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Nevermore will Boston's Edgar Allan Poe Square be without an Edgar Allen Poe statue. Artist Stefanie Rocknack's life-sized bronze tribute to Poe is now standing two blocks from the writer's birthplace.
The statue shows Poe striding through the street, jacket pushed back by wind, as his story ideas spill out of his suitcase. A raven represents Poe's best-known poem.
This is a good statue, I'd say nearly as good as the Michael Jordan statue in front of the United Center (which is the best statue) and decidedly superior to the Statue of Liberty, which is a bit much. What's your favorite statue? [MyModernMet]
Photos via Russ Rocknak
Late to the party, Amazon finally publishes its diversity numbers originally published by Gigaom, © copyright 2014.
Step right up, fanboys and girls: the relentless data designers at Pop Chart Lab have updated their Insanely Great History of Apple print, and it is a doozy featuring over 500 items from the Cupertino fruit slinger.
But wait! Didn't they just announce a ton of new products, like, last month? And this month?? Yeah! Yeah, they did—and aaaaaall of that has been cleverly placed in this poster (version 3.0).
If you would like to preserve this very moment in Apple's gadget-laden history, reserve your very own copy for $80 here. [Popchartlab]
Remember how excited everyone was about Google Flu Trends last year when it confirmed all of our deepest and darkest fears that we were doomed to a winter of misery? Apparently, using peoples' neurotic self-diagnoses isn't the most accurate way to track disease. So now, Google has decided to introduce a "new" flu-tracking engine. The new part? Reliable data.
The old Flu Trends system worked by tracking certain flu-related search queries. So if you say search, say, "runny nose" or "sore throat" or "runny nose sore throat am I dying," flu-prevalence in your area would get one more point in its column. Unfortunately, it turns out we have tendency to exaggerate whatever is (or isn't) ailing us. This was Google Flu Trends' chart this past winter:
Look at all that red—spooky! Except that, unfortunately for Google, there's a significant portion of the population (myself included) that consists of wildly neurotic, perfectly healthy hypochondriacs.
Which isn't to say that Google's tracker was entirely inaccurate! It did at least give some accurate picture of where flu symptoms were more prevalent, helping scientists predict outbreaks earlier than they might otherwise—to a degree. But to fix the gaping whole in Flu Trends' logic, Google will start blending their search-acquired data with the CDC's own, official, old-school variety.
Google has yet to fully disclose exactly how it plans to blend the two, but today's blog post promises a technical paper explaining the details to be released "soon." [Google via New York Times]
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Look, cocktails are great. You know it, I know it. But after you pour one and then it just sits there, being all delicious. How mouth-wateringly boring, right? Well, in honor of tonight's revelry, we've got a handful of morphing cocktails that bring a heavy dose of eye-candy. They should pair nicely with the heavy dose of regular candy that you're about to eat.
It's Friday afternoon, you've made it through the long week, and it's time for Happy Hour, Gizmodo's weekly booze column. A cocktail shaker full of innovation, science, and alcohol. Boo(ze)!
A modified sidecar becomes a new take on a Corpse Reviver no. 2 when topped with a vermouth/absinthe foam. This gives it a really cool layered look.
"I wanted to find an interesting way for it to morph from one cocktail to another," says the drink's creator, April Wachtel. "So the base- Solbeso, Cointreau, lemon is a Solbeso Sidecar, but when you add the Cocchi/Absinthe Foam it becomes an adapted Corpse Reviver no 2. The more obvious way to do this might be an ice cube, but I love the way a foam drips down and integrates itself into the rest of the cocktail in a way that can only be described as…creepy"
Ingredients:
Build all ingredients except foam in a mixing tin. Add ice, shake and strain into a cocktail glass; garnish with ample topping of Cocchi/Absinthe foam
*For the foam, you'll need:
Heat Cocchi Americano in a pot on the stovetop; bring to a simmer and turn off heat. Add one gelatin sheet to the pot and let dissolve. Allow mixture to cool. Add absinthe and pour mixture into chilled whipped cream canister; screw on top and screw in cream charger. Turn upside down and shake vigorously. Refrigerate between uses!
This one would win first prize at a drunk kids science fair. The combination of the cabbage juice and baking soda will turn this drink from purple to blue. Neat, yeah? But it doesn't stop there. The addition of dry ice will not only cause an eerie smoke to bubble forth but also neutralize the baking soda and slowly turn the drink back to purple. Pretty nuts.
