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Math, guys! Awesome! science: This math may not have many...

Mon, 28 Sep 2009 21:49:57 -0400

Math, guys! Awesome!

This math may not have many scientific applications, but it’s simply beautiful: CellarAcademic explains infinite set theory in simple terms (parts one and two). Also, I took a stab at explaining some of this a while back. (via Tristan)

"Virtually no one cuts a $13,375 check for health care. Most pay 27 percent of it, or even less. The..."

Sun, 20 Sep 2009 11:07:14 -0400

“Virtually no one cuts a $13,375 check for health care. Most pay 27 percent of it, or even less. The surest way to cut health-care spending would be to make people shoulder more of the burden directly, as opposed to hiding it in taxes and lost wages. But that’s about as popular as a puppy pot roast.”

- Analysis: You Have No Idea What Health Costs - washingtonpost.com

My friend is trying to find a home for a tiny kitten. Who will...

Wed, 16 Sep 2009 09:57:20 -0400

My friend is trying to find a home for a tiny kitten. Who will love you, forever.

MI AND L’AU - Up In The Building - (via...

Sat, 12 Sep 2009 19:56:21 -0400

MI AND L’AU - Up In The Building - (via cochizzze)

Something dreamy for the foggy gray september.

Mr Singularity, or: How I learned to stop worrying and love the autonomous murder-bot

Sun, 26 Jul 2009 09:30:06 -0400

Mr Singularity, or: How I learned to stop worrying and love the autonomous murder-bot:

“The researchers — leading computer scientists, artificial intelligence researchers and roboticists who met at the Asilomar Conference Grounds on Monterey Bay in California — generally discounted the possibility of highly centralized superintelligences and the idea that intelligence might spring spontaneously from the Internet. But they agreed that robots that can kill autonomously are either already here or will be soon.”

Sylvie Vartan v. disembodied arms.

Thu, 23 Jul 2009 20:50:14 -0400

Sylvie Vartan v. disembodied arms.

I keep forgetting that, through no fault of my own, I own...

Thu, 16 Jul 2009 20:07:00 -0400

I keep forgetting that, through no fault of my own, I own “Ghost Rider.”

This is the kind of movie there is no excuse to own. Say your great-aunt Betty in Tucson is a big Nick Cage fan, and you two agree to watch his entire cannon, and you’re just about to fly out there with “The Rock” and “Ghost Rider” for a long weekend, when she quietly passes away in the night?
Aunt Betty would still want you to freecycle “Ghost Rider.”

So here is a video montage for you. If you need me, I will be watching “Con Air.”

"Still, nonsense about women, weight, and “health” is particularly pervasive and destructive. Indeed,..."

Tue, 05 May 2009 10:02:34 -0400

“Still, nonsense about women, weight, and “health” is particularly pervasive and destructive. Indeed, if we were really concerned about medical risk factors that actually do have a significant negative correlation with a candidate’s life expectancy, the most relevant is one that has afflicted 108 of America’s 110 Supreme Court justices: being a man.”

- Paul Campos, Fat Judges Need Not Apply

Weekend Project: Bird Colllage

Sun, 03 May 2009 13:50:23 -0400

Weekend Project: Bird Colllage

There was a Hindu wedding across the street from my office...

Sat, 02 May 2009 09:53:00 -0400

There was a Hindu wedding across the street from my office today. Yay culture!

LILYPAD, A FLOATING ECOPOLIS FOR CLIMATE REFUGEES

Fri, 01 May 2009 14:42:23 -0400

LILYPAD, A FLOATING ECOPOLIS FOR CLIMATE REFUGEES

Evidence of the 'Lost World' -- did dinosaurs survive the end Cretaceous extinctions?

Tue, 28 Apr 2009 10:12:58 -0400

Evidence of the 'Lost World' -- did dinosaurs survive the end Cretaceous extinctions?:

The title is so, so promising - but the text is disappointing. Why do the Physorg.com editors wish to toy with my hopes and dreams?

Flutter

Tue, 21 Apr 2009 09:15:19 -0400

Flutter

1982: A footnote

Mon, 20 Apr 2009 10:08:00 -0400

“It is said to be common knowledge among time-travel enthusiasts (who have rather conveniently and suspiciously never been seen) that stopping in 1982 in Killearn, a small commuter village 15 miles north of Glasgow, is actually The Worst Rest-Break possible, as though nothing memorable happened anywhere else, nothing AT ALL happened in Killearn, not even a hiccup. Many choose to continue to time-travel to a more interesting year before stopping to have coffee and a short stroll, which has led to the edges of 1982, December and January, becoming blackspots for time-machine collisions as the travellers grow drowsier.”

via Uncyclopedia.

The Different Kinds of People That There Are - The Stranger

Thu, 02 Apr 2009 16:16:39 -0400

The Different Kinds of People That There Are - The Stranger:

(via rxt)

I am the type of person who laughs at articles like this.

Occupational Migration

Wed, 01 Apr 2009 12:43:24 -0400

Friends and Family:

Due to the Global Recession, I have decided to simplify my life and find a job that is more resilient to These Economic Times. In times of hardship, people from across the Globe return to simple self-reliance to save money - in turn, they feed into a thriving home crafts industry.

Based on my belief in the strength of the craft industry, I have decided to turn my lifetime fascination of ungulates into my career. Beginning tomorrow, I fly out to Iceland for a 6-week tutorial in Sheep Husbandry, followed by an intensive fiber conversion workshop.

Now, there are those who might say, “is she spinning a yarn?” and “does she think this is a viable business plan?” To those doubters, I say, the need for for ungulate-generated products will always create a bull market for sheep.

Fondest regards,

-A-

Sweet, delicious, weekend. Here’s a sufjan remix.

Sun, 29 Mar 2009 00:08:49 -0400

Sweet, delicious, weekend. Here’s a sufjan remix.

Photo

Wed, 25 Mar 2009 10:45:39 -0400

List of Books I Should Read

Tue, 24 Mar 2009 10:53:44 -0400

List of Books I Should Read:

Or have already read.

Clearly this was Songsmith Beta. (Computer) Science!

Sun, 22 Mar 2009 22:10:23 -0400

Clearly this was Songsmith Beta. (Computer) Science!