April 2012
25 posts
Revolutionary Error: The computers are these... →
bbchase:
[–]greet_the_sun3145 points 21 hours ago
I’ve actually been using the cars analogy for a couple months now and I think it’s very fitting. Imagine if you were a mechanic who owned an auto shop and your average customer call went something like this:
Customer: My car isn’t…
And you’re probably more likely to get ripped off at a car shop, even though you know more...
DO NOT RESIST THE BEAT!: HEY GUYS I BUY VINYL I’M... →
theneuromancer:
HEY GUYS I BUY VINYL I’M NOT LISTENING TO YOUR MIX IF IT’S NOT 100% VINYL YOU SHOULD LISTEN TO THIS MIX I MADE LAST WEEK IT’S 100% VINYL I SWEAR I CAN’T BELIEVE YOU DON’T SPIN VINYL IF IT’S NOT VINYL I’M NOT LISTENING DID I MENTION THAT I BUY AND SPIN VINYL I JUST BOUGHT A NEW VINYL I WENT TO THIS…
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Although rates of gun ownership, like rates of violent crime, are falling, the...
– Jill Lepore, “Battleground America,” The New Yorker. (via floraposte)
Wake Up and Smell the Magic Mushrooms →
More reading re: Nintendo, its declining stock, and the glimmer of hope that mobile gaming could be for the Big N.
Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason and Science
“The mission of the Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason and Science is to support scientific education, critical thinking and evidence-based understanding of the natural world in the quest to overcome religious fundamentalism, superstition, intolerance and suffering.”
#CommonSense
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Unsurprising and semi-recent news: HBO renews... →
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#DidYouKnow
The [Titanic’s] maiden voyage began on time at noon. An accident was narrowly averted only a few minutes later as Titanic passed the moored liners SS City of New York and Oceanic. Her huge displacement caused both of the smaller ships to be lifted by a bulge of water, then dropped into a trough. New York’s mooring cables could not take the sudden strain and snapped, swinging her round...
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Rosetta Stoned
One who gets so high that he or she begins to speak in a foreign language.
Beth got so Rosetta Stoned last night she could effectively communicate with the cab driver!
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