Posted on March 30, 2008 by seedsaside
Un site rencontré sur la toile il y a peu, sur les erreurs de montage des films, les anachronismes, les détails qui fachent (micros et caméras, mèches rebelles etc)… Les commentaires ne sont pas toujours intéressants mais certains valent le coup. Alors amusez vous, c’est le week-end!
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Posted on March 30, 2008 by seedsaside
(Some English below)
Lecteurs francophones, vous pouvez lire chez Tom Roud l’anatomie d’un essaimage mémétique. C’est assez intéressant, et en fait, ca fait un certain temps que je me demandais si ce genre d’analyse pouvait se trouver (j’avoue n’avoir jamais vraiment cherché cependant). Voici chose faite. Si vous avez connaissance d’autres analyses de génération mémétique, je [...]
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Posted on March 28, 2008 by seedsaside
Bathing is somewhat about preventing parasites, its solvant be it water, dust or mud. Some species like using soap. I was thinking about plants, didn’t you? Yep, certain plants use soapy mucilages and are keen on bathing…
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Posted on March 27, 2008 by seedsaside
While I’m currently overloaded, you may read some plant stuff from BGR#3, just posted at Greg Laden’s Blog. Maybe my plant bias, but this is one more very interesting edition way worth a look if not more…
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Posted on March 21, 2008 by seedsaside
Bonjour,
Nous avons le plaisir de vous inviter à l’avant-première de notre documentaire :
UMOJA, Le village interdit aux hommes
Jeudi 17 Avril à 19h30
184 Blvd Saint-Germain
75006 PARIS
(METRO SAINT-GERMAIN-DES-PRES)
Venez nombreux en confirmant votre venue par email sur contact[@]mantaprod.com
Amicalement,
l’équipe de Manta Productions
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Posted on March 21, 2008 by seedsaside
If you still don’t know about this famous blog carnival, then I guess you’ll have the basics at Tangled Up In Blue Guy here… Moths, horses, and dicyemids are served, or you’ll fall for the possible placebo effect of quackery (everyone should have a duck as pet). This is one more interesting edition, so go read!
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Posted on March 19, 2008 by seedsaside
Discover a very interesting painter: Olivier Clavel.
Découvrez un peintre intéressant: Olivier Clavel.
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Posted on March 15, 2008 by seedsaside
Two more planty blogs:
The Reluctant Botanist
Slice of the day
(Thanks to Gravity’s Rainbow!)
Adventures in Ethics and Science
(Should’ve added this one a long time ago, and since I’m on my way becoming a regular reader… it’s time now!)
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Posted on March 15, 2008 by seedsaside
First thought as two distinct species, the artichoke (Cynara cardunculus L. subsp. scolymus) and the cardoon (Cynara cardunculus L. subsp. cardunculus) vegetables are currently grouped together into a single species along with their wild ancestor (Cynara cardunculus L. subsp. sylvestris). Though the taxonomical debate was no way easy (just like it was for the origin of [...]
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Posted on March 14, 2008 by seedsaside
Did you know the difference between pollenizers and pollinators? I learned it on wikipedia today.
The pollinator is the animal, usually an insect, that brought up the pollen to a flower. The pollenizer is the plant that produced the pollen that was carried over. In self-compatible species, plants are thus self-pollenizers.
Okay, I understand this may be a crucial [...]
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