Info-Snacks.

Taken with instagram

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 11:50:15 -0500

Taken with instagram

Photo by Jay Parkinson.

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 10:24:05 -0500

Photo by Jay Parkinson.

Writers I Read: Marco Arment

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 17:36:05 -0500

Writers I Read: Marco Arment:

Since text can flow around other page elements and can be infinitely messed with, publishers have crammed a lot of distracting elements into their text layouts, and have often laid things out in a way that isn’t comfortable for some (or many) people to read.

Since text is so easy to skim and is so often browsed while multitasking in a busy personal-computer environment, people have grown accustomed to skimming through web articles quickly, leading to high demand for (and therefore even higher supply of) shallow, skimmable content such as “listicles”.

Instapaper solves both of these problems: it dramatically increases legibility and reduces distractions when reading, and it makes it easier to attentively read long, detailed, or nuanced writing. And while it won’t change entire industries, Instapaper has succeeded, to at least a small degree, in increasing demand for (and therefore, slowly, increasing supply of) more of this sort of writing online.

With Wolfram|Alpha Pro, you can compute with your own data....

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:13:00 -0500

With Wolfram|Alpha Pro, you can compute with your own data. Just input numeric or tabular data right in your browser, and Pro will automatically analyze it—effortlessly handling not just pure numbers, but also dates, places, strings, and more.

(via Wolfram|Alpha Pro: Experience the Next Big Step in Computational Knowledge)

Photo

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 11:25:34 -0500

"Teleologically, the most important part of the body has to be the parathyroid gland. You only need..."

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 09:13:08 -0500

““Teleologically, the most important part of the body has to be the parathyroid gland. You only need one, and yet you have four.””

- @nosugrefneb

Paradiso - Attracco traghetti | Exploreflickr.com

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 08:54:16 -0500

Paradiso - Attracco traghetti | Explore
flickr.com

(via Warren Ellis » DARPA’s Half-Smart Robot Packhorse)

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 12:48:06 -0500

(via Warren Ellis » DARPA’s Half-Smart Robot Packhorse)

(via xkcd: Car Problems)

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:24:05 -0500

(via xkcd: Car Problems)

jayparkinsonmd: I’m very excited to announce that we’ve...

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 10:24:05 -0500

jayparkinsonmd:

I’m very excited to announce that we’ve officially launched Sherpaa.

Who it’s for: Currently it’s for tumblr’s employees. In the near future, we’ll be signing up other NYC-based companies.

Why: When you’re sick or hurt, figuring out exactly who and what you need and when you need it is difficult. You need an accessible, friendly doctor you can call and email 24/7 who will either solve the problem right then and there or guide you to the highest quality, health professionals with the best personalities who will provide exactly the care you need.

Our wonderful friends at tumblr are our first clients. And that means that all of tumblr’s employees can now email or call our doctors (or Guides as we call them) 24/7 when they have a health concern or question. Our Guides are well connected, in-the-know local doctors. Sometimes they can solve everything for you right away, and other times they’ll collaborate with other New York City specialists to arrange the most appropriate care for you. They make your health simple. And that’s our mission.

We’re starting slow. We’re focusing on working exclusively with tumblr for a while and will soon be signing up other NYC-based companies. If you’re interested in joining Sherpaa, please do let us know.

I’ve been quite busy for the past few months getting Sherpaa started. This is the next big phase of my life. And I’m super proud of it. It’s a service designed and built by us at The Future Well. We’re doing wonderful things and I’m a happy, happy guy.

I’m one of the specialists. Scroll down the Sherpaa site to see my photo. (Jay, as always, does great work.)

photojojo: First we were like Whaaaat. That’s just soap and...

Sat, 04 Feb 2012 19:03:15 -0500

photojojo:

First we were like Whaaaat. That’s just soap and water?

Then we were like Whaaaat. We gotta try that.

Yes, These are Really Photos of Soap and Water

(Macros Shot by Jane Thomas)

Elie Lighthouseflickr.com

Sat, 04 Feb 2012 19:00:48 -0500

Elie Lighthouse
flickr.com

"From the crane on Tower 1 from the 90th floor http://t.co/RRCVhVEO"

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:40:33 -0500

“From the crane on Tower 1 from the 90th floor http://t.co/RRCVhVEO”

- @WTCProgress

"Groundhog Day stories should include proper cooking instructions to avoid trichinosis outbreaks."

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 20:24:32 -0500

“Groundhog Day stories should include proper cooking instructions to avoid trichinosis outbreaks.”

- @FakeAPStylebook

The Blue Guy by Inge Aukrust500px.com

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 18:52:05 -0500

The Blue Guy by Inge Aukrust
500px.com

NASA Blue Marble 2012 Image of Earth

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 09:26:00 -0500

Large prints of this creative-commons-licensed image are available on SmugMug. Thanks, NASA.

"Filled my new hummingbird feeders with red food liquid, and had an awful doxorubicin flashback...."

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 12:08:59 -0500

“Filled my new hummingbird feeders with red food liquid, and had an awful doxorubicin flashback. Chemo veterans know what I mean. #reddevil”

- @xeni

My hepatologist’s sketch of my liver. (I’m...

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 09:20:04 -0500

My hepatologist’s sketch of my liver. (I’m fine.)
neven, instagr.am

(Neven has Wilson disease.)

Deathmatch on Mars: An Interview with Warren Ellis on Newt Gingrich, Space Realism and Future America

Sat, 28 Jan 2012 15:15:05 -0500

Deathmatch on Mars: An Interview with Warren Ellis on Newt Gingrich, Space Realism and Future America

Grand Rounds

Sat, 28 Jan 2012 12:48:05 -0500

Grand Rounds:

Grand Rounds — a collection of links from medical blogs — is hosted this week at USA Today.