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Atheism 2.0 - What aspects of religion should atheists...

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 04:21:00 -0500

Atheism 2.0 - What aspects of religion should atheists (respectfully) adopt? Alain de Botton suggests a “religion for atheists” — call it Atheism 2.0 — that incorporates religious forms and traditions to satisfy our human need for connection, ritual and transcendence.

Herpderpedia

Wed, 18 Jan 2012 03:35:03 -0500

Herpderpedia:

People who don’t understand why Wikipedia is “down.” Priceless.

Back to the start (Chipotle)

Tue, 20 Dec 2011 02:29:49 -0500

Back to the start (Chipotle)

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Tue, 06 Dec 2011 16:50:49 -0500

How doctors die

Mon, 05 Dec 2011 03:52:00 -0500

How doctors die:

It’s not like the rest of us, but it should be.

Roger McNamee: Disruption to Engagement The next big shift is...

Fri, 25 Nov 2011 04:40:00 -0500

Roger McNamee: Disruption to Engagement

The next big shift is now, and it’s not what you think: Facebook is the new Windows; Google must be sacrificed. At TEDxSantaCruz, tech investor Roger McNamee presents 6 bold ways to prepare for the next internet.

How games make kids smarter

Wed, 23 Nov 2011 04:00:25 -0500

How games make kids smarter

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Tue, 22 Nov 2011 02:47:51 -0500

adaiha: archiemcphee: “Last weekend, The New York Botanical...

Fri, 28 Oct 2011 04:48:56 -0400

adaiha:

archiemcphee:

“Last weekend, The New York Botanical Garden brought on master food sculptor Ray Villafane to carve zombies out of two giant pumpkins, one of which was the world’s heaviest pumpkin. He used the “pale flesh Brant and Eleanor Bordsen’s 1,693 pound pumpkin for the zombies” and the world record-holding 1818.5 pound pumpkin from Kelsey and Jim Bryson was used as the base.”

[via Laughing Squid]

This entire sculpture is awesome, but using those messy, stringy pumpkin innards as zombie gore is a particularly nice touch.

awesome!

"We’re praying for Google, that it may make good honest choices and see the eternal light of our..."

Wed, 26 Oct 2011 00:02:17 -0400

“We’re praying for Google, that it may make good honest choices and see the eternal light of our website.”

- Christian organization I did a site for, their SEO strategy. (via clientsfromhell)

UC Berkeley Recreates Thought As Digital Video

Mon, 17 Oct 2011 03:44:00 -0400

UC Berkeley Recreates Thought As Digital Video:

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.

alexainslie: Wine

Sun, 16 Oct 2011 20:07:29 -0400

alexainslie:

Wine

"Contrast this with the fact that there are zero known vegan societies in the history of the human..."

Sun, 02 Oct 2011 15:02:36 -0400

“Contrast this with the fact that there are zero known vegan societies in the history of the human race. Why might that be? A vegan diet without supplementation often leads to B12 deficiency, which causes infertility and miscarriages. Vegan children can experience permanent brain damage. Since pure veganism is at odds with much of our evolutionary experience, I consider it highly experimental and quite dangerous.”

- Meat-eating and health (via sudobyte)

I always wanted to reblog my own quote. :)

I was once a Facebook fool

Tue, 27 Sep 2011 13:10:43 -0400

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.”

Why my fellow physicists think they know everything and why they're wrong

Tue, 06 Sep 2011 17:20:00 -0400

Why my fellow physicists think they know everything and why they're wrong:

“Part of the problem comes from the idea that physicists and engineers do ‘hard science’ while everyone else does, well, ‘easy science.’ We are told that physics is the core science and everything else is, essentially, just an elaboration atop the underlying physics. The implication is that we physicists, if we would only find problems in other fields interesting, could solve the relevant equations and everyone in that field could retire.”

keepsdiary: Picked up Swiss Francs today for my trip next...

Tue, 06 Sep 2011 17:06:15 -0400

keepsdiary:

Picked up Swiss Francs today for my trip next week.

Can someone redesign American money already?

And I don’t mean making Presidential heads bigger.

Portal: No escape (a live action short film)

Mon, 29 Aug 2011 14:21:00 -0400

Portal: No escape (a live action short film)

"If anyone tells you that [genetic modification] is going to feed the world, tell them that it is not..."

Tue, 02 Aug 2011 21:17:00 -0400

“If anyone tells you that [genetic modification] is going to feed the world, tell them that it is not … To feed the world takes political and financial will — it’s not about production and distribution.”

- Steve Smith, biotech scientist

In praise of the Sous Vide Supreme

Thu, 28 Jul 2011 01:08:02 -0400

In praise of the Sous Vide Supreme:

“And then, there are the pork chops. I’ve struggled for years to get a perfectly cooked pork chop. I’ve tried pan frying, broiling, baking, and braising, and nothing works reliably. They’re just too lean and too thin. They overcook before the outside starts to brown. With sous vide, they’re just right, every time, with almost no effort. They’re cooked all the way through, but not overcooked, and they’re so tender that you can cut them with a fork.”

helloyoucreatives: Coke VS Coke light by DDB, Stockholm,...

Sun, 17 Jul 2011 14:37:00 -0400

helloyoucreatives:

Coke VS Coke light by DDB, Stockholm, Sweden