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Check this out. These pine cones are made from old shovels by Canadian artist Floyd Elzinga.

Via Trendhunter.com ...

What at first might appear to be relics from a long-gone past are actually sculptures created by Floyd Elzinga. The oversized pine cones might inspire fantastical thoughts of dinosaurs and giants, at the very least in children's minds, but they are manmade objects, not natural phenomena. Floyd Elzinga made them from the blades of shovels. The natural brown and rusty hue gives the sculptures an authentic appeal.

Based in Beamsville, Ontario, Floyd Elzinga focuses on the themes of "broken landscapes, portraits of trees and the aggressive nature of seeds," as written on his website. These pine cones are certainly agressive. Especially drawn to metal for its "malleable, plastic and forgiving nature,[...] [h]e has been exploring traditional metal working techniques to create textures and depth the same way a painter would use a paintbrush."

What Is the Answer to That Stupid Math Problem on Facebook? -- Slate

Perhaps you’ve seen the problem on Facebook or another forum:

6 ÷ 2(1+2) = ?

It’s one of several similar math problems popping up on social networks recently. Perhaps you, too, thought, “Duh! That’s easy,” and then, as I did, became embroiled in an epically long comment thread while your blood pressure steadily rose because you could not possibly understand why the others doing this problem could not get the right answer.

Perhaps, if you’re a nerd like me, or you teach math as I do, you even fell asleep thinking about this problem, baffled and frustrated about why you were unable to convince intelligent, educated friends that your calculation of this deceptively simple problem was accurate.

So, did you get 1 or 9? We’ll get to the “correct” answer in a moment.

Read on ...

My math came up with 1 while Google calculator comes up with 9.

I stumbled upon a new webcomic, The Zombie Hunters, and spent the day reading it.

It be cool and shall be added to my comic list, which I need to update here sometime soon.

Google Melon: Machinima Artist Transforms Earth Into a Fruit -- Wired

Video artist Marco Cadioli is no stranger to making shorts with images available from Google Earth, and for this summer he has turned our planet into a giant melon, as seen in the video above (be sure to have your speakers on).

View and read on ...

Google Melon: Machinima Artist Transforms Earth Into a Fruit -- Wired

Video artist Marco Cadioli is no stranger to making shorts with images available from Google Earth, and for this summer he has turned our planet into a giant melon, as seen in the video above (be sure to have your speakers on).

View and read on ...

Here are a few new comics I've been following on the web

- Penguin Peter vs Ninja Chicken on Don't Eat Any Bugs
- Five and Dime Comics
- Whiskey Falls

Fluid Dynamics: See Spot Shaking His Coat Dry -- Wired

A $27,500 camera plus 240 hours of filming plus 27 drenched animals equals the code for dynamic water repellency.

Read a bit more and watch the video here.

... I'm an excellent hose holder!

SETI has set up a website -- SETIStars -- to help fund their dedicated telescopes that they had to shut down a couple months ago. SETI is looking to collect $200,000 in 40 days to get the ATA back up and running. This is far short of what they need per year, $2.5 million, but they are also looking for other funding. They are taking donations of $5 to $500.

Read more here.

Source: This Wired article

This Is Going To Be Awkward is a great little website where you can send an anonymous email saying those things that need to be said!

Found via Thrillist.

I was visiting the Linux Mint website the other day and saw this ad.

View larger image here

Does this mean I may have Windows errors on my laptops (#1 - #2) running Linux Mint Debian?