Daily Quippages 06.26.2009 – 06.27.2009

• Download a New Fleet Foxes Song
  June 27, 2009
  Via: Pitchfork: Latest News
  Kurt’s Notes: Excerpt: “Fleet Foxes played Glastonbury’s famed Pyramid Stage today, but before that, lead singer Robin Pecknold played a solo acoustic version of new song “Blue Spotted Tail” for the BBC.  It’s a haunting, Neil Young-style track that shouldn’t disappoint fans of the year-end kings.”

• New machine gets the most out of gemstones – via EurekAlert!
  June 26, 2009
  Via: EurekAlert! – Breaking News
  Kurt’s Notes: Excerpt: “”We were astounded when our customer, Markus Wild, approached us and we were not at all certain whether mathematics could offer a solution for the very complex problem of volume optimization of gemstones,” says Dr. Anton Winterfeld from the Fraunhofer Institute for Industrial Mathematics ITWM. Jointly with his colleague Dr. Peter Klein, he will receive one of the 2009 Joseph von Fraunhofer prizes for the development of GemOpt, a new industrial process for the volume-optimized utilization of colored gemstones.”

• Huge Underground Chamber Found–Early Christian Refuge? – via American Scientist
  June 26, 2009
  Via: American Scientist Online
  Kurt’s Notes: Excerpt: “The largest human-made cave in Israel, the 1-acre space is thought to have begun as a quarry. In subsequent centuries it may have served as a monastery, hideout for persecuted Christians, or Roman army base, experts say.”

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