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The Benjamin Franklin Effect « You Are Not So Smart

torinaga — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 16:22:46 +0000

The Benjamin Franklin Effect « You Are Not So Smart.

This is the most interesting article I have read in quite some time.

[Subject] Could Eat [Object] All Day. That’s What She Said.

torinaga — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 13:49:34 +0000

[Subject] Could Eat [Object] All Day. That’s What She Said..

UW is in the forefront of computer science research!

Makes Me Think – Top Stories – Today’s Thought-Provoking Life Stories

torinaga — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 03:52:36 +0000

Makes Me Think – Top Stories – Today’s Thought-Provoking Life Stories.

I am sure many of these are made up, but I was struck by a line in one of them. “You always complain about the red lights, but you never celebrate the green ones.”

Split Family Faces – My Modern Metropolis

torinaga — Sun, 28 Aug 2011 06:05:34 +0000

Split Family Faces – My Modern Metropolis.

This is one of the more interesting series I have seen in awhile.

20 awesomely untranslatable words from around the world | Matador Network

torinaga — Fri, 26 Aug 2011 02:21:39 +0000

20 awesomely untranslatable words from around the world | Matador Network.

I totally live for this sort of thing.

Shoreditch of the dead.

The GoBotSodomizer — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 00:47:13 +0000

Neat home-brewed zombie flick. Extra points for Motörhead.

Asciiflow – ASCII Flow Diagram Tool

torinaga — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 14:57:58 +0000

Sadly this is one of the best flowchart drawing programs I have seen.

Some of you with the kiddies might find this interesting.

Chickenjack — Tue, 05 Apr 2011 11:04:04 +0000

Squishy circuits.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5M3Dow20KlM

Here is the website she mentions:

http://courseweb.stthomas.edu/apthomas/SquishyCircuits/index.htm

NASA scientist finds evidence of alien life – Yahoo! News

torinaga — Mon, 07 Mar 2011 03:35:56 +0000

NASA scientist finds evidence of alien life – Yahoo! News.

I, for one, welcome our newfound microscopic alien overlords.

Unf.

The GoBotSodomizer — Tue, 22 Feb 2011 22:18:23 +0000

On today’s episode of Things That Give GoBot a Chubby:
Some guy makes homemade tantos in the (mostly) traditional way. (and smelts his own steel)

Death and Taxes 2011. It’s the government, in six square feet.

torinaga — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 03:54:08 +0000

Death and Taxes 2011. It’s the government, in six square feet..

This should answer any tax related questions you may have

Working hurts less than procrastinating, we fear the twinge of starting – Less Wrong

torinaga — Tue, 04 Jan 2011 21:27:49 +0000

Working hurts less than procrastinating, we fear the twinge of starting – Less Wrong.

I need to reread the bold print in this article from time to time.

The Ultimate Web Cash Flowchart | Fast Company

torinaga — Sat, 04 Dec 2010 18:43:50 +0000

The Ultimate Web Cash Flowchart | Fast Company.

I find this amusing and helpful.

Jason

Tis the season.

The GoBotSodomizer — Sat, 30 Oct 2010 10:14:37 +0000

Travel the Organ Trail!

Remember the time Betty Sue got bit and we threw her off the back of the wagon?

Ahh, nostalgia.

Put Cameras on a Peregrine Falcon and a Goshawk. Prepare to be Amazed.

torinaga — Mon, 20 Sep 2010 23:46:03 +0000

Okay, I want to be reincarnated as a Falcon..