April 2013
2 posts
“For the time being, bitcoin is in many ways the best and cleanest payments...”
– Felix Salmon on the bitcoin bubble and the future of money. Pair with the history of money. (via explore-blog)
“The study walks the reader through the fascinating field of death awareness,...”
– Insights from social psychologist Adam Grant’s lab. Complement with the mortality paradox, cultural icons on the meaning of life, and Tolstoy’s timeless reflection on the subject at the end of his own life. (via explore-blog)
March 2013
4 posts
“Don’t aim at success — the more you aim at it and make it a target, the more you...”
– Viktor Frankl (via explore-blog)
“I love unmade beds. I love when people are drunk and crying and cannot be...”
– Death By Dopamine (via malevia)
“Metropolitan populations are significantly more likely than rural ones to suffer...”
– Researchers explore the risks urban living raises for developing emotional disorders.
Anaïs Nin had a cure, as did Thoreau.
Also see the science of “social jet lag.” (via explore-blog)
“Sometimes not having any idea where we’re going works out better than we could...”
– Ann Patchett on writing and life (via explore-blog)
February 2013
3 posts
“If one wanted to crush and destroy a man entirely, to mete out to him the most...”
– Dostoyevsky, making an eloquent case for why you should learn to avoid work and find your purpose. (via explore-blog)
“Be curious. Read widely. Try new things. What people call intelligence just...”
– Open-access champion Aaron Swartz, who took his own life last month, adds to the ongoing case for the usefulness of useless knowledge. (via explore-blog)
“Everyday, millions of innocent children are unwillingly part of a terrible...”
– When he was in the ninth grade, open-access champion Aaron Swartz, who took his life last month, stood up in front of his school assembly and read this, affirming the need to change educational paradigms away from the factory model of schooling. (via explore-blog)
January 2013
2 posts
No sweat http://www.economist.com/news/international/21569017-artificial-cooling-makes-hot-places-bearablebut-worryingly-high-cost-no-sweat
VIDEO: The LED lighting revolution http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/click_online/9782116.stm
December 2012
3 posts
29 Hot Pictures of Sunglasses http://www.photographyblogger.net/29-hot-pictures-of-sunglasses/
Long Term Review: Canon 50mm f1.4 Lens http://www.thephoblographer.com/2011/10/02/long-term-review-canon-50mm-f1-4-lens/
Rainbow hand (o http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=509484715758257&set=a.502022363171159.122687.112397672133632&type=1&relevant_count=1
November 2012
16 posts
Jolla offers first look at Sailfish mobile operating system http://www.techradar.com/news/software/operating-systems/jolla-offers-first-look-at-sailfish-mobile-operating-system-1114354?attr=all&src=rss
Toshiba Four-Legged Fukushima Robot Explorer Unveiled http://www.geeky-gadgets.com/toshiba-four-legged-fukushima-robot-explorer-unveiled-22-11-2012/
Tutorial: How to install a personal web server http://www.techradar.com/news/computing/how-to-install-a-personal-web-server-1110709?attr=all&src=rss
24 Beautiful Pictures of Ballerinas http://www.photographyblogger.net/24-beautiful-pictures-of-ballerinas/
The Camera Versus the Human Eye http://www.petapixel.com/2012/11/17/the-camera-versus-the-human-eye/
30 beautiful bridges http://matadornetwork.com/trips/30-of-the-worlds-most-beautiful-bridges-pics/
Never Lose Your Wallet Again With Wallet TrackR http://www.geeky-gadgets.com/never-lose-your-wallet-again-with-wallet-trackr-video-13-11-2012/
Social networks, the filter bubble and the ‘media of I’ http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2012-11/12/media-of-i
Automation will allow less skilled surgeons to perform complicated procedures http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2012-11/12/unskilled-surgery-2030
Former WW2 airfield in Wales transformed into drone testing ground http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2012-11/05/drones-wales
Arthur R. Jensen Dies at 89; Set Off Debate About I.Q. http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/02/science/arthur-r-jensen-who-set-off-debate-on-iq-dies.html
Our Eyes Can Adapt to Reading From Screens http://www.theepochtimes.com/n2/science/our-eyes-can-adapt-to-reading-from-screens-310617.html
On out-of-body experiences http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/andrewbrown/2012/nov/04/out-of-body-experiences
Trading website Interactive Investor sees value climb to £25m http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/banksandfinance/9653511/Trading-website-Interactive-Investor-sees-value-climb-to-25m.html
