May 2010
1 post
“Mathematics, rightly viewed, possesses not only truth, but supreme beauty — a...”
– Bertrand Russell
May 16th
June 2009
1 post
Jun 14th
May 2009
12 posts
May 25th
May 18th
Top 10 Wolfram Alpha Easter Eggs →
May 17th
May 11th
One Div Zero: A Brief, Incomplete, and Mostly... →
Hillarious historical depiction of various programming languages.
May 9th
May 8th
The On-Line Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences →
This is soooo awesome.
May 6th
“Science provides an understanding of a universal experience, and arts provides a...”
– Mae Jemison @ TED
May 6th
May 5th
RiP: A Remix Manifesto →
A brilliant documentary film on copyright, intellectual property, and the ever-growing remix culture and movement. Watch it on the link above, or download it at Open Source Cinema (http://www.opensourcecinema.org/project/rip-remix-manifesto).
May 4th
Moronic Probability and Stupid Physics →
A guy claims that the probability of the LHC creating a black hole and destroying the Earth is exactly 50%: either it’ll happen, or it won’t. No, seriously.
May 4th
The Revolution Will Not Be Tweeted →
“The revolution will not be tweeted; the revolution will not cost ninety-nine cents from iTunes; the revolution will not appear on Fark, Digg, Reddit or Metafilter, nor be brought to you by Randall Munroe, Ben Croshaw, Jack Thompson, Ron Paul or Stephen Colbert. The revolution will not be tagged “nsfw” or locked for editing by newly-registered users due to persistent...
May 3rd
April 2009
7 posts
Apr 30th
Apr 29th
Cory Doctorow: Transparency means nothing without... →
One more thing to add to your “has potential, but is overrated” list.
Apr 29th
If Philosophers Were Programmers →
“Although not obvious, philosophy actually has a strong relation with programming, at least for me. If you think about it, software code reflects much of how the developer perceives the problem and its solution. Before starting to program, developers spend some time thinking over the problem, identifying important properties and their underlying connections, a process that reveals their...
Apr 29th
Squashed Philosophers- Condensed Plato Aristotle... →
A selection of notable philosophers and their works, “squashed” into easy to read texts.
Apr 28th
Found - a set on Flickr →
Brilliant graffiti photography.
Apr 28th
WatchWatch
Lucas Murgida’s unusual take at art. (via BoingBoing)
Apr 28th