January 2011
43 posts
15 Things Kurt Vonnegut Said Better Than Anyone... →
(AV Club, via Furry Girl)
Jan 1st
December 2010
31 posts
Dec 31st
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Dec 30th
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The first truly honest privacy policy →
(via Bruce Schneier)
Dec 27th
Physics and Physicists: Dubunk Quackery Using... →
Amusing hits on my two least favorite pseudosciences.
Dec 27th
William Ury: The walk from "no" to "yes" | Video... →
He tells a delightful story. It makes me want to walk the path he tells about.
Dec 27th
Wendy Carlos repeats the Retinex two-color... →
Dec 27th
The Blast Shack →
The personalities that make WikiLeaks such a force are unique
Dec 24th
Comic Sans Criminal - There's help available for... →
Delightful!
Dec 24th
8-Year-Olds Publish Scientific Bee Study (Wired... →
Dec 23rd
Dec 20th
Facebook | Visualizing Friendships →
Gorgeous visualization of Facebook connections. It make me sad how many country borders show up as an artificial barrier between people. 
Dec 20th
Timothy Karr: The Little Bill That Could →
Little noticed but extremely important to progressives, on Saturday afternoon Congress also passed the Local Community Radio Act. (via Eric Funk)
Dec 20th
I Heart Chaos — So about all those missing bees?... →
And then there’s science that goes “Why are you ignoring me?! Is anyone out there? I’m in here all aloooone. Augh! The BEEEEEEEEEEEEES!”
Dec 18th
collision detection: Who feels chills while... →
Dec 18th
I Heart Chaos — Voyager 1 about to leave the solar... →
Scientific progress also goes “I can’t believe it’s still working!”
Dec 18th
Dec 18th
The inhumane conditions of Bradley Manning's... →
Sickening.
Dec 18th
Interdependency - Charlie's Diary →
A 70ms power drop at a single factory will cause a 20% drop in flash memory production for two months. Our world is crazy. (Via @vruba)
Dec 16th
Dec 16th
Air Force Blocks Sites That Posted Secret Cables -... →
Including the New York Times.
Dec 16th
Jonathan Fulford's Photos - Photos from Near Space... →
Dec 15th
Breaking News on EFF Victory: Appeals Court Holds... →
Email is protected against unwarranted search and seizure. All hail the Electronic Frontier Foundation. A victory donation would be much appreciated.
Dec 15th
Dec 11th
Dec 11th
594 notes
The NASA study of arsenic-based life was fatally... →
“Ooops” is the sound scientific progress makes.
Dec 11th
Dec 5th
Dec 5th
WatchWatch
EcoVelo » Blog Archive » Mikael Colville-Andersen at TEDx Copenhagen “Why I Bicycle Without a Helmet”. He makes a lot of sense. We should all bike. All the time. And your chance of dying while riding one is dramatically less than being in the car.
Dec 4th
Julian Assange and the Computer Conspiracy; “To... →
Julian Assange once again makes me think he’s a brilliant man. The original essay mentioned in the article, too, is a thing of beauty, analyzing authoritarian (and terrorist) power as a function of how well they can communicate in secret. Leaks hurt authoritarian governments more than open ones.  Perhaps our country is feeling hurt by these latest leaks because of that. Why are some of...
Dec 3rd
Dec 2nd