July 2010
3 posts
The Cornell note-taking system →
Would’ve been helpful four years ago
June 2010
1 post
May 2010
5 posts
“Say what you will about the tenets of National Socialism, Dude, but at least...”
– Walter Sobchak, The Big Lebowski
WatchSo I saw all of these mediocre pictures of that volcano in Iceland nobody can pronounce the name of, so I figured I should go and do better. But the flights to get over took forever as expected (somewhat). 4 days after leaving I finally made it, but the weather was terrible for another 4. Just before leaving it got pretty good for about a day and a half and this is what I managed to get.
April 2010
2 posts
“Mr. Speaker, I said the honorable member was a liar it is true and I am sorry...”
– Richard Brinsley Sheridan, when asked to apologize to another member of Parliament
March 2010
11 posts
“showing or giving emphasis; expressing something forcibly and clearly”
– emphatic — my word of the day
Sleep Is Death →
Jason Rohrer’s preview of his new game, Sleep Is Death. Wow! I sort of want to play this but I’m also wondering about the dynamic between the two people who play it. Check out the slideshow in the link above.
QUENTIN TARANTINO IS FIST PUMPIN’ LIKE A CHAMP →
Watchandreaallen:
This video makes sense. But not really. Actually it does. NOT. But Seriously it is pretty good.
Watchatsween:
Twitter: The Criterion Collection
What if Twitter… came to life?
We asked some of our friends to film their favorite tweets. We didn’t care how they did it. They could read it. They could act it. They could do it with puppets. Whatever they wanted. The only rules were it had to be a tweet written by someone else and it had to contain the entire tweet and nothing but the tweet.
This...
February 2010
18 posts
Depression’s Upside - NYTimes.com →
Not sure if my target audience would really read this 8 page article but it is rather interesting.
Framing Childhood - NYTimes.com →
Pictures of kids, like idealized Victorian boys and girls, can be seen but not heard.
The child’s life, reciprocally, becomes that of a model — and more. Every aspect of the family business becomes familiar to a child. Early on, she learns that she can examine a photo on a viewfinder as soon as it’s snapped; that she should monkey around rather than pose, as “film” is distinctly not at a premium;...
In 1999, UC-Davis civil engineer David Phillips was grocery shopping when he noticed something peculiar. Healthy Choice Foods was offering frequent-flyer miles to customers who bought its products. But a 25-cent pudding would bring 100 miles — the reward was worth more than the product itself.
Recognizing a good thing, Phillips bought 12,150 servings of pudding for $3,140, claiming he was...
GREG RUTTER'S DEFINITIVE LIST OF THE 99 THINGS YOU... →
What happens when you get drunk?
Malcolm Gladwell presents a hypothesis which I hadn’t heard before:
Put a stressed-out drinker in front of an exciting football game and he’ll forget his troubles. But put him in a quiet bar somewhere, all by himself and he’ll grow mare anxious. Alcohol’s principal effect is to narrow our emotional and mental field of vision.
It causes, “a state of short- sightedness in which...
Predictions for human evolution →
A literal elevator into space by 2014! Pretty decent.
January 2010
19 posts
What I Hope Apple Unleashes Tomorrow →
“This resolution does not simply express our condolences, but rather it commits...”
– Ron Paul in a statement before the House of Representatives, January 21, 2010, Statement in Opposition to H Res 1021, Condolences to Haiti.
Don't give money to Haiti? →
WatchNSFW (nudity)
Sidewalk interview gone bad!
The Killer App That Busted Ski-Resort Snow Jobs →
iPhone app for reporting snow levels at ski resorts busted the resorts’ practice of claiming exaggerated snow levels. (article via Daring Fireball)