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. 
Dec 16th
November 2011
2 posts
“Another response involves the surgical removal of elected leaders in Greece and...”
– FT 11/11/11
Nov 11th
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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...
Nov 1st
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October 2011
3 posts
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Photo from Jesus Is Love http://bit.ly/qb7qfE
Oct 21st
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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
Oct 17th
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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? (more…) from Rock, Paper, Shotgun http://bit.ly/qeZnKQ
Oct 17th
September 2011
6 posts
“You can’t spend all day in an open-sourced, all-sharing, peer-to-peer...”
– Kevin Kelly
Sep 29th
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via via from Tastefully Offensive | Bonus Funny http://bit.ly/nT2QuI
Sep 28th
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tweet of the day from clusterflock http://bit.ly/oPeXho
Sep 28th
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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...
Sep 27th
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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.”  Bookmark this on Delicious - Saved by ddmeyer to ...
Sep 22nd
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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...
Sep 13th
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June 2011
1 post
There is no crisis, dammit →
Jun 21st
May 2011
2 posts
Vagina Boy. →
May 13th
Who's Your City →
May 6th
April 2011
11 posts
Photo →
Apr 25th
Natural History of a New Idea →
Apr 21st
This image of a pair of interacting galaxies... →
Apr 21st
"Abolish busy work. Leisure is a purpose." →
Apr 16th
Realistic dinosaur puppet scares and delights... →
Apr 15th
I found these on http://www.swiss-miss.com/. Alex... →
Apr 14th
A digression on literary categories →
Apr 12th
photourbanism: Functional Diagram of the City... →
Apr 11th
"When people give you advice, they’re really just... →
Apr 9th
QUOTE: We’re not big fans of what I consider… →
Apr 6th
Our lives are spent trying to pixellate a fractal... →
Apr 2nd
March 2011
5 posts
Palin perseverates →
Mar 31st
Happiness Engineering →
Mar 18th
"When my husband died, because he was so... →
Mar 12th
When boys ask me out, I lie. →
Mar 5th
"We who make stories know that we tell lies for a... →
Mar 1st
February 2011
3 posts
Design Fiction: SCAMPER →
Feb 26th
Denial vs. Progress. →
Feb 23rd
writing prompt #155 →
Feb 19th
January 2011
3 posts
Memoir →
Jan 24th
Jan 9th
79 notes
Tracks of The Year 2010 →
Jan 1st
December 2010
6 posts
Andrew Thomson →
Dec 17th
Sites that landed jobs at 37signals →
Dec 16th
"I don’t believe in marriage because I don’t... →
Dec 15th
3 notes
The inequality that matters →
Dec 15th
So it begins #ds106 →
Dec 11th
Sweden →
Dec 10th
October 2010
2 posts
Homemade Spacecraft →
Oct 2nd
"College costs a lot. I teach at BC, where a... →
Oct 1st
September 2010
19 posts
Cool Ad Watch →
Sep 29th
Fallen →
Sep 27th
Writing On Uppers - And Downers →
Sep 26th
Poem For Saturday →
Sep 26th
Bill Maher's rant about rich people who feel... →
Sep 25th