Translated from parceltongue: Get over to this website as soon as possible and watch an exclusive trailer for HP and the Half-Blood Prince.

Coming in November… glee…

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I just brought these guys up at the Brooks’ party on Saturday, so it reminded me to go check out their site for new missions, and lo and behold!!

In honor of my father and uncle, I present the latest Improv Everywhere mission, Human Mirror.

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Sometimes it takes a large event (such as the current oil crisis) to inspire innovation. Here’s one example. Did you know that because of the shape of gallon milk jugs (as iconic as they are), they are unable to be stacked, and hence the development of the milk crate?

Well, we can thank the price of gas and other environmental issues such as water conservation as driving forces in a redesign:

Sam’s Club redesigns milk jugs

The new containers also store 50 percent more milk per cubic foot than the old jugs. That means more milk on each truck - reducing delivery trips and fuel costs.

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Sam’s used to take five milk-deliveries per week - now it’s down to two. They could only store 80 conventional-shaped gallons in their coolers. Now they can fit 224 of the new kind.

And, thankfully, that savings gets passed along to the tune of 10 to 20 cents gallon.

I’ll tell ya what, I’ve been seeing the cost of milk going up on par with gasoline for the last year, and changes like this which can save money are a welcome addition to any milk drinking family.

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If you didn’t get it, obviously you’ve never eaten at Dennys.

Thanks to Neatorama for reminding me that tomorrow night, the full moon of June 18th, is a solstice moon. Because of the high solstice sun, we get a low, horizon-hugging Moon and a strong Moon Illusion.

The Solstice Moon Illusion is described here by NASA. It’s an effect known as the Ponzo Illusion, but there is still some debate on how that’s possible when it’s experienced by pilots without foreground objects.

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Have to thank Laura for this one from a recent tweet. It made her smile, it makes me smile. I love the Discovery Channel. I really do. Makes cable worth it. I could probably watch it all day.

I’m wondering how many of shows you recognize from the clips. What? You don’t watch DSC? Stop. Right now. Grab a string. Tie it around your finger as a reminder to get to, and watch Discovery channel programming, as soon as possible.

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So it involves trees and photography… what more could my friend Carla over at digital-tree.com ask for? How about making sure that it’s *cool* to watch too?

This timelapse was created by Dave Allen, BBG’s Web Manager, from over 3,000 digital photos, one taken every 3 minutes from April 18 to April 26, 2008, of Brooklyn Botanic Garden’s famed Cherry Walk.

The original music is by Jon Solo, a Brooklyn-based musician and producer.

{YouTube: Cherry Blossoms}

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When our kids were still infants, we took a video of Connor laughing hysterically because of some funny faces or noises we were making. You just can’t help but laugh when babies laugh.

So here’s a small compilation of laughing babies if you’re in the mood (or in need of) to smile. Some I’ve seen before, and I remember standing in my mom’s kitchen over the holidays laughing and watching the first one.

But the quads laughing in the last video hold a special place in my heart as multiples.

Enough so, that they get their own embed here:

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I missed posting this for Earth Day, but I figured better late than never.. I’d say it’s not like the Flood is coming tomorrow.. but given the state of the world… you never know…

If you haven’t already discovered it, ARKive, Images of Life on Earth is a vast collection of pics and video of endangered and threatened animals. In giving special recognition to “Earth week,” I came upon this in my (constant) search for cool animal videos for the 5-year-old. The stuff on this site is superb.

Backed by the BBC and many noted wildlife film makers and photographers, ARKive boasts the largest collection of animal imagery on the web. The quality is first rate and the site is loaded with educational resources and information. The video is generally uncluttered by silly narration and eschews the novelty, simply showing animals in action for the splendor of it.

I miss my ferrets… sure, they were Mustela putorius furo instead of Mustela nigripes, but thats what made them so loveable.

Black-footed ferret - overviewBBC Natural History Unit

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