January 2011
“Even though I knew I had a worrying illness, I was happy as a pig in mud. I no...”
– What does it feel like to be stupid? - Quora
Sounds wonderful.
What's the difference between a protest and a...
When protestors set fire to the ruling party’s headquarters, is it still a protest? Because natural gas prices are way up this year. And $6.49/gallon for organic milk? Seriously??
I don’t want to go too far here, but man am I riled up. So, any wisdom you can share, you know? Now would be a good time.
Millennium Prize Problem #8
There exists a finite number of Project Briefs (PB) at which the cumulative difficulty of focusing on their writing equals, but cannot surpass, that of the first seven Millennium Prize Problems (MPP).
If the question of whether PB=MPP were to be answered affirmatively it would trivialise the rest of the Millenium Prize Problems (and indeed all but the unprovable propositions in mathematics)...
“It’s a question of what outcome you want,” he said. “If the...”
– News: ‘Academically Adrift’ - Inside Higher Ed
If the purpose of a college education is for students to learn, academe is failing, according to Academically Adrift: Limited Learning on College Campuses, a book being released today by University of Chicago Press.
“It’s a question of what outcome you want,” he said. “If the...”
– News: ‘Academically Adrift’ - Inside Higher Ed
If the purpose of a college education is for students to learn, academe is failing, according to Academically Adrift: Limited Learning on College Campuses, a book being released today by University of Chicago Press.
WIGVIX XYQFPV TSWX
redcloud:
texburgher:
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What kind of sandwich? LULZ.
Peanut butter and honey, and I need stronger cryptography before I start spilling all the real secrets. Nicely done.
WIGVIX XYQFPV TSWX
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WatchOn Ice
I took Alex skating, for his first time, today. We lasted about an hour together, mostly walking timidly through crazy speed demon children intent on breaking the land speed record for runny-nosed humans on thin rails of metal, and we survived, and this is a portrait of survival.
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WatchThis is what Neil Postman was talking about, and no matter how comfortable I think I’ve become with this stuff, it never ceases to captivate me when I stop to let it.
I lovehate tweetups as much as the next...
“Allowing users editorial control is like giving a loaded gun to a child.”
– from that reddit thread yesterday about MySpace layoffs
There’s a remarkable amount of contempt for users in this thread. Ironically, there’s also loads of valuable insight into the importance of designing to protect those users’ experience with the site and one another. Here,...
Oh, and another thing
I did something radical today, and I recommend it to any iPhone user who attempts to use both Gmail and Address Book - especially synced: I got rid of EVERY SINGLE DUPLICATE entry in Address Book.
AND
Google Contacts and Address Book have STOPPED SQUABBLING every time they sync.
For people like me, with small brains and wholly unhealthy reliances on technology far beyond their comprehension,...
“All speech may be free, but it is certainly not equal in kind, and we should not...”
– Matt Langer: ENOUGH.
What do you call your grandparents?
I don’t really call my grandparents “dead.” They are dead, but that was pretty dumb.
I called my paternal grandmother and grandfather “Grandma” and “Howard.” Howard was my step-grandfather. I loved him and considered him my grandpa in every way that mattered, but I was there when he married my grandma, so I knew the relation. Howard was a tinkerer. His...
So you lost a follower. Yeah, me too. Now what?
Unfollows hurt us all, including the economy, so they’re hard to ignore. Some days, the little number says 4,256,950, and then the next thing I know it’s down to 4,256,945, and I get chafed a little because rejection’s the worst, man.
Now, if you’re fancier and more fastidious than I am, and you installed that unfollower-tracking script, you’re in an extremely...
Young Love
The first computer to love me back was a Quadra 660 AV.
I wanted the 840 AV, but it was too rich for my blood. My 660 didn’t mind being my second choice. It loved me anyway.
What we had was real.
So you lost a follower. Yeah, me too. Now what do...
Unfollows hurt us all, including the economy, so I try to ignore it. Some days, the little number says 4,256,950, and then the next thing I know it’s down to 4,256,945, and I get chafed a little because rejection’s the worst, man.
Now, if you’re fancier and more fastidious than I am, and you installed that unfollower-tracking script, you’re in an extremely powerful...
WatchThere were questions, okay. I didn’t realize it at first, and I was a little less than present by the time I did. And I blame the iPhone for that, like God intended. But divine intervention not withstanding, I did what I could to at least say it the way I hear it in my head.
You’re not from Texas.
Aunt, Route, Wash,...
WatchJack’s learning how to make movies without any intervention from me. Someone got him a little HD video camera for Christmas, and someone else gave him editing lessons. Nothing left to do, now, but sit back and wait for the Oscars to roll in.
Three words
Flatulent? Check.
Sardonic? Grr.
Sardonic again! This is what I get for opening up to you people, isn’t it.
Three words it is, then. →