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The Architecture of Evil

The Architecture of Evil “But even as we condemn him, we must ask — especially we engineers and technicians — is Speer so different from us? How many of us would be willing to compartmentalize our emotions, suppress our consciences, almost to sell our souls, for the opportunity to work on the grand projects that […]

Catlike DIY

Catlike DIY “Cats are not famed for their ability to use a power drill, but Jeeves is willing to give it a go.”

YouTube: Timbaland-Indian Flute

Timbaland-Indian Flute ibowwow07

YouTube: Toto La Momposina “El Pescador”

Toto La Momposina “El Pescador” illusione02

Giving Thanks for a God Who Is Appreciative

Giving Thanks for a God Who Is Appreciative “There is no way I can fit the Lord God into a box and say for sure, ‘This is God.’ Having said that, in His infinite Mercy and Compassion for us, our Creator has sought to describe Himself in the scripture so that the inherently imperfect human […]

YouTube: Stephen Fry on American vs British Comedy

Stephen Fry on American vs British Comedy anc6368

Random Shopper

Random Shopper A bot that randomly buys things at Amazon: “What it bought, I won’t know until it comes in the mail.”

The last day

The last day Startup fiction! “Math was always in charge.”

Blog: The Feature: They Cracked This 250-Year-Old Code, and Found a Secret Society Inside

They Cracked This 250-Year-Old Code, and Found a Secret Society Inside (author unknown), The Feature

How to Get Startup Ideas

How to Get Startup Ideas “…you can either build something a large number of people want a small amount, or something a small number of people want a large amount. Choose the latter.”

Blog: The American Conservative » Rod Dreher: Sources Of Conservative Renewal

Sources Of Conservative Renewal Rod Dreher, The American Conservative » Rod Dreher

Keeping America’s Edge

Keeping America’s Edge I somehow missed this great 2010 essay about America’s current dilemmas: “First is the inherent conflict between the creative destruction involved in free-market capitalism and the innate human propensity to avoid risk and change. Second is ever-increasing international competition. And third is the growing disparity in behavioral norms and social conditions between […]

Blog: Science: Big News From Mars? Rover Scientists Mum For Now

Big News From Mars? Rover Scientists Mum For Now (author unknown), Science

YouTube: Inner-City Wizard School

Inner-City Wizard School bludevil214

The Up-Goer Five Text Editor

The Up-Goer Five Text Editor Write using only the 1,000 most-used words.

Blog: Ezra Klein: Surprise! Americans actually agree on immigration

Surprise! Americans actually agree on immigration Dan Hopkins, Ezra Klein

Learning to Love Volatility: Taleb on the Antifragile

Learning to Love Volatility: Taleb on the Antifragile “By contrast, every bank failure weakens the financial system, which in its current form is irremediably fragile: Errors end up becoming large and threatening.”

Blog: Svbtle Featured: Great products are like ducks

Great products are like ducks Tom Tunguz, Svbtle Featured

Carl Sagan quote

Carl Sagan quote “Their motives are in may cases consonant with science.”

Blog: Via Meadia: Republicans Retreat On Copyright Reform?

Republicans Retreat On Copyright Reform? Walter Russell Mead, Via Meadia