October 2008
Lounge cover of “Desperado” starting to play in this cafe. FUCK
Also: is it weird that I’ve only wanted to listen to Blackalicious for the past couple days?
EndNote is kinda like an iTunes for academic papers - import/export, make playlists, search, sort - except you can’t listen to any songs.
When iChat spontaneously fails to load my contact aliases, I have no clue who these AIM people are.
loling, and thanking @55kevy and @impeachpedro for the much-preeshed cards :D
My absentee ballot is now officially IN THE TANK.
shaking off the morning fog
Watershed →
The Christian Science Monitor has always been a unique institution, small but national in scope and with special, though distant from editorial, roots in the Christian Science movement. But today…
Gel deodorant is fail in a tube.
Lifestyles of the Nouveau Pauvre →
RIP John Galt. And stay down.
Say “Worschington” again. Just say it. Worschington. Washington D.C.? Worschington. D. C.
Tutorials | MacResearch →
tutorials on mac / os x research topics - CS material for scientists
Google Earth on the iPhone is pure, gee-whiz, Mr. Wizard cool. Just awesome.
Uh, we raided a village in Syria? I need to stop looking at the news in the morning. And/Or we need to stop expanding the scope of our wars.
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-10-26) →
Wolf Parade
TV on the Radio
of Montreal
The Cool Kids
Bat For Lashes
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
And they're super bad →
Shared by Colin Ashe
want.
By David Roberts
Seoul is planning 129 miles of bike paths in the next four years. “We will make sure that bicycles will compete with vehicles for commuting in…
Zones of Exclusion →
[Image: The charismatic boundaries of an earlier worldview – here, the Hereford Mappa Mundi]. Note: This is a guest post by Nicola Twilley. Another question for the topic of whether or…
Bruce Schneier to liveblog election night at: http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/010725.html …sadly, Kip Hawley isn’t running.
Somewhat lost amid the election hysteria: The Indian Space Research Organization launched its first lunar orbiter, the Chandrayaan-1, from Sriharikota this Wednesday.
From ISRO’s press release:
Chandrayaan-1 is India’s first spacecraft mission beyond Earth’s orbit. It aims to further expand our knowledge about Earth’s only natural satellite – the moon. With well-defined objectives,...
Make Sure the Letter You Carve Into Your Face...
Should’ve carved an O.
(via whatthefuckdoineedtoknow)
You’re a nice young man and I thought you had a political future ahead of you,...
– I’m really hoping that this is a serious trend:
Sen. Tom Harkin (D-IA) to his GOP challenger, Chris Reed, after Reed accused Harkin of being anti-American in a debate. (via election08) (via emptyage)
Overheard: Old UK guy: I just wanted to say, it’s so good to see a Thai person *reading*, like that. Young Thai Woman: Haha. Um. Thanks?
“We’re still trying to find the bottom of this market…” - CNN
Arphid Watch: RFIDs in American passports inserted... →
Shared by Colin Ashe
New RFID passports might be assembled here? What could go wrong?
(((I’m no big fan of the Moonie Times, but these allegations
sound distinctly weird. A passport factory in…
Airfare for your kids to fly around to events on the taxpayers’ dime: $21,012
...
– Donklephant on Sarah Palin’s Priceless Journey. She’s done. (via election08)
PROGRAMMING IS HARD
YELLING ON TWITTER IS EASIER
STAR-TIDES | Sharing Sustainable Solutions →
Sustainable Technologies, Accelerated Research-Transportable Infrastructures for Development and Emergency Support
Filling in my absentee ballot.
Watching an Indian rocket take off for lunar orbit.
FriendDA -- Slightly more than a hearty handshake →
slightly silly NDA for friends that you do not necessarily trust?
Quicksilver: The Guide | The Apple Blog →
again with quiksilver! there’s always more that i want to learn about this bloody thing.
http://useqwitter.com *IS* the Beginning Of The End. How will I painlessly dump my instantaneously acquired e-friends now?
Pakistan never changes but it’s always updating, never getting any better but...
– The War Nerd
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-10-19) →
R.E.M.
Girl Talk
Wolf Parade
Vampire Weekend
Amon Tobin
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz