February 2012
5 posts
“Even in our weird information-saturated world, there’s so much we don’t, and...”
– Robin Sloan, “The Limits of Knowledge,” Snarkmarket
(via paragraphstolove)
January 2012
6 posts
December 2011
7 posts
“An education isn’t how much you have committed to memory, or even how much...”
– Anatole France
Frank Chimero: I am Neil deGrasse Tyson. Ask me... →
viafrank:
A few questions and answers from the excellent thread on Reddit:
What is your favorite short science fact you like to tell people to really make them think?
That our bodies’ atoms are traceable to supernova stars that scattered their chemical enrichment across the cosmos, spawning the birth…
November 2011
7 posts
“I used to think I was the strangest person in the world but then I thought,...”
– Frida Kahlo (via jessicaames)
October 2011
14 posts
A Sister’s Eulogy for Steve Jobs - NYTimes.com →
Heartbreaking and beautiful.
(via Daring Fireball)
The business of brown M&Ms →
bobulate:
The list of Richard Stallman’s speaking requests includes:
If I am quite sleepy, I would like two cans or small bottles of non-diet Pepsi.
And much more.
While quite different, the list seems reminiscent of the business value of the Van Halen brown M&Ms.
Van Halen shows were complex. So complex that they would arrive at venues with several tractor-trailers’ worth of equipment...
“Rep. prez candidate Herman Cain says homosexuality is a “personal choice.”...”
– George Takei (via superstarling)
“It was really strange, they were holding hands, and dad stopped breathing but I...”
– Couple Married 72 Years Dies Holding Hands
Excuse me while I sob at my desk.
(via sheasylvia)
Visit me over at my new blog. Because, you know, I... →
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September 2011
11 posts
Watchmichaeljfaris:
Don Draper pitches Facebook Timeline (via Kottke)
“It needs more joy. It needs more chaos. It needs more anarchy. And it needs more...”
– Jad Abumrad on National Public Radio from the Nieman Journalism Lab (via viafrank)
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