jhalbrecht

I received an email this morning from Linkedin with the color red catching my eye. I was immediately drawn to two things

Desire to appreciate (or objectify) woman in red dress and high heels
Absurdity of an article that claims improved productivity with standing desks by showing a person in high heels

And since I just discovered Jing last night I used it’s super easy capabilities to capture the image and share. This is my second share with Jing / Screencast.

I’m definitely busted, nay tricked, by the advertising, the article doesn’t have a picture of the woman in the red dress and heels. Ohh the shame…

17th January 2013

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sirmitchell:

Why the moon hoax would have been impossible.

Arm yourself, with KNOWLEDGE!

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11th July 2012

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rhamphotheca:

These Beautiful Bridges Are Just For Animals

by Jess Zimmerman

If we’re going to keep putting roads in the middle of their habitats, animals are sometimes going to need to cross the road. But it’s better for everyone involved if they don’t have to push a button and wait for the light to change, because they don’t have thumbs and nine times out of 10 they’ll just careen into the side of your car. Which is why some highways have overpasses built specifically for animals like deer, elk, and grizzly bears.

Nobody teaches moose pedestrian etiquette like “look both ways,” but they figure out pretty quickly that crossing the terrifying asphalt river is safer if you take the beautiful grassy bridge. That’s just my guess at a moose’s internal life, but there’s data too: In Banff National Park in Canada, animals have used the six overpasses and 35 underpasses more than 200,000 times since monitoring began in 1996…

(read more: Grist.org)

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images:

Top - Highway A50, Netherlands (photo: Niels Verheul)

BL - France. BR - Banff, Alberta, Canada (photo: Joel Sartore)

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28th June 2012

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21st May 2012

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danharmon:

Kids:

A few hours ago, I landed in Los Angeles, turned on my phone, and confirmed what you already know. Sony Pictures Television is replacing me as showrunner on Community, with two seasoned fellows that I’m sure are quite nice - actually, I have it on good authority they’re quite nice, because…

17th May 2012

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wilwheaton:

Republican presidential candidate MITT ROMNEY, when asked if he stood by comments he made on Sean Hannity’s radio show saying that President Obama wanted to make the U.S. a “less Christian nation.”

7th April 2012

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