Dan Phiffer
Electrons composing signals representing bits abstracted into data presented as visual and aural stimuli intended to convey meaning
December 2, 2008
The Hubble Space Telescope advent calendar
A new space picture posted today until December 25th.
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November 26, 2008
Boomboxes by Stephen Abry
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A great poet needs to leave open the door between the conscious and unconscious; Sarah Palin has removed her door from its hinges
“And the relevance to me /With that issue, /As we spoke /About Africa and some /Of the countries /There that were /Kind of the people succumbing /To the dictators /And the corruption /Of some…
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If I’d asked people what they wanted, they would have said ‘faster horses.’
— Attributed to Henry Ford (via merlin)
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A gloomy economic outlook
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November 25, 2008
Linus Pauling and Vitamin C
“Even the literally smartest people in the world can be stubbornly, incredibly, famously wrong. Rationality is not the default mode of the brain, and anyone can be seduced by the fallacy of ‘I guess…
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November 22, 2008
At Dia:Beacon contemplating Sol Lewitt knockoffs. Las Vegas style or done as graffiti.
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November 21, 2008
Japan food security PSA
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November 19, 2008
November 18, 2008
Finally got around to listening to the new Radiolab: “fake watermelon with an anus” FTW http://is.gd/81RY
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November 16, 2008
Postmodern fitness machine
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November 14, 2008
The first episode of Radio Lab’s new season broadcasts today with live Q&A on themorningnews.org after the show: http://is.gd/7vfJ
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An atheist has a conversation with God
Interesting read, although it could use some editing.
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Richard Dawkins reads hate mail
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