May 2012
3 posts
Anonymous asked: Describe every girl you've had feelings for.
April 2012
27 posts
Leftism at UC leaves many with unbalanced... →
latimes:
Especially in humanities, study of classics and rigorous analysis have been replaced by advocacy and teaching about minorities’ grievances, a conservative group says. UC provost disputes the findings.
The University of California is a hotbed of leftist faculty and politically correct thinking where many students are receiving a weak and unbalanced education, according to a report by a...
“Playboy: Those are arguments for computers in business and in schools, but what...”
– Playboy Interview: Steven Jobs (1985) | Txt Post Great interview with Steve Jobs from 1985 in which he predicts “something very big and very good” to arise out of the home computer… today, we know it best as the internet. (via journalofajournalist)
“I used to care about my browser. I used to care about my parents’ browser, my...”
– John Herrman: Remember The Browser Wars? (via thisistheverge)
“The general trend of the industry toward being a lot more litigious somehow has...”
– Google CEO, Larry Page sounds off about innovation and patent-trolling in a rare interview with Bloomberg Businessweek’s Brad Stone. Doesn’t really share too much you didn’t already know, though I confess I enjoyed reading his barely veiled digs at competitors such as Yahoo (see above; ouch) and...
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One evening
It only takes one evening to turn around an entire month, when you spend it with the right person and say the right things. :-)
March 2012
37 posts
“There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been....”
– Issac Asimov (via askjerves)
The Brain on Love →
youmightfindyourself:
By: Diane Ackerman NY Times, 3/24/2012
A RELATIVELY new field, called interpersonal neurobiology, draws its vigor from one of the great discoveries of our era: that the brain is constantly rewiring itself based on daily life. In the end, what we pay the most attention to defines us. How you choose to spend the irreplaceable hours of your life literally transforms you.
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Journal of a Journalist: DIY University →
journalofajournalist:
Had a great chat this morning about how many journalists and crazy project people (entrepreneurs, creative folks, etc) learned their chops in the punk rock/DIY scene. Ian MacKaye, zines, basement and VFW shows, all that stuff taught a lot about hustle, initiative and getting stuff done. The fact…
“A man who has nothing which he is willing to fight for, nothing which he cares...”
– John Stuart Mill (via philphys)
“There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is...”
– Ernest Hemingway (via asterisk-)
kateoplis: “I believe that the modern surface... →
kateoplis:
“I believe that the modern surface parking lot is ripe for transformation. Few of us spend much time thinking about parking beyond availability and convenience. But parking lots are, in fact, much more than spots to temporarily store cars: they are public spaces that have major impacts on the…
Historical Nonfiction: How To Take Over France 101 →
historical-nonfiction:
In 1812, former musketeer and all-around French guy Claude Francois de Malet had a great idea: He was going to topple Napoleon’s government. Never mind that he had zero support from the military, or that he was living in a sanitarium when he came up with the plan … none of that mattered. He had…