March 2012
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February 2012
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george clooney's batsuit nipples
mitch: http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-yBr0tc0d5ck/TvRP7sHqQpI/AAAAAAAAAmw/wxR9-K49mZg/s1600/bat_nipples.jpg
charlie: sweet
charlie: i mean, bats have nipples
charlie: and in fact
charlie: the only species of mammal where the male lactates is, appropriately enough, a bat
charlie: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dayak_fruit_bat
mitch: very interesting fact… but i think id rather not see my crime fighters lactating on the job
charlie: we'll just agree to disagree.
mitch: indeed.
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“Our imagination is stretched to the utmost not, as in fiction, to imagine things...”
– Richard Feynman (via franker)
January 2012
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the right questions
Ben: you there?
Charlie: yo
Ben: 1) best way to send you a 19 MB file?
Ben: 2) is the ftp down?
Charlie: 1) FTP
Charlie: 2) yes
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Programming Moments
Looking through some code, listening to Jackie Mittoo, realizing I just spent a good 20 minutes getting a lot done entirely inside my head. Just clicking around, reminding myself of where things are, reading some docs, sipping my coffee, making decisions. Untangling a knot.
I try not to forget that everyday we are building machines with our minds, little repeatable electron storms. Keyboards...
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Copyright Violations on several PIPA supporters'... →
A bunch of screenshots of government officials who support SOPA/PIPA, who themselves have unlicensed copyrighted material on their websites.
PS: I was going to link to sadtrombone.com just now, but it’s blacked out in opposition to SOPA. FUCK YEAH INTERNET!
“Democracies suffer not only from their slow reaction time at moments of crisis,...”
– Dominique Moïsi, on the difficulties for democracies to respond to crises. (via europeanvoice)
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“Let’s kill PIPA, then use this amazing energy to build something positive:...”
– SOPA is DYING; its evil Senate twin, PIPA, lives on
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Watch“Voice Array” (2011) by Rafael Lozano-Hemmer
Friggin’ ridiculous audio installation made up of the voices of people who visit it.
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“The irony of this new discovery is that for hundreds of years educators did seem...”
– The Brain that Changes Itself
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“Thought: sometimes you accidentally input an extra digit into the year: i.e.,...”
– Microserfs
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“Michael’s theory is that technology creates and molds generations. When...”
– Microserfs
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“We need to extend our time-horizons. Especially, we need deeper and wider...”
– Martin Rees on the edge.org annual question (via bisceglie)
December 2011
34 posts
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I’ve noticed recently that Kindle books sometimes have lots of typos. And I’m also noticing that they’re most likely because of shotty OCR than human error (is it possible it was easier to OCR a book than just get the source files?). For example:
“I suppose there’s nothing wrong with my not having a life. So many people no longer have Hues that you really have...
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“Robinson’s greatest professional challenge came on the ground. Last June, while working at mission control, he was charged with playing wake-up music for another shuttle crew. One astronaut’s wife made him promise to play Barry Manilow’s schmaltzy ballad “A Little Traveling Music, Please,” and Robinson’s flight director — the mission control...
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Overheard while making omelets
Me: Doesn't having 5 kids feel just irresponsible at this point? I mean, we have plenty of humans. Too many.
Sister: Yeah, it's kinda greedy.
Me: Oh religion. Really does more harm than good.
Sister: Amen!
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“It’s no coincidence that as a species we invented the middle classes. Without...”
– Microserfs: A Novel - I’ll probably be posting more of these, this book is a rich field of tumblr diamonds
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