We asked Niccole Trzaska, of The Liberty NYC how she came up with this idea, and here's what she told us:
"I'll admit I had a little help from a chemistry competent friend in refining this one. I knew I wanted to do something with baking soda and dry ice, the cornerstones of high school science projects as far as I'm concerned. I was just going to do a cocktail that smoked but was turned on to the fact that dry ice could also change the color too if I had an "indicator solution". Turns out it's as simple as cabbage juice!"
Ingredients:
Pour refrigerated indicator solution; top with vodka and vermouth (stirred). Pour into martini glass; stir in bar spoon of Baking soda to turn drink blue.
Serve the drink and as the recipient is consuming, carefully drop a pellet of dry ice and watch the magic (maker sure the ice is completely melted before resuming consumption).
*The indicator solution, is really just cabbage water concentrate. To make it, c hop or shred 1 leaf of red cabbage. Cover the cabbage with water and microwave it on high until boiling (four to six minutes). It should turn a deep purple color. Strain out the chunks of cabbage and use the resulting liquid as your indicator.
This one may be a bit on the sweet side, but the melting cotton candy garnish shifts the coloration of the cocktail, adding strange, etherial clouds. It's like you're about to be murdered by a gang of My Little Ponies.
"The inspiration for this came from the incredible rate at which cotton candy changes its physical state of solid to liquid," The Liberty NYC's Niccole Trzask told us. "It most often happens inside our mouths but this cocktail invites us to watch the shift happen in front of our eyes, and not only does it look incredible but the melted sugar becomes an essential component to the cocktails overall taste."
Ingredients:
In a mason jar, gently place two different colored cotton candy bunches (Mermaid Hair); mix all ingredients and shake over ice; slowly pour over the Mermaid Hair to liquefy and morph the color of the cocktail. Once all is liquefied, top with ice, a straw and enjoy!
The next two cocktails don't change their looks as much as they morph from one cocktail into another as you drink them. Both of them were created by John Henderson from Roof at Park South, and here's what he had to say about them.
"With both types of cubes, the increased sugar content, resultant from the Cola, and heavier portion of Campari, will allow the cubes to freeze near solid. However, because they are a little softer than regular ice, will dilute much faster, so the "morphing" aspect of these drinks will become apparent in a much shorter timespan which works great for consumption especially if the drinker happens to be a fast drinker – it would be difficult to finish the cocktail before the transformation has been completed.
Additionally, the addition of soda water for the Makers cocktail, and the splash of tap water for the Pisco cocktail, help temper the heat from the alcohols themselves. Essentially it is a measured dilution, to allow the cocktail to be palatable before the cube melts to the point of correct overall dilution."
They both sound pretty damn tasty.
The Campari skull cube transforms this Pisco Portón riff on a Manhattan into a pisco Negroni in no time. Obviously, the skull shape isn't necessary, it's just for bonus points.
Ingredients:
In a short rocks glass, combine Pisco Portón, sweet vermouth and dash of Angostura bitters. Place the Campari ice cube in glass and if desired, garnish with a small pinch of pink salt. As the salt hits the cube, it will spur the Campari cube to melt.
*Campari ice cube: Overnight, freeze a mixture of Campari and water, at a ratio close to 50:50
The addition of cola cubes slowly morph this Old Fashioned into a Maker's & Coke. I'd call that a regression, but still, for science!
Ingredients:
Place one cola cube into a short rocks glass; add Maker's Mark, bitters, and soda water. Drizzle Cheery Herring over the top of the ice cube (which will slowly sink to the bottom of the cocktail for bloody effect); stir briefly to incorporate and express an orange swath over the surface of the drink.
*Cola cube: Freeze Mexican Coca-Cola overnight in a 2x2 ice cube tray
So there you have it. Five shape-shifting cocktails that would make Mystique proud. And drunk. If you try your hand at making any of these please upload some pics in the discussion below, and have a happy Halloween!
Want to see more animals, move quietly through the woods or just feel a stronger connection with the world around you? Here's five traditions passed down to us by our First Nations, all capable of doing just that, occasionally in surprisingly powerful ways.
A major reason we have such a great outdoors tradition in North America is the wisdom passed down to us by Native Americans. From the way we teach our kids about manhood — The Boy Scouts — to our reverence for wide open spaces, the lessons we learned from the first people to live on this continent are still palpable in our day-to-day lives. And, perhaps surprisingly, more relevant than ever.http://indefinitelywild.gizmodo.com/how-to-buy-you...
The Fox Walk: Moving quietly through the woods is one of the first skills any outdoorsman must learn. There's still an awful lot of life out there, you just won't see it — or appreciate it — until you slow down, adapt to the pace of the environment you're in, and stop disturbing it so much.
