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H_FJ The giant stone heads on Easter Island have: BODIES. How did no one think to investigate this before? eisp.org about 19 hours ago via web Retweeted by bencrowder and 122 others
Apparently the name “Scotland” comes from the Latin “Scotus,” meaning “Irishman.” Ha. 7:50 PM Jun 1st via Tweetbot for iOS
MonkeySloth Giggle: Nook version of War and Peace turns the word “kindled” into “Nookd” | Ars Technica arstechnica.com/information-te… 12:31 PM Jun 1st via Tweet Button Retweeted by bencrowder and 4 others
Gizmodo Obama ordered the devastating Stuxnet cyberattacks on Iran gizmo.do/fam7 6:06 AM Jun 1st via SocialFlow Retweeted by bencrowder and 113 others
@paulmayne Seriously. 12:24 PM Jun 1st via Tweetbot for iOS in reply to paulmayne
thekhronosgroup Real-time Global Illumination with #OpenGL 4.2. Incredibly impressive results! brev.is/e6E3 6:50 AM Jun 1st via Gremln Retweeted by bencrowder and 17 others
★ Some line art experiments in Blender: bencrowder.net/blog/2012/06/l… #b3d 11:34 AM Jun 1st via Twitter for Mac
BadAstronomer Sniff. RT @Snickerer: @BadAstronomer On the slim chance that you haven't been linked this many times already: is.gd/6I4AlD 12:59 PM May 31st via TweetDeck Retweeted by bencrowder and 46 others
The Andromeda galaxy is set to collide with the Milky Way, but don't worry, it's not for another four billion years: blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2… 12:08 PM May 31st via Twitter for Mac
Researchers build miniature flying carpet: discovermagazine.com/2012/may/05-re… 12:05 PM May 31st via Twitter for Mac
Cool video on Pluto not being a planet: youtube.com/watch?v=Z_2gbG… /via @blueeyedmer 12:04 PM May 31st via Twitter for Mac
The singularity, ruined by lawyers (ha): youtube.com/watch?feature=… 11:58 AM May 31st via Twitter for Mac
Parametric models using Blender's drivers (very cool) (in a nerdy way): ia.arch.ethz.ch/2012-03_parame… #b3d 11:48 AM May 31st via Twitter for Mac
@mormonartswiki Agreed. And I’m glad they weren’t human bones. 11:20 AM May 31st via Tweetbot for iOS in reply to mormonartswiki
I didn’t realize Sondheim was only twenty-five when he wrote the lyrics to West Side Story. 10:47 AM May 31st via Tweetbot for iOS
BadAstronomer The @SpaceX Dragon returns safely to Earth: my thoughts on this historic event: is.gd/YiUQeN 9:41 AM May 31st via TweetDeck Retweeted by bencrowder and 35 others
elakdawalla Whoah: 56 years of tornado tracks visualized visual.ly/tornado-tracks via @avgjanecrafter (check out West Virginia!) 5:17 PM May 30th via Twitter for iPad Retweeted by bencrowder and 23 others
@mormonartswiki I think I like the old name better. Did the pile of bones belong to the queen? 8:56 AM May 31st via Tweetbot for iOS in reply to mormonartswiki
richardkmiller "NY Plans to Ban Sale of Big Sizes of Sugary Drinks" nyti.ms/KJIJmA IMO, oversteps proper role of gov't, even if well-intentioned. 8:29 AM May 31st via Twitter for Mac Retweeted by bencrowder and 1 other
Woke up to find that I have pinkeye. Again. Grr. 4:10 AM May 31st via Tweetbot for iOS

Name Ben Crowder
Location Utah
Web http://bencrowder...
Bio Publisher, bookworm, writer, illustrator, designer, typographer, coder, husband, father. I love books. I founded the magazine Mormon Artist. I'm a Mormon.