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 Speer was involved in? How many of us are so focused on solving a technical problem that we fail to contemplate where that solution might lead?”
The Architecture of Evil
# 2012.11.25 – 11:28
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.”
# 2012.11.24 – 22:52
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 mind can begin to comprehend what is truly an Awesome God. Thus, the ’99 Names of God’ come to mind.”
# 2012.11.23 – 09:36
YouTube: Stephen Fry on American vs British Comedy
Stephen Fry on American vs British Comedy
# 2012.11.22 – 13:30
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.”
# 2012.11.22 – 13:21
Blog: The Feature: They Cracked This 250-Year-Old Code, and Found a Secret Society Inside
# 2012.11.20 – 16:50
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.”
# 2012.11.20 – 10:51
Blog: The American Conservative » Rod Dreher: Sources Of Conservative Renewal
# 2012.11.20 – 10:21
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 the upper and lower income strata of American society.”
# 2012.11.20 – 09:58
Blog: Science: Big News From Mars? Rover Scientists Mum For Now
# 2012.11.20 – 08:56
The Up-Goer Five Text Editor
The Up-Goer Five Text Editor
Write using only the 1,000 most-used words.
# 2012.11.19 – 13:43
Blog: Ezra Klein: Surprise! Americans actually agree on immigration
# 2012.11.19 – 11:40
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.”
# 2012.11.19 – 10:42
Blog: Svbtle Featured: Great products are like ducks
# 2012.11.19 – 10:17
Carl Sagan quote
Carl Sagan quote
“Their motives are in may cases consonant with science.”
# 2012.11.18 – 20:32