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Internal Realism →
Alva Noe on the tricky issue of umpiring (in this case, for baseball):
External Realism does a good job accounting for the fact that we all recognize that there are “bad calls” and the fact that…
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People Are Awesome →
People are Awesome 2011:
(via kottke)
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Out with the old… →
… in with the same old story.
You’ll have to pardon me if I’m somewhat cynical about government, newly elected in a historical landslide, coming in and saying there’s a $4.5 billion dollar…
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Tim Bray on Blogging →
This article prompted me to remember that I had a neglected blog:
Blogging is Healthy: It’s no longer the white-hot center of controversy it was in 2005; now it’s part of the establishment,…
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2010 →
2010!
I remember as a kid thinking 2000 was far away, and then a little older thinking by 2010 I would have this, or that, or the other thing over there. 10 years seems like a stupendously long…
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Merry Christmas, one and all.
(via -monophobia)
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This story shall the good man teach his son;
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And Crispin Crispian shall ne’er go by,
From this day to the ending of the world,
But we in it shall be remember’d;
We few, we happy few, we band of brothers…Shakespeare, Henry V
(for some obscure reason, my favourite few lines of the Bard.)
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I always come back to the books I loved the first time through. Pattern Recognition grabbed me at a time when I needed it, but it’s still resonated through the years. Only just getting started on Zero History, but it doesn’t quite ring as true.
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(via americandrink)
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Scott Adams on Sweden →
Scott Adams, on Sweden and the technicality that they’re attempting to hook Julian Assange on:
I am always amused by the strange impact of unintended consequences. Julian Assange simply wanted…
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Michael Jordan advises LeBron James →
god-daaaayuum, that’s a message for lebron no doubt
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Deadfoot →
How Stuxnet inflitrated and frustrated Iran’s nuclear program:
At Natanz, for almost 17 months, Stuxnet quietly worked its way into the system and targeted a specific component — the frequency…
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“Why do you look so sad? Because you speak to me in words and I look at you with feelings.”
I want to watch this movie simply for its beautiful palette of colours.
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design traveller: Mangas rug collection by Patricia Urquiola
That is just about perfect composition on that photo.
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The Economics of Seinfeld →
The basics of economic theory, explained through Seinfeld episodes. Brilliant! (or, y’know, that economics, a science of human behaviour, is reflected through stories told through observations about…
