the young people of today are changing as a result of information technology. Being part of some kind of easily categorized sub-culture group has become increasingly mainstream, and the harder that people try to be unique and different, the more they conform to a particular mould. 

As a result, a new social formula has emerged, from three different sub-cultures, and they have been taking over… 

Emo + Metro + Hobo = Hipster.

On every street corner, Hipsters spread themselves out in neat little groups, leaning on old graffitied brickwork, occupying bus shelters, jamming on their ukuleles, spinning vinyl records at every opportunity, dominating garage sales and generally looking heaps fucking cool. Hipsters are a product of their environment. They try very hard to look like they don’t give a shit about anything, but they give a shit about everything… They give a shit, about not giving a shit.

curethriftshop:

These handsome bronze bookends are 25% OFF today!

25% OFF all your ONLINE purchases until midnight tonight.

(enter JANUARY at checkout)

futurescope:

Open-source project intends to advance robotic surgery

A couple of years ago, the Willow Garage robotics company gave ten of its PR2 robots away to deserving research groups. The idea behind the project was that these groups would use the PR2s for robotics research, then share their discoveries with each other, thus advancing the field farther than would be possible if they each had to build their own unique robots from scratch. Now, a similar but unrelated project is underway, and this time the robots are designed specifically to perform surgery.

The National Science Foundation-funded project involves seven identical Raven II surgical robots, which were designed in a joint effort between the University of Washington (UW) and the University of California, Santa Cruz. At the end of this month, five of the robots will be shipped from UW to medical robotics researchers at Harvard University, Johns Hopkins University, the University of Nebraska, UC Berkeley, and UCLA. The other two robots will remain at UW and UC Santa Cruz.

There are reportedly already four other universities waiting to get their own Raven IIs.

Each system consists of a two-armed surgical robot, a guiding video camera, and a surgeon interface system (which could be located far from the robot). They are run by software created using the popular Robot Operating System, which should allow them to be compatible with many other robotic devices. All of the systems are open-source, and will be linked with one another via the internet. In this way, the groups can work together on collaborative experiments, and share data on the new hardware, software and algorithms that they each develop.

“These are the leading labs in the nation in the field of surgical robotics, and with everyone working on the same platform we can more easily share new developments and innovations,” said UW’s Blake Hannaford.

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jaffajam:

clumsyoctopus answered your question: Ah g’wan, for old times sake

DINOSAURS.

They’re trying to high-five but it’s not really working for them.

I hope so i need a good day!

So true!

ps-imadethis:

All hail McQueen!  Keep your manicure out and about, while your palm stays calm and carries on.   Alexander McQueen’s fingerless gloves inspired these delicious DIY glovettes, created with our friends at Who What Wear.  To create your own pair, cut the feet off of a pair of socks, which leaves you with a “tube”.  Cut all of the fingers off minus the thumb then snip off approximately 1/2” of thumb’s fingertip. Make a 1”-vertical slit on the outside of the tube to create the thumb hole.  Slide gloves inside the tube, pulling the thumb through the hole.  Find two sparkly brooches or buttons and glue thin tube shaped beads with a hot glue gun or super glue.  Once dry, pin or sew to the top of the glove.  

moustair:

Kick Ass Ian McKellen Moustair

Why does he play a good guy in one movie and a bad guy in the next i don’t know??????

tattoolit:

From Cat’s Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut.

“Busy, busy, busy, is what we Bokononists whisper whenever we think of how complicated and unpredictable the machinery of life really is.”

The positioning on the foot is also symbolic, as it relates to “boku-maru,” the mingling of awarenesses.