February 2012
5 posts
What does science fiction tell us about the future... →
Unifying silicon- and DNA-based computing |... →
Tor Project: Anonymity Online →
Worthy of investigation.
Neal Stephenson on getting big stuff done - Boing... →
Belbury Poly intrerview - I heart Brit Prog Rock →
January 2012
12 posts
Can a lifetime of sudoku and crosswords help fight... →
INFLUENCE GAME: Online companies win piracy fight... →
Miss Snark's First Victim: Our Second Success... →
Christoph Adami: Finding life we can't imagine |... →
How do we search for alien life if it’s nothing like the life that we know? At TEDxUIUC Christoph Adami shows how he uses his research into artificial life — self-replicating computer programs — to find a signature, a ‘biomarker,’ that is free of our preconceptions of what life is.
From The Mouth Of The Sun: lovely droning ambience... →
Coilhouse » Blog Archive » Compare and Contrast:... →
Lockdown: The coming war on general-purpose... →
Robert Anton Wilson Week on Boing Boing - Boing... →
Why I'm Unemployable - Forbes →
An inexpensive DNA information-storage device |... →
15 big ways the Internet is changing our brain |... →
The Robot Takeover of Work & the Rise of Online... →
Tools provide leverage for people to get work done; in many cases they enable us to do new kinds of work. Now consider robots in the workplace. They seem like bad news but do they have to be? What if robots weren’t a threat to humanity, only intended to steal human jobs, but were tools that enabled all of us to do new things and live life differently? We may need to start seeing things that...
December 2011
1 post
Famous People Painting with Wiki Links |... →
November 2011
2 posts
Blank Workshop - Online Giftshop →
Thermal Glass Igloos Offer Views of the Northern... →
October 2011
3 posts
Help NASA find life on Mars with MAPPER |... →
Scientists release most accurate simulation of the... →
The Accidental Atheist (Part 1): How I Got Here... →
September 2011
6 posts
Kate to release brand new album: "50 Words For... →
BALL LONGINGS. BeLight. The eZine of Kalamazoo... →
Captured: The Ruins of Detroit | Plog — World,... →
The Worst Mistake in the History of the Human Race →
A Decade After 9/11: We Are What We Loathe |... →
Kyocera Echo review -- Engadget →
August 2011
3 posts
The worst gig we ever played: musicians on their... →
Education Management Corporation Accused of... →
On Becoming a De-motivational Speaker «... →
July 2011
1 post
Food stamps: The struggle to eat | The Economist →
April 2011
9 posts
Almost a Mile Below South Dakota, A Race to Find... →
What It Feels Like To Be Eaten Out « Thought... →
ACT Online Test Prep →
The Right to Read - GNU Project - Free Software... →
The new Third Reich
The upper 1 percent of Americans are now taking in nearly a quarter of the nation’s income every year. In terms of wealth rather than income, the top 1 percent control 40 percent. Their lot in life has improved considerably. Twenty-five years ago, the corresponding figures were 12 percent and 33 percent.
Some facts
FACT: Every dollar spent on unemployment benefits creates $1.61 in economic growth. FACT: Every dollar spent on the Bush tax cuts only creates $.32 in economic growth — that’s a 68 cent loss on investment.
When Did Girls Start Wearing Pink? | Arts &... →
Fats and Cholesterol - What Should You Eat? - The... →
The Durbin Amendment’s Effect on Credit Unions |... →
March 2011
12 posts
All your base are belong to us - Official Video... →
The Best Article Every day » How To Survive The... →
The Non-Adventures of Wonderella →
NeuroLogica Blog » Biases in Science Fiction →
DC's Blog Closes Comments, Gives Up On Even Trying... →
Bering in Mind: Signs, signs, everywhere signs:... →
Let There Be Light - Reason Magazine →
Wells throws 4 innings in Cubs' win - MLB - Yahoo!... →