January 2012
“A quarter of the samples of Escherichia coli bacteria carried genes that made an...”
– Superbugs spied off the Antarctic coast - New Scientist
Watch(via Clay Shirky: Why SOPA is a bad idea | Video on TED.com)
Everything is fine | Golem XIV - Thoughts →
It’s hard to pick one piece from his post to quote; it’s all worth reading. Including the comments.
“Richard Edelman, president and CEO of Edelman, said: “Business is now...”
– BBC News - Trust in government has ‘suffered a severe breakdown’
The irony.. After government sold themselves to business.
“Fuck you guys. The global economy is not a difficult thing to figure out. Make...”
– Davos World Economic Forum – Khan Manka, Jr. Keynote Address » Chairman’s Blog
Fake Steve in the media world. Quite amusing.
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“Over the next two weeks we visited dozens of Excel customers, and did not see...”
– How Trello is different - Joel on Software
A plough
When I was little and living at one of the poshest Sofia streets, we had a tiny garden before the building where my grandmother had planted several Delphiniums. I was told that this plant is what my name means.
Much later, I got a book on Astronomy and there I learned that my name has a second meaning — that of Orion. It turned out, farmers who would go out very early in autumn to plough...
“Who steers the ship through the stormy sea
If hope is lost then so are we...”
– Just A Boy, Kiss
I was reminded that Paul has a birthday today. Turning mighty 60. The Starchild.
“Generally, by the time you are real, most of your hair has been loved off, and...”
– “The Velveteen Rabbit” by Margery Williams (via julie911)
“So we could have recognised and interacted with Neanderthals, but we would have...”
– Into the mind of a Neanderthal
“[…] decades of research show that individuals almost always perform better...”
– The Rise of the New Groupthink - NYTimes.com
Also:
But even if the problems are different, human nature remains the same. And most humans have two contradictory impulses: we love and need one another, yet we crave privacy and autonomy.
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Impress.js – Create presentations with open web... →
Very nice this. Only issue I see is that it works on Chrome and Safari only. For now. But it is..well, impressive.
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Fragments of indistrial silence
Let me tell you about the way the hammer moves The hammer goes up and down And hits the nail On the head each time That’s the point I write ninety-ninety-eight And it’s getting hard to go to sleep at night And hard to get up in the morning I tell myself I’m going too hard Too rash, too long Too long But this is not the truth There’s no sign of no big breakdown It’s...
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Ancient Maps of Jerusalem →
I’m doing a bit of bookmark cleanup here and finding some old interesting stuff.
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WatchLucy One by Madrugada
Hey, we can disappear here without Nobody even noticing and We are new and improved We are new and improved..
This one associates with Hands Up I Love You in my head because that second one is the following song on the album — once I hear one, I have to hear the other.
Thesen gegen die Ausplünderung der Gesellschaft -... →
“O’Donnell responded: “we were not going after any species in particular - u...”
– Rosie O’Donnell defends killing hammerhead sharks off Miami Beach
O-no, it wasn’t. Stupid cow. How do you people make millions, I don’t know. Maybe because there are millions just like you watching that garbage you spew.
Totally drug-resistant TB at large in India - New... →
“Knowing oneself, recognizing one’s needs, and speaking up for them in a...”
– Are You with the Right Mate? | Psychology Today
“Relationship identities are negotiated between two individuals. Relationships...”
– Are You with the Right Mate? | Psychology Today via Destry
“Research suggests that immigrants who do not fear losing their existing...”
– Dual citizenship: Dutchmen grounded
“The commercial spying operations are used to empower people who have lots to get...”
– In Which Eben Moglen Like, Legit Yells at Me for Having Facebook | Betabeat
WatchB-b-b-baad… Funny how I always have to think of Talk Radio when I hear this one.
WatchWorried Life Blues by Otis Spann
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Като почна да ровя и да търся нещо и все друго намирам. Гуни ще го познае това..
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Уплаших се Защото нямах сили от мислите си страшни да избягам. Огледах се - В тъмното едва ли за всеки ще открия краят. Но без да искам как сред мойте пръсти трескаво напипах кръста и нишката от вяра скъсах.
Писано е 91 година. К’во ми е било в тиквеника — един Билзебуб знае, защото аз по...
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