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Plants With Personality, Swedish Futures, and Fear of Sunlight

May 16, 2018 By Walker McKnight Leave a Comment

I'm back with a few facts and more than a few daydreams to share, so grab your donuts and take a gander. Carnivorous Plants Have the Best Personalities Time for a new and exciting chapter in my life: I bought some pitcher plants for the yard. That curving hook structure, that gaping maw of insect death, the lullabies they sing by moonlight to lure in the unsuspecting…it’s pure magic. In all seriousness, I doubt these pitcher plants will transform into the insect-hoovering alien monstrosities I dream about, but it’s still pretty cool to have a plant with a unique personality. I’ve grown … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: ancient, biohacking, biotech, DNA, pitcher plants, science fiction, sunlight, sunscreen, Walker McKnight

Pace Yourself, Barbarian

November 1, 2017 By Walker McKnight Leave a Comment

I love movie clichés...sometimes. I say sometimes because most of them are not lovable. The gun that never runs out of bullets, the villain eating steak, the antagonist who tells the protagonist with “We are not so different, you and I.” But some are fun to notice, appreciate, and analyze. One of my favorites comes by way of films set in the pre-gunpowder age: it’s the two armies facing off across a field then charging at each other full bore and slamming into each other at speed. Directors love this shot. You know the one: It’s a static side-angle camera shot of the battle right where … [Read more...]

Filed Under: History Remix Tagged With: ancient, armies, barbarian, battle, fantasy, fighting, Rome, Walker McKnight

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