October 2010
36 posts
Classic v. Modern →
I miss the 8-bit era.
There's a hole in the Moon →
I don’t know why, but that freaks me right out. THERE’S A FREAKING HOLE IN THE MOON!!
Well said, Kottke, well said.
Why happy couples start to sound alike →
I’ll pay attention to this in the future.
“When two people start a conversation, they usually begin talking alike within a matter of seconds,” says James Pennebaker, professor of psychology at the University of Texas at Austin.
“This also happens when people read a book or watch a movie. As soon as the credits roll, they find themselves talking like the author or the central...
Expert versus beginner →
bobulate:
Have you ever noticed that you can remember perfectly well what someone said to you, but you don’t remember exactly what words she used? … Most of the time, we aren’t interested in mere wording; we are interested in what was said, that is, meaning, the subject matter. Our indifference to wording is a symptom of our expertise. Only beginners needs to pay attention to words and their...
The Next Matrix →
What do you remember from Avatar?
*The sound of crickets* “I guess there were those blue guys. What did they call them again? Navi or something? Yeah, there were cool.”
Even if Avatar was such a huge success financially, the only thing it brought us was 3D. The movie itself was well-made and hit all the right spots emotionally but I didn’t leave any significant mark on our culture.
Here is...
“Talent is not when your friends tell you they love your work, but when people...”
– James Danziger, The Rules
The non-religious know the most about religion
floodlite:
From the New York Times:
Researchers … phoned more than 3,400 Americans and asked them 32 questions about the Bible, Christianity and other world religions… On average, people who took the survey answered half the questions incorrectly, and many flubbed even questions about their own faith. Those who scored the highest were atheists and agnostics…
This is blasphemy!
“Certain things die when you count them. I don’t want metrics on my joy.”
– Frank Chimero
The Master of Blue Jeans →
I’m copying the whole post here:
Huh. The word “denim” comes from “serge de Nîmes”, a fabric made in Nîmes, France, and “blue jeans” comes from “Bleu de Genes”, blue pants made in Genoa (aka Genes). Both cities claim to have been manufacturing denim for centuries, but there has never been much proof in the way of artifacts and such. So the...
How Steve Jobs Got Sick, Got Better, And Decided... →
At a dinner in December — no one will tell us where this dinner was — Steve sat next to Maria Shriver, John F. Kennedy’s niece and California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger’s wife. Steve told her the whole story of his liver transplant. He complained that California doesn’t do enough to encourage people to become organ donors. He told Maria that she should get her husband to...
BenjaminSte.in: Hey guys, whatcha doing? →
benjaminstein:
This month is the 15th anniversary of my last CD. I stopped buying them the day I downloaded my first mp3 (Tom’s Diner by Suzanne Vega) and the first shareware mp3 encoder. I knew immediately this was the future of music. CDs were going to die so I ripped all my CDs to mp3 (the process took…
F-stop watch →
When we first stumbled across this undeniably-photo-nerdy watch we were torn—yes, it screams out “I’m a photo dork,” but deep down, we really really wanted one (and still do).
The fine folks over at The Unemployed Philosopher’s Guild are offering this witty timepiece for the reasonable price of $35.95. With a max aperture of f/2, $36 is a real steal.
So cool!
How Not to Fight Colds →
