February 2012
20 posts
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Kaleidoscope
Whoa!!...
from kung fu grippe (http://bit.ly/xAxBQY)
The App Store Is A Republic
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Screens 2.0
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How to Remove Your Google Search History Before...
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Oscar Voters: Old White Men (Daring Fireball)
John Horn, Nicole Sperling, and Doug Smith, reporting for the LA Times:
A Los Angeles Times study found that academy voters are markedly
less diverse than the moviegoing public, and even more monolithic
than many in the film industry may suspect. Oscar voters are
nearly 94% Caucasian and 77% male, The Times found. Blacks are
about 2% of the academy, and Latinos are less than 2%.
Oscar voters...
slacktivist » The ‘biblical view’ that’s younger... →
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Why Do We Still Care About the Dow? - NYTimes.com →
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Couples pose for clothes-switching photos...
Photographer Hana Pesut takes photos of couples wearing each other’s clothes.
(via @JamesJM) Tags: Hana Pesut photography
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Good Cop, Dadaist Cop (xkcd.com)
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(via Photo | Mike Industries) (kung fu grippe)
(via Photo | Mike Industries)
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Keep It Simple, Stupid.
I was watching The Odd...
Keep It Simple, Stupid.
I was watching The Odd Couple the other night, and I was struck by a question: why does Walter Matthau look so good?
If you haven’t seen the film, see it. It’s hilarious. It’s a famous cultural archetype for a reason: because it is so great. You need to know a little background to catch what I’m pitching, though.
In the opening sequence, Jack Lemmon’s character, Felix,...
Neal Stephenson Talks about Solving Big Problems...
From BoingBoing
“When those inarguable triumphs stop coming, the anti-science people begin making inroads to a degree that educated people can not even comprehend. For example by denying that the moon landings ever even happened.”
Of all the things that frighten me about the future, it it the willful and gleeful pursuit of ignorance rampant today. Cultures from across the planet are reaching...
BBC News - Viewpoint: V for Vendetta and the rise... →
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What's Wrong With the Teenage Mind? - WSJ.com →
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Made Better in Japan - WSJ.com →
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Top Lists « Macdrifter →
1) Lists are for lazy writers
Brain Matter(s) - Impossible Happens →
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The Faux-Vintage Photo: Full Essay (Parts I, II... →
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How Doctors Die « Zócalo Public Square →
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