January 2010
46 posts
“An anecdote: When the iMac came out, Apple drew a line in the sand. They said:...”
– stevenf.com - I need to talk to you about computers. I’ve been…
J. D. Salinger stories available from The New... →
“read Salinger’s stories, available to subscribers through our digital edition”
“Business plans with too much detail, books with too much proof, politicians with...”
– Seth’s Blog: Too much data leads to not enough belief
“systems designed to enforce decisions will fail. Consider a workflow system that...”
– Decision-Based Design « Greenonions
“Always put something on the table, no matter how half-formed the concept, and...”
– Matt Webb (via plsj)
““We might think of the culture as possessing a ‘symptom repertoire’ — a range of...”
– The Americanization of Mental Illness - NYTimes.com
“Jesse Custer- The Word of God, which allows Custer to control any sentient...”
– These Are Not the Late-Night Hosts You Are Looking For: 11 Sci-Fi Replacements for Jay and Coco - Space - io9
“Oceans of liquid diamond, filled with solid diamond icebergs, could be floating...”
– Diamond Oceans Possible on Uranus, Neptune : Discovery News
“similar research was funded by NASA, which hoped astronauts would be able to...”
– Scientists turn stem cells into pork
“Dutch scientists have been growing pork in a laboratory, call it pork in a petri...”
– Scientists turn stem cells into pork
“Weizman—an Israeli architect—documents many of the emerging spatial techniques...”
– BLDGBLOG: Nakatomi Space
“Airenergy is a gadget that can harvest free electricity from WiFi signals such...”
– RCA’s Airenergy charger converts WiFi energy to electricity
“This is all truly fabulous, and genuinely fantastic. Why not a Robot Science...”
– cityofsound: Notes on New Songdo City. Or, What does your Seoul look like (Part 1)
“New Songdo City is a fascinating globalised interzone, designed specifically for...”
– cityofsound: Notes on New Songdo City. Or, What does your Seoul look like (Part 1)
“Like a dirty filter, the Earth’s oceans are growing less efficient at...”
– Oceans losing ability to absorb greenhouse gas
“the high-energy beam fired into the upper heavens from the United States High...”
– Norway Time Hole “Leak” Plunges Northern Hemisphere Into Chaos | Pakistan Daily
“Rural people are keepers of the stars.”
– Peace and Love and Noticing the Details
“This is good. This is happening in a way that is different than what I would...”
– Peace and Love and Noticing the Details
“God doesn’t need fanaticism.”
– Peace and Love and Noticing the Details
“Leave exile by somehow sitting here like it’s home.”
– Peace and Love and Noticing the Details
“These researchers have amassed an impressive body of evidence suggesting that...”
– The Americanization of Mental Illness - NYTimes.com
“We have for many years been busily engaged in a grand project of Americanizing...”
– The Americanization of Mental Illness - NYTimes.com
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The best new industrial song I’ve heard in years.
“War is hell, but scientists are learning more about the devil that governs major...”
– Fog of War Demystified by Financial ‘Power Law’ : Discovery News
WatchThe Antikythera Mechanism, part 2
WatchThe Antikythera Mechanism, part 1
“Using nothing but an ingenious system of gears, the mechanism could be used to...”
– Advanced Imaging Reveals a Computer 1,500 Years Ahead of Its Time - Technology - io9
The Aesthete At Home →
A blog about ancient cocktails.
