An appeal to your left brain
And, if you’re in Washington, and you want to be a part of (Democratic) things, you have to go to the Caucuses on Saturday, February 9:
links for 2008-02-05
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This is pretty sweet. Both the video and the physics are mind-boggling at first, but become slowly less so.
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Inspiring and reasoned case for supporting Barack Obama.
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Holy Cow! A limerick database! The world has been made fun again….
Boswell’s Life of Johnson
I would put a child into a library (where no unfit books are) and let him read at his choice. A child should not be discouraged from reading any thing that he takes a liking to, from a notion that it is above his reach. If that be the ease, the child will soon find it out and desist; if not, he of course gains the instruction; which is so much the more likely to come, from the inclination with which he takes up the study.
–James Boswell, quoting Johnson, 1791
links for 2008-02-02
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A sweet little scifi cartoon
links for 2008-01-31
links for 2008-01-30
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The Lèi tái (Traditional: 擂臺 Simplified: 擂台 – “Beat (a drum) Platform”) is a raised fighting platform, without railings, where often fatal weapons and bare-knuckle martial arts tournaments were once held.
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Essentially, a timeline of size (metric).
links for 2008-01-28
links for 2008-01-27
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A Creative Commons-released electronica album.
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Find the CHEAPEST copy of the book you want. Or you could check bookmooch….
links for 2008-01-26
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The first funny quiz-type thing I’ve seen in a loooooong time…
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a zen video game.
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It’s so simple! So beautiful! So lifechanging!
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It’s a roguelike game with “story”? Sounds good to me!
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I’m currently digging these old ASCII games. I sort of go through phases with these…
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A short Essay by Orwell on working in a bookshop. Which, at one point, was a dream of mine. Not so much any more, though….
links for 2008-01-25
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This looks promising…
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