For S-C (satori caught by Akismet in comment spam): Iron necessity.- Iron necessity is a thing which has been found, in the course of history, to be neither iron nor necessary. Once the decision has been made, close your ear even to the best counter argument: sign of a strong character. Thus an occasional will […]
Via /.: Wal-Mart Trying to Trademark the Smiley Face: Until now the smiley face had been considered in the public domain in the US, and therefore free for anyone to use. Wal-Mart spokesman John Smiley told the Los Angeles Times that it had not moved to register the trademark until Mr Loufrani had threatened to […]
On the mind/body front: Are body’s ills really all in the mind? When the woman, having experienced her fourth miscarriage, visited her physician, he gave her a surprising diagnosis: psychosomatic abortion. That is, she had lost the fetuses because of stresses in her life, particularly concerns about her religious affiliation and her husband’s unwillingness to […]
Via Macworld: Porn industry may be decider in Blu-ray, HD-DVD battle: The pornography industry, which generates an estimated US$57 billion in annual revenue worldwide, has always been a fast leader when it comes to the use of new technology, according to analysts. Porn studio Digital Playground, which claims to have produced the largest number of […]
It was 20 years ago in the Ukraine that the nuclear power facility in Chernobyl had its catastrophic meltdown. Let’s hope we eventually recover. BBC on two decades of Chernobyl B^2 on its lingering effects currently playing: The Orb “S.A.L.T.”
Via Creative Commons: The Wombat Speaks: Mia Wombat speaks about all things CC in a Second Life event. What snagged me was the image in their article: This scene is exactly how I always pictured Hiro’s final Metaverse scene in Snow Crash. currently playing: David “Delta/Beta”
Via Autopia (via Autoblog): While Hummers’ fuel economy is anemic, before you cast aspersions on these monstrosities, remember that their [sic] are SUVs from LandRover, Mercedes, Infiniti and Lexus that actually get worse gas mileage. The answer to that is easy: cast aspersions on and boycott those, too. currently playing: Interpol “Leif Erikson”
Via Boing Boing: Roughly, “flarf” is the name for poetry constructed from spam/wordjunge. Who knew?
Via SustainLane: Ten U.S. Cities Best Prepared for an Oil Crisis – – a.k.a., “Where you want to be when the economy collapses. Ranked on dimensions such as average commute times/distances, public transportation ridership, and (gasp!) wireless connectivity, the folks at SustainLane ranked the 50 largest U.S. cities according to how well they would survive […]
Firefox updated to Universal Binary but still basically sucks. (Seriously. Stick with Camino.) Gruber points out the obvious again. This time about Google’s calendar app. This time making sure to insert the jab about spelling and grammar. Ben points out that Mainers are legally permitted to be more verbose. No wonder I want to move […]