July 2011
3 posts
May 2011
1 post
An edible color palette →
Did you know that orange peels are dyed orange to boost sales? This piece about food coloring is visually appealing but intellectually appalling.
April 2011
4 posts
Hobo Lobo of Hamelin →
A demented storybook for weird children. It’s filled with glorious parallax-y effects reminiscent of slide-action pop-up books.
March 2011
6 posts
When Insults Had Class →
Archived to use on others.
February 2011
6 posts
Nation Somehow Shocked By Human Nature Again →
“… perhaps it will make people stop for a moment and realize how short and precious life is,” said Daniel Romero, 45, of El Paso, TX, who, until this event, seemed to have somehow ignored the most omnipresent characteristic of his species: its mortality.
January 2011
4 posts
Is Your Son a Computer Hacker? →
No toolkit is complete without quintessential hacker tools such as “Comet Cursor,” “Bonzi Buddy” and “Flash.”
Science Proves You're Stupid →
2011
Simon: After a year of reboots, remakes, prequels, sequels, threequels and The Wolfman, Black Swan has reignited my love for cinema and made me excited for the year ahead.
Michael: Yeah, because there are no sequels coming up in the next year. Just Scream 4, Pirates 4, Mission Impossible 4, Transformers 3, Cars 2, Kung Fu Panda 2, Sherlock Holmes 2, The Hangover: Part 2, Deathly Hallows: Part 2 and an X-Men prequel.
Still, at least there are no remakes, unless you count The Thing, Conan the Barbarian, Don't Be Afraid of the Dark, Footloose and The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.
Omake Files #3 →
“I’m tired of your arbitrary deontological constraints, Edward.”
December 2010
6 posts
Dream Jobs That You're Glad You Didn't Pursue. →
Depressingly accurate.
“…they could speed up their journeys to work by not insisting on holding...”
– Kevin Connolly’s guide to American culture
n+1: Sad as Hell →
Wake-up call.
November 2010
1 post
Jimmy Wales →
Adds nice Wikipedia donation banner to every single web page.
September 2010
2 posts
The Hardy Boys - The Final Chapter →
Lengthy, but worth it.
Intuition is bullshit
From the OED, “Intuition is the ability to acquire knowledge without inference or the use of reason.” The Wikipedia article states that intuition provides us with unjustifiable beliefs (a common ailment of the human brain) and its popularity in supernatural and New Age writings.
With such dubious company, why are user experience engineers using “intuitive” to describe the...
August 2010
5 posts
Watch
July 2010
5 posts
其 ＋ 月 ＝ 期
Today I learned that the hanzi for “a period of time” is an amalgamation of “her” and “moon”. The characters for “peace” (安) consist of a woman with a roof over her head. It’s supposed to represent “domestic tranquility”, or “your wife in the kitchen”.
Feminists are going to have a field day with this stuff.
China’s High-Tech Underclass →
Some well-needed perspective.
The Postmodernism Generator →
Save this for your doctorate thesis.
Dropbox Tip #1
Want your Vim configuration on another computer? Add this line to your ~/.exrc file.
source ~/Dropbox/.exrc
Don’t have a Dropbox account yet? Get your own now.
June 2010
5 posts
Missing Missy →
It’s a design thing. The cat is lost in the negative space.
Women in Science →
Philip Greenspun’s essay on the economics of a career in academia.
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Great Literature Retitled To Boost Website... →
“7 Awesome Ways Barnyard Animals Are Like Communism”
2 tags
“We believe we are already within a democratic system. Some factors are still...”
– Roberto Eduardo Viola
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May 2010
4 posts
3 tags
Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality →
This is wonderful. Every chapter left me breathless from laughter, basking in how awesome it is. It’s worth your time, I promise.
Wikipedia (concept) →