Something that has really gotten on my nerves lately has been the absolute insanity when it comes to cleanliness. It’s like everyone became OCD just because they could. By that, I mean the following: 1) As the tools of society constantly evolve, they reduce the need for a person to think for themselves and increase […]
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I don’t really watch Mad Men, but I do tend to passively absorb the show when Jenny has it on and I’m in the room checking email on my laptop. I had not idea that through those very few obtuse viewing sessions, the culture of the show has rubbed off on me a bit. When […]
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The guys over at BoingBoing are pointing out Mark Dery’s article on H+ magazine which talks about how full of bunk all the 2012 doomsday people are. I used to get riled up about this kind of thing too, about how stupid people are and how easy it is to get crazed, unthinking followers to […]
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Farhad over at slate is doing a two-part piece on Y2K – ten years later, and I can’t help but comment. On January 2nd, 2000, while everyone was coming out of their bomb shelters giving a collective “Pffft”, I always thought the fact that nothing happened was a grand testament to how well the problem […]
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Over at Gizmodo they are talking about a new concept device that blew my socks off. The idea would be to implant a bluetooth touch-sensitive display into your arm, and power it using the readily available oxygen and glucose supplies whizzing through your bloodstream. Pretty crazy huh?
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It was the early 80s and I was in second grade. I went to a school way out in the sticks called Trafton Elementary, which was a classic early 1900s white box with 4 classrooms (1st grade – 4th grade) and a bell on top to call the kids in from recess. To give you […]
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A very interesting graph from GOOD:
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A company called Complete Genomics was able to sequence three human genomes for $4,400 in materials… a micro-drop in the bucket compared to the $3 billion it cost to complete just one only a few years ago. They did this using more common materials, which does introduce some amount of error. However, with an error […]
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On any given day I may pass by the warranty repair desk 100 times on my way through tech support. One part of the desk is set up to do manual conformal coating, which apparently requires a piece of cardboard to protect the desk surface. Every time I pass by the desk, someone is either […]
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An appeal court judge in Trieste, Italy reduced the prison sentence of a murderer who was able to show he has genetic mutations linked to violence. WTF? To me, it makes sense to do the opposite and just put the bastard to death right then and there. If you as a murderer are coming to […]
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