October 2009
nedhepburn:
Dragonforce “Through The Fire And...
Faster Vaccines →
For those who have been asking, this is what I’ve been up to for the past two months.
It’s a hugely important issue, and I’m honored to be involved.
Our vaccination creation tech is 60 years old. We’re feeling those effects right now. There are better ways.
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WatchWhy Wasn’t H1N1 Vaccine Available Before School Started?
The H1N1 emergency demonstrates that we need to produce vaccines and medicines faster and less expensively. Chicken eggs aren’t the answer.
www.FasterVaccines.org
a preliminary list of television series referenced...
ladimcbeth:
You’ve forgotten Gummi Bears, The Wuzzles, Talespin, Dungeons and Dragons, The Paw-paw Bears (even if I’m the only one who remembers them), the Snorks and Castle.
jaybushman:
meganwest:
in no particular order, and most likely incomplete:
clarissa explains it all the wonder years star trek xena legends of the hidden temple hey dude jem alias buffy big bang theory ...
ronen-v:
I want to make an children’s book version of The Fountainhead. I already know a designer I’m pretty sure will be interested— illustrators?
The Fountainhead already reads like a children’s book ;)
[Arguing against] Climate change [analysis] in... →
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marco:
The more I think and learn about the curious pricing of the 27” iMac, the more bizarre and incredible it seems.
It has a resolution of 2560x1440, which no other monitor in the industry seems to have (that I can find). 30” LCDs are the same width but 1600 tall. Shrinking 2560-wide into a screen that’s 3” smaller diagonally yields an impressive pixel density, especially given the panel’s...
Subway to the Sea: Approved →
spiegelman:
At some point in my lifetime, I will be able to take a subway from Silver Lake to Santa Monica. I will do this exactly once.
This is really excellent for Los Angeles.
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microsoft opens their first "real" store today →
piratekitten:
it seems like they’re basically just copying apple and changing the name. apple genius bar = microsoft “guru” bar. so very lame.
Trash -> Recycle bin
Widgets -> Gadgets
etc.
I like Windows 7, but it really feels like when it comes to everything except the Xbox, Microsoft’s current business strategy comes down to “It took us a while, but now we have _____...
Atheism as faith
ericmortensen:
justinday:
Might as well bring this up while Twitter is all abuzz with #nogod. This is a frequent argument I have with my friends, and one I can never get anyone to agree with me on.
I assert that Atheism is just as much faith as any religion.
To assume that you know with no amount of uncertainty how The Universe was created and what will happen after you die is foolhardy. ...
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AT&T lobbyist asks employees, their families and... →
suckafuck:
AT&T’s top lobbyist, Jim Cicconi, sent a letter to all of the telecom giant’s 300,000 employees on Sunday, urging them to express their concerns over a net neutrality proposal under consideration by theFederal Communications Commission. Check out his letter and comments on the Actuarian Outpost Web site.
The letter was the latest move in a lobbying frenzy days before the FCC...
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There are right words, wrong words, and...
There are words you never want to read about a close friend of yours.
“Currently she is delusional” would fall into that category.
So would “almost comatose.”
“…receiving plasma…”
“…bleeding out.”
There’s no spin to those words. No positivity that can be gleamed from them. No way to read them and think that maybe, just...
Watchericmortensen:
nickdouglas:
datn:
8-Bit Operators — Burnkit 2600: Being For The Benefit Of Mr. Kite (from Wanna Hold Yr Handheld, 8-bit covers of Beatles songs)
This is awesome, but the bridge is the best part.
This is indeed a riot.
8 bits is enough. Well done.
I don’t know what this indicates, but I played “H3lt3r Sk3lt3r” and my cat freaked the fuck out.
That...
Wal-Mart, Taking on Amazon, Launches Price War on... →
peterwknox:
This is huge:
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. launched a brash price war against Amazon.com Inc. on Thursday, saying it would sell 10 hotly anticipated new books for just $10 apiece through its online site, Walmart.com.
That was just the beginning.
Hours later, Amazon matched the $10 price, squaring off in a battle for low-price and e-commerce leadership heading into the crucial holiday...
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“artists need to make money to eat and to continue to make art. artists used to...”
– amanda fucking palmer
why i am not afraid to take your money, by amanda fucking palmer
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Watchthedailywhat:
Moving Trailer of the Day: First official promo trailer for Sylvester Stallone’s testoster-fest, The Expendables.
The film, which stars Sylvester Stallone, Dolph Lundgren, Jet Li, Jason Statham, Mickey Rourke, Terry Crewe, Steve Austin, Eric Roberts, Danny Trejo, and features cameos by Bruce Willis and Arnold Schwarzenegger, is set to open wide August 20, 2010.
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This is a...
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10 Huge Successes Built On Second Ideas →
Here’s the lesson: be flexible.
Or, as a very successful entrepreneur once told me, “You’ll spend 12 to 18 months crafting your business plan and models, and if you haven’t tossed them out within the first 6 you’re either not paying attention or you’re an idiot.”
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Distraction coffee
I’m making coffee right now. Not brewing, but roasting the beans. I’m doing so with full knowledge that I’m using it to distract myself from thinking about other things. Roasting coffee takes a certain amount of concentration, so it’s a good distraction. There are sights, smells, and sounds that must be paid attention to. It doesn’t take so much concentration though, that when the inevitable...
“We are all agreed that your theory is crazy. The question that divides us is...”
– Niels Bohr Essay - The Collider, the Particle and a Theory About Fate - NYTimes.com (via mikehudack)
While I’d like to read the papers in question, the NYT article makes them sound about as scientifically sound as Alanis Morissette’s song “Ironic.”
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You Know What's Driving Me Bananas Right Now?
daveholmes:
This argument: “You have to be patient about the repeal of Don’t Ask Don’t Tell, because we’re fighting two wars right now,” as though those two things were not related. Like it’s “I can’t cook you dinner, because my sweater is on fire,” when it’s really “I can’t bring you on as an extra housepainter, because I’m three weeks behind on my housepainting.” We know that the military is...
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Dear Tumblr
I love you, I really do, but you’re now officially the slowest running website I use on any given day.
Reblogging or opening a new text entry takes so long that more often than not I simply give up and try again later. It used to happen occasionally (I get it, you’re going through a growth spurt and the hormones are making your day to day existence difficult) but it’s just...
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On life providing "perspective" with a swift...
Every once in a while, life does something that falls along the very gray lines of grandiose and the exact mix between terror and wonder: it smacks you in the face with something that in English we refer to as “Perspective,” and in other cultures is phrased as something that I find to be unpronounceable.
About two hours ago, I experienced this firsthand. I’ve been neck-deep in...
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"Wait, what? I don't get this whole Drew Carey...
drew:
Totally understandable. It’s been a busy past few days so I figured that a recap would be in order.
After my 9th chemo treatment, I got some awesome news. The masses in my neck, chest, and abdomen had been labeled by my Dr. as “resolved” after a PET scan. That meant I’m going in the right direction. I currently have 2 more chemo treatments left.
My last treatment is Nov. 2nd. ...
The Peculiarities of the Movie Business →
mikehudack:
heyitsnoah:
Marginal Revolution has a very interesting point about the economics of the film industry that I hadn’t ever considered:
One interesting thing that I’ve always found about the film business from an economic point of view is that unlike in any other business I can think of, the cost of manufacturing the product has no affect on the purchase cost to the consumer. For...