February 2010
61 posts
January 2010
45 posts
RT @BadAstronomer: Astronauts tweeting from orbit: AMAZING pic of Golden Gate Bridge! http://is.gd/7qPS0
“A pair of British filmmakers recently found remains of an aqueduct that...”
– Rome’s Ancient Aqueduct : Discovery News
“Amazon, Macmillan: an outsider’s guide to the fight”
– Amazon, Macmillan: an outsider’s guide to the fight - Charlie’s Diary
“Kathryn Bigelow’s uncanny “Strange Days,” by Michael Mirasol...”
– Kathryn Bigelow’s uncanny “Strange Days,” by Michael Mirasol of the Philippines - Our far-flung correspondents
“Crayola’s Law: The number of colors doubles every 28 years.”
– Marginal Revolution: Crayola’s Law
So what about dying?
howardsbutt:
So there I was in my hotel room on the outskirts of Paris, shortly before I was scheduled to meet a dear Parisian friend for dinner. And I had the email with my diagnosis, bonging the big bell of mortality over and over.
The first thought that occurred to me, and which probably occurs to most people who are confronted with a cancer diagnosis, was “Am I going to die?”
And of...
RT @ebertchicago: Gulp. Don’t believe everything you see re-tweeted. http://j.mp/clGZiQ
“Howard Zinn (1922-2010): A Tribute to the Legendary Historian with Noam Chomsky,...”
– Howard Zinn (1922-2010): A Tribute to the Legendary Historian with Noam Chomsky, Alice Walker, Naomi Klein and Anthony Arnove
“Annotated State of the Union text”
– Annotated State of the Union text - James Fallows
WatchDerek Sivers: Weird, or just different? | Video on TED.com
“I’ve been a vegetarian for over 25 years, and while fake meat...”
– Taste Test: Veggie Burgers | Serious Eats
RT @eduGuru IMHO 7 Reasons Why Higher Ed Is the Best Gig in All the Web http://bit.ly/cSRZAS
Wither Kindle?
marc:
Obituaries are already being written for the Amazon Kindle with today’s Apple announcement of iPad and iBooks. (At least Steve Jobs gave Amazon and the Kindle some props today.) Despite the iPad’s large color touch screen, I think the reports of the Kindle’s death are premature. The Kindle will still offer major cost savings and some significant advantages for serious readers of text:
...
“Located in Westside Atlanta, home to Abbatoir, Bacchanalia, and a host of other...”
– FLIP Burger Boutique in Atlanta: Flavorful and Well Crafted | A Hamburger Today
“Phoenix Arizona is one of those cities that is known for its incredible...”
– Best Places to Shop in Phoenix : Kathika Travel Website
“In six snappy minutes, Tarantino (director of Pulp Fiction, Reservoir Dog,...”
– Tarantino’s Tops Since ‘92 | Open Culture
“Featuring more than thirty distinguished faculty, scientists, and physicians,...”
– The Stanford Mini Med School: A Free Course Now Online | Open Culture
“On January 19th (the day before the decision), Harvard law professor Lawrence...”
– Lessig on Political Corruption in America | Open Culture
“Let’s make one thing clear: I want an iPad. I want everyone to want one so that...”
– Justifying the iPad: The Single Discordant Note in Steve’s Presentation
RT @sysfrank: New acronym: LTEC = “Let them eat cake.” Joins the ranks of W.T. Faydn
“Fifty Dangerous Things
The idea of this thin book is that danger is something...”
– Cool Tools: Fifty Dangerous Things
“Perhaps the stage theory of grief caught on so quickly because it made loss...”
– Finding a better way to grieve : The New Yorker
“The way I met Isaac Asimov was the way I met almost everybody else who became...”
– The Way the Future Blogs, an online memoir by science fiction writer Frederik Pohl » Blog Archive » Isaac Part 1 of I don’t know how many
“The New York Review of Books:
Garry Kasparov on Chess Metaphors: Artificial...”
– http://www.nybooks.com/articles/23592
RT @Pogue: Today’s Steven Wright-ism: Why do they lock gas-station bathrooms? Are they afraid someone will clean them?
Never With a Fuller Purpose →
I beg to assure you that I have never written you, or spoken to you, in greater kindness of feeling than now, nor with a fuller purpose to sustain you… But you must act. — Abraham Lincoln
Making the Perfect Cup of Espresso →
Los Angeles vs. Nature →
“John McPhee is the best nonfiction writer alive.”
Green and Red Chile in New Mexico Roundup →
“New Mexico didn’t invent the hamburger, but we’re the one who added green chile...”
– Green Chile Cheesburgers, an exquisite treat from the Land of Enchantment, New Mexico
“On the 150th anniversary of Darwin’s masterwork, the author visits Kentucky’s...”
– February 2010: A. A. Gill on Kentucky’s Creation Museum | vanityfair.com
Today's filibuster update →
Adventure 06: Beehives, Bluegrass and Beautiful... →
More on the anonymity of the... →
Thought experiment - James... →
What states might look like if, as with Congressional districts, their borders were periodically redrawn to reflect population changes.
Andrew Tobias - Money and Other Subjects →
“Yesterday I suggested that our country had actually made a lot of progress – albeit not as much as many of us would have liked – and promised to elaborate today.”
Google's Nexus One is no iPhone - and that's OK ... →
Enlighten me, but make it quick! →
The World Question Center 2010 →
This year the question was “How has the internet changed the way you think?”
The 3 Facebook Settings Every User Should Check... →
Ristretto | Pour-Over Coffee Drips Into New York -... →
AppleInsider | Inside the multitouch FingerWorks... →
Pioneer Woman Photography - Ree Drummond →