December 2007
“A single Google search request needs as much power as an illuminated 11W bulb in...”
– Tagesschau (German) via Mareen
“One of the dominant yet little-remarked-upon shifts in the media landscape over...”
– Atlantic Free Press - Hard Truths for Hard Times - The Media and Class Warfare
November 2007
“There are certain moments in life when one experiences space and time to an...”
– ashley hope
Best First Dance Ever →
There are so many ways to make a wedding unique, it blows my mind that so many of them end up identical. Hey, young lovers out there, take a cue from these folks:
— Dan Pashman
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Seasons Greetings from the National Brewing Co. of... →
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there is a lot of stuff going on right now. going to try and decompress by playing some soccer. last game of the season. playoffs? hope.
President Bush's travel entourage →
Nice Reuters graphic shows the people, animals, and vehicles that travel with the United States President.
(Update: This graphic probably isn’t from Reuters, but the numbers match this New Zealand Herald story.) Link
“Just in terms of allocation of time resources, religion is not very efficient....”
– Bill Gates
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Robert Adams, “Colorado Springs, Colorado” 1968 →
Robert Adams, “Colorado Springs, Colorado” 1968
On the possible consciousness of rocks and... →
On the possible consciousness of rocks and panpsychism:
First, our brains consist of material particles. Second, these particles, in certain arrangements, produce subjective thoughts and feelings. Third, physical properties alone cannot account for subjectivity. (How could the ineffable experience of tasting a strawberry ever arise from the equations of physics?) Now, Nagel reasoned, the...
"God grant me the serenity to accept things I... →
“God grant me the serenity to accept things I cannot change, courage to change things I can, and wisdom to know the difference.” - Reinhold Niebuhr
"Popularity is driven by a base of active users,... →
“Popularity is driven by a base of active users, not a rich set of cool features.” - John Borthwick
consumerist, here we come.
a verizon cell phone exploding is what caused the neighbor’s house to catch fire.
stuck on my street. blocked in by about 10 fire trucks. neighbor decided to light house on fire. boring sat nite, right?
stopkatie.com →
my good friend, ms. mancine, is eurotripping.
mcgillicutty.
it should be known that you get special internet treats when you subscribe to my RSS feed. why? a few reasons: when i post a lot of stuff in one place, i don’t want it dominating this place and, if you do read this site via RSS, no one likes redundancy (if i try to make sure everything is everywhere). a constraint, i suppose, but a good one. we are very spread out and a hurdle people are...
“This is my website. If you don’t want to hire me for this transparency, maybe I...”
– PeterWKnox
earlier this afternoon, i finally joined the rest of the modern world and now have a camera inside my telephone. thanks, steve.
“I think as our attention spans continue to decrease while our ability to process...”
– Ben Dickinson, writing about where movies are going.
Jane Miller from high school was tough to track... →
www.indexed.blogspot.com
“One common false conclusion is that because someone is truthful and upright...”
– Friedrich Nietzsche in Human, All Too Human (Wikipedia)
my dad’s first ever blog post was yesterday (http://www.ratcliffe-lee.com) and i’m enjoying the internet again (http://www.jratlee.com).
what if you only had 4 more minutes?
nostrich.net » The Only Guide to Calling... →
“Shortly after the US invasion of Iraq in 2003, Iran made another approach to...”
– Link (via jhn brssndn)
Linguistic determinism →
Linguistic determinism is the idea that language shapes thought. Determinism itself refers to the viewpoint that all events are caused by previous events, and linguistic determinism can be used broadly to refer to a number of specific views.(via Daily Meh) — aatw
“Anyone who can make you lose your temper can control your life”
– Henry Rollins
“This all started when I realized that most people call one hour meetings becuase...”
– Meeting Tokens (for Merlin) on Flickr - Photo Sharing!
site:flickr.com seatbelt dubguy OR dubguy101 -... →
this guy and my mom would get along well. always wear your seat belt, even in the back seat.
“A cursory effort, for instance at painting or tidying up. It alludes to the...”
– A lick and a promise
“…the commonest sign of a possible potato allergy is sneezing or wheezing...”
– Allergies Explained. i just peeled a whole bag and i feel like someone made me roll around in a field full of pollen. wtf.
“she said she usually cried once each day, not because she was sad, but b/c the...”
– brian andreas (via eclecticism: cheapsKATE:)
Airstream Life →
after doing it myself, i’m a huge advocate.
