Hi, I’m Chris. This is my tumblog, which is just a way to say blog and Tumblr at the same time. What’s a Tumblog? Ask the internet. What it really means is a page where I’ll dump stuff I do, read and see that I find interesting enough to share with you via this here page. I’m not liking the templates that Tumblr provides, so I’m messing with the design and changing the appearance of this page often. So come back and things may look different. What I like: green living, old photographs, politics, the internet, futurism, books, journalism, college football, college basketball, traveling, marketing, concert videos, concerts too, philosophy, arts and crafts, camping, DIY culture, bikes, history and those things that we find online and are just too wonderful to define.Tumblr (3.0; @tackett)http://tackett.tumblr.com/<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ScienceblogsCombinedFeed/~3/ccGA7cHwMcg/why_ligers_are_huge.php">Why ligers are huge [Gene Expression]</a>: <p><span style="display:inline"><img alt="liger3.png" src="http://scienceblogs.com/gnxp/liger3.png" width="315" height="250" style="float:left;margin:0 20px 20px 0"/></span>Believe it or not, tigers are not the largest big cat. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liger" target="_blank">Ligers</a> are (you might remember <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Napoleon_Dynamite" target="_blank">ligers</a> from <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Napoleon_Dynamite" target="_blank">Napoleon Dynamite</a>). Why? It has to do with the weirdness that occurs when you…</p>http://tackett.tumblr.com/post/199543254http://tackett.tumblr.com/post/199543254Mon, 28 Sep 2009 15:48:30 -0700<a href="http://feeds.laughingsquid.com/~r/laughingsquid/~3/JNKd0a1p2J4/">Improv Everywhere Takes 2,000 Invisible Dogs for a Walk in Brooklyn</a>: <blockquote>Shared by Chris Tackett <br/> mindfuckers.</blockquote> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/moonsnyc/3959326997/" title="cobble hill invaded by invisible dogs by moonsnyc, on Flickr" target="_blank"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2667/3959326997_dfffdd7fcc.jpg" alt="cobble hill invaded by invisible dogs" width="500" height="375"/></a></p> <p><small><em>photo by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/moonsnyc/" target="_blank">Allison</a></em></small></p> <p><a href="http://improveverywhere.com/" target="_blank">Improv Everywhere</a> agents took <a href="http://improveverywhere.com/2009/09/27/thank-you-invisible-dogs/" target="_blank">2,000 invisible dogs for a walk</a> today in Brooklyn.</p> <p>This is a blog post from <a href="http://laughingsquid.com" target="_blank">Laughing…</a></p>http://tackett.tumblr.com/post/199543243http://tackett.tumblr.com/post/199543243Mon, 28 Sep 2009 15:48:30 -0700<a href="http://feeds.laughingsquid.com/~r/laughingsquid/~3/bh5FLEmK2Lc/">KQED, UC Berkeley J-School Prepares to Launch “Bay Area News Project”</a>: <p><em>guest post by <a href="http://tinynibbles.com/" target="_blank">Violet Blue</a></em></p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/laughingsquid/3250539603/" title="The New York Times by Laughing Squid, on Flickr" target="_blank"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3452/3250539603_c6cc1a67e5.jpg" width="500" height="333" alt="The New York Times"/></a></p> <p><small><em>photo by <a href="http://scottbeale.org/" target="_blank">Scott Beale</a></em></small></p> <p>In a completely non-ironic and potentially exciting move, <a href="http://www.kqed.org/" target="_blank">KQED</a> and the <a href="http://journalism.berkeley.edu/" target="_blank">University of California, Berkeley School of Journalism</a>…</p>http://tackett.tumblr.com/post/199543232http://tackett.tumblr.com/post/199543232Mon, 28 Sep 2009 15:48:29 -0700<a href="http://jontaplin.com/2009/09/27/pentagon-strategy/">Pentagon Strategy</a>: <div> <br/><p><img title="stantis" src="http://jtaplin.files.wordpress.com/2009/09/stantis.gif?w=500&h=369" alt="stantis" width="500" height="369"/></p> Tagged: Military Industrial Complex <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gocomments/jtaplin.wordpress.com/4976/" target="_blank"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/comments/jtaplin.wordpress.com/4976/"/></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godelicious/jtaplin.wordpress.com/4976/" target="_blank"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/delicious/jtaplin.wordpress.com/4976/"/></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gostumble/jtaplin.wordpress.com/4976/" target="_blank"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/stumble/jtaplin.wordpress.com/4976/"/></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godigg/jtaplin.wordpress.com/4976/" target="_blank"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/digg/jtaplin.wordpress.com/4976/"/></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/goreddit/jtaplin.wordpress.com/4976/" target="_blank"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/reddit/jtaplin.wordpress.com/4976/"/></a> <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jontaplin.com&blog=2384458&post=4976&subd=jtaplin&ref=&feed=1"/> </div>http://tackett.tumblr.com/post/199543219http://tackett.tumblr.com/post/199543219Mon, 28 Sep 2009 15:48:28 -0700<a href="http://www.pheedcontent.com/click.phdo?i=a4f511da1b7b35109d4d21a9c85afd95">Near-Death In An Avalanche</a>: <p><a href="http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/.a/6a00d83451c45669e20120a5edf2f0970c-popup" style="display:inline" target="_blank"><img alt="ScreenHunter_01 Sep. 24 18.17" src="http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/.a/6a00d83451c45669e20120a5edf2f0970c-500wi"/></a> </p> <p>An <a href="http://vimeo.com/6581009" target="_blank">incredible video</a> from the helmet of a back-country skier in Alaska. Full description <a href="http://vimeo.com/6581009" target="_blank">here</a>. A snippet:</p> <blockquote> <p>He was only buried for 4 and a half minutes which is incredibly short. In that…</p> </blockquote>http://tackett.tumblr.com/post/199543206http://tackett.tumblr.com/post/199543206Mon, 28 Sep 2009 15:48:27 -0700<a href="http://www.pheedcontent.com/click.phdo?i=e594cfaea499f408c80edd03a32c0874">Dissent Of The Day</a>: <p>A reader writes:</p> <blockquote><p>I’ve been following your posts on <span>theodicy</span> and it dovetails with something that’s happening in my own life right now.<br/><br/> A cousin just died last Friday of ALS - Lou Gehrig’s…</p></blockquote>http://tackett.tumblr.com/post/199543214http://tackett.tumblr.com/post/199543214Mon, 28 Sep 2009 15:48:27 -0700<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ScienceblogsCombinedFeed/~3/ghY0XMKYIY0/reclaiming_the_night_sky_incre.php">Reclaiming the night sky: incredible astrophotography by Babak Tafreshi [SciencePunk]</a>: <p>From <a href="http://www.newscientist.com/gallery/dn17858reclaiming-the-night-sky?DCMP=OTC-rss&nsref=online-news" target="_blank">New Scientist</a>:<br/></p> <blockquote>Iranian photographer Babak Tafreshi has won the 2009 Lennart Nilsson scientific photography prize. According to the award panel, his images “reclaim a night sky that most…</blockquote>http://tackett.tumblr.com/post/199543201http://tackett.tumblr.com/post/199543201Mon, 28 Sep 2009 15:48:26 -0700<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/apartmenttherapy/sf/~3/IOFeGKRtkZE/paintings-by-david-imlay-096907">Paintings by David Imlay</a>: <p><div style="width:525px"> <div style="text-align:center;padding-bottom:4px"> <a href="http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/sf/art/paintings-by-david-imlay-096907" target="_blank"><img alt="" src="http://s3.amazonaws.com/atimg/764649/9.28.9_david_imlay_1_rect540.jpg"/></a> </div> <div style="margin-top:20px;width:400px;margin:0 auto;text-align:center"> <a href="http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/sf/art/paintings-by-david-imlay-096907?image_id=764649" target="_blank"><img alt="" src="http://s3.amazonaws.com/atimg/764649/9.28.9_david_imlay_1_square72.jpg" style="padding:4px"/></a><a href="http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/sf/art/paintings-by-david-imlay-096907?image_id=764659" target="_blank"><img alt="" src="http://s3.amazonaws.com/atimg/764659/9.28.9_david_imlay_2_square72.jpg" style="padding:4px"/></a><a href="http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/sf/art/paintings-by-david-imlay-096907?image_id=764669" target="_blank"><img alt="" src="http://s3.amazonaws.com/atimg/764669/9.28.9_david_imlay_3_square72.jpg" style="padding:4px"/></a><a