The New Shiny

When is it okay to start worrying?

Mon, 24 Oct 2011 12:57:05 -0700

Of course, the answer is, “you should never start worrying.” Worrying is not a useful output. Worrying doesn’t change outcomes. Worrying ruins your day. Worrying distracts you from the work at hand. You may have fooled yourself into thinking that it’s useful or unavoidable, but it’s not. Now you’ve got one more thing to worry about.

Brent was surprised that it took so long

Sun, 23 Oct 2011 19:32:37 -0700

Green Bay has quite the grip on the NFL right now, with Rodgers and his rocket right arm leading the way.

(via Space Launches Over Time | Cosmic Variance | Discover...

Fri, 14 Oct 2011 10:24:19 -0700

(via Space Launches Over Time | Cosmic Variance | Discover Magazine)

(via SFO Friday night rush hour. Photo: Terence - Media (10 of...

Thu, 06 Oct 2011 21:54:34 -0700

(via SFO Friday night rush hour. Photo: Terence - Media (10 of 12) SFO like you’ve never seen it before)

(via Steve Jobs | gapingvoid)

Thu, 06 Oct 2011 21:34:08 -0700

(via Steve Jobs | gapingvoid)

(via Retro Muppet Concert Posters | Michael De Pippo) Would love...

Mon, 19 Sep 2011 09:13:39 -0700

(via Retro Muppet Concert Posters | Michael De Pippo)

Would love to have this as a poster.

(via mental_floss Blog » Star Wars Behind The Scenes: 40...

Sat, 17 Sep 2011 03:43:01 -0700

(via mental_floss Blog » Star Wars Behind The Scenes: 40 Rare Photos)

(via How Banks Got Too Big to Fail | Mother Jones)

Tue, 13 Sep 2011 11:33:25 -0700

(via How Banks Got Too Big to Fail | Mother Jones)

(via The picture of Saturn that runs rings around all the others...

Mon, 12 Sep 2011 18:43:14 -0700

(via The picture of Saturn that runs rings around all the others | Mail Online)

“How to Focus in the Age of Distraction”

Thu, 01 Sep 2011 08:48:33 -0700

“How to Focus in the Age of Distraction”

Grateful Dead 'Sunshine Daydream' 8/27/1972 Veneta, OR [full] - YouTube

Sat, 27 Aug 2011 14:18:01 -0700

Grateful Dead 'Sunshine Daydream' 8/27/1972 Veneta, OR [full] - YouTube:

29 years ago. Used to listen to this show all the time. I never knew there was video. #awesome

"It’s often the same with any new, revolutionary thing. People get stuck as they get older. Our minds..."

Thu, 25 Aug 2011 18:47:06 -0700

““It’s often the same with any new, revolutionary thing. People get stuck as they get older. Our minds are sort of electrochemical computers. Your thoughts construct patterns like scaffolding in your mind. You are really etching chemical patterns. In most cases, people get stuck in those patterns, just like grooves in a record, and they never get out of them. It’s a rare person who etches grooves that are other than a specific way of looking at things, a specific way of questioning things. It’s rare that you see an artist in his 30s or 40s able to really contribute something amazing. Of course, there are some people who are innately curious, forever little kids in their awe of life, but they’re rare.””

- Playboy Interview: Steven Jobs | Longform.org

DAVID SHEFF,STEVE JOBS / PLAYBOY / FEB 1985 ∞ Steve Jobs, age 29.

(via Final Touchdown - Slide Show - NYTimes.com)

Thu, 21 Jul 2011 13:38:16 -0700

(via Final Touchdown - Slide Show - NYTimes.com)

42 Years ago today!

Wed, 20 Jul 2011 11:40:17 -0700

42 Years ago today!

"WISCONSIN You’re going to love coming to Madison, until kickoff. Put it this way, a weekend..."

Wed, 20 Jul 2011 10:43:09 -0700

“

WISCONSIN

You’re going to love coming to Madison, until kickoff. Put it this way, a weekend in Madison is going to beat the bejesus out of going to Ames, Manhattan or Stillwater. Great town, fun fans, delicious brats.

The problem is, Wisconsin has even bigger and stronger linemen than you do. Do you realize that the last lineman you had taken in the first round of the NFL draft was 27 years ago? Dean
Steinkuhler? The Badgers have had five in that time! I’m afraid

Wisconsin is you, Nebraska, only with much better parties and more wins.

”

- Go Big Red!

Rick Reilly - Nebraska’s Big Ten Primer - ESPN

"The most surprising takeaway from the recent Pew Research Center study, “Social Networking..."

Tue, 19 Jul 2011 12:39:45 -0700

“The most surprising takeaway from the recent Pew Research Center study, “Social Networking Sites and Our Lives,” wasn’t that 80% of Americans regularly use the Internet or that 60% of web users have a social network account—double the number in 2008, with the vast majority on Facebook (52%) and Twitter (33%). Nor is it that people have gone gaga over smartphones, with one in three Americans owning one. Rather, it’s the idea that the Internet, in particular social networks, engender trust, and the more time you spend on them the more trusting you become.”

- Digital Oxytocin: How Trust Keeps Facebook, Twitter Humming | Fast Company

Amazing long exposure shot of the Milky Way- Ocean Sky (by Alex...

Tue, 12 Jul 2011 16:42:55 -0700

Amazing long exposure shot of the Milky Way- Ocean Sky (by Alex Cherney)

Futurist Ray Kurzweil says technology merging humans and...

Thu, 30 Jun 2011 20:23:52 -0700

Futurist Ray Kurzweil says technology merging humans and computers is advancing on many levels to enhance both body and mind. He talks with WSJ’s Andy Jordan about what he envisions for the year 2029 and beyond, why he thinks humans will one day live forever, and even what post-“singularity” sex will be like.

A photo from this morning’s research trip to the Marin...

Thu, 30 Jun 2011 13:13:40 -0700

A photo from this morning’s research trip to the Marin county recorder in the Marin civic center. Coincidentally it’s the only building that I’ve ever been stung by a bee in.

[download] Beck with Flaming Lips - October 14, 2002 - Tauthal.com

Wed, 29 Jun 2011 15:16:09 -0700

[download] Beck with Flaming Lips - October 14, 2002 - Tauthal.com:

The Flaming Lips
1. Intro
2. Race For The Prize
3. Fight Test
4. Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots, Pt. 1
5. Lightning Strikes The Postman
6. She Don’t Use Jelly
7. Thirty-five Thousand Feet Of Despair
8. Do You Realize
9. Superman
10. A Spoonful Weighs A Ton

Beck
1. Cold Brains
2. Lonesome Whistle
3. Guess I’m Doing Fine

Beck with The Flaming Lips
1. The Golden Age
2. Lord Only Knows
3. Paper Tiger
4. Lonesome Tears
5. Lost Cause
6. Tropicalla
7. Get Real Paid
8. Jack-Ass
9. Already Dead
10. Nobody’s Fault But My Own
11. Pay No Mind
12. The New Polution
13. It’s All In Your Mind
14. We Live Again
15. Sissyneck
16. Little One
17. End Of The Day
18. Where It’s At
19. Round The Bend