February 2012
7 posts
NY Times marbles, psychology and the election →
Now that is a swimsuit! →
January 2012
3 posts
Every single social task of major impact is increasingly entrusted to...
– Peter F. Drucker (1909-2005)
Ted Talk: Drew Berry: Animations of unseeable biology
Holy crow batman. Mind blowing stuff in here, I think computers have a long way to go.
Dark Vador Burger... Mmmmm... Looks delicious. →
December 2011
13 posts
Calvin's Dad Is The Ultimate Troll Dad
pbh3:
Water.org Present →
In case you don’t know what to get me for Christmas, I don’t have one of these yet.
I used to be an adventurer like you .. Then I took an arrow to the knee.
– NPC in Elder Scrolls: Skyrim
I want to have more sex, travel more, drink more wine and love life.
– Zoe Saldana (via veganglamazon)
November 2011
15 posts
I don’t think I’m alone when I say I’d like to see more and...
– Jack Handey, “Deep Thoughts”
Why do we never meet anyone nice?”
“Why is it we never meet anyone...
– Lister & Cat, “Red Dwarf”
Ted Talk: Jay Bradner: Open-source cancer research
We all know someone that has or had cancer. I love the concept here in open sourcing this information, to spur competition for the later stages of this.
Every aspect of the internet is now run by some component of open source base code, yet Google, Facebook and Amazon are all making a nice profit by continuing to contribute to these open source...
Where should we be if nobody tried to find out what lies beyond? Have you never...
– Henry Frankenstein, “Frankenstein” (1932)
Ted Talk: Malcolm Gladwell: The strange tale of the Norden bombsight
A planet doesn’t explode of itself,” said dryly The Martian...
– John Hall Wheelcock,”Earth”
Ted Talk: Hasan Elahi: FBI, here I am!
Fantasy is the impossible made probable. Science fiction is the improbable made...
– Rod Serling, creator of The Twilight Zone
Ted Talks: Paul Zak: Trust, morality — an oxytocin.
The earth? Oh the earth will be gone in a few seconds… I’m going to...
– Marvin the Martian
I can picture in my mind a world without war, a world without hate. And I can...
– Jack Handey, “Deep Thoughts”
Remote Control Millennium Falcon →
Woah, that is cool.
What a pain in the Android. →
The source of your problem is that, although your phone appears to have only one phone book, Android actually has multiple phone books under the covers. When you create a new entry, you have the option to select the phone book you want the entry to set the “Contact Type” to “Google” rather than “Phone” if you want the entries to be sync’ed with Google Contacts....
October 2011
15 posts
Ted Talk: Edward Tenner: Unintended consequences
A little bit dry talk, but some very interesting statistics and anecdotes about technology.
Ted Talk: Ben Goldacre: Battling bad science
Its the age old question about media versus science. I think the media is winning as society gets more specialized. Bottom line: Think for yourself!
Ted Talk: Simon Sinek: How great leaders inspire action
You have a cough? Go home tonight, eat a whole box of Ex-Lax - tomorrow...
– Pearl Williams