Taphonomic Hyperthymesia

"I have always imagined that Paradise will be some kind of library."

Thu, 04 Feb 2010 19:28:47 +0200

“I have always imagined that Paradise will be some kind of library.”

- Jorge Luis Borges

Appendix 1[K]

Sun, 10 Jan 2010 15:31:00 +0200

I have now “liked” a round 1024 things on tumblr; they’re listed taphonomically in the appendix section of this tumblog.

"The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is..."

Thu, 31 Dec 2009 19:08:33 +0200

“The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown.”

- H.P. Lovecraft (via)

Waals World Watch

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 09:42:00 +0200

Waals World Watch

y=e^x (e ta duh x)

Mon, 07 Dec 2009 20:26:39 +0200

y=e^x (e ta duh x):

Abstruse Goose comic #218

which came first ? (via)

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 12:42:58 +0200

which came first ? (via)

Swiss winter wonderland

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 18:58:08 +0200

Swiss winter wonderland

“NEIL YOUNG” SINGS FRESH PRINCE

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 20:35:00 +0200

“NEIL YOUNG” SINGS FRESH PRINCE

Polar bear plus grizzly equals?

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 18:05:38 +0200

Polar bear plus grizzly equals?:

A new study reveals what happens when a polar bear is crossed with a grizzly.

Death and Pet

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 12:52:00 +0200

Death and Pet:

Commentary: Originally I had completely focused on the relationship between the Death guy and the pet, whatever it is. That was…(puts on sunglasses) a dead end. YEEAAAAAAAAHHHHH!!

Leaping Iberian wolf snatches international photo prize

Thu, 22 Oct 2009 15:07:22 +0300

Leaping Iberian wolf snatches international photo prize:

A captivating image of a wolf wins the prestigious Wildlife Photographer of the Year award.

TSA Successfully Defends Itself

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 23:37:00 +0300

TSA Successfully Defends Itself:

Story here. Basically, a woman posts a horrible story of how she was mistreated by the TSA, and the TSA responds by releasing the video showing that she was lying.

There was a similar story in 2007. Then, I [Schneier] wrote:

Why is it that we all — myself included — believe these stories? Why are we so quick to assume that the TSA is a bunch of jack-booted thugs, officious and arbitrary and drunk with power?
It’s because everything seems so arbitrary, because there’s no accountability or transparency in the DHS. Rules and regulations change all the time, without any explanation or justification. Of course this kind of thing induces paranoia. It’s the sort of thing you read about in history books about East Germany and other police states. It’s not what we expect out of 21st century America.

Saturn at equinox

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 11:57:15 +0300

Saturn at equinox:

Checking in with NASA’s Cassini spacecraft, our current emissary to Saturn, some 1.5 billion kilometers (932 million miles) distant from Earth, we find it recently gathering images of the Saturnian…

Vortex smoke ring collision

Mon, 17 Aug 2009 23:09:50 +0300

Vortex smoke ring collision

Q-BLOCK, 3D pixel art drawing tool

Sat, 15 Aug 2009 00:57:59 +0300

Q-BLOCK, 3D pixel art drawing tool:

drag to rotate the objects

Tr.im shuts down, breaking millions of shortened links by year's end

Mon, 10 Aug 2009 19:18:09 +0300

Tr.im shuts down, breaking millions of shortened links by year's end:

we were warned; someone should call Archive Team

"In a world without a police force and a rapidly growing population, early Victorian England was not..."

Thu, 06 Aug 2009 14:40:50 +0300

“

In a world without a police force and a rapidly growing population, early Victorian England was not a place to get caught on the wrong side of the law.

By 1815 - two decades before the Peelers started patrolling the streets - there were more than 200 offences which carried the death penalty.

”

- Rough justice

According to data from the Recording Industry Association of...

Sun, 02 Aug 2009 20:51:52 +0300

According to data from the Recording Industry Association of America, since music sales peaked in 1999, the value of those sales, after adjusting for inflation, has dropped by more than half.

"Roaches haven’t changed at all in 60 million years—except for this one: I just put tiny velour..."

Wed, 29 Jul 2009 09:07:41 +0300

“Roaches haven’t changed at all in 60 million years—except for this one: I just put tiny velour underpants on him.”

- Dan Liebert

"What happens when you play a country song backwards? You get your wife, truck and dog back."

Wed, 29 Jul 2009 09:01:13 +0300

“What happens when you play a country song backwards?
You get your wife, truck and dog back.”

- via