April 2011
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February 2011
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Feb 17th
“to be better than a human at answering trivia questions, Watson only has to be...”
– Watson
Feb 15th
8 Spruce Street by the Architect Frank Gehry -... →
My new favorite building in the city.
Feb 13th
January 2011
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Real Headlines from the Homepage of Boing Boing
viafrank: HOWTO teach your small children to swordfight Ketchup dispensing mobile robot Demon rug Insects made of human hair HOWTO make a motorcycle out of cigarette lighters HOWTO make an ultra-gross melting-head cake HOWTO make monster snowshoes for your kids Skull made of McDonald’s fries Man shot in head, sneezes out bullet This is pretty much why I love the internet.
Jan 13th
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[citation needed]» Blog Archive » The psychology... →
If you only read one review/criticism of the forthcoming ESP paper, make it this one.
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Happy New Year 2011 | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
Jan 2nd
December 2010
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sshhh.: This is me making you uncomfortable. →
sshhh: I’ve tried writing this in a more reflective and candid way. I’ve tried separating the thoughts and analysis from the emotion. I wanted to write about it for another collection that I’m putting together but it’s not meant for that. I was thinking about my experience with most of the female friends I’ve had. How the emotional woman and the damaged woman have been conflated in the...
Dec 8th
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November 2010
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“We live underground. We speak with our hands. We wear the earplugs all our...”
– Amazon.com: Whisper’s review of AudioQuest K2 terminated speaker cable - U…
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There Will Be Blood - The New York Times  →
Nov 27th
NO BLASTERS!: My TSA Encounter →
noblasters: “You don’t need to see his identification.” On November 21, 2010, I was allowed to enter the U.S. through an airport security checkpoint without being x-rayed or touched by a TSA officer. This post explains how. If you feel like you need to protest, do it right.
Nov 26th
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Nov 26th
Qualia  →
bestofwikipedia: Qualia, singular “quale”, from a Latin word meaning for “what sort” or “what kind,” is a term used in philosophy to describe the subjective quality of conscious experience. Examples of qualia are the pain of a headache, the taste of wine, or the redness of an evening sky. (via 102828) Reblog for one of the most fundamental terms in my fields of study. The More You Know™
Nov 17th
Voltier Creative » Reddit’s Astonishing Altruism →
Looks like MetaFilter is getting some competition in the good-guys game.
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“No need for suspense: this new 16.3 MP sensor is simply the best APS-C we have...”
– DxOMark - DxOMark review for the Pentax K5 VINDICATED
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October 2010
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Oct 31st
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Aokigahara Suicide Forest - VBS News | VBS.TV The Jukai suicide forest sits at the base of Mount Fuji. This simple but powerful documentary follows a day with a geologist studying the mountain who has become a sort of unofficial suicide patrol in his 20 years working in the forest.
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Cleaning pennies with taco sauce →
From kitchen experiment to theoretical chemistry.
Oct 6th
Your Beautiful Pictures Are Stupid: Against Trendy... →
And you know what it all means? It means every picture and every video looks the same. Amen. I’ve looked down on this crap since it started getting popular, but I never put it into words.
Oct 6th
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Oct 6th
Parting the waters: Computer modeling applies... →
Years ago, I saw a TV program suggesting a tsunami triggered by an eruption of Santorini may have caused the sea to recede enough to allow the Jews to escape Egypt, and I’ve used this explanation ever since as an interesting application of science to religious history. This new work from CU shows that high winds could have produced phenomena almost exactly as described in the Old Testament.
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September 2010
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Sep 30th
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August 2010
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Aug 24th
best of craigslist: You stole my freakin' cameras →
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July 2010
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Jul 26th
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How Hot Is It? Where, Exactly? - City Room Blog -... →
Something most New Yorkers probably don’t realize is that temperature readings for the entire city come from the middle of central park, where it’s not uncommon for it to be ~5° cooler in summer or warmer in winter than the rest of the city.
Jul 21st
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Jul 21st
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Amazon is offering 1 year of Amazon Prime to... →
nickdouglas: emmyblotnick: (via androogenous & themattsmith) wat I pay for Amazon Prime and it’s worth it. So if you have an edu address and you buy shit online, GET THE FUCK ON THIS.
Jul 13th
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Central Park vs. Prospect Park - NYTimes.com →
(via Instapaper)
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June 2010
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Jun 6th
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