Hot damn. Beyond the Beyond has been a treasure trove this week. Via B^2: “Bradbury denies free speech message in Fahrenheit 451” — Doctorow writes: Fahrenheit 451 was seminal for me, the book that turned me into a believer in free speech, a cause I’ve devoted my life to. It’s pretty heart-breaking to hear Bradbury […]
The above image will not be appearing in this NowPublic.com story. When I first saw the request, I was a bit flattered. Neat, I thought. Then I read the story and thought Hmm… seems to miss the point. In the spirit of the Creative Commons license that I use for my Flickr’d photos however 1 […]
Bots on The Ground via washingtonpost.com (via Pete) (tags: robot science politics tech research todo)
Chernobyl-based birds avoid radioactive nests earth – 28 March 2007 – New Scientist Environment (tags: chernobyl science biology research environment evolution todo)
NASA – Stereo Eclipse The video of the lunar transit? Pretty damn cool. (tags: science space video) Tantek’s Thoughts – 2007 February via DF: three theories on human interface design (tags: design research usability UI essay todo) 11 Ways to Optimize Your Mac’s Performance via TUAW: strategies for optimizing an older machine (or “How to […]
Via Jalopnik: “Hybrids drive their way out of car-pool lanes“: Giving free solo trips in the commuter lanes has successfully clogged up those commuter lanes that were intended to ease traffic. Also, the way stickers are allocated was flawed – it was based on when new hybrid owners received their license plates in the mail. […]
Science vs. Faith (a flowchart) via B^2 (tags: science visualization graph humor) Oort-Cloud via B^2: “Write – Share – Read – Respond” (tags: blog community literature scifi social writing todo)
Via the Wrangle: Vegetarian is the New Prius on The Huffington Post. *ahem* Let’s quote: They noted that feeding animals for meat, dairy, and egg production requires growing some ten times as much crops as we’d need if we just ate pasta primavera, faux chicken nuggets, and other plant foods. On top of that, we […]
Some coffee and me will call it a morning eventually. Some time after the proverbial wintery mix precipitation stops? In the meantime: Can’t wait for Correo to be ready for primetime… Can it do for mail what Camino did for the web? The hunt for a new mixer continues. Been scouring PSSL and Turntable Lab […]
Via infosthetics.com: When you consider that an entire plate of broccoli contains the same number of calories as a small spoonful of peanut butter, you might think twice the next time you decide what to eat. Why 200 calories? We could have chosen any amount of calories for this project, but we wanted something that […]