A weblog about stuff and junk by Jake Sutton
Cranberry juice no benefit for kidney stones?
In both, the cranberry juice increased urine levels of calcium and oxalate. Levels of brushite did decrease, but this substance causes a different type of kidney stones (known as brushite stones), which are comparatively rare.
Not that I’ve been hitting the Ocean Spray in hopes of avoiding another kidney stone. It was just kind of nice to have the idea that there was something that could help.
My initial impression of Fox’s new show Prison Break (the pilot for which I watched last night) is good overall.
I have kind of a hard time imagining how they will fill a whole season (nevermind the idea of any following seasons, but I said the same about Lost), but I’ll watch anything with a guy who has plans for an entire prison campus and clues for how to exploit said campus’ weaknesses tattooed on his body.
“The tattoo takes about four to five hours to apply, if you’ve got two people working on it,” Wentworth explains. “It’s a series of decals that fit together like puzzles. They’re kind of more sophisticated versions of what you might find in a Cracker Jack box. You lay it down, spray it, peel it off and then seal it with glue, paint in the filler parts. It’s apparently the most complicated imitation tattoo ever created, done by the art house that did all the special effects for ‘The Passion of The Christ.’”
It is impressive.
Custom
Originally uploaded by Jake Sutton.
It makes me happy that Kustom Kulture is making such a mainstream comeback these days, thanks (at least in part) to the various car and chopper shows on TLC and the Discovery Channel.
Though I still wonder where the heck these people get their money.
Molecular motors push liquid uphill
Droplets of liquid have been moved uphill by molecular motors designed to manipulate Brownian motion.
While other researchers have found ways to make drops of liquids move before, what is new here, says David Leigh at the University of Edinburgh, is the use of molecular motors to achieve it: “This is the first time you can use molecular-level motion to move a macroscopic object. OK, so it’s only a tiny droplet – but it’s a start.�
How very Diamond Age!
Best are the “you might also do this” scenarios:
The so-called “nano-shuttles� could also create a range of different types of smart surfaces, such as adhesive surfaces that can be switched on and off, or surfaces that can be switched from one colour to another.
Brave new world, indeed. I can’t wait until I can finally customize the color of my flying car!
Moonbat anti-evolutionist: Deepak Chopra
This is beautiful. Deepak Chopra seems to be even more of a looney tune than I thought he was, and this article is a wonderful deconstruction of his “Intelligent Design” arguments.
Wow.
Highlight (one of many):
Larry King actually asked this question:
KING: All right, hold on. Dr. Forrest, your concept of how can you out-and-out turn down creationism, since if evolution is true, why are there still monkeys?
Uh, right. And my ancestors came from Sweden, so why the heck are there still Swedes?
Nice.
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Oh, then there’s this.
Study: Killer Whales Learn to Gull a Gull
The mammal discovered he could lure seagulls into his tank by spitting regurgitated fish onto the water’s surface.
He then lurked below the surface, waiting for a gull to grab the fish, and then seized the bird in its open jaws.
Killer whales join dolphins and chimps in the “cultural learning” club.
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