February 2012
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The biggest photo of the night sky ever taken –... →
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I tried to watch Game of Thrones and this is what... →
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Everything about this.
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A book is made from a tree. It is an assemblage of flat, flexible parts (still...
– Carl Sagan on books, from Cosmos (via irunfrombears)
January 2012
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Every kid starts out as a natural-born scientist, and then we beat it out of...
– Carl Sagan (via cwnl)
I’ve always thought the same thing about artists. One thing’s for sure: we need to stop beating up our children.
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You get your intuition back when you make space for it, when you stop the...
– Anne Lamott on intuition vs. rationality, alongside similar sentiments by Albert Einstein and Steve Jobs (via curiositycounts)
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Influence, people think about it as someone you like, but influence is also what...
– Marc Ribot (via killingtheobvious)
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Bon Iver's Justin Vernon Launches Label, Chigliak... →
scout:
ED CHIGLIAK
Gotta love that guy. First his band name, now his record label name have roots in Northern Exposure.
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I'm starting to think Lego is evil →
Daniel Sinker begins his Lego rant:
Well, maybe not evil, but “highly problematic.”
First, let’s remove what we all *think* Lego is (i.e. our own nostalgic memories, our aspirational beliefs, or $250 robot sets), and instead concentrate on what Lego today is, for the most part: It’s movie-tie-in model sets marketed pretty much…
Worth a read. I’m not a fan of more movie tie-in Lego...
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Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks...
– Thomas Edison (via crookedindifference)
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Stephen Hawking admits he finds women 'a complete... →
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His career has shed light on the secrets of the universe, from the nature of space-time to the workings of black holes, but there is one conundrum that still baffles the world’s most famous scientist.
In an interview to mark his 70th birthday this weekend, Stephen Hawking, the former Lucasian professor of mathematics at Cambridge University, admitted he spent most of the day thinking...
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December 2011
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Apple will not release iPad 3 at Macworld or CES →
parislemon:
Other things Apple will not be releasing at events they don’t put on include:
iGun
The iPad 3, 4, 5, 6, or 7
Apple Ham Radio
The Kraken
Apple+
The iPhone 5, 6, 7, 8, or — get this — 9
Apple Petting Zoo
BioDome 4
An Android phone
Their blow out Q1 earnings
Puppies
Actually, maybe puppies. Source cannot confirm or deny this.