December 2008
Religion and Self Control →
The psychologist Michael McCullough has written a new book entitled Beyond Revenge: The Evolution of the Forgiveness Instinct. Though a strict secularist, his research has brought him to…
Dec 31st
Webb To Take On Prison Industrial Complex →
Via TPM, apropos to Chris’ agenda below, it looks like we can watch Jim Webb for some hopeful legislation on prison reform: This spring, Webb (D-Va.) plans to introduce legislation on a…
Dec 30th
Just used Photobooth to reinsert a fugitive contact lens. WAY easier than an actual mirror!
Dec 30th
Fractalius: Photoshop plug-in →
Fractalius is a trippy image filter for Photoshop. Windows only. The Fabulous Fractalius Pool on Flickr has many more examples. (via Forgetomori)
Dec 30th
Susie Bright: The League of Amazing Latkes Q &... →
Is it too late for potato latkes? Can I have some more? It’s never too late for latkes. You can eat potato pancakes all year round! Is there a perfect recipe? Yes. Potato pancakes…
Dec 30th
Amateurs Are Trying Genetic Engineering At Home →
Shared by Jonathan Biotech will eclipse Information Technology as the leading edge of innovation, and it will happen soon. the_kanzure points out this AP story on amateur genetic engineering,…
Dec 30th
Jerry Nadler for Senate →
Shared by Jonathan I’d be very happy to see Nadler take Hilary’s old seat. I’m with Kos.  Nadler would be an excellent choice for Senator from New York City. REP. JERROLD NADLER: Well, I think…
Dec 30th
Susie Bright: The League of Amazing Latkes Q &... →
Is it too late for potato latkes? Can I have some more? It’s never too late for latkes. You can eat potato pancakes all year round! Is there a perfect recipe? Yes. Potato pancakes…
Dec 30th
Fractalius: Photoshop plug-in →
Fractalius is a trippy image filter for Photoshop. Windows only. The Fabulous Fractalius Pool on Flickr has many more examples. (via Forgetomori)
Dec 30th
Fonts for Contemporary Use →
In a blog post that I wrote for work today, I had occasion to use an interrobang as part of a title. Hooray! A chance to exercise some pointless effort in pursuit of typographical correctness. …
Dec 30th
Just had to turn Time Out off again. Why does forced interruption have to keep coming at the worst time?
Dec 29th
Listening to the first Marnie Stern song that I actually like.
Dec 29th
Pools at Foreclosed Homes Transformed into Illegal... →
Well, this is one effect of the housing meltdown I didn’t see coming — a resurgence of hardcore sk8 culture. Skaters in Southern California are repurposing dried-out pools in the backyards…
Dec 29th
Pools at Foreclosed Homes Transformed into Illegal... →
Well, this is one effect of the housing meltdown I didn’t see coming — a resurgence of hardcore sk8 culture. Skaters in Southern California are repurposing dried-out pools in the backyards…
Dec 29th
Stimulus is on the way →
I’m finding it interesting to read the debate on economics blogs about how effective the stimulus package that the government will pass early next year is likely to be in addressing the economic…
Dec 29th
Defining Web 2.0 →
I like Tim O’Reilly’s definition of Web 2.0 better than the accepted definition: Aside: I seem to have lost the battle to define Web 2.0 as “the use of the network as platform to build systems…
Dec 29th
skeltoac » Apple Keyboard (Aluminum) keycap... →
Instructions for converting the new apple keyboards to Dvorak
Dec 29th
Vacation’s over. Back in the world!
Dec 29th
Heard “Dyslexic Heart” in the coffee shop this morning. I need to listen to more Paul Westerberg. (We all do).
Dec 29th
VectorGUI - GUI - browsers →
Vector UI elements for web design. Sweet!
