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Diogenes The Dog

2013-06-05T09:49:00.001-07:00

Diogenes The Dog: "The Lantern Of Diogenes:
Diogenes was also famous for walking through the streets of Athens in broad daylight waving a lantern and announcing that he was looking for a "honest man".

He lit a lamp in broad daylight and said, as he went about, "I am looking for a man.""

Engelbart: Augmenting Human Intellect (1962)

2013-05-16T14:23:00.001-07:00

Engelbart: Augmenting Human Intellect (1962):

The 150 Things the World's Smartest People Are Afraid Of | Motherboard

2013-05-08T19:33:00.001-07:00

The 150 Things the World's Smartest People Are Afraid Of | Motherboard:

WWW SQL Designer

2013-05-07T12:33:00.001-07:00

WWW SQL Designer:

Oh the Places You'll Go: 38,000 Historical Maps to Explore at New Online Library - Rebecca J. Rosen - The Atlantic

2013-05-05T12:32:00.001-07:00

Oh the Places You'll Go: 38,000 Historical Maps to Explore at New Online Library - Rebecca J. Rosen - The Atlantic: "Oh the Places You'll Go: 38,000 Historical Maps to Explore at New Online Library
The Digital Public Library of America announces the addition of a vast treasure trove of maps."

How Buckminster Fuller's Dymaxion Map Tessellated The World

2013-05-04T14:15:00.003-07:00

How Buckminster Fuller's Dymaxion Map Tessellated The World:

A map showing the distribution of 259 "critical infrastructures" in energy, agriculture, banking and finance, drinking water and other systems, via Domus."

THE FULLER MAP

2013-05-04T14:15:00.001-07:00

THE FULLER MAP: "This document is a study of the comprehensive designer Buckminster Fuller, an outstanding character of the 20th century, and a kind of practical visionary.

Fuller's remarkable career as an inventor, architect, designer, cartographer, writer and theorist amounts to a design syllabus in itself, even if his own conclusions and solutions are not accepted and applied. Many people would argue that life might be vastly improved if his designs were better known and implemented.

This presentation of his ideas is not intended as a slavish devotional exercise, nor a piece of cynical criticism. Part of the plan here is to investigate the logic of synergetics. At this stage the account is verbal, not visual, but what is important in geometry is the logic rather than the pictures."

Retro-Futurism: 13 Failed Urban Design Ideas | WebUrbanist

2013-05-04T14:14:00.001-07:00

Retro-Futurism: 13 Failed Urban Design Ideas | WebUrbanist: "Triton City"

Three Sisters (agriculture) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

2012-12-04T17:56:00.001-08:00

Three Sisters (agriculture) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:

The three crops benefit from each other. The maize provides a structure for the beans to climb, eliminating the need for poles. The beans provide the nitrogen to the soil that the other plants utilize, and the squash spreads along the ground, blocking the sunlight, helping prevent establishment of weeds.

Vitamin E Supplements May Raise Prostate Cancer Risk

2012-11-17T10:20:00.001-08:00

Vitamin E Supplements May Raise Prostate Cancer Risk:

Spatchcock Your Turkey and Save Hours This Thanksgiving

2012-11-09T14:55:00.001-08:00

Spatchcock Your Turkey and Save Hours This Thanksgiving:

Journey

2012-09-30T11:12:00.000-07:00

thatgamecompany | TGC » Journey

Travel and explore this ancient, mysterious world alone, or with a stranger you meet along the way. Soar above ruins and glide across sands as you discover the secrets of a forgotten civilization.

Did a Massive Extraterrestrial Body Impact Earth 12,000 Years Ago? (Weekend Feature)

2012-09-30T10:34:00.001-07:00

Did a Massive Extraterrestrial Body Impact Earth 12,000 Years Ago? (Weekend Feature): "New research results are consistent with a controversial theory that an extraterrestrial body – such as a comet – impacted the Earth approximately 12,900 years ago, possibly contributing to the significant climatic and ecological changes that date to that time period. The paper in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) includes significant findings about the nature of so-called "microspherules" that were found at a number of prehistoric sites, based on research done at North Carolina State."

Nate Silver’s ‘The Signal and the Noise’

2012-09-27T15:58:00.001-07:00

Nate Silver’s ‘The Signal and the Noise’: "But what had inspired Kasparov to commit this mistake? His anxiety over Deep Blue’s forty-fourth move in the first game—the move in which the computer had moved its rook for no apparent purpose. Kasparov had concluded that the counterintuitive play must be a sign of superior intelligence. He had never considered that it was simply a bug."

