January 2008
77 posts
“Workers are seen kicking cows, jabbing them near their eyes, ramming them with a...”
– Video of workers abusing cows raises food safety questions - CNN.com
IT Conversations - Scott Kveton - Technometria:... →
OpenIDDevCamp was a gathering to develop web-based applications that use OpenID. Attendees included web designers, developers and testers all working together over the weekend to enable OpenID on their sites or just learn more about this technology.
“#1 - tearing the veil away from the morally bankrupt raincheck policy at...”
– 5ives » Five ways you’re unleashing the power of your blog - Funny, if it weren’t so true. Don’t forget to read Clampants.com!
“In the competitive world of preschool TV, appealing to parents has become a...”
– Preschoolers’ TV show ”Yo Gabba Gabba!” wins hipster appeal for grownups - The Boston Globe - if Miles didn’t love the show so much, this would article would make me sad(der). Hipster? Ill?
I was never a big believer in multitasking.... →
Jason Kottke sums up my new-found problem with (or inability to deal with) multitasking. The linke-to article, “The Autumn of the Multitaskers” (from the newly-opened Atlantic) is a good read as well.
Gaiman's Cthulu/Sherlock mashup "Study in Emerald"... →
HarperCollins has released a free MP3 of Neil Gaiman reading his Hugo- and Locus-winning story “A Study in Emerald,” which mashes up Sherlock Holmes and Lovecraft’s Cthulhu mythos — a story that transcends mere gimmick and is poignant, and engrossing.
“It could be the weirdest and most embarrassing prediction in the history of...”
– Big Brain Theory: Have Cosmologists Lost Theirs? - New York Times
“If our brane is mutating from time-like to space-like, observers in the...”
– Universe Today » Will Time be Replaced by Another Space Dimension?
“The ruins of the unsustainable are the 21st century’s frontier.”
– Bruce Sterling (via WorldChanging: Tools, Models and Ideas for Building a Bright Green Future: The Ruins of the Unsustainable)
“Scientists in Maryland yesterday said they had built from scratch an entire...”
– Md. Scientists Build Bacterial Chromosome - washingtonpost.com
100 books every child should read - An... →
“We have to stop proclaiming reading as a ladder to academic success. Treated simply as an educational commodity, some kind of pill to be taken to aid intellectual development, it is all too often counter-productive and ultimately alienating.”
“The Road is not a record of fatherly fidelity; it is a testament to the abyss of...”
– After the Apocalypse - The New York Review of Books
“The eventual safety of a character in a McCarthy novel is always in doubt, but...”
– After the Apocalypse - The New York Review of Books
“We are looking at something that probably not one of us has ever seen before. We...”
– Eurozine - Watching David Attenborough - Laurie Taylor (I have had a science-crush on David Attenborough since I was 7 or 8)
“If you are making a time capsule today don’t put in an iPod, a copy of Lost, a...”
– Long Views » Blog Archive » How Not to Do a Time Capsule
Exclusive Mix: Barbara Preisinger | XLR8R →
“While the dancefloor is her number one passion, she has, in recent years, expanded her sets to include everything from hip-hop to dub, often pairing these genres with her trademark house and techno style.”
Duke Dumont - Hamburg Mix (exclusive) →
“…his refined productions that fits in somewhere in the borderland between that new french electro and the british fidget house + he manages to throw in a bit of an edge with some ghetto tech/booty bass.”
“Nature is fucking hardcore.”
– The 5 Most Horrifying Bugs in the World | Cracked.com
“This is a tale of two pigs. The first – let’s call him Soren – is reared in...”
– FT.com / Arts & Weekend / Living - What makes a pig organic?
YouTorrent.com (BETA) - Your Torrents. Real Time. →
Blue Ocean Fishphone →
To find out about your seafood choice, text 30644 with the message FISH and the name of the fish in question. Weâll text you back with our assessment and better alternatives to fish with significant environmental concerns.
“The great irony of Romney ‘08 is that much of what he wants us to...”
– Mitt tries to save the greatest fake reality show ever. - By Bruce Reed - Slate Magazine
