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Canines vs. Biopsies

Posted on: December 20th, 2011 by wmapother No Comments

Dogs with only basic “puppy training” were 99% as accurate in detecting patients with cancer, using only the scent of the patients’ exhaled breath.
Cost of training:  782 puppy treats.

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Suffering Snowmen

Posted on: December 17th, 2011 by wmapother 1 Comment

If you’re a fan of Calvin & Hobbes, you’ll love this video recreation of Calvin’s famous snowmen..

 

Posted in Funny Like Ha-Ha, Random, Recs

Is That Your Body, or You Just Happy to See Me?

Posted on: December 7th, 2011 by wmapother No Comments

Okay, here’s freaky tech story #2,419:  a computer scientist has found a way to put one actor’s head on another actor’sbody.  And not in some new-age-y way, either.

Posted in Acting, Random, Tech

Video demo of past 200 Years

Posted on: February 14th, 2011 by wmapother 4 Comments

As long as the intensity of Dr. Hans doesn’t scare you, I think you’ll enjoy this BBC video explaining the past 200 years of world progress in only 4 minutes…

 It’s here.

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Dwight Schrute and Me

Posted on: February 7th, 2011 by wmapother 4 Comments

Back in the Stone Age of 2002, before Facebook, before Obama, before recorded history, nearly, I shot a short film called Self Storage that was written and directed by my friend Peter O’Brien.

One of the most fun parts of this business is never knowing whom you’ll work with, or who you’re working with will become.

In this case, my co-stars were the lovely and talented Catherine Kellner and…Rainn Wilson, long before he became known to everyone as beet farmer extraordinaire Dwight Schrute of The Office.  He’s definitely no beet farmer in this film..

Peter has posted the short film online, and you can watch it here:  http://vimeo.com/19624198

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