Full-frame goes mainstream: your next camera's must-have feature | The Verge

2012-09-27T15:53:00.001-07:00

Full-frame goes mainstream: your next camera's must-have feature | The Verge

Full-frame sensors are one of the key indicators of image quality. In simple terms, larger sensors mean better pictures, and full-frame is as big as it gets for a consumer-level device. Full-frame is so called because it matches the "full frame" of 35mm film, meaning you can see and capture the entire picture instead of dealing with crop factors. Full-frame sensors offer huge improvements in depth of field and low-light performance, and allow you to shoot wider angles.

How to Choose Colours Procedurally (Algorithms) » devmag.org.za

2012-09-27T12:45:00.001-07:00

How to Choose Colours Procedurally (Algorithms) » devmag.org.za:

On This Day: Jean-Francois Champollion Announces Decipherment of Rosetta Stone

2012-09-27T11:48:00.001-07:00

On This Day: Jean-Francois Champollion Announces Decipherment of Rosetta Stone: "Filled with excitement, Champollion went to his brother’s house and ran into his office shouting, “Je tiens l’affaire!,” meaning “I’ve got it!” Champollion then fainted and spent the next five days in bed recovering. "

How to Make an IBM Model F PC / AT Keyboard Usable on a Modern Computer

2012-09-24T12:39:00.001-07:00

How to Make an IBM Model F PC / AT Keyboard Usable on a Modern Computer:

Pomodoro

2012-09-23T10:42:00.001-07:00

The Pomodoro Technique®

The Boiler House - Graffiti Gallery/ Cardiff Graffiti, Wales UK/ Graffiti commissions

2012-09-20T13:57:00.001-07:00

The Boiler House - Graffiti Gallery/ Cardiff Graffiti, Wales UK/ Graffiti commissions:

NetBuz Blog » Using X Bells In a Less Annoying Way With Urgency Hints

2012-09-19T14:25:00.001-07:00

NetBuz Blog » Using X Bells In a Less Annoying Way With Urgency Hints:

All You Need for Fresh Air: 3 Essential Green Plants | greenUPGRADER

2012-08-30T09:18:00.001-07:00

All You Need for Fresh Air: 3 Essential Green Plants | greenUPGRADER:

The Areca Palm (or Chrysalidocarpus lutescens) is does great air cleansing work during the day. About 4 shoulder height plants per person should do the trick.

The Mother-in-law’s Tongue (or Sansevieria trifasciata) takes over by converting CO2 to O2 at night. You want about 6 to 8 of these waist high plants per person.

The Money Plant (or Epipremnum aureum) does the job of filtering out removing Formaldehyde and other VOC’s (Volatile Organic Compounds).

Fishing Charter Seattle, Seattle fishing charters prices

2012-08-29T16:12:00.001-07:00

Fishing Charter Seattle, Seattle fishing charters prices:

Seattle Fishing Charters shared boat rate
$200.00 per person

Clean and Safe vessel
All Safety gear
CG Licensed Captain
All rods and reels
All bait and tackle
Friendly expert instruction
Free Fish cleaning, filleting and Bagging of fish

20 controversial programming opinions « Programmers Stack Exchange Blog

2012-08-29T15:37:00.001-07:00

20 controversial programming opinions « Programmers Stack Exchange Blog: "One of the very first ideas we had for this blog was to convert some of the wonderful gems of the early era of our site, the undisciplined period, to blog posts. Questions that were once enthusiastically received by the community, but no longer fit Programmer’s scope.

The first deleted question I’ve chosen is Jon Skeet’s “What’s your most controversial programming opinion?” question, a +391 scored question that was originally asked on Stack Overflow on January 2, 2009. What follows are twenty of the highest voted answers, in random order…"

'via Blog this'

"The Best Programming Advice I Ever Got" with Andrei Alexandrescu | | InformIT

2012-08-29T15:28:00.001-07:00

"The Best Programming Advice I Ever Got" with Andrei Alexandrescu | | InformIT: "Most notably, learning how to learn is more important than learning anything else. If you know how to learn, you'll reduce inertia and emotional investment in any particular niche, so you're likely to make better decisions when choosing what to best work on. Another consequence is that it's best to be continuously introspective with regard to what you're doing versus what you should be doing. Often that gives you unexpected insights. If you're a good calligrapher and grok the emergence of the printing press, the smart move is to be the first font designer."