June 2010
4 posts
“Eating alone at home is one thing: You cook, then sit at the table and eat....”
– On Eating Alone
May 2010
6 posts
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“Despite calls to boycott the company responsible for the massive Gulf of Mexico...”
– For some Washington drivers, convenience outweighs calls for BP gas boycott
Speechless.
Pitchfork: New Stars: "We Don't Want Your Body" →
I really, really wish this didn’t sound so Owl City. Stars! I love you so much! Please tell me the rest of the album won’t be like this? You’re allowed to grow old gracefully you know. :(
Dialogue Through Design: 78 Reasonable Questions... →
I asked the guys at work if they’d given any thought to our product lifecycle. The answer was “no.” A couple of the engineers just stared at me but a few seemed interested in exploring the idea. This list of 78 questions you could ask about design impacts seems to me like a place to start — even if some of them seem silly, I think a lot of these questions could provoke some...
“Sometimes, willingness to change not just institutions but geographical regions...”
– Pack your bags: assessing young scientists’ commitment to science. : Adventures in Ethics and Science
Vicon Revue: Document your Life Every 30 Seconds -... →
Commercial revival of the Microsoft SenseCam concept. I’m finding the videos curiously uncompelling, but maybe that’s just because they’re not mine?
April 2010
2 posts
January 2010
6 posts
BBC News - Kodak sues Apple and RIM over iPhone... →
“Camera maker Kodak has said it will sue Apple and Research In Motion (RIM), the makers of the iPhone and Blackberry, over technology used in their handsets.” Whatever, I’m just waiting for the countersuit. Why is the tech industry wasting time with these circular-firing-squad lawsuits? To me, this is a clear sign of the growing irrelevance and danger of the current IP protection...
science of tumblr
Tim Smith: tv commercial: something somethign science of sleep
Tim Smith: me: science of sleep? wasn’t that a michel gondry movie
Tim Smith: my mom: what?
Tim Smith: me: wasn’t that a michel gondry movie?
Roland Crosby: hah
Tim Smith: my mom, to my dad: what did he say
Tim Smith: my dad: i have no idea
Tim Smith: me: sigh
Roland Crosby: and that, friends, is what tumblr is for
Tim Smith: if you say so
“Researchers at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine are running an...”
– BBC News - The clean hands mission
These numbers are DISTRESSINGLY LOW, can I say.
“A US study of 12 to 18-year-olds found those with bedtimes after midnight were...”
– BBC News - Earlier bedtime ‘cuts teenage depression’
Fond memories of TJ, ha.
5 myths about keeping America safe from terrorism →
An insightful Washington Post op-ed that’ll appear in print in the Outlook section this Sunday.
His points, stated briefly:
1. Terrorism is not the biggest threat you’re facing right now, so chill the fuck out.
2. Offense is a lousy defense.
3. Our borders will never serve as a meaningful line of defense against terrorism.
4. Technology is not necessarily our savior.
5. You and...
The List - What's In and Out for 2010 - The... →
OUT: Boom boom pow.
IN: Rah rah ah-ah-ah, roma ro ma-ma, ga ga oh la-la
December 2009
4 posts
EtherPad Blog: Google Acquires AppJet →
Etherpad is dead; Google bought it and brought the devs onto Wave. :( So I guess we can all start using that, now. beWeeVee looks like an interesting alternative, though it requires Silverlight.
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kiosk maringoons
kiosk sent this out in an email, i wanted to give it a url so i could tag it in delicious, where i (naturally) keep my recipes; they sound interesting! anyway kiosk is an amazing store and you should support them especially if you are looking for slightly-off-the-beaten-path sorts of gifts. recipe follows:
Maringoon Preheat oven to 350 2 egg whites at room temperature 1/ 4 teaspoon salt 1/2...
“The norte chico is also home to La Silla, one of the most important...”
– Isabel Allende, My Invented Country (via Sondy)
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snooz3r:
Hey You Guys Circlesquare
this is it. ...
November 2009
2 posts
BBC News - Swiss voters back ban on minarets →
“Swiss voters have supported a referendum proposal to ban the building of minarets, official results show.”
NEWS FLASH: Tolerant, liberal northern Europe potentially even more terribly racist, xenophobic than us. Again.
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“PART I. ADMINISTRATION OF THE GOVERNMENT
TITLE XIV. PUBLIC WAYS AND WORKS...”
– M.G.L. - Chapter 89, Section 3
October 2009
8 posts
Au Revoir Simone - Anywhere You Looked
I love so...
