Monthly Archives: January 2014

1850s San Francisco rallied to free a slave

1850s San Francisco rallied to free a slave

Linksys Resurrects WRT54G In a New Router – Slashdot

Linksys Resurrects WRT54G In a New Router – Slashdot This is pretty much the only wifi router I’ve ever had that isn’t flaky. Glad it will live on.

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Baseball writing is really important. On an unrelated note, there are at least 100 billion galaxies in the universe. — Richard Whittall (@RWhittall) January 9, 2014 via http://twitter.com/RWhittall

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Great color shot of the #Athletics winning the 1973 World Series. Oakland Coliseum, Oct. 21. pic.twitter.com/LnJcwh8y8S — MLBcathedrals (@MLBcathedrals) January 10, 2014 via http://twitter.com/MLBcathedrals

This Title Doesn’t Work. — SEO for Adults

This Title Doesn’t Work. — SEO for Adults “On the average, five times as many people read the headline as read the body copy. When you have written your headline, you have spent eighty cents out of your dollar.” — David Ogilvy

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This is nothing new to churches, has been happening for at least a decade: http://t.co/F4oEee4YoE — Dave (@oakfaninva) January 9, 2014 via http://twitter.com/oakfaninva

YouTube: Fox Dives Headfirst Into Snow | North America

Fox Dives Headfirst Into Snow | North America Discovery

There She Blew! Volcanic Evidence Of The World’s First Map

There She Blew! Volcanic Evidence Of The World’s First Map

Einstein’s Camera

Einstein’s Camera “I want to capture something that happens in milliseconds, something that you don’t even realize took place,” he told me. “I’m extending the moments—the present, the now—because as humans we live only in the past and the future. But the only existence we have is now, and that is something that we don’t […]

Vimeo: Adam Magyar – Stainless, Alexanderplatz (excerpt)

Adam Magyar – Stainless, Alexanderplatz (excerpt) Adam Magyar

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Said it before and I'll say it again: everyone fucking loves science until it gets around to debunking their personal brand of bullshit — Elise Andrew (@Elise_Andrew) January 9, 2014 via http://twitter.com/Elise_Andrew

YouTube: How Crayons Are Made (Feat. Mr. Rogers)

How Crayons Are Made (Feat. Mr. Rogers) Beatlesman1995

The meaningful life is a road worth traveling

The meaningful life is a road worth traveling Explores the differences between happiness and meaningfulness.

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“Unconscious Incompetence and the Four Stages of Learning” by @mattangriffel https://t.co/93clWreths — Medium (@Medium) January 7, 2014 via http://twitter.com/Medium

Historiens 100 viktigaste svenskar

Historiens 100 viktigaste svenskar The 100 most important Swedes in history — clearly I haven’t been working hard enough to get on this list.

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The time the Buffalo Sabres got bored and actually drafted an imaginary player from Japan, by @AlanSiegelDC http://t.co/mp2JdxVelQ — Emma Span (@emmaspan) January 6, 2014 via http://twitter.com/emmaspan

The social animal: Review of 3 neuroscience books

The social animal: Review of 3 neuroscience books “Emotion is not the spanner in the works of a more rational society. It is the engine that powers it, which reason must understand in order to steer it wisely.”

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"On the Internet, men are tourists and women are vagabonds." http://t.co/Sh0sKwpHnn (h/t @JessicaValenti) — Bill Baer (@CrashburnAlley) January 6, 2014 via http://twitter.com/CrashburnAlley

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RT @DodgerInsider: Stories and more from Maury Wills http://t.co/EN7VVKSRgX #dodgers "I spiked just as many people as Ty Cobb." — Jon Weisman (@jonweisman) January 6, 2014 via http://twitter.com/jonweisman

more on thinking

more on thinking “If you’re a conservative who wants to understand liberalism, don’t bother with Michael Moore; if you’re a liberal who wants to understand conservatism, don’t bother with Sarah Palin; if you’re an unbeliever who’s curious about Christianity, ignore Joel Osteen; if you’re an orthodox Christian trying to get a fix on atheism, steer […]