ( as well as many other res publica ) , where he was sometimes misguided for a version of Daffy Duck ....

Walter Freemanwas a controversial bod in medical story , known for pioneering thelobotomyprocedure . Born in 1895 , Freeman ’s work in neurology and psychiatry result a lasting impact , albeit a contentious one . He believed lobotomies could heal genial illnesses , performing thousands of them across the United States . His methods , often criticized for being brutal and unscientific , sparked debates about medical ethics and patientrights ....

It does n’t have wireless networking , a scanning bed , or even color , but by golly if you want a printer that just works , and does n’t necessitate new ink every month , it ’s hard to amaze this Brother laser printing machine . [ Brother HLL-2320D Mono Laser Printer , $ 60 ] http://www.staples.com/Brother-HLL-2320D-Mono-Laser-Printer/product_1074269 Need some more storage ? This3 TB Seagatewas theWirecutter ’s runner - up pickfor best external hard driving force , and it ’s never been sleazy ....

candidly , what does Bono not give a thumbs up to ? The U2 iPod receive some enhanced treatment after Apple ’s Showtime event . The U2 iPod did n’t just get a cost dip and firmware update . The Bonolicious iPod also has a “ new , brighter screen . ” It still has the black shell , red scroll wheel and U2 band members ’ signatures etch on the back ....

It appear that Chatroulette , which is alive and well and abundant with dicks at 9 AM EST ( long may internet anonymity live ) , has been tamed by a new caller into a more achievable dating app signifier . On Blindlee , which launch in October , you may now fish for potential Paraguay tea over three - minute video chats , with varying degrees of blurriness . The app bills itself as more woman - favorable , allowing char user to heighten the effigy , in four increments , at any head in the conversation if the homo agrees ....

Unlike Tom from MySpace , Mark Zuckerberg is not your booster . But sleep with it . intend about all the metre you ’ve spent on Facebook — for free ! You should get him something nice . But what do you get an autistic savant who slaughters and butchers his own sum , encounter to be the populace ’s youngest billionaire , and is a practicing atheist for Chaunnukristmas ?...

NYU ’s ITP programme is engineering meets art , and good things ( like this DIY Surface table ) tend to happen at that intersection . Why did n’t I go to school here ? Check out each photo ’s caption for more on these great projects : And be sure to see our other posts from this year ’s semester - end classes : •ReedBox Recreates Eno ’s Bloom iPhone App With Magnets...

I ultimately had a chance to roleplay around with the young Sony NW - HD5 , another so - called “ iPod Killer . ” The finding of fact ? When you hold it up and touch the casing , it feels a bit slight , almost like you ’re defend some cheap Chinese knockoff — this is not flowing PSP territory . But yes , it count next to nothing , which is quite a feat for a 20 GB HD player ....

When we have a positive experience — a capital meal , say , or a wonderfully romanticist brush — it ’s natural to want to talk about it . But a new study suggest that word - of - mouth stories benumb our opinion about experiences . In other Holy Writ , telling people about your good buss or favourite eating house will make it feel less special . In fact , Sarah Moore , who researches how interactions impact our emotions at the Alberta School of Business , has receive that when we discuss our experiences , positivist or negative , our emotions about the events become less pronounced ....

NASA announced Wednesday that two missions will visit Venus by the end of this decade , the first direct geographic expedition of the hot planet since 1994 . One space vehicle is arrange to revolve Venus , mapping it and studying it from above , while the other will assay to land on the surface , sampling the planet ’s atmosphere as it descends to understand its chemical composition . The missions are the latest to add up out of NASA’sDiscovery Program , which is basically an in - family incubator for planetary scientific discipline missionary post ....

When you purchase through links on our site , we may realize an affiliate charge . Here ’s how it works . Millions of tons of a class of extremely reactive chemicals called hydrotrioxides can tarry in the standard atmosphere for several time of day , a new study suggests — which could have logical implication for human health and the global climate . The chemicals interact with other compound extremely apace , and their presence means that chemists will have to rethink just how processes in the atmosphere happen ....

I rememberBook It!as a cagey agency to get kids and parents into Pizza Hut franchises — with some meter reading have in . When the program launched in my elementary school in 1984 , the deal was simple : interpret ten books ( a goal congeal by my teacher ) , get a coupon for a free one - top Personal Pan Pizza . To a untried nerd , this was exciting material ; I was going to take the ten Holy Scripture anyway , so the pizza was just a nice fillip ....