The ability to stalk was taught to me in Boy Scouts, but was handed down to white men by the people who taught them to hunt and survive in this continent's vast wilderness. You're not going to be able to read this, then immediately go sneak up on a deer and poke it in the butt, but we can at least outline the basic steps for you, ones you should devote time to practicing whenever you're outdoors.
This is basically a way to sense what's under your feet before putting weight on them, snapping twigs or rustling the leaves you're walking over. To do it, lift one foot high enough to clear any small branches, grass or other obstacle (sometimes as high as your knee), then extend it forward and slowly move it towards the ground. Point your toes up as your foot gets close to the ground and make contact first with the outside of the ball of your foot. Don't put weight on it yet. Roll your foot sideways to connect the rest of the ball with the ground, feeling for obstacles. If you detect a twig or something else that's going to make noise, put your foot somewhere else and try again. When you've found a good step, lower your heel to the ground, then your toes, then transfer your weight. Repeat. http://indefinitelywild.gizmodo.com/hunting-alaska...
That sounds slow and awkward, but with time can become fluid and natural and enable you to make decent progress. Which you'll be doing as quietly as possible. With patience, practice and awareness, this can allow you to approach animals stealthily enough that they won't notice you until you reach out and touch them. I've done that with creatures as wary as deer, you can too.
Counting Coup: This is a great way for a group to practice the skills of moving silently and concealment. And an even better demonstration of their power and application.
It comes from a Plains Indian tradition of touching enemies without harming them during battle, thus demonstrating great skill. The other guy was trying to kill you, and you'd just walk up and whack him on the back of his head, then walk away. You'd count a coup by putting a notch on your coup stick.
I first did this while spending a little time living off the land with a member of the Cherokee Nation in the Georgia mountains as a child. The small group of participating kids all fashioned foot-long coup sticks from tree limbs, decorating them with carvings, bird feathers or other natural totems. Then, we hunted each other with them. If you were tapped by another's coup stick, then you had to give that other kid your dinner that day.
That may sound a little like Lord Of The Flys, and it was, but rather than an all-out hunt, it just became part of our other daily activities and lessons. No, you couldn't just whack another kid with your stick while walking together in a group, but if you spotted an opportunity to sneak up on someone unawares, you took it. I suppose this teaches awareness too.
Photo: Brian Liloia
Sweat Lodge: You sit in a sweat lodge to undergo a purification ceremony. In a small enclosure created by bending over green branches and covering them with hides or mud, hot rocks are carried inside from a fire burning outside. Water is poured over the rocks, producing billowing clouds of steam. The idea is that you sit in that steam for periods of 15 minutes or more.
What does that do for your connection with nature? Well, famed wilderness tracker and author Tom Brown describes the effect as an "attunement," it's a way of shedding the thoughts and stresses and impurities of your civilized life and bringing your mind down to the pace of the natural world. It locates you and is a great way to begin any long period spent in the outdoors.
Sweat lodges are typically considered sacred and there's specific ways and orientations in which you're supposed to build them. Learn these from someone initiated in them before trying it yourself, you'll also want to pick up the safety stuff from them too.
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If you're really serious about communicating with the dead, one would guess you'd get the best reception with an Ouija board that's conveniently installed in a cemetery. This is the headstone of Elijah Bond, who patented the Ouija board, the beloved game that's entertained and terrified people for over a century. Can you visit this Ouija grave to see it for yourself? Y-E-S.
Although Ouija was played as a parlor game throughout the 1800's, it was often with homemade boards and planchettes. Bond patented an official Ouija board in 1891, and launched a company to produce the boards in the U.S. However, when his employee William Fuld eventually took over production, Fuld's name became synonymous with the creation of the game instead. In 1966 he sold the company to Parker Brothers. (Sidenote here: Did you know where the name "ouija" came from? Although some tried to perpetuate the myth that it's an ancient Egyptian word for "good luck," it's actually a combination of "yes" in French and German: "oui" + "ja.")
Although Bond's patent is widely considered to be the idea that today's board is based on, Bond himself was not formally recognized in Ouija history. After trying to market another "talking board," he had a stroke and was buried in an unmarked grave. So Ouija expert Robert Murch worked with Bond's family to install a proper gravestone which would recognize his achievements. In 2007, he raised the money to design and fabricate a headstone honoring Bond's accomplishments. Bond's Ouijia-style grave can be found at Green Mount Cemetery in Baltimore (Roadtrippers has the exact location, including the plot number).
Can you actually use this gravestone Ouija board? Well, I'm not really sure how it would work since you need to be able to move a planchette while two people are holding it, and that might not be easy on vertical, granite surface. But I'm sure as heck that hasn't stopped people from trying... especially on a night like tonight. [Atlas Obscura]
Photos by marcosj.1993 via Roadtrippers
