December 2009
42 posts
“destroys E. coli “to an undetectable level.”
– Company’s Record on Beef Treatment Questioned - NYTimes.com
Every time someone says ‘destroys E. coli “to an undetectable level.”’ I want to kick them in the nuts. Cause it might make them numerate.
MacSpeech dictate
Okay for the record, MacSpeech dictate is awesome. I’m not actually typing this. Awesome!
Readers by Author « Lauren Leto →
Stereotyping People by Their Favorite Author. Via sippey.
Bad Idea Blue Jeans: Rescue Me (from Mel Gibson) →
Take that Mel Gibson. This is baseball I could actually watch. Via Afilreis.
Watchmerlin:
The Monkees - “What Am I Doing Hangin’ Round?” (1967)
I’ve always been a “Mike” kind of guy. And, although my appreciation of this track came at least 30 years after my first, preschool-aged Monkees freak-out, it’s now absolutely one of my favorites songs of theirs.
Also, worth noting here, although it’s a debate I wouldn’t dare try to settle, a lot of people consider this recording...
IP addresses, opinions, and assholes
merlin:
Thing is: the internet’s made of IP addresses, opinions, and assholes. It’s what’s there. That’s the basic equipment.
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Personal Kaizen: 15 Tips for your continuous... →
mnmal:
Get completely unplugged and off the grid — no iPhones or BlackBerrys, etc. — and go for a walk, a hike, a bike ride, or whatever it is that allows you slow your busy mind. And what if that brilliant idea hits you and you can’t record it in any way or take a picture of a remarkable example? Don’t worry about it. Getting off the grid and freeing up your mind (and pockets) is necessary...
Fuck.
merlin:
Richard Thompson - “1952 Vincent Black Lightning”
Hypothetically.
Fuck. That’s what I get for doing work today instead of surfing the interwebs and solving puzzles and reading elliptical Tumblr posts about music. Hypothetically.
http://7.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kui0mbNW0S1qzpwi0o... →
Watchmerlin:
lonelysandwich:
scottjacksonx:
Me doing the fishstick.
At least, I think I’m doing the fishstick.
C’mon now drummer, I wantcha ta tighten up for me now.
I should have listened to the episode before I filmed this. Maybe then my attempt at casually focusing on the camera wouldn’t come off as such an intense stare.
This video is the kind of thing that happens when people have...
The methods filter →
merlin:
bobulate:
How do they write? What do they organize? When do they struggle? Where is it messy? Sometimes I see methods more than story.
bobulate is talking about fiction writing, but I’m hearing things I look for when I’m reviewing a scientific manuscript. Very cool.
Daring Fireball: T-Shirts →
Just skated in under the wire!
Oh the plaid... the plaid.
merlin:
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merlin:
moltz:
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Click re-blog and wait for the bucks to roll in. Yeah baby.
La la la.
merlin:
Boulders by Roy Wood - Listen free on Lala
Boulders - Roy Wood
If this actually works, then, yes: Lala is totally creamy.
Addendum 2009-12-06 14:02:15 -0800: 30 second excerpts? Meh. C-plus. Negotiate full-length, Apple. Fuck shit up.
Looks like the full album plays if you register with Lala.
On ‘Conspicuous Compassion.’
merlin:
indefensible:
Conspicuous Compassion […] I have bought this book and given it to people who work in the charitable sector more times than I can remember.
Here’s a sample first chapter [PDF] from Conspicuous Compassion. Looks backordered on AMZN right now, but I will absolutely be buying and reading this very soon.
I quote the sample at length because, as I walked down the street...
SCIENCE HOBBYIST: Traffic Waves, physics for bored... →
So very cool. I should have been a traffic engineer.