December 2011
1 post
Exact nonsense →
There is no god and that’s the simple truth. If every trace of any single religion died out and nothing were passed on, it would never be created exactly that way again. There might be some other nonsense in its place, but not that exact nonsense. If all of science were wiped out, it would still be true and someone would find a way to figure it all out again.
Excerpt stolen from Kottke.
November 2011
2 posts
Another response involves the surgical removal of elected leaders in Greece and...
– FT 11/11/11
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Why Not Foundation Courts? | Alex Harrowell | Yorkshire Ranter | 30 October 2011
http://b.rw/tG9YSc
The Ranter at his best. Why not give courts a budget for buying imprisonment, probation, community service, electronic tagging, etc, in an internal market? Judges would learn true cost of jail, apply it...
October 2011
3 posts
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Photo
from Jesus Is Love http://bit.ly/qb7qfE
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‘Dude, dude, that’s like Blade Runner!’ You’ve probably already heard about the insane Photoshop deblurring function. But what about this insane Photosynth-like tool for videos?? And what about VIDEO MESHES??!
Seriously, watch that last one. It’s crazy. Reality is plastic.
from Snarkmarket http://bit.ly/pH1oE7
Mega Man Thinks With Portals
As science has proven, everything is better with portals. And that, it seems, includes Mega Man. Which we can totally justify posting a Dorkly video of below, because it’s got portals in it, and they’re from PC. OKAY?
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from Rock, Paper, Shotgun http://bit.ly/qeZnKQ
September 2011
6 posts
You can’t spend all day in an open-sourced, all-sharing, peer-to-peer...
– Kevin Kelly
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via via
from Tastefully Offensive | Bonus Funny http://bit.ly/nT2QuI
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tweet of the day
from clusterflock http://bit.ly/oPeXho
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The Meaning Machine While Internet users once stalked off into the cyberfrontier looking for transcendence, the new Facebook wants to let you understand your life from the comfort of their walled gardens
The Meaning Machine takes all of your inputs at one end — photographs, status updates, game plays, song listens — and transforms them into meaning that’s organized and...
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Quote by John Steinbeck: “Socialism never took root in America because the p…” John Steinbeck: “Socialism never took root in America because the poor see themselves not as an exploited proletariat but as temporarily embarrassed millionaires.”
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Guilt Through Algorithmic Association You’re a 16-year-old Muslim kid in America. Say your name is Mohammad Abdullah. Your schoolmates are convinced that you’re a terrorist. They keep typing in Google queries likes “is Mohammad Abdullah a terrorist?” and “Mohammad Abdullah al Qaeda.” Google’s search engine learns. All of a sudden, auto-complete starts suggesting terms like “Al Qaeda” as the...
June 2011
1 post
There is no crisis, dammit →
May 2011
2 posts
Vagina Boy. →
Who's Your City →
April 2011
11 posts
Photo →
Natural History of a New Idea →
This image of a pair of interacting galaxies... →
"Abolish busy work. Leisure is a purpose." →
Realistic dinosaur puppet scares and delights... →
I found these on http://www.swiss-miss.com/.
Alex... →
A digression on literary categories →
photourbanism: Functional Diagram of the City... →
"When people give you advice, they’re really just... →
QUOTE: We’re not big fans of what I consider… →
Our lives are spent trying to pixellate a fractal... →
March 2011
5 posts
Palin perseverates →
Happiness Engineering →
"When my husband died, because he was so... →
When boys ask me out, I lie. →
"We who make stories know that we tell lies for a... →
February 2011
3 posts
Design Fiction: SCAMPER →
Denial vs. Progress. →
writing prompt #155 →
January 2011
3 posts
Memoir →
Tracks of The Year 2010 →
December 2010
6 posts
Andrew Thomson →
Sites that landed jobs at 37signals →
"I don’t believe in marriage because I don’t... →
The inequality that matters →
So it begins #ds106 →
Sweden →
October 2010
2 posts
Homemade Spacecraft →
"College costs a lot. I teach at BC, where a... →
September 2010
19 posts
Cool Ad Watch →
Fallen →
Writing On Uppers - And Downers →
Poem For Saturday →
Bill Maher's rant about rich people who feel... →