Sutter: Overflow

Watch Christopher Hitchen Get Waterboarded (via...

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 13:26:16 +1200

Watch Christopher Hitchen Get Waterboarded (via VanityFairMagazine)

He lasts around 16 seconds.

Memo to Obama: Moving to the Middle is for Losers

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 13:11:42 +1200

Memo to Obama: Moving to the Middle is for Losers: Running to the middle in an attempt to attract undecided swing voters didn’t work for Al Gore in 2000. It didn’t work for John Kerry in 2004. And it didn’t work when Mark Penn (obsessed with his “microtrends” and missing the megatrend) convinced Hillary Clinton to do it in 2008.

Method and means for creating anti-gravity illusion

Wed, 25 Jun 2008 23:47:24 +1200

Method and means for creating anti-gravity illusion:

Abstract: A system for allowing a shoe wearer to lean forwardly beyond his center of gravity by virtue of wearing a specially designed pair of shoes which will engage with a hitch member movably projectable through a stage surface.

Inventors: Michael J. Jackson, Michael L. Bush, Dennis Tompkins

Tricky: Knowle West Boy (via DominoRecords)

Wed, 25 Jun 2008 22:23:43 +1200

Tricky: Knowle West Boy (via DominoRecords)

"But let there be spaces in your togetherness and let the winds of the heavens dance between you...."

Wed, 25 Jun 2008 15:57:00 +1200

“But let there be spaces in your togetherness and let the winds of the heavens dance between you. Love one another but make not a bond of love: let it rather be a moving sea between the shores of your souls.”

- Kahlil Gibran

Portrait of Felix Nadar (1820-1910), Photographer and...

Sun, 22 Jun 2008 20:13:22 +1200

Portrait of Felix Nadar (1820-1910), Photographer and Aeronautical Scientist (via Smithsonian Institution)

"We like to think of our beliefs, and disbeliefs, as founded on reason and close, thoughtful..."

Wed, 18 Jun 2008 15:24:18 +1200

“We like to think of our beliefs, and disbeliefs, as founded on reason and close, thoughtful observation. Only in theory do we begin to suspect the power of aesthetics to shape our lives.”

- Tobias Wolff: Winter Light

Barack Obama on Economics: 'We're Going Through a Big Shift' - WSJ.com

Wed, 18 Jun 2008 12:00:08 +1200

Barack Obama on Economics: 'We're Going Through a Big Shift' - WSJ.com: “We’ve got this new problem: The biggest problem with our tax code when it comes to the business side is that we have one of the highest tax rates — corporate tax rates — on paper but our effective tax rate is one of the lowest … You know, how much you pay in taxes as a corporation a lot of times is going to depend on how good your lobbyist is, as opposed to any sound economic theories. So those distorting effects I’d like to actually remove and eliminate from our tax system, but obviously that’s a complicated and difficult task.”

Works of Chema Madoz

Mon, 16 Jun 2008 11:43:21 +1200

Works of Chema Madoz

$402m Tidal Energy Plant For New Zealand

Mon, 16 Jun 2008 11:30:00 +1200

$402m Tidal Energy Plant For New Zealand: “The tidal energy is expected to get the turbines generating 200 megawatts of power - enough for 250,000 homes. The turbines, shielded from fish, would sit on heavy concrete pylons and be at least 5m from the surface at low tide. Leisure craft and barges could pass over them, but would be restricted from anchoring in the turbine area.”

halleluhjah (via Hooded Fang*)

Sat, 14 Jun 2008 19:54:53 +1200

halleluhjah (via Hooded Fang*)

New Zealand faces power crisis amid drought

Thu, 12 Jun 2008 10:25:24 +1200

New Zealand faces power crisis amid drought

Music legend David Byrne transforms an entire NYC building into...

Thu, 12 Jun 2008 10:01:00 +1200

Music legend David Byrne transforms an entire NYC building into a giant musical instrument, and Xeni joins him inside for a BBtv tour.

(thanks Buster!)

Countdown: Articles of Impeachment (via videocafeblog)The...

Wed, 11 Jun 2008 19:16:06 +1200

Countdown: Articles of Impeachment (via videocafeblog)

The system is broken.

"Words can be communicative only between those who share similar experiences."

Tue, 10 Jun 2008 18:53:28 +1200

“Words can be communicative only between those who share similar experiences.”

- Alan Watts

"People that love your show want to expect more of it."

Wed, 04 Jun 2008 21:09:18 +1200

“People that love your show want to expect more of it.”

- Ron Moore

"A site that visibly promotes how many ’friends’ you have turns friends into commodities, creating an..."

Wed, 04 Jun 2008 14:56:00 +1200

“A site that visibly promotes how many ’friends’ you have turns friends into commodities, creating an economy where you are motivated to make as many friends as you can. That’s not a good idea because the utility of these sites suffer as social networks become too densely populated.”

- Kevin Fox of Gmail & FriendFeed on User Experience Design (via Rebecca Cottrell)
Tumblr isn’t so good with a bunch of text.
I moved my responce here: The art and science of social software

Obama claims Democratic nomination

Wed, 04 Jun 2008 13:18:00 +1200

Obama claims Democratic nomination:

This msnbc.com story is shady.

They conviently leave the “NBC news projects” out of the headline. Then they go on to include a fake quotation from Obama:

“Tonight, I can stand before you and say that I will be the Democratic nominee for president of the United States,” Obama planned to say in a victory celebration in St. Paul, Minn.

With 9 delegates left (as of this writing) he’s sure to be the nominee. That doesn’t mean he is. The way Alex Johnson has written the story implies otherwise. It intentionally missleads in the name of being first to “call it”. That’s only slightly more respectable than a “Top 5 Reasons Obama is the Nominee” Digg baiting blog post. Maybe.

Update: CNN’s headline is “Obama wins nomination, CNN projects.” They include the above quotation as well. Unlike MSNBC, they source it with “according to prepared remarks released by his campaign.”

Key to Optical Illusions Discovered

Tue, 03 Jun 2008 22:37:00 +1200

Key to Optical Illusions Discovered:

Short version: What we see is actually slightly predictive of what will happen 1/10th of a second into the future. Optical illusions occur when that perceived future doesn’t match reality.

Take away: Nothing is real!

Rare color photographs of occupied Paris in World War Two.

Tue, 03 Jun 2008 22:20:41 +1200

Rare color photographs of occupied Paris in World War Two.