I mean…trying to find ways to translate the knowledge, to teach us to ask the right questions…see, we’re on the edge of a revolution in communications technology that’s going to make that more possible than ever before. Or, if that’s not done, to cause an explosion of knowledge that will leave those of us who […]
Monthly Archives: November 2013
How Creativity in Humor, Art, and Science Works: Arthur Koestler’s Theory of Bisociation
2013.11.29 – 11:43
How Creativity in Humor, Art, and Science Works: Arthur Koestler’s Theory of Bisociation “The true creativity of the innovator in the arts is more dramatically evident and more easily distinguished from the routine of the mere practitioner than in the sciences, because art (and humor) operate primarily through the transitory juxtaposition of matrices, whereas science […]
Time Warner wants to charge a lot of money for the new Dodgers channel
2013.11.29 – 10:49
Time Warner wants to charge a lot of money for the new Dodgers channel This is the beginning of the end. The first domino pushed.
Tweet by OGTedBerg
2013.11.29 – 10:19
Every single person on HGTV shows wants an open concept. I want to go on Property Brothers and be all, "screw it bro let's add more walls." — Ted Berg (@OGTedBerg) November 29, 2013 via http://twitter.com/OGTedBerg
Tweet by _DavidSmith
2013.11.28 – 17:33
It’s a subtle tweak but I continue to be amazed at how asking “how can I help?” instead of “do you need help?” enhances domestic tranquility — _DavidSmith (@_DavidSmith) November 28, 2013 via http://twitter.com/_DavidSmith
Brain Cells ‘Geotag’ Memories
2013.11.28 – 13:13
Brain Cells ‘Geotag’ Memories “So it seems like the hippocampus maps things in time,” Eichenbaum says, “very much the way it maps in space.”
Your Brain Has 2 Clocks: Scientific American
2013.11.27 – 18:21
Your Brain Has 2 Clocks: Scientific American
Journal of a Programmer: Waterfall vs Agile
2013.11.26 – 21:37
Journal of a Programmer: Waterfall vs Agile “…we’re not just winging it. Rather, we’re endeavoring to make the units of work small enough so that: Everyone on the team can understand the task being undertaken, and the result we expect it to have. Regularly and frequently, everyone on the team can reflect on the work […]
This Is the Man Bill Gates Thinks You Absolutely Should Be Reading
2013.11.26 – 21:02
This Is the Man Bill Gates Thinks You Absolutely Should Be Reading “I was at Penn State, and I was just aghast, because everyone was what I call drillers of deeper wells. These academics sit at the bottom of a deep well and they look up and see a sliver of the sky. They know […]
Tweet by PhilipMichaels
2013.11.26 – 19:22
@kenarneson Look, the case of People v. Grinch is not going to try itself. — Philip Michaels (@PhilipMichaels) November 27, 2013 via http://twitter.com/PhilipMichaels
Tweet by ThanksBilly
2013.11.26 – 19:22
The Honorable Ebenezer Scrooge presiding. RT @kenarneson My wife just got a jury summons for Christmas Eve. Seriously, Alameda County? — Roman (@ThanksBilly) November 27, 2013 via http://twitter.com/ThanksBilly
Medical Xpress: Experiencing awe increases belief in the supernatural
2013.11.26 – 10:32
Medical Xpress: Experiencing awe increases belief in the supernatural
Tweet by Medium
2013.11.25 – 20:49
“Everything is not a remix” by @ComeBackZinc https://t.co/7zfQLOIJ1I — Medium (@Medium) November 26, 2013 via http://twitter.com/Medium
The Problem with Unapologetic and the HPtFTU
2013.11.24 – 11:43
The Problem with Unapologetic and the HPtFTU “He doesn’t want us to submit because He’s a vengeful, dickish Old Testament-style of God, who gets off on watching us grovel, although there’s a reason why He decided to put these images in the Good Book. He wants us to submit because that is the only way […]
Puddleglum and the Savage
2013.11.24 – 11:25
Puddleglum and the Savage “In effect, both Huxley and Lewis looked at a utilitarian’s paradise — a world where all material needs are met, pleasure is maximized and pain eliminated — and pointed out what we might be giving up to get there: the entire vertical dimension in human life, the quest for the sublime […]
That Star Trek economy thing
2013.11.24 – 11:25
That Star Trek economy thing “…there is a lack of robots in Star Trek…This is where Star Wars seems to have a leg up in the future vision stakes as their are robots everywhere. But Star Wars has always had better economics, it is the political economy that makes no sense.”
Tweet by octonion
2013.11.23 – 19:58
Big data in the 1500s – sample size = 900. Tycho Brahe's original Mars data. http://t.co/1glUZgQpcD — Christopher D. Long (@octonion) November 24, 2013 via http://twitter.com/octonion
Quote from Tumblr
2013.11.23 – 19:56
I think one of the things that drives us crazy is just stuff that’s arbitrary. It really arrests you, because you keep thinking, “Why? Why? Jonny Ive, interviewed by Charile Rose kenarneson.tumblr.com
Tweet by robertwrighter
2013.11.23 – 10:25
Black man befriends KKK members as a way of opening their eyes. http://t.co/rf8mjiPLhs h/t @MartinAylward1 @VincentHorn — Robert Wright (@robertwrighter) November 23, 2013 via http://twitter.com/robertwrighter
The First-Ever Official Video for ‘Like a Rolling Stone’ Is an Interactive Masterpiece | Underwire | Wired.com
2013.11.22 – 10:33
The First-Ever Official Video for ‘Like a Rolling Stone’ Is an Interactive Masterpiece | Underwire | Wired.com