My Daily Tweets 04-25-12

• 12m Quantum Photon Gun Could be Basis for Quantum Information Processing http://wp.me/pWvW-6Xt
• 27m “THE ENDS JUSTIFY THE MEMES”
• 29m “Nothing surprises us except that everyone else always seems to be surprised when the worst-case scenario comes to pass.”
• 4h Good friends are like orgasms. It’s lucky if you have one, and its really lucky if you have multiple ones…
• 18m Vintage Cameras Make Good Looking iOS Docks http://wp.me/pWvW-6Xq
• 20m Foco Acoustic iPad Amplifier: Another Boost for iPad Speakers http://wp.me/pWvW-6Xn
• 22m MIT Media Lab Makes OLED Display Cubes: No Cenobites in Sight (Yet) http://wp.me/pWvW-6Xk
• 25m Rare Fisheye Nikkor Lens for Sale… Just $160,000 http://wp.me/pWvW-6Xh
• 9h At least America excels at mediocrely imagining gruesome murders for TV.
• 5h Ce soir, c’est moi et toi. (Toi étant mon iPhone) #TristeVie
• 12h Unhappiness is not knowing what we want and kiIIing ourselves to get it.
• 12h Stendhal Syndrome triggered by the dance of light in a cloud of dust under an overpass. http://instagr.am/p/J2plKlJXqp/
• 11h @esther931201 and who is this Jessica?
• 13h Fierce! #cat #cats #alpha #norge #bergen #animals http://instagr.am/p/J2g23FDc5L/
• 13h CALIBRATE YOUR WEIRDNESS LIKE AN EXPENSIVE TELESCOPE
• 14h Wet street http://instagr.am/p/J2ciqONTY7/
• 14h Blinding lights http://instagr.am/p/J2cBsBNTYn/
• 14h @dizzydentgirl mind aerobics when u notice ur mind runs faster than people around u
• 14h If your story lasts longer than 30 seconds, I start to fantasize that I’m dancing with Fred Astaire.
• 14h Even blurrier w real rain 4/25 http://instagr.am/p/J2blSftTYX/
• 14h Wet grass http://instagr.am/p/J2bcOqNTYN/
• 14h Time to walk Spike before it gets too late. Already close to 1AM. #freelancing #writing
• 14h When one door closes, another door opens.
• 14h Think I pissed off a chick by saying that Sunday lunch, @ noon, was too early bc I went out the night before Haven’t heard back from her yet
• 14h @benschott @dictionarycom COME UP W NEW WORDS! just kidding. No pressure at all.
• 14h Three screens in operation. Usually work w 2 http://instagr.am/p/J2Zi6rNTXM/
• 14h Kids were a bit nutty today. Summer hormones. They kept talking about bikinis. They are 9-10 years old.
• 14h Dirty http://instagr.am/p/J2XnITAHsY/
• 14h I’m sort of in shock that I’m done.
• 14h “Survival is triumph enough.” A personal remembrance of Harry Crews: http://goo.gl/V2Y9F
• 14h wow, managed to rouse myself to write two more posts. Now I’m done. I would have liked to write more, but that’s OK.
• 14h Billionaires and Futurists Plan Space Missions to Mine Asteroids for Metals http://wp.me/pWvW-6Xe
• 15h touch typing is so awesome, I’m glad I learned it years ago. It’s so fast.
• 16h The computer programs for Apollo mission were literally woven into rope memory: http://kottke.org/12/04/source-code-for-apollo-and-gemini-programs Crafty!
• 17h I wanna cuddle, snuggle, and get into some trouble.
• 17h When it comes to tomatoes, no one in the world knows less than Nick #NewGirl
• 17h Describe [my #brokenpenis] as a battered highway cone #Schmidt #NewGirl
• 17h My penis is having a heart attack #Schmidt #NewGirl
• 17h I broke my penis #Schmidt #NewGirl
• 17h He cry and cry it was so funny #NewGirl
• 17h I sex you in your face. #NewGirl
• 17h Get out of here you sky-rats. Go back to hell where you belong! #NewGirl
• 17h The Taiwanese have some odd English word combinations that they think work well. They don’t
• 17h Been home for hours, and it’s only gotten cold enough now to wear clothes. #Taiwan
• 17h Dinner: red curry chicken w noodles http://instagr.am/p/J2B1I9NTen/
• 18h Vans Waffle iPhone 4S case can’t be shipped to Taiwan. I guess I’ll have to find it locally. I also need new shoes, so with one stone…
