May 2012
1 post
Joe Smith: How to use a paper towel →
Mind blown.
April 2012
3 posts
Modern Web Development →
Something I always wanted to write.
March 2012
5 posts
The Go Programming Language →
They reached 1.0 (aka, Go 1). I have hope for this language to overthrow java.
How Doctors Die →
Yield Thought: I swapped my MacBook for an... →
yieldthought:
On September 19th, I said goodbye to my trusty MacBook Pro and started developing exclusively on an iPad + Linode 512. This is the surprising story of a month spent working in the cloud.
It all started when I bought my first MacBook a couple of years ago. Frustrated by the inconsistent…
gmancasefile: TSA: Fail →
February 2012
3 posts
January 2012
5 posts
Dodd Calls for Hollywood and Silicon Valley to... →
Secrets of Body Language →
Watching this makes me more likely to watch footage of politicians…
December 2011
2 posts
I Was Kim Jong Il's Cook →
Kenji Fujimoto, theatlantic.com
The author, who writes under a pseudonym, is a Japanese sushi chef. In 1982, at the invitation of a Japanese-North Korean trading company, he started working in a sushi restaurant in Pyongyang. In 1988 he agreed to serve as Kim Jong…
November 2011
2 posts
Because of a boycott? Because of your impassioned Battle.net forum post where...
– The Ghetto » Why Your Internet Boycotts Don’t Work
October 2011
7 posts
UC Berkeley Recreates Thought As Digital Video →
willhui:
In what is perhaps the most significant breakthrough in cognitive neuroscience since the MRI itself, scientists at UC Berkeley have figured out a way to reconstruct brainwaves into digital video. Stop.
Read that again.
Primal Wisdom: Dr. McDougall on B-12: A study in... →
But when coaching was introduced—when a colleague watched them try the new...
– Coaching a Surgeon: What Makes Top Performers Better? : The New Yorker
Don't Let Architecture Astronauts Scare You - Joel... →
Contrast this with the fact that there are zero known vegan societies in the...
– Meat-eating and health
The Vegetarian Myth: Part 1, Moral Vegans →
September 2011
12 posts
7 tags
I was once a Facebook fool →
alexainslie:
“… If you are entrusting your life data to Facebook, or if you are depending on Facebook and its platform for your livelihood, beware. In the real Facebook world, there is no trust, and there is no friendship — there is only money and power. Think really hard — really, think — before trusting Facebook or its employees with anything.”
Research shows that the less expert we are in some field, the more certain we...
– Why my fellow physicists think they know everything (and why they’re wrong)
The Future of Light Is the LED →
Organize anything, together. | Trello →
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Thanks Will!
Learning to Fail — The Good Men Project →
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What Your Marriage Needs to Survive — The Good Men... →
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August 2011
6 posts
FARMAGEDDON →
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Stop Coddling the Super-Rich - NYTimes.com →
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In the first experiment, the researchers gave charity vouchers worth $25 or $50...
– Dan Ariely » Blog Archive Better (and more) Social Bonuses «
Scientific Speed Reading: How to Read 300% Faster... →
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Imagine a professional baseball player or NFL player using Twitter to set up a...
– Why Major League Gaming Is Thriving While Pro Sports Are Struggling - John Gaudiosi - Game On - Forbes
July 2011
5 posts
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I’ve been in denial for a while, but it hit me so hard yesterday that I finally...
– How the Editor of Windows Magazine Became an Apple Fanboy | Cult of Mac
Design View / Andy Rutledge - News Redux →