January 2010
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“Writing, if nothing else, is the art of deception. Sincerity of purpose, I’m...”
– The Booky Man: Strunk & Off-White :: Paste Magazine
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christianity:
Tim Keller - Q & A: What is...
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Christopher Hitchens defends the Resurrection... →
Sewell [former Unitarian pastor]: The religion you cite in your book is a generally fundamentalist faith of various kinds. I’m a liberal Christian, and I don’t take the stories from the scripture literally. I don’t believe in the doctrine of atonement (that Jesus died for our sins, for example). Do you make any distinction between fundamentalist faith and liberal religion?
Hitchens: I would...
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WatchThe sheer complexity of the cellular process is mind-boggling.
Time + Chance
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un asked: I hope you are talking about a rodent.
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“I have a feeling that this time next year there will be a great many iPads...”
– Alan Jacobs: “definitive iPad thoughts”
I’m inclined to agree. The device is slick and will sell well at first, but for serious users it won’t cut it.
For the time being, I’m content to sit back and watch the eBook makers (and the broader tablet market) bloody...
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“According to the New York Times […] Macmillan told Amazon that it wanted...”
– Apple vs. Amazon: The Great Ebook War Has Already Begun
Holy crap. My guess is that, in this game of corporate chicken, the publisher gives up first.
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“We will go through the gate. If the gate is closed, we will go over the fence....”
– Nancy Pelosi
Is it too gruesome to hope that the parachute doesn’t open?
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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-1-24) →
Bethany Dillon (7)
Bruce Hornsby (5)
Regina Spektor (3)
The Damnwells (2)
Sara Groves (2)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
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“The people best equipped for navigating our world are those who have knowledge...”
– Alan Jacobs: the non-digital classroom
Read the whole thing.
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It's over. I finished it off with a steel baseball...
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Strike that. Upon further examination, it's not...
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Oh man. While I was hiding, er, posting, the mouse...
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Working up my nerve to go and put this mouse out...
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I set a mouse trap 10 minutes ago. I heard it snap...
Mice are to me what snakes are to Indiana Jones. Stomach in throat, people. Not gonna lie.
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“In selecting a life partner, it’s imperative you choose someone who understands,...”
– Apoplectic Skeptic
Hahahaha.
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TechCrunch: Lessig Calls Google Book Settlement A...
This is a great discussion. Here are some notable selections:
By breaking up books into different licensable parts, Lessig fears that we are going to encounter the same problem with books that we do today with film. He gives the example of documentary films which are sometimes nearly impossible to restore or preserve in digital form because the rights to every song and clip of archive...
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“Our favorite moment in the State of the Union was when Obama said this: “I...”
– James Taranto
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Women, the best freaking firewall in the world! →
jayparkinsonmd:
franklieu:
One human cell contains 75MB genetic information. One sperm contains a half of that; that is 37.5MB. One ml of semen contains 100 million sperms. In average, ejaculation lasts for 5 sec and contains 2.25 ml semen. This means that the throughput of a man’s member is equal to (37.5MB x 100,000,000 x 2.25)/5 = 1 687 500 000 000 000 byte/second = 1,6875 Тerabyte/sec This...
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“Apple has created a computer that’s entirely locked down. The only applications...”
– if:book: and now we have an ipad (via ayjay)
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“And the fact that Richard Dawkins and Pat Robertson both disagree tells us...”
– Ross Douthat
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A Newsmax/Zogby poll shows Scott Brown within...
Of course, this is stupid and utterly meaningless. But I like James Taranto’s take:
C’mon, Scott Brown? His victory last week was undoubtedly impressive, but let’s put things in perspective. Brown is merely a state senator, and by the time of the next presidential election, he will have served less than a full term in the U.S. Senate. What could possibly give anyone the...
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“Lord Marshmoreton was the most enthusiastic amateur gardener in a land of...”
– P. G. Wodehouse - “A Damsel In Distress” (1919)
My first effort at reading Wodehouse; I’ve seen him highly praised quite a lot recently, so I decided to try him out.
“I used to try and figure out how to gain weight and I finally learned the...”
– via facebook
God I hate when on one hand, Republicans talk...
danielholter:
think4yourself:
and on the other…vote down every fucking social program designed to help those in most need
You mean there’s a lack of consistency and integrity in religion and politics?!!
What a stupid thing to say, think4yourself. Since when does a biblical conviction about caring for others automatically translate into liberal social programs?
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State of the Union Drinking Game →
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Publish all earmarks on the web prior to voting?
Sounds amazing. But will Congress self-regulate?
/cynicism
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“Families around the country are tightening their belts, making tough decisions....”
– Barack Obama
I think I’m with him on this one.
(via squashed)
This sounds great in theory, but it simply doesn’t fit with the president’s (desired) actions: Obamacare. It will destroy our economy over time, as well the compounded effects of not reforming Social Security and other...
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C-SPAN's state of the Union Stream →
via squashed
Finally, a lo-fi stream that my incredibly crappy internet connection can handle! YouTube won’t work, and neither will CNN or UStream.
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Classmates.com Employees Don't Have Heart To Tell... →
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The Rise and Fall of Circumcision: a Napkin Novel →
I read the napkin scans before I realized they posted the text afterward.
Very funny.
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“Last fall, an editor at Esquire magazine sent me a small, paper cocktail napkin....”
– N. D. Wilson
This made me laugh out loud.
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“I consider the appropriate role of magic in kid lit to be the same as the...”
– N. D. Wilson
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“Any good story is a Christian story. Look at it apart from the author. Is the...”
– N.D. Wilson
“Trying to explain the doctrine of the Trinity to readers of the New Republic is...”
– W.H. Auden (via)
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Last-minute deal saves Saab - Jan. 26, 2010 →
davereed:
Yah! [h/t crazyfishor]
This company is the chick lit of the car industry—always a saab story.
“Federal officials arrested four men on Monday and charged them with posing as...”
– 4 Arrested in Phone Tampering at Landrieu Office - NYTimes.com
It’s a rough time to be a bold, undercover conservative documentarian criminal. He’s obviously being targeted for his political activism (or maybe for his felonious activities).
(via squashed)
Going in undercover with a hidden camera...
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“Let’s start by putting to rest the myth that audience follows talent. Howard...”
– Paul Carr at TechCrunch
My only comment here is that one cannot compare a move to web-only distribution—which is effectively free for the user—to book deals or a move from terrestrial to satellite. “Following” Howard Stern requires a significant investment in hardware and...
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“There were three people in the rows in front of us who had their cell phones...”
– Trevin Wax