• 18h Finished my 2nd shift of work. Only a couple more posts to go, but I’m taking a break. Been going non stop for 10 hours.
• 18h “A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.” -Lao Tzu
• 18h @esther931201 ah Ok, I was wondering why you were so excited.
• 18h Ollie, differentiating an incandescent bulb from other lights: “the one shaped like a drip of water”.
• 19h Though I daresay that after this year, I’ll have conversational Mandarin.
• 19h Sometimes not understanding the language is an advantage.
• 19h Laetitia Casta by Mario Testino for Vogue Paris May 2012 | http://Fashnberry.com http://fashnberry.com/editorials/laetitia-casta-by-mario-testino-for-vogue-paris-may-2012/ via @fashnberry
• 19h Lindsey Wixson by Max Farago in Chanel for Dazed http://fashiongonerogue.com/lindsey-wixson-max-farago-chanel-dazed-confused/ via @fashgonerogue
• 19h California Corn Flakes http://www.invadermag.com/2012/04/25/california-corn-flakes/ via @invadermag
• 19h Almost finished paying off my new scooter. This means that I’ll get toys next month: HD800, Drobo, ACD 27. #happytimes
• 19h What I thought were speedcam flashes were actually lightning strikes
• 19h Kind of raining but managed to get home before the worst downpour
• 19h There’s herpes in the air today, via FML
• 20h ((( For some millisecond pulsars, the regularity of pulsation is more precise than an atomic clock. )))
• 20h Buon appetito http://instagr.am/p/J1yTJxNTau/
• 22h @esther931201 what is Jessica day?
• 23h Jason Statham Wearing A Black Suit And Jumping About With A Gun must be a film genre by now, right?
• 23h Finished #fall last night and started #thenighteternal. So far, I like it. It reminds me of #brianlumley‘s #necroscope
• 25 Apr “You retain ownership of any intellectual property rights that you hold in that content. In short, what belongs to you stays yours.”
• 25 Apr Well, this is very worrisome if true (that Google Drive owns the stuff you put on it): http://www.zdnet.com/blog/btl/how-far-does-google-drives-terms-go-in-owning-your-files/75228?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter via @ferricide
• 25 Apr @yiiee ok thanks. Will check those out
• 25 Apr @yiiee yonghe isn’t far from my place but I always get lost there.
• 25 Apr Started the night eternal yesterday http://instagr.am/p/J1SfM2tTWW/
• 25 Apr @yiiee can u tell me which place u used to print your business cards? Thx!
• 25 Apr Co-worker went out, left the AC remote in his locked classroom on 22C. That’s going to be trouble
• 25 Apr Gross margin: HTC: 11%. Samsung: 17%. Motorola: 25%. RIM: 27%. Nokia: 29%. Apple: 47%.
• 25 Apr @Artie_D ok sorry. Thought u had sent it already.
• 25 Apr “We have all this evidence that the Riemann zeros are vibrations, but we don’t know what’s doing the vibrating.” ((( Damn you, Riemann )))
• 25 Apr @Artie_D hi I haven’t received your mail, only something addressed to Nick and talking about blogdash
• 25 Apr Instead of wishing you were someone else, be proud of who you are. You never know who was looking at you wishing they were you.
• 25 Apr All the goodies come in S– Sex, spa, shopping, super cars, and few others immoral unmentionable S stuff x
• 25 Apr It’s going to rain http://instagr.am/p/J1BMy-tTRp/
• 25 Apr Nice clouds 4/25 http://instagr.am/p/J1A5VLNTRh/
• 25 Apr My Daily Tweets 04-24-12 http://wp.me/pWvW-6Xb

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Quantum Photon Gun Could be Basis for Quantum Information Processing

The advent of a quantum internet, one based upon single photons used to encode and send information, which in turn is protected by quantum cryptography, has become more likely, thanks to the development of a photon gun that can fire pairs of photons on demand.