Defining Dates and First Date Goals: Generalizing... →
“College students and single noncollege adults defined the term date, differentiated dates from going out with a friend, and described their reasons for going on their most recent first date. Responses indicate that single adults vary more in their orientation toward dating (e.g., an emphasis on a lifelong relationship) than do college students. Sex differences in first date goals appeared...
“Online petitions, used by good online organizers, are great. Example: At MoveOn,...”
– Open Left:: Profiles in Bad Online Organizing: Part 1 (DSCC)
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DejaMenu - multiple menubars for multiple monitors
“DejaMenu will display the current application’s main menu as a context menu when a key combination is pressed. This is particularly useful for people using multiple monitors. Since the Menubar only appears on a single monitor, it is awkward to use applications on a different monitor. DejaMenu solves this - just press the configured key combo, and a copy of the Menubar is right there...
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“Life is, in fact, a battle. Evil is insolent and strong; beauty enchanting but...”
– Henry James via Saul Alinsky, “Rules for Radicals”
“anyway, i’m making a record, as previously blathered about, and this means...”
– the internet - lcd soundsystem’s MySpace Blog |
it’s a good thing you don’t have to be able to get along with someone to enjoy their music.
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“Though Glenn Beck fervently proclaimed his affinity for Muse’s apocalyptic...”
– Glenn Beck Was Just Joking About The Muse Brush-Off - News Story | Music, Celebrity, Artist News | MTV News
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“The shared forum of television is an arena for the declaration and confirmation...”
– No Sense of Place: The Impact of Electronic Media on Social Behavior, Joshua Meyrowitz (1985), p 90.
September 2009
6 posts
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“Besides, it isn’t as if all those adults who learned cursive years ago are...”
– Cursive writing may be fading skill, but so what? - Yahoo! News
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“On the demand side, exporters and strategic planners focusing on unworked glass...”
– Amazon.com: The 2009 Import and Export Market for Unworked Glass in Balls, Rods, or Tubes Excluding Microspheres Less Than 1 mm in Diameter in New Zealand: Icon Group International: Books
“I believe that creating meaningless clutter, promoting low-quality products, or...”
– Dopp Juice » Blog Archive » The Suck-Free Internet Manifesto
“In line with the halo associated with green consumerism, people act more...”
– SSRN-Do Green Products Make Us Better People? by Nina Mazar, Chen-Bo Zhong
August 2009
5 posts
IPCC - Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change →
This is the DORKIEST TUMBLE EVER, but most of you are science types and SHOULD appreciate this. This is the IPCC’s statement of the physical science basis for anthropogenic global warming, and boy does it go into the dirty little details of climate science. Start with the FAQ and then pick up the Technical Summary. You have a duty to know about this.
Also: Good news! The Gulf Stream...
I had Mechanical Turk OCR a big stack of handwritten forms for me. The Turkers made some mistakes in the transcription that I would never have made, because I knew what the writer meant to write. I wonder if the writers let their handwriting grow sloppier because they expected the forms to be read by someone with enough context to be able to correct any misreadings.
“His career is proof that a lifetime of privilege and its attendant advantages...”
– Ted Kennedy, 1932-2009 | The Awl
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“The scene shifted once more. My whiskey camera began to pan back and widen out,...”
– The young lion goes to Vegas / Can you hear the desperate roar over the thump of the DJ?
June 2009
1 post
listening to "The Warning - Hot Chip" →
Excuse me, sir, I’m lost. I’m looking for a place where I can get lost…
May 2009
6 posts
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“To summarize my main points: A few lucky men are at the top of society and enjoy...”
– Roy F. Baumeister - Is There Anything Good About Men?
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“This amendment is as clear as day. It explicitly bars using the funds in this...”
– Think Progress » Reid: Guantanamo Detainees Should Not Be Held In U.S. Prisons
Oh, I’m so angry about this.
“Where you allow your attention to go ultimately says more about you as a human...”
– The Benefits of Distraction and Overstimulation — New York Magazine
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“Tried to edit my Google Apps start page using Google Chrome - got message that...”
– Twitter / Charlene Li: Tried to edit my Google Ap …
Heh.
“New video evidence has surfaced showing that U.S. military forces in Afghanistan...”
– Caught on Tape: Military Officials at Bagram Urge U.S. Soldiers to Evangelize in Afghanistan | War on Iraq | AlterNet
(OH GOOD. via @lehmannchris)
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“The result is a character who exterminates an entire race and yet remains...”
– Creating the Innocent Killer [via @debcha]