April 2008
79 posts
The Physics of Chocolate →
While deeply held feelings about string theory (”Genius!” “Total Bunk!”) may sometimes drive us apart, all of us can certainly get behind the theory that chocolate is a net good. However,…
Apr 30th
That Mitchell and Webb Look... →
That Mitchell and Webb Look – Bronze Age Orientation Day
Apr 30th
Apr 30th
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Apr 30th
Concurrency and Python →
Apr 26th
There is No "U" in "Team" →
Here in CubeWorldTM, we occasionally get to hear from the Ones Who Pull the Levers.
Apr 26th
6 Marketing Lessons From The Chat Room →
Apr 26th
We heart it / Visual bookmark for everyone →
We heart it / Visual bookmark for everyone
Apr 25th
turner04.jpg (JPEG Imagen, 700x264 pixels) →
turner04.jpg (JPEG Imagen, 700x264 pixels)
Apr 25th
The Truth Behind Passover? →
Apr 23rd
50 Ways to Help the Planet →
Apr 23rd
Visions of Earth 2007 Photo Gallery →
Apr 23rd
Apr 23rd
The Six Dumbest Ideas in Computer Security →
Apr 22nd
1stavemachine →
Video by 1st Ave Machine
Apr 22nd
ISP typo pimping exposes users to fraudulent web... →
[see the presentation]
Apr 21st
Discovery Channel: I Love the World →
(via chrisglass)
Apr 19th
Loriot: The Speaking Dog (German) →
A few more: Einfach nur sitzen, Das Ei ist hart.
Apr 19th
awk scripts →
Apr 19th
Why Writing Your Own Search Engine is Hard →
Apr 19th
Shedding Light on Life →
Advances in optical microscopy reveal biological processes as they unfold.
Apr 19th
Shedding Light on Life →
From Harvard Magazine: The scenes are familiar from biology textbooks. A long string of DNA is copied to form a matching strand. A virus infects a cell by stealing through its…
Apr 19th
Word Textures →
Word Textures
Apr 19th
Pixdaus: Popular Today Pics - Interpreters →
Pixdaus: Popular Today Pics - Interpreters
Apr 19th
Loriot: The Speaking Dog (German) →
A few more: Einfach nur sitzen, Das Ei ist hart.
Apr 19th
Discovery Channel: I Love the World →
(via chrisglass)
Apr 19th
Pixdaus: Popular Today Pics - LOST →
Pixdaus: Popular Today Pics - LOST
Apr 18th
Apr 18th
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Flies get 'mind-control sex swap' →
Scientists take control of flies’ brains to make females behave just like males.
Apr 18th
Flaws of Gravity →
Christopher Hitchens in Vanity Fair: We tend to love anecdotes about apples and eurekas because they make scientific genius seem more human and more random, but that other great…
Apr 17th
THE LION →
Arian Behzadi has got a nice site under the name ‘The Lion’. The idea is he matching music to images found. ‘I come across images (archived photos from the 1920s-1980s, or photography…
Apr 17th
Apr 17th
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Elderly US pair murdered homeless →
Helen Golay, 77, and Olga Rutterschmidt, 75, befriended two homeless men, put them up in flats and took out insurance policies in an attempt to collect $2.8m.
Apr 17th
Wall Street Winners Get Billion-Dollar Paydays →
Jenny Anderson in the New York Times: Hedge fund managers, those masters of a secretive, sometimes volatile financial universe, are making money on a scale that once seemed…
Apr 17th
Unplugged - Flickr Finds: South Hall Office →
Unplugged - Flickr Finds: South Hall Office
Apr 16th
Pixdaus: Popular Today Pics - Bora Bora →
Pixdaus: Popular Today Pics - Bora Bora
Apr 16th
CIRCLED DREAMS on Flickr - Photo Sharing! →
via http://www.flickr.com/photos/aphotic_aura/2412150774/
Apr 16th
Nassim Taleb's "The Black Swan" →
A review
Apr 16th
Temporal perspective →
Read the comments on this post…
Apr 15th
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UNdata →
Apr 15th
Temporal perspective →
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Apr 14th
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Miraikan - Space Capsule (via animefx) →
Miraikan - Space Capsule (via animefx)
Apr 14th
Apr 12th
Primer timelines →
http://imdb.com/title/tt0390384/ (via Lagged2Death)
Apr 12th
The World's Worst Religious Leaders →
religious leaders better known for preaching messages of hatred and violence
Apr 12th
Apr 11th
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“Any intelligent fool can make things bigger and more complex… It takes a...”
– Albert Einstein
Apr 11th