href="http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/sf/art/paintings-by-david-imlay-096907?image_id=764681" target="_blank"><img alt="" src="http://s3.amazonaws.com/atimg/764681/9.28.9_david_imlay_4_square72.jpg" style="padding:4px"/></a><a href="http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/sf/art/paintings-by-david-imlay-096907?image_id=764699" target="_blank"><img alt="" src="http://s3.amazonaws.com/atimg/764699/9.28.9_david_imlay_5_square72.jpg" style="padding:4px"/></a><a href="http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/sf/art/paintings-by-david-imlay-096907?image_id=764709" target="_blank"><img alt="" src="http://s3.amazonaws.com/atimg/764709/9.28.9_david_imlay_6_square72.jpg" style="padding:4px"/></a><a href="http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/sf/art/paintings-by-david-imlay-096907?image_id=764724" target="_blank"><img alt="" src="http://s3.amazonaws.com/atimg/764724/9.28.9_david_imlay_7_square72.jpg" style="padding:4px"/></a><a href="http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/sf/art/paintings-by-david-imlay-096907?image_id=764739" target="_blank"><img alt="" src="http://s3.amazonaws.com/atimg/764739/9.28.9_david_imlay_8_square72.jpg" style="padding:4px"/></a><a href="http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/sf/art/paintings-by-david-imlay-096907?image_id=764749" target="_blank"><img alt="" src="http://s3.amazonaws.com/atimg/764749/9.28.9_david_imlay_9_square72.jpg" style="padding:4px"/></a><a href="http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/sf/art/paintings-by-david-imlay-096907?image_id=764759" target="_blank"><img alt="" src="http://s3.amazonaws.com/atimg/764759/9.28.9_david_imlay_10_square72.jpg" style="padding:4px"/></a> </div> </div> As someone with a huge affinity for photography, and fine art in countless manifestations, we were immediately drawn to the…</p>http://tackett.tumblr.com/post/199543190http://tackett.tumblr.com/post/199543190Mon, 28 Sep 2009 15:48:25 -0700<a href="http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=2c2cbaa461c894ebb93a2dfcc8a5dd7e">Room for Debate: What's Wrong With the National Parks?</a>: <p>How the parks should be managed in light of the threats they face.<br style="clear:both"/><br style="clear:both"/><a href="http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=2c2cbaa461c894ebb93a2dfcc8a5dd7e&p=1" target="_blank"><img alt="" style="border:0" border="0" src="http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=2c2cbaa461c894ebb93a2dfcc8a5dd7e&p=1"/></a> <img alt="" height="0" width="0" border="0" src="http://a.rfihub.com/eus.gif?eui=2219"/></p>http://tackett.tumblr.com/post/199543170http://tackett.tumblr.com/post/199543170Mon, 28 Sep 2009 15:48:24 -0700<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EcoGeek/~3/hBHOi5IxfWY/2958--high-tech-airships-making-a-comeback">High Tech Airships Making a Comeback</a>: <p><img alt="airship" src="http://ecogeek.org/images/stories/airship.jpg" height="183" width="468"/>Airships are making a comeback with the US military, which could be good news for civilian applications. The military has the deep pockets for research and development, but then, once these…</p>http://tackett.tumblr.com/post/199543179http://tackett.tumblr.com/post/199543179Mon, 28 Sep 2009 15:48:24 -0700<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/r_LHnKj8h7I/">Pandora: From Near-Death to Profitability in a Year</a>: <p><blockquote>Shared by Chris Tackett <br/> summary: Pandora may just be hitting on that much-talked-about but mostly elusive online advertising Holy Grail: Ads that users actually want. If they pull it off, and…</blockquote></p>http://tackett.tumblr.com/post/199543160http://tackett.tumblr.com/post/199543160Mon, 28 Sep 2009 15:48:22 -0700<a href="http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2009/09/28/feathered-dino.html">Feathered Dino Predates Oldest Bird</a>: <p>Fossils of a feathered dinosaur may help scientists’ understanding of bird evolution.</p>http://tackett.tumblr.com/post/199543153http://tackett.tumblr.com/post/199543153Mon, 28 Sep 2009 15:48:22 -0700<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/core77/blog/~3/bzeCPzsUdcs/cursor_kites_fly_over_brooklyn_pointing_to_what_14788.asp">Cursor kites fly over Brooklyn, pointing to what?