MASSIVELY PARALLEL...

...Since 5 Minutes Ago

I've been starting and abandoning blogs at a pretty furious clip over the past few years, but this is the first one that uses Flickr-style spelling and omits the vowel before the final "r". So its destined to stick around, right?

This site combines feeds from what I'm reading (mostly RSS feeds ), my photos (flickr), videos (vimeo), bookmarks (delicious), offhand comments (twitter) and a bunch of other things, so if yr curious as to what I'm up to, this might be a good place to check. You can also try out my proper blog, if you're into that sort of thing.

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Jul
2nd

Thu

Saxual Inadequacy: Rating The '80s Sax Solos

Most mornings, I wake up thinking, “When is someone finally going to catalog, classify, and rate the saxophone solos of dozens of ’80s hits?” Well, now someone has, complete with audio clips…

Richard Dawkins helps fund atheist summer camp

Richard “God Delusion” Dawkins’ foundation has helped fund an atheist/sceptic summer camp that teaches 8-17 year olds how to think critically about the world:

Alongside the more traditional…

Jul
1st

Wed

leaving #pdf09 to go present @marketpublique at #theblend. Thanks @rasiej & @mlsif for a great conference!

“Most Tweets” leaderboard race is wrapping up at #pdf09. I’d love to see ranking data visualized over the course of the conference.

This meme kept coming back from the dead, but keyboard cat has finally used up its 9th life.Thanks, Hot Topic http://bit.ly/KeyboardCatShirt

What’s up with several (drunk) friends retweeting themselves? New meme? Alcoholism?

“Selenium has limitations”. Yes. Yes it does. #QOTD

Jun
30th

Tue

Classic arcade game animations in Lego Legopac

Michael Hickox’s Lego Arcade stop motion animations are fantastic. Check the video at Boing Boing Offworld. “Video: 8-bit arcade classics are back, in Lego form”

Wesch asks “what kind of community is Youtube as a community”? #pdf09

“what looks like narcissism is part of the search for identity in a society where you have to define your own identity.” from taylor #pdf09

“Context collapse”: addressing a webcam or a blog entry field adds a level of self-awareness, different than a human audience #pdf09

McCluhan talked about “re-cognition: the first time is ‘cognition’, the second time is ‘re-cognition’”. #pdf09

youtube comments: anonymity + physical distance + rare & ephemeral dialog = hatred as public performance #pdf09

Ppl get reflective on Youtube and it turns into a confessional. #pdf09

BREAKING NEWS: Youtube comments are vile. #pdf09