January 2011
1 post
The Internet, Tamed →
October 2010
1 post
Racial predatory loans fueled U.S. housing crisis:... →
Vdara hotel 'death ray' claiming victims in the... →
September 2010
13 posts
Gargling with Salt Water Actually Helps a Cold or... →
You might have forgot The journey ends You tied your knots And you made your friends You left the scene Without a trace One hand on the ground One hand in space -- The Cars, "Hello Again" I really like this, actually. Bravo!
"Proof Positive" →
Wall St critic Warren to shape consumer watchdog →
Burglars Picked Houses Based on Facebook Updates →
Record gains for US poverty with elections looming... →
Deutsche Bank: “Human-made climate change is a... →
Wow! Daly is stepping down as mayor of Chicago? http://nyti.ms/b2bFqm
Would You Pay $25 For The Right To Speed? →
Police Shoot Mountain Lion On Shattuck Avenue →
Unboxing and First Impressions With the Parrot... →
August 2010
28 posts
Got up early for line work. Play opens Friday! Tix: http://bit.ly/98sjU6
Harry Shearer's Amazing New Orleans Documentary →
The Top 50 music videos of the 1990s →
Dangerous Minds | Larry Young’s amazing “Lawrence... →
Reverse-Engineering of Human Brain Likely by 2020... →
Proof of Aliens Could Come Within 25 Years,... →
Article about extreme lifestyle-minimalists →
Weekend Essay by Jonah Lehrer: How Power Affects... →
fantasy life
In my fantasy life, I don’t have a day job. I do something interesting at home on a computer, when I want to. Some days are 20 hours. Some days are spent learning how to draw, composing jazz music, reading books, writing, traveling.
In my fantasy life, I live somewhere in a desert state, on a rise somewhere with a view, and I have space. I have a ranch house with a 60s-style picture...
World Population by Latitude/Longitude →
Original Star Wars producer explains what went... →
Legalize pot, former San Jose police chief says →
Mankind must abandon earth or face extinction:... →
Comedy and Tragedy, streaming
I like to watch 30 Rock at night, courtesy of Hulu.com. They make 4 or 5 episodes available at a time. So tonight I get home, sit down to watch one, and they all claim to be “expired” when I start them up. I am sad.
However, you can watch all of The World at War, one of the best documentaries ever made, over at Youtube. Someone uploaded all of it. It’s a BBC production about WW2, made around...
Sharpie liquid pencil →
The Politically Incorrect Guide to Ending Poverty... →
Outside Lands contest: The Winnahs! →
Brilliantly animated Soviet history from a workers... →
the war against Thanatos →
Massive Censorship Of Digg Uncovered « OOO →
American Relief Committee
Talked with Tyler on Sunday, who just got a job at this place. Looks like they do some good work. http://www.arcrelief.org
had a fine weekend with Ann. It may have included karaoke, motorcycling, Indian food, coffee, Calvin alums, Bible study, script review, worship leading, a picnic, African visitors, and bison.
Cali prisons
Vanguard Journalism on California Prisons, from 2007. Wow.
http://current.com/shows/vanguard/87979641_prison-power-play.htm
all of it
from Joan Didion, “Goodbye to All That,” via Cool Tools’ list of 100 best magazine articles ever:
All I ever did to that apartment was hang fifty yards of yellow theatrical silk across the bedroom windows, because I had some idea that the gold light would make me feel better, but I did not bother to weight the curtains correctly and all that summer the long panels of...
Pondering my 2^n info-sharing website accounts and how much they overlap in functionality.
rss
Ok, taking another stab at blogging my Google Reader Shared Items here via RSS. C’mon, Tumblr.
Aha: “You must log into Tumblr frequently or directly post to Tumblr frequently in order for feed imports to remain active.”
June 2010
4 posts
Useful Vim commands for developers →
In Nigeria, Oil Spills Are a Longtime Scourge -... →
Want Swype? (yes, you do) – Get It Tomorrow For... →
May 2010
3 posts
YouTube - Mind's Eye. directed by gregory... →
YouTube - Camille Yarbrough - Take Yo' Praise →
Calvin and Hobbes →