</a>: <p><img alt="dumbo-redarrow-comp.jpg" src="http://www.core77.com/hack2work/dumbo-redarrow-comp.jpg" width="468" height="693"/></p> <p>The Red Arrow Project, a kite installation by <a href="http://www.jfishdesigns.com" target="_blank">Jennifer Fisher</a> and<a href="http://www.artdesignwhatever.com" target="_blank"> Christian Cerrito</a>, made its debut at the <a href="http://www.dumboartfestival.org/" target="_blank">Art Under the Bridge Festival</a> in DUMBO this weekend. The kites are large red…</p>http://tackett.tumblr.com/post/199543139http://tackett.tumblr.com/post/199543139Mon, 28 Sep 2009 15:48:21 -0700<a href="http://thinkprogress.org/2009/09/28/thousands-texans-health/">Thousands of Texans Attend ‘Largest Free Clinic Ever Held In The United States’ To Get Health Care</a>: <p>Over the weekend, thousands of Texans attended what is being called the “<a href="http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/story?section=news/local&id=7034143" target="_blank">largest free clinic ever held in the United States</a>” to get health care they otherwise could not afford. ABC-13, a local…</p>http://tackett.tumblr.com/post/199543121http://tackett.tumblr.com/post/199543121Mon, 28 Sep 2009 15:48:20 -0700<a href="http://www.juancole.com/2009/09/most-dangerous-nuclear-facility-in.html">The Most Dangerous Nuclear Facility in the Middle East</a>: <p> There is no good evidence that Iran has a nuclear weapons program. It has offered to allow regular International Atomic Energy Agency inspections of the newly announced facility near Qom, which…</p>http://tackett.tumblr.com/post/199543127http://tackett.tumblr.com/post/199543127Mon, 28 Sep 2009 15:48:20 -0700<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/treehuggersite/~3/JDinkd1pgmw/half-all-species-extinct-in-your-lifetime-unless-emissions-peak-2020.php">Half of All Animal Species Will Be Extinct in Your Lifetime, Unless Emissions Peak by 2020</a>: <p><img alt="animal display chicago field museum photo" src="http://www.treehugger.com/20090928-chicago-field-museum.jpg" width="468" height="351"/><em><small>photo: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/a2gemma/233847810/" target="_blank">Lisamarie Babik</a> via flickr.</small></em> And just when you thought things couldn’t get worse… The UK’s <a href="http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/" target="_blank">Met Office</a> has just released a new assessment of how much temperatures will rise by 2100…</p>http://tackett.tumblr.com/post/199543112http://tackett.tumblr.com/post/199543112Mon, 28 Sep 2009 15:48:19 -0700<a href="http://blog.craftzine.com/archive/2009/09/how-to_recycling_awareness_rib.html?CMP=OTC-5JF307375954">How-To: Recycling Awareness Ribbons</a>: <p><span style="display:inline"><img alt="recycling_awareness_ribbon.jpg" src="http://blog.craftzine.com/recycling_awareness_ribbon.jpg" width="561" height="393"/></span></p> <p><a href="http://www.swiss-miss.com/2009/09/recycling-awareness-ribbons.html" target="_blank">Swiss Miss features</a> this <a href="http://www.mayari.net/simplistic/rrrribbon.php" target="_blank">video tutorial from Swiss designer, Mayari</a>, for making your own Recycling Awareness Ribbons from aluminum cans. Just be sure to watch for sharp edges! </p> <p>[ via <a href="http://www.dudecraft.com/2009/09/recycling-awareness-ribbons.html" target="_blank"></a></p>http://tackett.tumblr.com/post/199543103http://tackett.tumblr.com/post/199543103Mon, 28 Sep 2009 15:48:18 -0700<p>RT @<a href="http://twitter.com/TreeHugger" target="_blank">TreeHugger</a>: Man Builds 100 MPG Lotus Replica that Runs on Homebrewed Biodiesel <a href="http://digg.com/d315Zpl" target="_blank">http://digg.com/d315Zpl</a> #digguser</p>http://tackett.tumblr.com/post/199046738http://tackett.tumblr.com/post/199046738Mon, 28 Sep 2009 03:05:11 -0700<p>Get Ready: Senate Climate Bill To Drop This Week <a href="http://bit.ly/yTnV1" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/yTnV1</a></p>http://tackett.tumblr.com/post/199046735http://tackett.tumblr.com/post/199046735Mon, 28 Sep 2009 03:05:11 -0700<p>Watching the Jayhawks on TV. Seeing shots of Lawrence has me missing the ol stomping grounds. whatever that means. think i’ll visit in Oct.</p>http://tackett.tumblr.com/post/199046729http://tackett.tumblr.com/post/199046729Mon, 28 Sep 2009 03:05:10 -0700