Dec 29th
Mightier: Cool idea for making textures, avatars... →
Ratloop figured out an extremely cool way of designing and creating your avatars and textures for the avatar, as well as puzzles and leveldesigns, in a charming, but also likely technically…
Dec 29th
The Walls Are Melting! →
If those O’Reilly programming books came with titles that matched the illustrations, they might look like this. Contribute: Add an image, link, video or comment »
Dec 29th
The Baby Pics Narrative →
A collage of photos from an e-mail going viral: And the punchline, from the same e-mail: Hattip to whoever wrote the original e-mail — hilarious! And if you love pics of Obama holding…
Dec 24th
Joysticks as coat hooks →
Over at Boing Boing Offworld, Brandon posted about these joystick coat hooks. They’re not DIY, but they certainly could be! Hanging Joysticks
Dec 24th
Bizarro World →
Classic investment theory says that investors should pay a premium for safety and command extra compensation for taking risk. But the above chart of the last eight years shows that we have…
Dec 24th
Human Fat As Biofuel →
Link: http://www.forbes.com/technology/2008… A Beverly Hills plastic surgeon started using his patients’ lipo remains to power his SUV. So you can officially “go green” by being a…
Dec 24th
Impressionist Painting Yourself →
Re-create a famous impressionist painting with your own picture. Here are the instruction on how to do it . Not as easy to do as yearbook yourself but you get way more art cred. …
Dec 24th
Impressionist Me, Now Me →
You may have heard about Young Me Now Me, a fun Ze Frank thing. After discovering the painting of Georges Emile Lebacq below and it’s remarkable likeness to my visage, we at FFFFF.at developed…
Dec 24th
Shoe Hurled at Bush Flies Off Turkish Maker’s... →
From Bloomberg: Dec. 19 (Bloomberg) — The shoe hurled at President George W. Bush has sent sales soaring at the Turkish maker as orders pour in from Iraq, the U.S. and Iran. The brown,…
Dec 24th
On practice →
Tim O’Reilly posted a transcript of a long email thread among O’Reilly personnel on the subject of practice. It’s a wide ranging discussion on the value of practice and how people learn among…
Dec 24th
Batman's Christmas Sucks →
Never ask the Caped Crusader what he’s doing for the holidays. Mother’s Day is another one to avoid; Father’s Day too. Contribute: Add an image, link, video or comment »
Dec 24th
Doubts Multiply About the "Long Tail" →
Shared by Jonathan Everyone’s down on web 2.0 these days, but what does it mean if the Long Tail isn’t what we were promised? fruey sends in a New Scientist analysis of the many second thoughts…
Dec 24th
Stanley Milgram's shocking experiment, redux →
Shared by Jonathan Depressing to see that we haven’t gotten any kinder as a species in the last 30-odd years. A Santa Clara University professor is the latest person to replicate Stanley Milgram’s…
Dec 24th
MDMA and loud music affects rat sex life →
No, it’s not a joke. Researchers at the University of Bari, Italy, studied how MDMA (ecstasy) and loud music impact the sexual activity of rats. They report their results in the scientific journal…
Dec 24th
Forgiving George Bush →
Shared by Jonathan I will never forgive a willfully evil man. Link: http://www.forgivegeorge.com Do you forgive George Bush for this mess, or just some other fill-in-the-blank…
Dec 24th
Cherry Picking Season →
Shared by Jonathan Turnaround is fair play a bitch. The White House, angry at a New York Times article on how the “White House Philosophy Stoked Mortgage Bonfire”, has issued a blistering, 500…
Dec 24th
John Hodgman on Rick Warren and Etcetera →
John Hodgman: I have confidence that, in no short order, Prop 8 will be repealed, and the gay marriage debate will look as absurd at the miscegenation debates of the 20th century do now. I have…
Dec 24th
Lowering Expectations for Obama/Biden →
Here’s Joe Biden. Vice President-elect Joe Biden is worried about the “exceedingly high expectations” the world community has for Barack Obama’s presidency. He believes he and Obama must follow…
Dec 24th
Rumors of US Chamber of Commerce Layoffs →
Shared by Jonathan Couldn’t have happened to a nicer bunch. It’s getting ugly out there.  Right-wing business lobby outfit National Association of Manufacturer’s laid off 10% of their staff…
Dec 24th
A Detailed Analysis of the Bush Legacy in Picture... →
Laughing Liberally To Keep From Crying by Lee Camp
Dec 24th
Another Major Foundation Goes Down →
The Picower Foundation, the 71st largest Foundation in the country according to the Council on Foundations, is closing its doors.  Apparently, their money was invested with Bernie Madoff, and it’s…
Dec 24th
It's Getting Ugly Everywhere →
Shared by Jonathan The lowest-population states seem to be the least-affected. I wonder why that is. Less “weight” means the gravitational pull of a crashing economy hits them less? Via the…
Dec 24th
Wishing You A Grisly Death in the New Year →
Shared by Jonathan Yessir! Growing up Jewish in Brooklyn was a pretty normalized experience, but every December it became graphically clear that we were outsiders. Consider the following thought…
Dec 24th
2008 Bailout Vs. Other Large Government Projects →
Shared by Jonathan Ouch. An illustration of the difference in price (adjusted for inflation) between government spending on the bailout and …other huge stuff. In other words, we’re…
Dec 24th
In the Beginning was the Command Line, by Neal... →
Shared by Jonathan Loved this book. Comments
Dec 24th
Joysticks as coat hooks →
Over at Boing Boing Offworld, Brandon posted about these joystick coat hooks. They’re not DIY, but they certainly could be! Hanging Joysticks
Dec 24th
LIVEdigitally » Blog Archive » Holiday... →
LiveDigitally and SmileOnMyMac are giving away two free licenses to Textpander. Sweet!
Dec 22nd
rt @noneck: one more reason why i ♥ NYC & the NY Times - #Represent!http://bit.ly/17MiH.
Dec 22nd
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Dec 22nd
On the runway. See you in a week, twitter!
Dec 22nd