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2013-05-17 14:39:12 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

2012-07-26 20:23:01 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 2 +1s)

DC police chief issues extremely excellent guidelines on citizens taking pictures of cops

http://boingboing.net/2012/07/26/dc-police-chief-issues-extreme.html

2012-07-08 12:11:29 (2 comments, 1 reshares, 0 +1s)

This keyboard app looks insane. I think I'm going to have to try it. 

2012-06-30 12:17:09 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

2012-06-17 07:18:11 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

I'm writing a fifteen page paper on slipstream fiction for a class, and I'm enjoying the hell out of it. My favorite part so far (that still needs editing, but you get the point):

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Echoing Sterling, she states that "science fiction's history as a distinct genre may be approaching its end." Science fiction, it seems, it becoming a mode rather than a genre (Hollinger 1999). 

These discussions and assertions leave one with a few questions whose answer may never be fully illuminated: First, is slipstream being subsumed as a subgenre into an evolving science fiction? Second, as mainstream literary writers are utilizing the tools of sf more frequently, is science fiction being subsumed into mainstream fiction? Trends certainly appear to be supporting both of these notions, creating an Ouroboros that make the labels in... more »

2012-06-15 01:55:20 (2 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

This looks pretty awesome. 

2012-05-28 18:38:34 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

Seriously, I want to live on the moon. Or Mars. Or a generation ship to somewhere? Sign me up!

2012-05-28 14:13:21 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

Also, you could play sweet guitar solos in outer space?

2012-05-28 00:13:00 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

I started watching this out of curiosity, and ended up finishing the entire hour long video in one go.

2012-05-20 23:36:31 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

+Dathan Brown, I'm pretty sure this was taken at your house.

2012-05-18 20:02:07 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

This, friends, will make you feel wonderful about both the world AND the internet. TED, you're the best.

2012-05-18 19:35:52 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 2 +1s)

Why I Totally Love Netflix, an essay.

So, Netflix has gotten a lot of flak. Remember when they wanted to split the DVD service into Qwikster? I don't think that was wrong; I think that was premature. You know how there's nothing on? I want to pose a question: How, exactly, is that different from cable TV?

All right, I don't know about you, but I was thinking: How many channels do I want to watch? Maybe five. How many shows do I want to watch? Ten. Fifteen.

And how do cable companies try to cater to me? They want me to subscribe to a package of a hundred channels (or more), and then they want me either to get a schedule and watch a TV show when it's broadcasted (a very old-fashioned idea, in my opinion), or get a DVR. Listen: I already have a hard drive and a computer. Stop trying to make my TV into one, you suck at it. (Sorry.)

It's... more »

2012-05-14 00:25:28 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

Vestigal icons?

2012-05-09 23:17:40 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 2 +1s)

Here's a bunch of really cute #chromebook shorts :)

2012-05-09 15:33:13 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

Awesome!

2012-05-08 03:06:42 (4 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

Yo, +Adicus Garton, you spent much time with Coheed and Cambria? They're a sort of proggy SF hard rock/metal band. Start with their latest. I had to give them two tries, the first time they didn't take. Now, though, I'm growing awfully fond of them.

2012-05-04 06:56:45 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

For the person who listens to watches the Daily Show and listens to NPR.

2012-05-03 16:00:00 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 1 +1s)

Need to brush up on language skills? Have random words in your daily web-browsing show up as the language you're trying to learn/improve. How awesome is this? #sacrebleu #pardonmyfrench

2012-05-02 22:35:41 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

So, there's either a #glitchinthematrix or someone's #lost , 'cause the same lady has walked past the bar three times in the past ten minutes. The thing is, it's all been from different directions to different directions, and she's being very nonchalant about it.

2012-05-01 19:41:33 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

To any of you in grad school: You need to know about Son of Citation Machine. It makes life WAY easier. #gradschooltips #squirrelonatreadmill

2012-05-01 16:42:22 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

I've just installed Synergy, so when I have resources open on both my laptop and my destop, and they're side by side, I can use my desktop's mouse and keyboard to control my laptop. It's ridiculously fun, and you don't have that silly brain lag where you try to use one to control the other in the middle of a bout of absent-minded productivity. It's #free , #opensource , #multiplatform , and #fun . Setting this up counts as productivity, right? #FOSS #imtotallyworking

2012-04-26 18:54:15 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

YES, PLEASE. Seriously, my commute is WAY boring. What would you do if your car could make your commute without your input because you had a #selfdrivingcar?

