Kimchi Stew
is YUM
(I tried it for the first time tonight at Momofuko Noodle Bar)
Life in the East River, seen on a long walk this a.m.
(if “life” includes dead jellyfish)
Batting Stance Guy
If only his videos were in HD.
NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope reveals the center of the magnificent barred spiral galaxy NGC 1512 in all wavelengths from ultraviolet to infrared. The colors (which indicate differences in light intensity) map where newly born star clusters exist in both ‘dusty’ and ‘clean’ regions of the galaxy. NASA Image of the Day.
Just beautiful.
I bought a juicer, the last in a long and pathetic line of late summer purchases. The juicer, a Hamilton Beach Big Mouth Pro, works like a dream.
Thank goodness I report back to work soon.
With Ted at the New York Aquarium.
Ted is fun to go places with. He loves everything, most especially sea animals.
New York Aquarium, yesterday
Coney Island, yesterday
“ The scientists have studied how magicians mix humor into their performances because a laughing audience is unable to pay attention to the magician’s hand. The study also determined that there are various levels of misdirection that magicians use to trick an audience. These insights, which were previously unknown to scientists, suggest that humor and misdirection can help manipulate levels of attention. ”
If You Use the Web, You May Have Already Been Enlisted as a Human Scanner
I didn’t know that as we are authenticating ourselves as humans on Ticketmaster and a host of other sites that we are also assisting in manually transcribing illegible old texts!
Now, I am not nearly as resentful for having to do this (nor do I feel as completely dumb when I don’t get them “right”).
But, wait, if I am transcribing the illegible, how is my transcription deemed correct?
