February 2012
13 posts
“We can learn nearly as much from an experiment that does not work as from one...”
– Kevin Kelly on failure as a key ingredient of innovation (via curiositycounts)
"Why Put a Bumper Sticker on a Ferrari?"... →
jenniferbundock:
A friend forwarded this asking people to write this woman because she felt offended by the things said in this post. I have sent her this response. I added my comments in Quotes like this one.
By LISA KHOURY
Asst. News Editor
I get it. It’s the 21st century. You’re cool, you’re rebellious, you’re cutting edge, you have a point to prove, and you’re a woman. Awesome.
Thanks! I...
January 2012
11 posts
“Heterosexual” was actually coined in a letter at the same time as the word...”
– How “heterosexual” got its start – basically, as protest against discriminatory legislature on same-sex love. (via curiositycounts)
December 2011
6 posts
November 2011
6 posts
October 2011
0 posts
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September 2011
2 posts
March 2011
5 posts
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Dolly City
It’s been a pretty long time since I’ve written one of these now; both Eric and On the Road remain undocumented. But the book I finished most recently, Dolly City, has been almost entirely, insatiably stuck in my head since (and I can’t purge on the wiki page because it doesn’t exist yet, so that’s fucked/my next wiki project).
Dolly City was written by Orly...
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“I regret every single thing I ever said, I said those things too softly.”
– Sea Green, See Blue by Jaymay
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WatchAnother vid about robots (lovebots, if Chung’s correction near the end of the talk is conceded). I’ve seen this one before, but it’s been a demanding couple of weeks at school, and as far as I’m concerned there are few more effective coping mechanisms than watching videos about 100 cool toys designed and created by the amazing Caleb Chung (who, wtf, doesn’t have a...
February 2011
18 posts
We're only human...: Real Fact: →
studyofthemind:
Ever hear a doctor on your favorite surgical drama tell a patient that their head wound isn’t a big deal because it hit the 90 percent of the brain they don’t use? Yeah, you won’t hear that from a real doctor, either. If we truly did only use 10 percent of our brains, we would be able to remove…
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WatchNot about robots. Still, a great talk that concludes by endorsing barefoot running. <3
