May 2008
The Ladybird Book of The Policeman →
FiveThirtyEight, weighted electoral projections →
from a guy who specializes in baseball stats; looks like a good dashboard [via]
The Dude abides →
How to make the worst White Russian ever. That’s what you get for asking for cocktail at some super square looking business hotel adjacent to an exhibition center. Ok, ok, here’s how to make a…
Italian Spiderman →
CULTURE BUZZ – A web series on YouTube that’s a parody of Italian action-adventure movies of the 1960s. “Meet Italian Spiderman, the only thing he likes more than women and booze is smokes…
Metagold, a research blog about Nico Nico Douga →
every entry is great; read the intro and YouTube/Nico cultural divide to start
A good, concise pep talk from Ira Glass, about... →
A good, concise pep talk from Ira Glass, about sticking with your creative endeavors. He’s talking specifically about story telling, but it really goes for anything you want to pursue seriously….
You Look Nice Today →
You Look Nice Today | A Journal of Emotional Hygiene is one of those podcasts all the kids are talking about these days. It’s just a few guys, you know, talking, but it’s newish, amusing, and one…
Beyond Reach →
Preserving Kubrick →
Insightful essay by Jamie Stuart on the differences watching 2001 on different formats (e.g. 70mm and 35mm film prints, laserdisc, DVD): Of course, this all changed when I watched the DVD for…
It's strange going back on things you loved as a... →
It’s strange going back on things you loved as a kid, finding out how cheesy they were. Here, a collection of (unintended?) sex puns on Star Trek: The Next Generation. Related: Sam Anderson’s …
[from joshua] neo4j.org →
java-based network (vs tree) oriented database bookmark this on del.icio.us - posted by joshua to java sql - more about this bookmark…
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Gremlin on Flickr - Photo Sharing! →
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Stop messing up the music. →
The most important essay about music I’ve ever read. (And part 2.) Make sure to listen to the examples. For example, this one.
Continuing on the theme of a self-sustaining... →
Continuing on the theme of a self-sustaining belief system, a computer scientist is studying the uptake of religious belief, in an evolutionary computer model. From the New Scientist: God may…
Jen Wang draws →
If you like the art styles of Dresden Codak, Questionable Content, or Tony DeTerlizzi, you’ll probably like the style of Jen Wang. She has recently started a new art blog. She also has a…
It's Nice That →
via http://www.itsnicethat.com/index.php?id=1356
The Question of Global Warming →
By Freeman Dyson A Question of Balance: Weighing the Options on Global Warming Policies
by William Nordhaus
Global Warming: Looking Beyond Kyoto
edited by Ernesto Zedillo
I begin this…
Mashed Frontier Airline safety rules →
Lex10 says: “Something I did with a Frontier Airlines Safety Brochure.” Link
Zombie-Like Doo-Doo Heads →
Do you have Adultitis? Kim and Jason is all about an idea. It’s the crazy notion that there is more to life than the hectic busyness, cynical melancholy and overwhelming stress that is typical…
History is a Weapon →
History is a Weapon — Featuring Propaganda by the inventor of modern PR, Edward Bernays, essays by Bill Clinton, Eugene Debs, Frederick Douglass, Sojourner Truth, Mark Twain, the…
Richard Feynman and the Connection Machine →
Danny Hillis on working with Richard Feynman at Thinking Machines. (Via Simon Willison.)
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Reading Proust or Proust Reading You? →
Waggish Reads Proust Reading In Search of Lost Time, or Remembrance of Things Past, is quite the daunting task. Whether you’ve read Proust, or are considering reading Proust for the first time, a…
[from joshua] thread on machine learning classes →
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the geometry of music →
The Geometry of Music: the cosmos of chords consists of weird, multidimensional spaces, known as orbifolds, that turn back on themselves with a twist.
Dmitri Tymoczko has created several
Damn kids and your myspaces.
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We Are The World remade by impersonators on... →
Thank you Jesus for this, our daily awesome. Link (thanks, too, Souris Hong Porretta).
Art! NOM NOM NOM!!!!!!!! Let me just eat FRAME!!!! →
Don’t Eat the Pictures! Sesame Street gets locked inside of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Featuring Bob, Susan, Gordon, Big Bird, Mr. Snuffleupagus, Cookie Monster, Grover, Oscar the Grouch,…
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[from deusx] The Future Without IPv6 - Vox →
“It’s time to start talking about what the Internet will be like in a future where we abandon all our efforts toward the IPv6 transition. Because the transition isn’t happening.” …
Good morning lemmings - The Humor Archives - funny... →
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A Closer Look at Spore →
Will Wright on the science behind the upcoming Spore, along with a bunch of footage of the game itself. (Thanks to Faruk Ates.)
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Cactus. Cactus cactus. →
organized prank calling to a radio show by the PLA, professional trolls [via]
McMafia: The World's Shadow Economy →
In EU and NATO member Bulgaria, the state is a part of the Mafia. The world’s “shadow economy” accounts for 10 trillion dollars each year. Chechen mobsters bent on revenge kill a young woman in…
Devo’s Mark Mothersbaugh on the Record Label... →
From the A.V. Club’s interview with Devo frontman Mark Mothersbaugh: I remember going to visit [Warner Bros. head] Mo Ostin about six to nine months after audio cassettes became a big deal….
Nintendo DS: Is that a music production studio in... →
Looking for a new musical toy to supplement your current studio setup? You may already have a MIDI-via-WiFi-enabled* sequencer (1, 2)/drum-and-bass groovebox/audio sampler & scratcher/Mod…
NOT Safe for Work →
Blonde Zombies - So NSFW, unless your work is cool with trashy Mexican comics, space vixens, pulp paperback covers, and the like.
Polaroid Packaging, the Apple of its Day →
The Branding of Polaroid 1957-1977: How we beat Eastman Kodak and its little yellow boxes at point of purchase despite a clunky product and an irrelevant corporate name. Graphic designer Paul…
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