July 2012
June 2012
“Historians will compare this to F.D.R.’s Social Security and Lyndon Johnson’s...”
– It’s funny to consider that what the government is protecting America from is an unrestricted free market, the “American Industrial System.” I don’t argue with that position, just never heard it expressed succinctly.
Health Care Ruling and Obama’s Place in History -...
“Chrome, on your device, isn’t like Chrome on your own computer, or on an...”
– For fuck’s sake, can someone remind me what the DOJ hauled Microsoft through coals for? Something about bundling a browser with an operating system? If I still believed the market reflected any connection to corporate performance, I’d start putting long puts on Apple stock right around...
“Here are 10 sounds that I am sending to you:
1. The silence that you hear...”
– Calling Laika — an older piece by Gob Squad
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“I play.
I’ve played since I was a little kid.
Since I begged my dad to...”
– Aisha Tyler, Dear Gamers
via kenyatta, natch.
Imagination: The Rocket Fuel of Science →
Michio Kaku on science: […] many things are wrong. But among that is the way that we teach science. We teach science as a list of facts and figures to memorize and we crush, literally crush, any curiosity and spirit of innovation and imagination from young children. For example, my daughter once took the New York State Regional Exam. She took the exam in geology, and I had a chance to...
Can the Bulldog Be Saved? - NYTimes.com →
Every time someone talks about a terrifying future in which designers are working with biology as a material (instead of say, pixels) I remind them that this has been happening for a pretty long time now.
bijan:
via NYT:
The main problem with this breed is its basic, fundamental design,” said Nancy Laste, a veterinary cardiologist who helped care for Uga V and VI when she was an intern at the...
“Person of Interest: in scenes showing the world from The Machine’s point of...”
– Viewer-Friendly Interface - Television Tropes & Idioms (via iamdanw)
“I always tell people that MIT is the closest thing to being Hogwarts — Harry...”
– Sal Khan, found of Khan Academy MIT Commencement Address (via curiositycounts)
“Chapo always talks about the drug business, wherever he is,” one erstwhile...”
“my doorknob is broken and I’m stuck in my bedroom! help me open the door?...”
– help open my door! - doorknob | Ask MetaFilter
I love the internet. This is why.
WatchKickstarter for Mugshot America, a movie about Mark Michaelson’s passion, obsession, and his great gift to the world: a devoted and thoughtful collection of historical mugshots.
The photos are meaningful in part because these people aren’t famous or notorious. They are petty thieves, prostitutes, union organizers. They are quietly anonymous and immediately recognizable.
From...
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