Month: August 2013
August 18, 2013
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Which Is There More Of: Kindness Or Unkindness? A Christmas Accounting : Krulwich Wonders… : NPR
Wonderful @rkrulwich on how Good just barely beats out Bad in the long run. http://t.co/sjxjvMTl
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What Toronto Needs Now: Richard Florida’s manifesto for a new model of leadership:
http://shar.es/z10Mo
August 17, 2013
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At 14 @lucyschafer begrudgingly let me film her doing Jolene the way I think it should be done:
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In the lyrics Jolene seems insanely desperate but Parton sounds almost happy.
White Stripes got it right:
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“Jolene” is one of my fav songs, but the original is WAY too fast. Here it is slowed down 25%:
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BPS Research Digest: How to kill an earworm
If earworms – songs that play in your head – drive you crazy, you’ll welcome clues for how to eradicate them that come from a new study by psychologists at Western Washington University, USA. First – and I realise this doesn’t sound appealing – try to avoid songs that you like. The new research…
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Is “Radioactive” by Imagine Dragons the worst song ever written?
http://www.hipsterrunoff.com/2013/07/radioactive-imagine-dragons-worst-song-ever-written.html
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Jerks Destroy Test Fields of Golden Rice. Scientists Pissed. Kids Still Going Blind.
http://reason.com/blog/2013/08/16/jerks-destroy-test-fields-of-golden-rice
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August 16, 2013
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Imagine how embarrassing it is buying a porno mag at the corner store. Everyone would know you can’t afford Internet.
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OH “75% of golf in S Korea is played indoors on computers.”
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Postscript: Robert Bork, 1927-2012 : The New Yorker
Robert Bork, who died Wednesday, was an unrepentant reactionary who was on the wrong side of every major legal controversy of the twentieth century. The fifty-eight senators who voted against Bork for confirmation to the Supreme Court in 1987 honored themselves, and the Constitution. In the…
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Kanban development oversimplified: a simple explanation of how Kanban adds to the ever-growing Agile toolkit
http://j.mp/14ckBGY
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Buyer Beware, Rhetor Beware
http://j.mp/19yeRZX
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August 15, 2013
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Neuroskeptic: Why (And How) To Write Less
I said a couple of times during my recent trip to UPenn that "Most writing is too long" . People seemed to nod appreciatively at this, so here’s some more on that topic… Most writing is too long and the most common reason is that it’s not written for the reader’s benefit . Readers want the…
August 14, 2013
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In Scarface, Tony Montana kills Mark “Hector Salamanca” Margolis’ character to stop him from pressing a button.
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Everything’s coming up Milhouse today.
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August 13, 2013
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Lottery Winner Jack Whittaker’s Losing Ticket
Jack Whittaker, a 55-year-old contractor from Scott Depot, W. Va., had worked his way up from backcountry poverty to build a water-and-sewer-pipe business that employed over 100 people. He was a millionaire several times over. But when he awoke at 5:45 a.m. on Christmas morning in 2002, everything…
August 12, 2013
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Google finds its design voice on iOS – The Next Web
From the beginning, Google’s design sensibilities on the web and Android have been unique. Whether you were a fan of the spare, utilitarian feel of products like Search or not, you knew when you were looking at something built by Google. To a degree, that’s still very true. Android apps built by the…
August 11, 2013
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The Shaker Design Philosophy – Bokardo
I love this design philosophy of the Shakers…goes for designing anything. “Don’t make something unless it is both necessary and useful; but if it is both necessary and useful, don’t hesitate to make it beautiful.” The Shaker design philosophy is one of prioritization: their main priority is to be…
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The 12 cognitive biases that prevent you from being rational
http://j.mp/13sSCNd
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Predicting the future: Strata 2014 hot topics – O’Reilly Radar
http://j.mp/1cWEHWw
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Vital Elements of the Product Design Process – (Ryan Singer)
http://j.mp/11TXTQ3
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August 10, 2013
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The Most Bonkers Scientific Theories (Almost) Nobody Believes Anymore:
http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2013/08/the-most-bonkers-scientific-theories-and-why-you-should-be-thankful-for-them/?pid=9301&viewall=true
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Cognitive Overhead, Or Why Your Product Isn’t As Simple As You Think | TechCrunch
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Who edited Shakespeare?
http://j.mp/14hMTJi
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