November 18, 2012

November 17, 2012

  • Thought

    I loved this “Global Mind” talk by Tim O’Reilly. It really picks up steam around 20 minutes in.

    http://fora.tv/2012/09/05/Tim_OReilly_Birth_of_the_Global_Mind

  • Thought

    When you say “we live in the future” I hear “I generally think we live in the past”.

November 16, 2012

  • Thought

    I just created “Infinite Blitzkrieg Bop” which works rather well…

    http://labs.echonest.com/Uploader/index.html?trid=TRQRYHX13B0C0C5B6C

  • Thought

    Infinite Jukebox is the most amazing experiments I’ve seen this year. Here’s Infinite Billie Jean:

    http://labs.echonest.com/Uploader/index.html?trid=TRSFLTX13AFB700570

  • Thought

    “Do The Hucklebuck” – one of the earliest known ear worms:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=AsT8ML0dc10#t=69s

November 15, 2012

  • Thought

    First Teleportation From One Macroscopic Object to Another | MIT Technology Review

    http://j.mp/Wcc2Gx
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  • Thought

    Hubble May Have Spotted Most Distant Galaxy Ever | Wired Science |

    http://Wired.com

    http://j.mp/S1fYFo
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  • Thought

    Pet Peeve: “Premises” (meaning location, as in “On Premises”) is singular, not plural.

    No such thing as “On Premise”.

November 14, 2012

November 13, 2012

  • Thought

    “Richard Simmons” is actually a long con Leo Sayer has been running for the last 20 years.

November 11, 2012

  • Thought

    Dan Ariely » Blog Archive How to Stop Illegal Downloads «

    http://j.mp/TA8G9j
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  • Thought

    “Monsanto is to conspiracy-minded liberals what the U.N. is to black helicopter-fearing conservatives.”

    http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/food/2012/11/prop_37_and_the_food_movement_why_activists_need_to_stop_stoking_scientifically.single.html

  • Thought

    Prop 37 Loses, Scientists Cheer | Science Sushi, Scientific American Blog Network

    http://j.mp/VTADQf
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