Cool Video: Balancing Point

Danny Brown employs reverse destruction of rock sculptures and dazzles the eye in this magical short film

Family Friendly (from ifilm.com).

Discovery Has Landed

Safely back on Earth, STS-114 Commander Eileen Collins called the flight a fantastic mission, noting we brought Discovery back in great shape.

(from NASA.gov).

Dog Cloned

Scientists for the first time have cloned a dog.

Researchers nicknamed their cloned pal Snuppy, which is shorthand for Seoul National University puppy. One of the dog's co-creators, Gerald Schatten of the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, describes their creation, now 14 weeks old, as a frisky, healthy, normal, rambunctious puppy

(from Associated Press, via CNN.com).

Deliberate Imperfection

As a boy I learned that the creators of Navajo blankets purposely weave a flaw into each of their creations

(from metacool). This reminds me of a Persian Flaw. The legend goes that back in the day (though I'm not sure what day it was), Persian rug makers were deeply religious and believed that only God could make something perfect. Therefore, in their humility before God, they would deliberately incorporate a small error, a flaw, into each rug. Thus a Persian Flaw revealed the rug maker's devotion to God. I imagine the rug buyer could/might share this sentiment. It also works as a hat tip to how we are all human and imperfect.

Fun Flash: Colour Perception

Family Friendly color perception flash thingy. A little mind blowing.

Fake News: Annan Says Egypt Blasts Violate Kyoto Protocols

Although the United Nations lacks a consensus definition of 'terrorism' and has no substantive anti-terror program, Secretary-General Kofi Annan today said that yesterday's bombings in Sharm El Sheik, Egypt, that killed more than 85 people, may violate the Kyoto protocols on climate change

(from ScrappleFace).

Recent Events

May God bless London, the entire UK, and our nations' enduring kinship

(from IowaHawk).