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Monthly Archives: September 2013
Losing the War
Losing the War Interesting pre-9/11 essay about forgetting the horrors of WWII.
The bobblehead bubble
The bobblehead bubble Reflections on the telos of bobbleheads, in light of the Mariano bobblehead snafu.
To-Do Lists Don’t Work; Use a Calendar
To-Do Lists Don’t Work; Use a Calendar “…increasing the number of choices we have … actually increases our negative emotions because our sense of opportunity cost increases. …our brains can only handle about seven options before we’re overwhelmed.”
Amos Oz on Writing Fiction and Arguing with Taxi Drivers
Amos Oz on Writing Fiction and Arguing with Taxi Drivers “I don’t think there is a lasting happiness. I think this is unthinkable. In the Jewish tradition we have no less than six Hebrew words for joy: “simcha,” “alitzut,” “chedva,” “tzahala”, but no proper word for happiness and perhaps rightly so. Joy is something that […]
YouTube: J.S. Bach – Chorale ‘Vor deinen Thron tret’ ich’ BWV 668
J.S. Bach – Chorale ‘Vor deinen Thron tret’ ich’ BWV 668 counterpoint85
The Most Debated Bible Passage
The Most Debated Bible Passage “In a mere nineteen lines, there is both explicit drama and great mystery. Thoughts, feelings, motives, meanings, even dialog lay between the lines, unexpressed. We know what people do, but not why. We ask questions about the relationship between God and men, parents and children, self and sacrifice, authority and […]
Tweet by lisang
A 103 year-old New York man dines out alone every night, and loves it. Every line of this NYT article is pure gold. http://t.co/bHyF1UkNDG — Lisa Goldman (@lisang) September 28, 2013 via http://twitter.com/lisang
Louis C.K. Was Almost Right About Smartphones, Loneliness, Sadness, the Meaning of Life, and Everything
Louis C.K. Was Almost Right About Smartphones, Loneliness, Sadness, the Meaning of Life, and Everything “We like to think of ourselves as rational actors who make our way through life by careful reasoning and logic. For better or for worse, this is almost certainly not the case. We constantly rely on all sorts of pre-cognitive […]
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A sign your child might be a programmer: http://t.co/edWl1pWVK8 — Kobus Brummer (@kobusb) September 27, 2013 via http://twitter.com/kobusb
Tweet by OldHossRadbourn
Ah yes, from my job-seeking days. RT @Sean_Pidgeon: The best Linked In page in the world, Hoss's Linked In page http://t.co/IInrRGPYvN — Old Hoss Radbourn (@OldHossRadbourn) September 28, 2013 via http://twitter.com/OldHossRadbourn
YouTube: 4 Rules to Make Star Wars Great Again
4 Rules to Make Star Wars Great Again TrumanPDX
Tweet by MRHBaseball
Sometimes the comments on @tangotiger posts are better than entire articles. Like this: http://t.co/f0IcXeuMNV. Well done @pizzacutter4. — Matt Hunter (@MRHBaseball) September 27, 2013 via http://twitter.com/MRHBaseball
Did a hyper-black hole spawn the Universe?
Did a hyper-black hole spawn the Universe? Our 3D universe could be the ejected material from event horizon of a 4D black hole.
Tweet by tim_abell
Reduce #scrum estimation pain by eliminating time from the question. #planningpoker #gdsteam FTW via @mnowster pic.twitter.com/02kOAuJEG0 — Tim Abell (@tim_abell) September 26, 2013 via http://twitter.com/tim_abell