Stop whatever you’re doing, and go read this right now: http://t.co/VVT7ZidE0I — Wil Wheaton (@wilw) January 18, 2014 via http://twitter.com/wilw
Monthly Archives: January 2014
Tweet by annaspargoryan
2014.01.18 – 21:25
This is kind of oddly and genuinely profound. http://ift.tt/1jcSqe1 — Anna Spargo-Ryan (@annaspargoryan) January 18, 2014 via http://ift.tt/xBXEhu
Gradually and then suddenly
2014.01.17 – 23:25
Gradually and then suddenly How companies die or succeed
Tweet by kottke
2014.01.17 – 10:19
80 maps that explain the world http://t.co/CzHg4k529L — kottke.org (@kottke) January 15, 2014 via http://ift.tt/trtyZ2
YouTube: Why is time slower in rockets?
2014.01.16 – 13:37
Why is time slower in rockets? Sixty Symbols
YouTube: ASTOUNDING: 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + … = -1/12
2014.01.16 – 13:19
ASTOUNDING: 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + … = -1/12 Numberphile
German theologians critique church teachings, propose new sexual understanding
2014.01.16 – 12:55
German theologians critique church teachings, propose new sexual understanding “The joy of intimacy can be experienced only when it is possible to be vulnerable without being violated.”
Same word. Different places? Different meanings.
2014.01.16 – 12:55
Same word. Different places? Different meanings. The word ‘quality’ means different things in America, Korea, Japan and China.
Tweet by ruhee_
2014.01.16 – 12:07
oh my god, please just read this, I don’t care, just read it now. http://t.co/ar7SAYERbI — Ruhee on Rails (@ruhee_) January 16, 2014 via http://ift.tt/LbhI0f
Vimeo: Flexible Muscle-Based Locomotion for Bipedal Creatures
2014.01.15 – 15:29
Flexible Muscle-Based Locomotion for Bipedal Creatures John Goatstream
The buffet problem keeps getting worse
2014.01.15 – 14:25
The buffet problem keeps getting worse Successful organizations often beat the competition by turning the buffet problem upside down. “Let’s make these the best mashed potatoes in town–who knows, next time, that guy out front will bring his friends.”
Tweet by MWEinNC
2014.01.15 – 13:19
The Problem with the Baseball Hall of Fame – It's Not What You Think It Is http://t.co/v5dATfIYPe — Mike Emeigh (@MWEinNC) January 15, 2014 via http://ift.tt/1m71UtJ
Puck possesssion fancystats leading NHL teams to change their playing styles
2014.01.15 – 12:40
Puck possesssion fancystats leading NHL teams to change their playing styles “But hockey’s version of the sabermetrics movement has shown the dump-and-chase maxim to be the natural analogue to baseball’s devotion to the sacrifice bunt — a needless waste of the game’s most precious commodity (possessions in hockey; outs in baseball) for a small benefit. […]
Tweet by nathan_ford
2014.01.15 – 10:02
Web design 2013: 1. Pick your sans 2. Pick bg color/pic 3. Center that SOB 4. Dust off hands http://t.co/Afj4azX2tp http://t.co/pCxDOdPC4n — Nathan Ford (@nathan_ford) January 14, 2014 via http://ift.tt/KZPV2y
Tweet by marcuschown
2014.01.15 – 09:43
The Sun. Taken at night. Not looking up at the sky but down through 8000 miles of rock. Not with light but neutrinos. http://ift.tt/1aEGpft — Marcus Chown (@marcuschown) January 14, 2014 via http://ift.tt/NkpgHY
Tweet by AdamMGrant
2014.01.14 – 07:55
What if fairy tales ended differently, focusing on purpose rather than pleasure? "They all lived meaningfully ever after." — Adam Grant (@AdamMGrant) January 14, 2014 via http://ift.tt/YUrljY
Ross Douthat: Please Argue With Better Atheists
2014.01.12 – 22:13
Ross Douthat: Please Argue With Better Atheists “There’s a masculinist tinge to some of the smugger atheists that I think deserves closer examination. And I think that affects the arguments of the more articulate theists to their detriment. What, after all, is the problem with arguing from experience, talking about one’s own soul’s longings? The […]
Noahpinion: Tribal Reality and Extant Reality
2014.01.11 – 21:55
Noahpinion: Tribal Reality and Extant Reality “But what Western civilization did, I think, is to be the first to perceive the existence of bullshit. Only when you emerge up from the ocean into the air can you perceive the ocean. Western civilization, emerging from the warm, comforting ocean of bullshit, perceived that it had been […]