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bookofjoe
'World's most popular blogging anesthesiologist'
Interests: music, food, history, running, art, design, solitude, edges, space, origins, comfort, movies, books, philosophy, football, architecture, silence, quantum, boundaries, time, future, intensity
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Tao Tactical Pen: Defensive writing instrument with 'three levels of force'
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Designed by knife designer Allen Elishewitz. From websites: In Chinese philosophy, Tao means "the way," the fundamental or true nature of the world. And appropriately, these pens reflect the current state of today's world, in which a sudden, unforeseen physical... Continue reading
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Who was Zane Grey?
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I'm betting no one under 40 has ever heard of him. From Lincoln Michel's recent essay "What Lasts and (Mostly) Doesn't Last: Take Zane Grey, who was the most popular author of the most popular genre (Westerns) in his day.... Continue reading
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Ephemeral tic-tac-toe
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"Symbols disappear after 4 moves." Fair warning: there goes the day. Built by Stefan Matei. Continue reading
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Limited-Edition Panerai Mare Nostrum
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From The Financial Times: "Conceived in 1943, it was originally made in tiny numbers for use by Italian Navy officers. The Mare Nostrum measures a mammoth 52mm in diameter. The new version represents a faithful replica, even down to the... Continue reading
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World's Longest and Highest Infinity Pool
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File under "Hello hello, I'm at a place called Vertigo." The pool is 150 meters long and 200 meters above sea level, atop the Marina Bay Sands hotel in Singapore. The hotel and pool were designed by architect Moshe Safdie.... Continue reading
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Your Biological Clock
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Got Carpal Tunnel? Your Lopper Is Here.
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From websites: The Electric Alligator Lopper tackles mid-sized branches too thick for standard loppers. Built like a chain saw with double handles, it has a 4" jaw that cuts from side to side in a scissor-like action, trimming and then... Continue reading
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Once Upon a Time (12,500 Years Ago) in Colombia
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"First recorded in the nineteenth century, prehistoric wall drawings illustrate a complex relationship between humans and animals deep in the Amazon rainforest, where creatures were treated simultaneously as a source of food and as a supernatural wonder." The first photographs... Continue reading
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I'll sleep when I'm dead
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From WebMD: "Since newborns do not yet have an internal biological clock or circadian rhythm, their sleep patterns are not related to daylight and nighttime cycles. In fact, they tend to not have much of a pattern at all." Continue reading
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Target Rug
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Jasper Johns, call your studio. Rug: $118.15. Robert Scull bought Johns' 1961 painting "Target (above)," 66" x 66", executed in hot wax, oil paint, and newsprint, from the artist for $10,200. It was sold in 1973 at Sotheby's for $125,000.... Continue reading
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How to open (undetectably) a locked bag with a ballpoint pen
Makes understandable all the reports of things gone missing from people's luggage. Unless you believe you and I are the only ones who know this trick. Fair warning: over 900,000 people have watched this video since it was uploaded twelve... Continue reading
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Fruit Fly Brain
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[The brain of an adult fruit fly, including every one of the 140,000 neurons connected by more than 50 million synapses.] From Carl Zimmer's superb New York Times article: It's smaller than a poppy seed, but packs tremendous complexity into... Continue reading
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Knife Block
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Take a piece of wood. Make two narrow wedge-shaped holes. Continue reading
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Dentist's Telephone Pole Flyer with Tear-Off Teeth
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I love this. Dr. John Mullally practices in Norton Shores, Michigan. Feel free to give him a call (231-737-6453) and tell him how much you like his flyer. Continue reading
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'Industry' — The Soundtrack
I've loved this show since the first episode of Series 1; I'm chuffed HBO has just greenlighted Season 4. From the beginning I've been enchanted by the music, not dominant but rather like smoke curling at the edges of the... Continue reading
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Lodge Cast Iron Skillet Rust Eraser
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From the website: Successfully restore any piece of Lodge cast iron cookware with our Rust Eraser. This is the best tool to have in your arsenal when you want to restore family heirlooms, remove rust from a Sportsman's grill left... Continue reading
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Floral collar from a pit filled with funerary items for King Tut
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It was included in a 2010 Metropolitan Museum of Art show, "Tutankhamun's Funeral." The collar was woven from colorful herbs, flowers, berries and leaves. According to Edward Rothstein's April 22, 2010 New York Times story, "The show's curator, Dorothea Arnold,... Continue reading
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Experts' Experts: How to Clean your iPhone's Lightning Port
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From the pros at iFixit. Introduction Use this guide to clean your iPhone's (generation 14 and below) charging port, a.k.a. the "Lightning port." If your iPhone charges intermittently — or not at all — your charging port may be dirty,... Continue reading
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Dog Mustache Ball Toy
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From websites: Go "Indognito" to the park with this fun toy. For the pooch with a good sense of humor. This shiny black toy is a ball on one side and a giant cartoon mustache on the other. Dogs naturally... Continue reading
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Where annoying people congregate
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High on any list of things that irritate people are those who constantly find fault. Even more annoying: that small sub-group who are usually spot-on in their criticism. For those who enjoy cinema-focused nitpicking, there's Movie Mistakes. It was started... Continue reading
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Experts' Expert: Does Maple Syrup Need To Be Refrigerated?
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The episode of the Washington Post Cooking Chat feature headlined above should really read "Does Maple Syrup Need To Be Refrigerated Once Opened?" since it sits on store shelves factory sealed indefinitely at room temperature. But I digress. A reader... Continue reading
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Time Flies Clock
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Designed by Rafael Morgan. Apply within. Continue reading
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How To Make Your Own Superball
So easy even a TechnoDolt©®™ can do it. Ethanol + Water Glass = ball. Continue reading
Posted Sep 29, 2024 at bookofjoe
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NOTHING IS WRITTEN IN STONE
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Posted Sep 29, 2024 at bookofjoe
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DJI Neo — 'Our palm-sized drone for vlogs is here'
Even though boj is still stuck in the antediluvian Dark Ages of the internet, adding vlog features has crossed what's left of my mind every now and then for the past several years. The problem for me is that even... Continue reading
Posted Sep 29, 2024 at bookofjoe
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