May 2010
Can you disappear in surveillance Britain? →
givemesomethingtoread:
David Bond wanted to see if it’s possible to vanish so one day he packed his bag, got into his car and kissed his wife goodbye
This article is really good.
“Privacy is not something that people feel, except in its absence. Remove it and you destroy something at the heart of being human.”
7 Incredible Scientific Innovations Held Back by... →
Just The Same - Dr. John
This is dedicated to...
Dr. Strangelove now available to watch on Hulu →
Also: Spice World, Gandhi, and Surf Nazis Must Die (which I haven’t seen, but the title is too good). I think that covers just about everyone.
April 2010
Watcha bear film by kris anka (thanks Hugh)
Organ Donation Would Be Automatic by Default with... →
35millionheartbeats:
harharhar:
Long winded exchange: you can read the first parts here. (Sorry in advance if this bores you, readers)
Of course it does.
Currently, there are basically (and admittedly this is an oversimplification, but not a gross one) three options:
Patient is a registered organ donor, and has a DNR -> is not resuscitated, and when he eventually stops breathing, he may...
Organ Donation Would Be Automatic by Default with... →
35millionheartbeats:
harharhar:
I wholly support this.
New York State Assemblyman Richard Brodsky almost lost his daughter, Willie, at 4 years old when she needed a kidney transplant, and again a decade later when her other kidney failed. Her struggle to find a donor was hardly unusual; some 10,000 New Yorkers are currently waiting on a list for donors, and part of the reason finding them is...
Today's edition of "That's My Lincoln, Nebraska" →
“Police: Woman bites man after being called fat”
Organ Donation Would Be Automatic by Default with... →
I wholly support this.
New York State Assemblyman Richard Brodsky almost lost his daughter, Willie, at 4 years old when she needed a kidney transplant, and again a decade later when her other kidney failed. Her struggle to find a donor was hardly unusual; some 10,000 New Yorkers are currently waiting on a list for donors, and part of the reason finding them is so challenging is because many people...
Legendary Giant Earthworm Finally Appears,... →
It’s an earthworm so mysterious, people compare it to the Loch Ness Monster. Rarely sighted since the 1980’s, the giant Palouse earthworm was said to grow almost three feet long, smell like lilies, and spit at predators. It was so elusive, that some even doubted its existence–but now, a team of conservationists from the University of Idaho has found several of these mysterious creatures in a...
Brown Eyed Handsome Man - Nina Simone (originally...
WatchCouldn’t find video of Buck Henry as creepy Uncle Roy, but he does a fine job in John Belushi’s Samurai Delicatessen.
Virginia driver says license plate about racing,... →
jasencomstock:
notthatkindagay:
But he got more than he bargained for when a photo of his pickup went viral on the Web last week. Motorists and Muslim groups complained that his Virginia vanity license plate — 14CV88 — was really code for neo-Nazi, white supremacist sentiments. The state Department of Motor Vehicles voted last week to recall Story’s plates and force him to buy new ones.
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Seth Godin: "The coming melt-down in higher... →
austinkleon:
Seth outlines 5 reasons why higher education is about to crash and burn:
Most colleges are organized to give an average education to average students.
Pick up any college brochure or catalog. Delete the brand names and the map. Can you tell which school it is?
College has gotten expensive far faster than wages have gone up.
The definition of ‘best’ is under siege.
The more...
“The acceptance of your own history is critical. It’s perfect, it’s the greatest...”
– Jeff Koons talking to a big crowd of Princeton students (typed into my phone as best and as fast as I could)
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So this talk I just attended (warning: long,...
Sylvia Lavin, Jeff Koons, Elizabeth Diller and surprise guest Frank Gehry graced the Princeton School of Architecture with some time. Really straightforward and casual sort of talk. A nice change of pace from the usual formality you expect from a lot of events, especially in auditoriums with so many spectators. I took what notes I could on my phone, so forgive the rambling lack of detail.
Sylvia...
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Final bit of reading material for the day.
Got to get some work done before this lecture tonight by Jeff Koons, Sylvia Lavin and Elizabeth Diller.
Date-Robbery: Women Spike Men’s Drinks, Then Rob Them
“Hyper-local” Wine Crushed and Fermented in Warehouses (imagine hauling an empty jug over to your local winery warehouse and carting home a gallon of cabernet)
Heroes and Villians in the Pantheon of Design - “Good design...
“It really is about how we feel when we wake up in the morning and head off to do...”
– David Lynch
