Archive for January 2009
Jan 30th, 2009 |
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Jeff over at Make It Big In Games posted a video up with Gary Vaynerchuck of Wine Library TV giving a presentation at Web 2.0 Expo. Much like Jeff said Gary definitely came across as a bit crass but I had to see past his delivery to the message he was speaking.. Which itself was
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Tags: Gary Vaynerchuck, web 2.0 expo, wine library tv
Jan 29th, 2009 |
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For all of us saps who are stuck thinking in 3 dimensional terms(which was sooooooo 1992 by the way) it is time your perspective on time and space and take a crash course on understanding the 10th dimension. An interesting video none-the-less
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Tags: 10d, 2d, 3 dimensional, infinity, multiple universe, quantum, time and space, understanding the 10th dimension
Jan 28th, 2009 |
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It can go either way: Is it a synthetic nervous system or is it a genetic computer? Either way Prof. Elisha Moses of the Physics of Complex Systems Department, Drs. Ofer Feinerman and Assaf Rotem crossed the first bridge creating circuits and logic gates with live lab grown nerves. Test-tube neurons don’t automatically form complex
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Tags: Artificial Nervous System, Assaf Rotem, axoms, brain cells, closed circuit, Elisha Moses, Genetic Circuit, neurons, Ofer Feinerman, Weizmann Institute of Science
Jan 26th, 2009 |
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http://www.alternet.org/module/printversion/98902 So the Question is: Why the heck do people, especially those in business, vote towards a right-winged party when the opposition is painfully the clear choice for better business or other things? By Jonathan Haidt tackles this from a psychological point of view in his September 16th, 2008 Alternet article. He starts off by
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Tags: ask why, democrat, politics, psychology, republican, truth, voting, why do people vote republican
Jan 24th, 2009 |
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http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/11/business/11ubuntu.html Found this great article getting inside of the head of them man who is responsibile for the Linux Distro I, and the majority of linux users, use: Ubuntu. Mark Shuttleworth is indeed what I would strive towards, a ultra rich man that decides to do something that can change the world. Albeit it isn’t
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Tags: change the world, distro, free, Linux / Freebsd, Mark Shuttleworth, new york times, open source, ubuntu
Jan 21st, 2009 |
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Saw this on Myspace today and was moved by the power.. We’ve seen videos like this in the past, and well a ton of them leading up to the victory of Obama but for some reason this one resonated even more powerfully. The key will be to continue this message for years and years, saturating
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Tags: be a better human being, celebrity, katalyst, katalyst celebrity, myspace video, obama, pledge
Jan 19th, 2009 |
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/gallery/2009/jan/16/unsold-cars An amazing piece that demonstrates one of the downfalls of our society in a transition phase.. When we gorge ourselves to complete bursting during the good times there is bound to be an insane amount of waste when we must lean up during the not so good times. These pictures are absolutely stunning and
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Tags: auto industry, cars, recession, unsold stock
Jan 19th, 2009 |
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http://www.reason.com/news/show/29944.html Wow this is an insanely indepth article on one of the myths that has been touting by people ranging from Spielburg to Wazniak. Next time you hear someone try to use the QWERTY vs Nvorak line to back up a claim that superior products don’t always win market position you have ammo. Great article
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Tags: debunked, dvorak, keyboard, myth, qwerty, QWERTY vs Dvorak, typewriter, typing
Jan 17th, 2009 |
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In an article submitted in 2005 scientists observed the first tool use from Wild Gorilla’s, scientists Thomas Breuer1,2*, Mireille Ndoundou-Hockemba1, and Vicki Fishlock1 (working with Wildlife Conservation Society, Mbeli Bai Study, Nouabalé-Ndoki Project, Brazzaville, Republic of Congo, and the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany ) observerd a Gorilla using a walking stick
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Tags: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Mireille Ndoundou-Hockemba, Republic of Congo, Thomas Breuer, tool use, Vicki Fishlock, wild gorillas
Jan 15th, 2009 |
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How could I not share something as creative and fantastic as this? Created at the UCLA Animation Workshop, with music by Nick Fevola. From Crackle: Sebastian’s Voodoo www.pixelnitrate.com (and to see a higher resolution version of this film too)
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Tags: 3d animation, crackle, Nick Fevola, pixel nitrate, sebastians voodoo, short film, UCLA Animation, voodoo doll