April 2012
28 posts
“But when time comes we will host in all parts of the galaxy, being true to our...”
– Pirate Bay servers going airborne in tiny drones - Boing Boing
“It’s not every day that someone writes down an equation that ends up...”
– BBC News - Black-Scholes: The maths formula linked to the financial crash
“Nature’s attempt at open peer review ended on 30 Sep 2006, which was just four...”
– http://www.astrobetter.com/peer-review-discussion/
“If you look at older Koreans,” says Schwekendiek, “we now see a...”
– BBC News - Are North Koreans really three inches shorter than South Koreans?
“We need teleportation booths. Of course, if we had them we’d then get to...”
– Going dark - Charlie’s Diary
“Apparently the soil on which the baths were to be standing was so heavily...”
– http://kreuzberged.com/category/swimming-pools-in-kreuzberg/
Math paper retracted because it “contains no... →
“The future, God willing and the robots don’t rise, is a table where we...”
– God Willing and the Robots Don’t Rise: Final Thoughts - Charlie’s Diary
“If the major publishers switch to selling ebooks without DRM, then they can...”
– What Amazon’s ebook strategy means - Charlie’s Diary
Boris & His Almost Human Machines (Part II) -... →
“The other day I heard a student complaining about how cold it was, only 24...”
– In the Dark
“. But his electoral defeat in 2006 gave us the most hysterically funny portrait...”
– Dr Strangelove: Or, how I learned to stop worrying and love Rick Santorum - Charlie’s Diary
“Robert Schlesinger of U.S. News and World Report, has a story today about how...”
– Nazis Now Have Registered An Official Lobbyist On Capitol Hill - Business Insider
“That leaves the aesthetic … which I can’t find anything...”
– The hard edge of empire - Charlie’s Diary
“BENEATH THE PAVING STONES, THE BEACH.
BENEATH THE BEACH, THE FUTURE.”
– INTERNET FRIDGE / REAL-TIME TUBE DATA | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
“Experiments are good when they are bounded by things like the speed of light and...”
– CERN | booktwo.org
“giving something a name gives you power over it, but it also gives other people...”
– #sxaesthetic | booktwo.org
“a real sense that there were new and extraordinary things and experiences in the...”
– #sxaesthetic | booktwo.org
“In terms of user experience (insider jargon: “UX”), Facebook is like...”
– Facebook and Instagram: When Your Favorite App Sells Out — Daily Intel
“Anyone or anything that supports SOPA/PIPA does not have the best interests of...”
– The Cost of Knowledge
“[Dr. Julius Neurbronner] didn’t suddenly jump into the field of avian...”
– Old timey UAV cameras - Hack a Day
Cat heating pad →
“Hope springs eternal. But so does despair. “I know I speak for a generation of...”
– The Long Hello : The Last Word On Nothing 