2012-04-25 18:34:19 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

This is a test of me trying to cross-post stuff from G+ to facebook. Woo, #experiments!

2012-04-25 17:31:38 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

I AM BUYING THIS FOR MYSELF FOR MY BIRTHDAY.

2012-04-22 19:39:59 (5 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

Just bought a new computer! Woo!

2012-04-12 17:20:43 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

2012-04-07 19:28:46 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 2 +1s)

Cooking an entire McDonald's meal in a rice cooker? CRAZY! Though, I would totally try a veganized version of this. Found via supersizedmeals.com

2012-04-07 14:40:59 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 1 +1s)

Woo, #robots!

2012-04-06 01:57:32 (6 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

We think technology should work for you—to be there when you need it and get out of your way when you don’t.

A group of us from Google[x] started Project Glass to build this kind of technology, one that helps you explore and share your world, putting you back in the moment. We’re sharing this information now because we want to start a conversation and learn from your valuable input. So we took a few design photos to show what this technology could look like and created a video to demonstrate what it might enable you to do.

Please follow along as we share some of our ideas and stories. We’d love to hear yours, too. What would you like to see from Project Glass?

+Babak Parviz +Steve Lee +Sebastian Thrun

2012-04-01 04:31:49 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

Correlated.org is my favorite website of the day :) "In general, 61 percent of people like tomato soup. But among those who, if they could be invisible for a day, would prefer to be incorporeal rather than corporeal, 77 percent like tomato soup."

2012-03-31 14:27:06 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 0 +1s)

I seriously want a self-driving car.

2012-03-28 17:37:18 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

2012-03-28 17:36:40 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

2012-03-28 03:02:18 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

Best Youtube Comment Ever: "Drinking chocolate milk never felt so hardcore until I tried it while listening to this song."

2012-03-26 18:47:26 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

Yo, +Anissa Mike, do you know Romantically Apocalyptic? It's sorta like Charles Christopher + Metalocalypse.
http://romanticallyapocalyptic.com

2012-03-25 21:16:37 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

This article is from Dr. C. Welton Gaddy, who has been a Southern Baptist pastor for over 50 years. I think his perspective deserves some attention.

2012-03-11 18:29:18 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

Holy Bejeezus, watch this in 1080. This is an absolutely perfect five minute movie.

2012-03-07 00:12:33 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 2 +1s)

Best $5 I've ever spent? PROBABLY YES.

2012-03-06 16:11:49 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

Man! We're bad at everything!

2012-02-28 17:04:08 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 3 +1s)

Hang on, what? There's a media player that tries to tie together all your music subscriptions and collections with all the free music on the internet, to create smart, robust playlists? It also has a Pandora-like feature where you can seed tracks and adjust various aspects of your station on the fly? YES, PLEASE.

An added bonus:


“How does Tomahawk plan to make money?” asked an audience member at NY MusicTech Meetup.
Herskowitz replied, “We don’t.”
Audience member: “So, why do you….”
Herskowitz: “Tomahawk is an open source project that we work at out of the goodness of our hearts and a passion to solve this problem: All of the media players that have been around for 10 years were built to solve problems of 10 years ago. We don’t need [CD-R] label-makers, we don’t need to print CD cases, we don’t need to worry about a lot of things thatold players like Winamp... more »

2012-02-24 06:06:02 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

A space elevator is one of the few things that I'd really, really like to see before I die.

2012-02-21 17:53:12 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

I really want to own a Mexican restaurant one day called "Ville de Mexico: Authentique Cuisine Mexicaine"

2012-02-20 17:49:00 (3 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

All right, time to bite the bullet. It's root time. #cyanogenmod, here I come!

2012-02-19 08:04:10 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

+Adicus Garton, did you know that starting with 1.0, VLC is naming its versions after characters from Discworld? I currently have The Luggage, up next is Twoflower, and after that is Rincewind.

2012-02-19 07:54:53 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

Feel like insulting someone? This should give you some ideas.

2012-02-18 14:58:28 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

What a lovely video.

2012-02-17 06:56:04 (5 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

+Adicus Garton, the end is near.

2012-02-16 16:04:25 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

Check, ch-check check check, check it out.

2012-02-12 05:25:57 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

Okay, listen: This is too much. Underwater dog photography. Equal parts INSANE and ADORABLE. Why haven't you clicked it yet?!

2012-02-07 17:50:23 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

For what is probably the first time ever, I'm about to listen to three STP albums back to back (Core, Purple, and Tiny Music). Not sure why the time is now, but here goes.