Read more @ SciTechDaily

Vintage Cameras Make Good Looking iOS Docks

What can you do with broken or discarded cameras that probably predate your date of birth? Unless they are still functioning, I guess they can make perfectly capable iPhone and iPod docks. Check out these retro docks made by Laboratoria Altieri. They put a whole new spin on reusing old tech.

Read more @ Technabob

Foco Acoustic iPad Amplifier: Another Boost for iPad Speakers

The Foco is another acoustic amplifier for your iPad. It’s basically like the Amplifiear but the shape is a bit more conservative and practical. It’s designed to make sharing tunes or watching movies a lot easier and you won’t have to lug around heavy powered speakers.

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MIT Media Lab Makes OLED Display Cubes: No Cenobites in Sight (Yet)

For some reason, whenever I see small, interesting cube-like devices, I think of the puzzle cube in Hellraiser, which is also knowns as a Lemarchand’s box. However unlike those, these ones developed by the MIT Media Lab allow you to visualize something on each of the six screens, one on each side, not open a door to Hell!

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Rare Fisheye Nikkor Lens for Sale… Just $160,000

SLR camera lenses can be pretty expensive, but this has got to be some sort of a record. A rare fisheye Nikkor 6mm f/2.8 lens, which is supposed to offer the world’s most extreme wide-angle, has gone on sale at Gray’s of Westminster in London, UK for the low, low price of $160,000 (USD), give or take a few dollars after currency conversion.

Read more@ Technabob

Billionaires and Futurists Plan Space Missions to Mine Asteroids for Metals

It’s been long thought, especially in science-fiction, that once Earth’s dwindling metallic resources dry up, the human race would look to the stars for precious metals. While this has been posited for decades in science-fiction literature, this is the first time that futurists are actually planning missions to harvest asteroids from space for metals.

