November 2009
45 posts
“A Freudian slip is where Sigmund Freud put his testicles.”
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“The use of self-control is like the use of brakes on a train. It is useful when...”
– Marriage and Morals, Bertrand Russell
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Writer Evan Ratliff Tried to Vanish: Here’s What... →
Long fascinated by stories of faked deaths, sudden disappearances, and cat-and-mouse games between investigators and fugitives, I signed on to write a story for Wired about people who’ve tried to end one life and start another.
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Wired offered a $5,000 bounty — $3,000 of which would come out of my own pocket — to anyone who could locate me between August 15 and September 15, say...
“A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a...”
– Robert A. Heinlein
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Thoughts On Relationships
It struck me yesterday that perhaps one of the most important causes of interpersonal conflict and discomfort arises from the changing nature of a person, and the tendency of others not to see or accept this. The image that we have created of someone - a friend, spouse or otherwise - suddenly doesn’t fit the person, either because it was wrong in the first place, or because it has changed...
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Apple Computer, The Homosexual’s Favorite →
Customers should also consider the moral aspects of buying an Apple computer. One reason for the queerness of Apple’s products is that the company’s board of directors includes Albert Gore – yes, the same Al Gore whose doom and gloom environmental cassandra-complex is intended to distract America from it’s real foes (the Islamofascists and Homosexuals). Apple has historically been a major...
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“They are obsessed, many of them, by the wish to know how the other half lives....”
– Looking for Hemingway, Gay Talese
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How Twilight Works →
Not actually having read the books or seen the film, I’m just jumping on the hate bandwagon. An individual? I’m not!
Also, I appreciate good, funny writing accompanied by bad illustrations.
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“If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears...”
– Walden, Henry David Thoreau
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NSFW: Give me ad-free conversations, or give me... →
Interesting rant on the problems of monetizing twitter (as if you need a link). Of particular interest is the part where I puts into words what I think the main problem of the new retweet functionality is:
Just look at the conceptual abortion that is the new retweet functionality: everyone in their right mind hates it, but few of us can quite explain why. Let me try. When someone retweeted...
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“Think you’re escaping and run into yourself. Longest way round is the shortest...”
– James Joyce (Ulysses) (via rememo) (via suzywire)
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“So my message from the future is twofold. Fear not, young Stephen, your life...”
– Stephen Fry (letter to himself)
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rulesofthumb.org →
Rules of Thumb is a perfect example of a site that presents useless stuff that might someday be indispensable if only I would remember it. Sort of like the many ‘lifehacking’ sites clogging the intertubes with tips on how to be more productice.
In the latter category, one of the few ‘lifehacks’ that stuck with me was a technique to prevent your headphones from tangling.
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The Interesting History of South Park
Ok. So. Matt Stone and Trey Parker meet an an art type school doing animation. The rest of the class goes off to do artistic type stuff and they get together with the intention to do some “poop jokes”. So goes the legend. Together they produce a short including a bunch of kids making fun of one Jewish boy and a fight involving Jesus (the Christ) versus Santa (the Claus).
For the...
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“What is that feeling when you’re driving away from people and they recede...”
– On The Road, Jack Kerouac
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The taste that launched 1,000 parking tickets →
This is a story about yogurt, but it is also about entrepreneurship, financial and cultural expectations, beating the heat, beating the caloric system and parking.
The little store on Huntley where the tattoo parlor used to be now serves about 1,300 to 1,600 customers a day.
“The bottom line is the customers that go to Pinkberry don’t mind paying $68 for a tub of yogurt,” said Huntley...
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Are Your Friends Making You Fat? →
“You may not know him personally, but your friend’s husband’s co-worker can make you fat. And your sister’s friend’s boyfriend can make you thin.”
Great article on how obesity spreads like a contagious disease. Also an interesting example of the value of (and difficulties inherent to) large-scale research projects.
“Today is the tomorrow you worried about yesterday. Was is worth it?”
– Mahatma Gandhi
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“If men define situations as real, they are real in their consequences.”
– William Thomas (via basblok)
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Cast of Characters
Hi, I’m Chris, and I’m an atheist. With that out of the way, let me tell you about me as a person. I’m a chainsmoker, heavy drinker, very honest, and interested in the natural sciences. Some people call me arrogant, but that’s only because I’m right, and they’re wrong. The closest thing to a ‘religious experience’ for me is a walk through nature, a good book, or particular works of art.
I’m...