December 2009
315 posts
“Don’t become a well-rounded person. Well rounded people are smooth and dull....”
– The Wonderful Power of Storytelling, Bruce Sterling (via gipsie, libraryland, wildcat2030)
WatchCanon 1DmkIV at the races - test shoot
“How did we wind up with a more negative view of the world than our parents? Or...”
– 7 Reasons the 21st Century is Making You Miserable
“But what really happens in the virtual lobbies of the Flat Earth Society is more...”
– Trolls who troll Trolls - Conversation Hackers
“Large asteroid hits are rare but if a large asteroid does hit, billions will be...”
– Marginal Revolution: Asteroid Deflection as a Public Good
“While U.S. life expectancy is 77.6 years … the average for NFL players is 55, 52...”
– Overcoming Bias : Football Decimation
WatchClash of the Civilized - Robert Wright & Christopher Hitchens
“None of the four gospels gives any notion of what time of year the supposed...”
– Christopher Hitchens on the True Story of Christmas
80 Million Tiny Images →
It’s a poster. It’s a wiki. It’s a database. It’s a visualization of all the nouns in the English language arranged by semantic meaning. It’s a way to teach machines to understand the scenes depicted in photographs.
via rhea137, jodanyo
“The source of the new is the random.”
– Gregory Bateson (via wildcat2030)
“Drugs money worth billions of dollars kept the financial system afloat at the...”
– Charlie’s Diary: What are the long-term consequences …?
“Given that theologians spend a lot of their time rationalizing all the ills,...”
– Eric MacDonald on bad design and theodicy « Why Evolution Is True
“The believe-it-or-not superlatives are so extreme and Tom Swiftian they make you...”
– The coldest place in the universe.
“I thought I’d illustrate an important lesson with a link to a page called...”
– Creative thinking lets you believe whatever you want
“Whereas a sphere 5 light-years in diameter centred on the Sun would contain only...”
– Stars like grains of sand
“If you live in suburbia, then within a few hundred yards of your own home, there...”
– Stars like grains of sand