Read more @ SciTechDaily

My Daily Tweets 04-24-12

• 2m Adult White Killer Whale Spotted in the Wild for the First Time http://wp.me/pWvW-6X8
• 5m Wheelblades Help Wheelchairs Tackle Snow and Ice http://wp.me/pWvW-6X5
• 8m Piolo iPhone Stand: The Littlest Stand http://wp.me/pWvW-6X2
• 9h Men who don’t hold the door for women have no penis.
• 10h Humans aren’t the only species that partake in oral sex; cheetahs, hyenas, and goats all go down too.
• 9h Kate Moss for Mango Summer 2012 Ad Campaign by Terry Richardson http://fashiongonerogue.com/kate-moss-mango-summer-2012-ad-campaign-terry-richardson/ via @fashgonerogue
• 9h Fresh Face | Olga by Mathieu Vladimir Alliard http://fashiongonerogue.com/fresh-face-olga-mathieu-vladimir-alliard/ via @fashgonerogue
• 10h My watch must have stopped. Apparently it’s already never. #House #Wilson
• 10h Dog having fun http://instagr.am/p/Jz3dxiNTUG/
• 10h Being single kind of sucks and is awesome at the same time.
• 10h Wow, it was pretty hot today. It was 33C. Supposed to go up even further this week.
• 10h Everyone in my apartment is naked. #pets&me
• 12h We’ve got 10 copies of the charming Bumpy Road to give away (rumours are it unlocks a theme in Clear)! Retweet this for a chance to win!
• 10h Cryosat Mission Took Detailed Data of Polar Ice Caps http://wp.me/pWvW-6WY
• 11h Number 39 http://instagr.am/p/JzuvD9NTRY/
• 11h @itsminhvybitch souvent je mappelais Jean-Pierre Talbot
• 11h @esther931201 that looks painful
• 11h @Artie_D looks good. I’ll try those out. Can you send me the info @ djrange at gmail dot com?
• 14h Designers spend their lives convincing clients to be brave & take risks, then make their twitter avatar a coloured circle.
• 13h Mornings are like that friend you see only ocassionally, are initially happy, then remember why he’s not really a friend. He’s an arsehole.
• 12h It was a hot day today 4/24 http://instagr.am/p/JzsF5kNTQP/
• 12h Ball of fur sleeping next to me http://instagr.am/p/Jzq3JuNTf7/
• 12h 4 posts down 4-8 more to go, time to walk Spike. The burgers I ate earlier are a bit heavy. Fresh air will wake me up.
• 12h McSweeney’s Internet Tendency: The Peculiar Arab Chronicles: Arabs and Their Women.: http://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/arabs-and-their-women#.T5a6bzCgqHY.twitter
• 13h McSweeney’s Internet Tendency: Thought Experiments for Philosophy 101 Students.: http://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/thought-experiments-for-philosophy-101-students#.T5a6ca-CAgU.twitter
• 13h An anonymous publishing exec on why s/he breaks the DRM on his/her ebooks, and how to do it! http://paidcontent.org/2012/04/24/breaking-drm-publishing-exec
• 16h Lomo cameras are getting naffer and naffer. They used to just make good solid cameras, now they just make hipsterbait. http://j.mp/I6alov
• 18h “relationships are like happy meals, except they make everyone cry”- Micah Valentine @1982Mv
• 19h ((( three spacecraft, arranged in an equilateral triangle with 5-million-kilometer arms, flying along an Earth-like heliocentric orbit. ))
• 19h Apartment building http://instagr.am/p/Jy6rN6tTU0/
• 19h Silhouette http://instagr.am/p/Jy2R9sNTUQ/
• 19h Great light today 4/24 http://instagr.am/p/Jy2EB9NTUL/
• 22h DRONES BELIEVE THAT CIRRUS CLOUDS ARE APHRODISIACS FOR ANY SPECIES THAT CAN COMMUNICATE VIA THE EARTH-IONOSPHERE WAVE GUIDE.
• 19h About to start pouring and I have no umbrella 4/24 http://instagr.am/p/Jy15ZWNTUI/
• 19h Dark skies 4/24 http://instagr.am/p/Jy12OFtTUG/
• 20h Laetitia Casta by Mario Testino for Vogue Paris May 2012 http://fashiongonerogue.com/laetitia-casta-mario-testino-vogue-paris-may-2012/ via @fashgonerogue
• 20h Images of Earth From Above – In Focus – The Atlantic http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/2012/04/images-of-earth-from-above/100283/ via @in_focus
• 20h Emily Senko by Marcus Ohlsson for Velvet May 2012 http://fashiongonerogue.com/emily-senko-marcus-ohlsson-velvet-may-2012/ via @fashgonerogue
• 20h Tania Onishchenko by Jurij Treskow for Contributor http://fashiongonerogue.com/tania-onishchenko-jurij-treskow-contributor-5/ via @fashgonerogue
• 21h Coachella 2012 http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2012/04/coachella_2012.html via @BostonUpdate
• 21h Fresh Face | Claudia E by Luc Coiffait http://fashiongonerogue.com/fresh-face-claudia-luc-coiffait/ via @fashgonerogue
• 21h My Daily Tweets 04-22-23-12 http://wp.me/pWvW-6WU

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Adult White Killer Whale Spotted in the Wild for the First Time

There have been sightings of white whales sporadically over the last few decades, but the only white killer whales (Orcinus orca) were young, including one with a rare genetic condition that died in a Canadian aquarium in 1972.

Read more @ SciTechDaily

Wheelblades Help Wheelchairs Tackle Snow and Ice

Wheelchairs have difficulties moving about in snow, but no longer thanks to Wheelblades. These small skis can be easily mounted on the front wheels of wheelchairs or baby buggies, significantly improving their mobility in snow and ice.

Read more @ Technabob