http://netvouz.com/madelvic/tag/miscellany?feed=rss&pg=3 madelvic's bookmarks tagged "miscellany" on Netvouz https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/how-the-quintessential-villains-melody-snuck-into-the-popular-consciousness "...the Mysterioso Pizzicato is a musical go-to for sneaky situations, forever associated with thieves, creeps, stalkers and spies." (dum-dum-dum-dum-daaaaaaaa-dum-dum-dum-dum) madelvic Thu, 02 Feb 2017 20:04:01 GMT https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/how-to-3d-print-your-personalized-ai-action-figure/ "The viral ChatGPT action figure trend is taking the internet by storm. We took the creation a step further by 3D printing it." madelvic Mon, 09 Jun 2025 12:28:03 GMT https://aeon.co/essays/how-the-myth-of-phineas-gage-affects-brain-injury-survivors Phineas Gage (railroad spike guy) and Eadweard Muybridge. madelvic Wed, 02 Jul 2025 12:26:10 GMT https://www.doi.org/index.html "...DOIs identify objects persistently. They allow things to be uniquely identified and accessed reliably." Includes DOI look-up madelvic Fri, 06 Nov 2015 13:41:31 GMT https://rhollick.wordpress.com/2024/06/19/kiltie-kiltie-cauld-bum/ The history of Highland dress. madelvic Thu, 20 Jun 2024 11:27:37 GMT http://www.thechestnut.com/ "This site is dedicated to the Little Gems of children's television programs that have long faded into memory such as Moondial, Into the Labyrinth, The Herbs, Cockleshell Bay, Alias the Jester, Belle and Sebastien, Murun Buchstansangur, The Singing Ringing Tree, Simon in the Land of Chalk Drawings (as shown on Captain Kangaroo) and Portland Bill." madelvic Fri, 15 Jan 2010 17:15:44 GMT https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/mathematicians-discover-a-new-class-of-shape-the-soft-cell-180985124/ "In two dimensions, soft cells have curved boundaries with two pinched corners called cusps." madelvic Fri, 27 Sep 2024 12:00:53 GMT https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xe-f4gokRBs Prince Rupert's drops are glass beads created by dripping molten glass into cold water. madelvic Thu, 24 Oct 2013 19:42:26 GMT https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/3086341/ Strum WB. Nine months of diarrhea after a Mexican meal. Hosp. Pract. (Office Edn.) 1986, Jun 15 ; 21(6):54-6. madelvic Thu, 21 Mar 2024 15:44:54 GMT https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-37109169 "The article describes a new device called a 'nooscope' which, it says, can tap into global consciousness and 'detect and register changes in the biosphere and in human activity'." madelvic Wed, 23 Nov 2016 11:33:42 GMT