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“Eating alone at home is one thing: You cook, then sit at the table and eat. Maybe you read or watch TV at the same time. But at twenty-one, eating alone in a restaurant was new to me. Growing up I’d always gone out to eat with my family, and in college, with friends. The idea of going to a proper restaurant and eating a meal by myself had never really occurred to me.” — On Eating Alone
Child mortality, 0-5 years. From http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736%2810%2960703-9/fulltext
“Despite calls to boycott the company responsible for the massive Gulf of Mexico oil spill, Mora never even considered steering clear of BP’s gas. “Of course you feel bad, but it’s not only the company’s fault,” he said. “It’s the government’s fault. You need to regulate these guys.” —
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 to Ask about Any Design -
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 really important discussions.
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Sometimes, willingness to change not just institutions but geographical regions — and drastically so — at each career stage seems to be taken as an indication of greater “commitment” to science and to the scientific life. And the only interpretation of this fact that makes much sense to me is that commitment to science is, in these cases, being judged on the basis of one’s willingness to throw all non-career-centered considerations to the wind:
“See how much s/he loves science? No partner who wasn’t willing to act as a scientist’s helpmeet would follow that pathway, shifting hundreds or thousands of miles every few years. The only roots this candidate has put down are roots to this scientific field. Clearly, with what grad stipends and postdocs pay, it’s not like s/he could have purchased a home anyway, even if s/he wasn’t ready to pack up and follow the siren song of science to the ends of the earth. We don’t have to worry that this candidate will ever leave us because of a partner’s career, or family responsibilities, or to surf — see how much already has been sacrificed to the dream of being a scientist!”
” — Pack your bags: assessing young scientists’ commitment to science. : Adventures in Ethics and Science
Teachers in Hot Holy Water After Alleged Sprinkling - News- msnbc.com
This story is awkward. This picture is terrible/awesome/hello? photo editor? XD
Vicon Revue: Document your Life Every 30 Seconds - information aesthetics -
Commercial revival of the Microsoft SenseCam concept. I’m finding the videos curiously uncompelling, but maybe that’s just because they’re not mine?
