Year: 2010
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The Talk Show returns
After a “two week” hiatus Dan Benjamin and John Gruber are back with a triple venti-sized episode of The Talk Show, one of my favourite podcasts. Near the end of the ep (around the last 8 mins) Dan and John discuss the possibility of Apple customizing the iPhone for multiple carriers, especially with regards to…
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Interactive map of Facebook users
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Pray: To ask that the laws of the universe be annulled in behalf of a single petitioner confessedly unworthy. Ambrose Bierce, The Devil’s Dictionary
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http://video.ted.com/assets/player/swf/EmbedPlayer.swf Inspiring talk by Ethan Zuckerman. Excellent point on how unevenly distributed “global” online media is. It is something I have felt for a long time, being a non-American geek living as an expat in Asia. By the way, here is an early version of Alisa Miller’s news map mentioned in the talk. Bridging the…
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[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XIEieyFcNAw?feature=oembed&w=500&h=281] papadimitriou: Scarcity. Abundance. Indulgences. Modern Media. Clay Shirky. More from btnn.tv (Source: https://www.youtube.com/)
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[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ur5fGSBsfq8?feature=oembed&w=500&h=374] Philosophy Football The Germans are disputing it! Hegel is arguing that reality is merely an a priori adjunct of non-naturalistic ethics, Kant via the categorical imperative is holding that ontologically it exists only in the imagination, and Marx is claiming it was offside. Classic Python. (Source: https://www.youtube.com/)
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The Daleks called whilst you were out via @jamesbowskill
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The Daleks called whilst you were out via @jamesbowskill
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Capturing Ideas in the Shower
This has long been a problem of mine. I looked in many toy stores to find a kid’s washable marker solution. I did not think of dive plates! From Cameron: I written before about showering as an ideal model for creative pause—minimal distraction, mental freedom, and a change of scenery. … For the past few…
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(via papadimitriou / sojustynesque / dirtyprettything)