November 2009
28 posts
WatchA Thanksgiving Prayer from William S. Burroughs :)
“All endeavor calls for the ability to tramp the last mile, shape the last plan,...”
– Henry David Thoreau
Cuff 'em! →
Have you gotten your Biofeedback bracelet for stressed daytraders?
Where Music Meets Science →
WSJ Piece on Philip Glass.
Here is a clip from Koyaanisqatsi, a movie for which he composed a masterful score:
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Galileo's fingers found at last! →
A jar containing two of Galileo’s missing fingers has been located. The jar containing the digits has been missing for more than a century.
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First man in Japan to wed an anime character →
Man, what happens when the new Nintendo DS model comes out???
Google and TiVo team up, strike terror into the... →
Leave it to the G-force to pursue an opportunity to profit from skipped commercials on TiVo …
Another example of the value businesses place on customer information.
L.A. Green Club →
“Law enforcement officials this year have seized and destroyed a record amount of illegal marijuana grown in remote parts of public land in California: more than four million plants with a street value of as much as $16 billion.”
Microsoft vs. Google →
According to FT:
“Microsoft is offering different terms to different publishers as it seeks to boost Bing by paying some content owners to cut their sites off from Google’s rival search engine, industry executives said on Monday.
Many executives and analysts welcomed the idea of large content owners including Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp being paid to “de-index” from Google’s dominant search...
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First photo of baby coelacanth →
The coelacanth was thought to be extinct for 65 million years until one was found alive in 1938. This photo was recently taken by Japanese researchers off Indonesia’s Sulawesi Island and is the first known photograph of a baby coelacanth.
Chrome OS is what I want, but not what I need →
Once of the first reviews of the new Chrome OS.
Till it’s in beta, I ain’t touching it. But for those of you who intend to brave the new operating system, you may want to read this first.
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Sea wind turbines ... But how do we get the energy... →
This article examines project ‘Hywind‘— the installation of open sea wind turbines as a means to create ‘green’ energy. Along with the idea of wind turbines over freeways in order to generate wind speed with each passing car, this is a novel approach to mitigating our environmental footprint.
But nowhere in the articles does it say how we are supposed to harness...
Strokes, Libertines, Primal Scream voted "Best of... →
Well deserved picks, IMO.
Fans of the Strokes may also enjoy side projects Albert Hammond, Jr. (his dad was a rocker too) and Little Joy.
Adorers of the Libertines will surely be less entertained by Peter Doherty’s new band Babyshambles than by his fascinating police reports filled with multiple-DUIs in one week and feeding his kitties drugs. Maybe you should check out Carl Barat and the...
Happy 50th Birthday, Motown! →
We’ll “Never Foget” what you did for good American soul pop!
ASEAN Group to Remove Tariffs →
Kramer Over and Over →
Kramer’s Entrance - watch more funny videos
Music piracy: Singing a different tune →
'Call of Duty' Breaks Sales Records →
Tells you a little something about our modern world, huh.
The Economist issues h-Arrrr-d words against... →
How could I resist a cheesy pirate-related title? Alas, here are the two links to Economist articles relating to the decline of the music industry:
Singing a different tune :: The battle against online music piracy is turning. A return to growth will take a good deal longer
How to sink pirates :: The decline of music piracy holds lessons for other industries
Schools selling test points? Absurd! →
North Carolina’s DOE needs to think of a better system than charging $20 for extra test points …
9 Muppets Kicked Off Sesame Street →
Don Music “One of Richard Hunt’s most beloved characters was Don Music, a pianist and lyricist who penned such hits as “Mary Had a Bicycle,” “Drive, Drive, Drive Your Car,” and “Can You Tell Me How to Get to Yellowstone Park?” Although his lyrics were so very close to their familiar counterparts, Don demonstrated his artistic frustration by banging his head on the piano, shouting “I’ll...
Pickin' up 11/9/09: Data links to rock your week →
Image Source: Nuclear power around the world via guardian.co.uk
WebOps Visualizations :: http://www.flickr.com/groups/webopsviz/ “Lovely, delicious data [Censored].”
Diagram Diaries :: http://www.flickr.com/groups/diagrams/ “Diagrams are interesting representations of reality and data.”
Data Visualization Techniques ::...
Double-edged sword
This week, David Brooks dishes out an argument against the modern conveniences of dating. Ezra Klein disagrees. Who do you side with?
Brooks:
Once upon a time — in what we might think of as the “Happy Days” era — courtship was governed by a set of guardrails. Potential partners generally met within the context of larger social institutions: neighborhoods, schools, workplaces and families. There...
Who plays a saw? →
Mad Austin Wilcox, that’s who.
Be sure to check out this Stranger interview and listen to the audio clip of “Twilight”.
(Lots of) Cash for Clunkers →
Edmunds.com reports that its statistical analysis of the Cash for Clunkers program finds that the program generated only 125,000 extra new vehicle sales, meaning that the cost to the U.S. government was $24,000 for each of those new cars.
But then again, taking those ‘ole gas-gurgling cars off the road will result in less emissions down the road. Ah, the Green trade-off…
