May 2011
3 posts
“Surprisingly, their chromatophores contain only red, orange, yellow, black, or...”
– Exclusive Excerpt: Sex, Drugs and Sea Slime | Wired Science | Wired.com
The Evolution of Lids →
America’s Most Isolated Federal Prisoner Describes... →
October 2010
4 posts
“A reformed Weezer fan has launched a fundraiser online to raise $10 million to...”
– Weezer to break up for $10 million? James Burns starts online fundraiser to make group disband
ouch.
September 2010
1 post
July 2010
4 posts
Watch[Geeks are Sexy] Technology News - We make technology sexy!
“So Wyclef Jean is apparently considering a presidential run in Haiti…. But...”
– Wyclef Jean Running for President of Haiti - Political Beliefs of Wyclef Jean - Esquire
“Today, iPhone and Android are once again two very different beasts. Declaring...”
– Andy Ihnatko is a genius.
iPhone 4 review: It’s a brand new, better smartphone :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Andy Ihnatko
June 2010
4 posts
“By 10am it emerged that Mr Perkins had single-handedly moved the global price of...”
– How a broker spent $520m in a drunken stupor and moved the global oil price - Telegraph
“She does not drink enough water herself, she allowed; orange juice, milk and...”
– Where Thoreau Lived, Crusade Over Bottles - NYTimes.com
Counting birds →
Umbrella program may spawn bumper crop of good... →
Pittsburgh people being awesome!
May 2010
3 posts
“The Obama administration said Sunday it would seek a law allowing investigators...”
– Attorney General Backs Miranda Limit for Terror Suspects - NYTimes.com
There’s a Who song about this…
“To the Editor:
• PowerPoint criticism
• Used instead of full-text documents
•...”
– Letters - PowerPoint - A Tool Only as Good As the User - NYTimes.com
April 2010
11 posts
“PowerPoint makes us stupid,” Gen. James N. Mattis of the Marine Corps, the Joint...”
– Enemy Lurks in Briefings on Afghan War - PowerPoint - NYTimes.com
“It was a silent call to arms: an easy-to-overlook message urging New Jersey...”
– Students Protest School Budget Cuts in New Jersey - NYTimes.com
SubTropolis, U.S.A. - Magazine - The Atlantic →
A large chunk of Kansas City’s real estate lies 100 feet below ground, and offers a creative solution to global warming.
Cats of War →
Fresh or Canned →
Nations’ eating habits graphed.
“In one of Dr. Griffiths’s first studies, involving 36 people with no serious...”
– Hallucinogens Have Doctors Tuning In Again - NYTimes.com
“When the monkeys thought of numbers, Nieder saw that certain neurons became very...”
– The Amazonian tribe that can only count up to five | Science | The Guardian
The Smart Set: American Bling - March 30, 2010 →
How Louis Comfort Tiffany pioneered America’s kitch and bling aesthetics.
March 2010
19 posts
“The investigation revealed relentless activities directed toward Phoebe to make...”
– 9 Teenagers Are Charged After Classmate’s Suicide - NYTimes.com
“Patel’s background and work coincidentally matched a series of prophecies...”
– I’m not the messiah, says food activist – but his many worshippers do not believe him | World news | The Guardian
A History of Obama Feigning Interest in Mundane... →
LBJ orders some pants →
Tom Cosm's Ableton Videos on Vimeo →
100 Million Club (February 02, 2010 - March 23,... →
Viral videos that have over 100 million views
“The Cornell University team studied 52 of the most famous paintings of the...”
– BBC News - Last supper ‘has been super-sized’, say obesity experts
A curious history of the C.I.A. : The New Yorker →
A point by point demolition of Marc Thiessen.
“Perhaps the most outlandish falsehood in “Courting Disaster” is Thiessen’s portrayal of Obama and the Democrats as the sole opponents of brutal interrogation tactics. Thiessen presents the termination of the C.I.A. program as a renegade action by President Obama, who has “eliminated our nation’s most important tool to prevent terrorists...
“There’s no such thing as fact anymore, only opinion. The closest thing we...”
– Maximum Fun Forum :: View topic - Kanye nails it re: creativity
“I won’t be doing any more big gallery shows for a while, it’s all a bit dodgy....”
– Banksy in “the world’s first street-art disaster movie” - Times Online
“FRANKS: In this country, we had slavery for God knows how long. And now we look...”
– Rep. Trent Franks: Blacks Better Off Under Slavery | Media Matters Action Network
February 2010
8 posts
“And wtf. When did Citibank start reviewing blogs to decide who can bank with...”
– citibank is so not fabulis - fabulis