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How Many People Are In Space Right Now?

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 07:58:08 -0500

Spotted Opossum

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 10:53:25 -0500

"It seems to me that the best way to instantly raise your standard of living is to live in the past...."

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 10:25:49 -0400

“It seems to me that the best way to instantly raise your standard of living is to live in the past. If you subsist entirely on two-year-old entertainment, and the corresponding two-year-old technology used to power it, you’re cutting your fun budget in half”

- Alt Text: New Cult Spares Members From Early Adopters’ Pain | Underwire | Wired.com

"for those of us stuck in the here and now."

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 15:16:06 -0400

“for those of us stuck in the here and now.”

"IT’S DECORATIVE GOURD SEASON, MOTHERFUCKERS I don’t know about you, but I can’t..."

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 09:46:57 -0400

“

IT’S DECORATIVE GOURD SEASON, MOTHERFUCKERS

I don’t know about you, but I can’t wait to get my hands on some fucking gourds and arrange them in a horn-shaped basket on my dining room table. That shit is going to look so seasonal. I’m about to head up to the attic right now to find that wicker fucker, dust it off, and jam it with an insanely ornate assortment of shellacked vegetables. When my guests come over it’s gonna be like, BLAMMO! Check out my shellacked decorative vegetables, assholes. Guess what season it is—fucking fall. There’s a nip in the air and my house is full of mutant fucking squash.

”

- McSweeney’s Internet Tendency: It’s Decorative Gourd Season, Motherfuckers.

but does it float

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 17:54:04 -0400

but does it float

Technology Review: Time Travel Through the Brain

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 12:27:06 -0400

Technology Review: Time Travel Through the Brain

"Cataracts of the quotidian"

Sun, 25 Oct 2009 13:36:33 -0400

“Cataracts of the quotidian”

- James Wood > via Marco Roth, The Rise of the Neuronovel (N+1)

"A human freakshow, a carnival barker, an auctioneer, a downtown performance artist, a speaker in..."

Sun, 25 Oct 2009 13:26:27 -0400

“A human freakshow, a carnival barker, an auctioneer, a downtown performance artist, a speaker in tongues, a senator drunk on filibuster.”

- Marco Roth, The Rise of the Neuronovel (N+1)

"while conceding the insufficiency of his chosen medium, like a painter ruing the fact that he is not..."

Sun, 25 Oct 2009 11:47:13 -0400

“while conceding the insufficiency of his chosen medium, like a painter ruing the fact that he is not a photographer”

- Marco Roth, The Rise of the Neuronovel (N+1)

"The line begins here and goes to there. If you take your time, and remember your place, you, too,..."

Fri, 23 Oct 2009 14:24:32 -0400

“The line begins here and goes to there. If you take your time, and remember your place, you, too, may go from here to there”

- LIFE magazine (1970)

"McCain’s bill, the Internet Freedom Act, seeks to do the opposite of what its name implies by..."

Fri, 23 Oct 2009 12:44:06 -0400

“McCain’s bill, the Internet Freedom Act, seeks to do the opposite of what its name implies by ensuring that broadband and wireless providers can discriminate and throttle certain traffic while giving preferential treatment to other traffic. Basically, those in power or those who pay more will have better access. Apparently we have different definitions of ‘freedom’.”

- McCain Moves to Block FCC Net Neutrality - Business Center - PC World

Real bears playing Hockey (via Iwantjustice1)

Fri, 23 Oct 2009 11:55:59 -0400

Real bears playing Hockey (via Iwantjustice1)

"We’d rather be happy amateurs than sad professionals."

Thu, 22 Oct 2009 16:57:03 -0400

““We’d rather be happy amateurs than sad professionals.””

- Take Action | Fast Company

"‘May I ask how many costumes she wears out each year?’ ‘My dear sir, the clothing of a lady does not..."

Wed, 21 Oct 2009 20:19:31 -0400

“‘May I ask how many costumes she wears out each year?’ ‘My dear sir, the clothing of a lady does not wear out through her wearing of it, but through her being seen in it.”

LIFE - Google Books

Wed, 21 Oct 2009 09:12:26 -0400

LIFE - Google Books:

Life Magazine archive on Google Books

Spike Jonze / We Were Once A Fairytale on Vimeo (via Vimeo)

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 13:48:40 -0400

Spike Jonze / We Were Once A Fairytale on Vimeo (via Vimeo)

"With gold shoes on, anything is possible"

Sun, 18 Oct 2009 22:32:49 -0400

“With gold shoes on, anything is possible”

"As another example, take graphic designers. Now with computers handling everything from typesetting,..."

Sun, 18 Oct 2009 22:32:19 -0400

“As another example, take graphic designers. Now with computers handling everything from typesetting, layout, image processing, color management to printing, what used to be done by several specialists are now combined into one person. The number of jobs one can handle in a year increased dramatically. Now designers spend more time being creative, and less time creating the final products. This may sound good, but in terms of stress and rewards, it is not. Because creativity is irrational and unpredictable, coming up with a creative solution can be highly stressful. Designers now have to come up with significantly more creative solutions…”

- Economic Treadmill

"Here we have the ice flower. The penguin suit can also shoot ice balls. Both the ice flower and..."

Sun, 18 Oct 2009 10:01:27 -0400

“Here we have the ice flower. The penguin suit can also shoot ice balls. Both the ice flower and penguin suit create these ice blocks that float up along the top of the water and you then use as platforms. You can also use the ice blocks to get you to areas you couldn’t otherwise reach.”

- Miyamoto: New Mario Tests Your Hard-Core Gaming Chops | GameLife | Wired.com