December 2008
54 posts
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Wikipedia: Batcomputer →
Dec 30th
ListenKanye West - My Way
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“The nature of exponentials is that you push them out and eventually disaster...”
– Gordon Moore
Dec 29th
Technigraphics, Inc. ; Manufacturer of specialty... →
Dec 28th
Did Climate Change Kill the Roman Empire? →
Dec 28th
NASA - Magnetic Portals Connect Sun and Earth →
Dec 28th
“If you make machines that are for human to machine interaction and they call for...”
– Kelly Dobson
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Biohackers →
Dec 26th
“Steve Mobs! He’s a genius! He’s like a god who knows what we want!”
– The Simpsons
Dec 26th
“After 150 years of waiting, we’ll get voice recognition everywhere.”
– Haha, wait what? After 800 years since the Magna Carta, we finally get Cinnabon Toaster Strudel.
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Dec 24th
Megan McArdle has what seems to be to be a reasonable and understandable assessment of the US Auto Industry situation.
Dec 24th
“Truly speaking, when we go to sea we are drunk, and we are like hungry wolves...”
– Somali Pirate
Dec 23rd
Q&A with a Somali Pirate →
Read this. (via -dont-forget-)
Dec 23rd
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20 Questions against Artificial Intelligence →
It will always win!
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Dec 22nd
WatchWatch
snowgaritas
Dec 22nd
WatchWatch
snowed in
Dec 21st
So it’s 24°F outside, but thankfully most of my house is warm. Some of the corners of some of the rooms are cold, but no biggie. But why can’t my freezer actually freeze things?
Dec 21st
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“So, show them your personal computer, he told me. Why would that be exciting? I...”
– Bruce Sterling, “Computer Entertainment,” Flurb #6
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Portland is nuts right now. The Fire Department was going around downtown offering people a place to stay overnight in case they couldn’t get home.
Dec 21st
Last night I discovered that I have the ability to check my email in a dream. I can open up Gmail, see unread messages, and make up text at the same speed I can read it.
Dec 20th
“While Justin and I were in North Carolina, we put together a game for my little...”
– Nina Pavlich: Max’s Music
Dec 20th
“So, the plastic is here, our job is done, we can be phased out now. And I think...”
– George Carlin
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“Darkness, blackness, oil gushers and wormholes, nanotubes and rotten teeth. You...”
– theslanket.com
Dec 16th
“I have been saying these things for two years now…no one wants to be a friend of...”
– Lotame Learnings - Social Media Marketing   … . Now (via betaworks) (via mikehudack) I might be friends with detergent.
Dec 15th
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Hearse-driving Missouri couple plans cemetery... →
I don’t see why this idea is grotesque. If you’re getting married forever, a wedding at a cemetery makes a certain kind of sense to me. It’s like the little plastic recycling imprint on a new big screen TV.
Dec 14th
TheGreatHatsby - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia →
dalasverdugo: An ongoing experiment that randomly connects two AIM users through a third-party bot without their knowledge.
Dec 14th
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Stack Magazine Curation →
On my “To Do When I Have a Handsome Sum of Money to Spend on Magazines” list.
Dec 13th
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