March 2012
38 posts
Enlightenment
texburgher:
All life is suffering.
Attachment is the root of suffering.
It is possible not to suffer.
If you are a robot.
February 2012
57 posts
Does chia carry the same microbial risks as... →
My guess: yes.
I pity the fool that eats Mr. T’s hair.
Cost Of Living Now Outweighs Benefits →
badbatz:
WASHINGTON, DC—A report released Monday by the Federal Consumer Quality-Of-Life Control Board indicates that the cost of living now outstrips life’s benefits for many Americans.
“This is sobering news,” said study director Jack Farness. “For the first time, we have statistical evidence of what we’ve suspected for the past 40 years: Life really isn’t worth living.”
An old classic...
Daring Fireball Linked List: A Show With Ze Frank →
Hell yeah is right!
I’ve been re-watching the original and loving it.
NATO says Taliban food poisoning claim false |... →
If the best terrorists can do is to bleach our food we have nothing to worry about
Fun Size Bytes: List of required steps between "I... →
tj:
Google library website
Load library website
Click link on library website for ebook sub-site
Search to see if ebook is available
Click link to login to my library
Find my library in drop-down list
Locate/Remember my library card number (and pin)
Enter library card number (and pin)
Perform…
See also http://daringfireball.net/linked/2012/02/20/oatmeal-piracy
BAD BAD BATZ: Recipe: Snack Gavage →
badbatz:
Listen to three episodes of Mike and Tom Eat Snacks back to back in the late afternoon. This will induce a hunger-induced snack delirium.
Go downstairs and open the pantry. Scramble about until you find some natural peanut butter (creamy) and some full-sized honey graham crackers.
Plop a…
9. Write humorous tumblr post.
Idiopathic Vertigo and The Meating Place : Marler... →
Lots of folks have called Marler idiopathic. At least I think that’s what they said…
Seriously, Bill, I wish you all the best, and a speedy recovery.
“Anyway, if there really are only five of you reading this, maybe we should rent...”
– Macworld The Macalope Weekly: Can’t we all get along? | Phones
Gruber
Merlin
Batz
Me
And Ben
A Mobile Device That's Better for a Jotter Than a... →
badbatz:
On the one hand:
You look like you’re talking into a piece of toast.
And:
But, in my limited tests of its Bluetooth voice capabilities, the caller on the other end felt the Note sounded significantly worse than the iPhone or other Android models I’ve tested.
On the other hand
The software allows the stylus to draw in different colors and widths and to emulate a brush...
I love my wife. My wife is dead. →
badbatz:
Richard Feynman:
You, dead, are so much better than anyone else alive.
Feynman. One of the good ones.
thingsorganizedneatly:
chime-lala
BAD BAD BATZ: ❖ How Eating Raw Vegetables Is... →
badbatz:
When I tell people that Toxoplasma gondii is important, they look at me like I’m nuts. This happened a lot when we first published our report, Ranking the Risks, last April, where we identified foodborne Toxoplasma as one of the most important pathogens, up there with Salmonella, Listeria,…
Totally instapaper-Ing the Atlantic article. Plus for the record, # 2 was pretty good,...
Grammar Tip of the Day: "catholic" with a small... →
Hmm. Learned something today.
BAD BAD BATZ: ❖ Fritz Haber →
badbatz:
In the most recent episode of Radiolab, The Bad Show, they spent a bit of time talking about Fritz Haber, and it was fascinating. Haber won the Nobel Prize in 1918 for his work, but is infamous for some other reasons. In short: In 1909, Haber developed, along with Carl Bosch, the “Haber…
Ordinary non-genius doing semi-purposeful work.
I think I’m going to put that on my...
“The triumphs of science are due to the substitution of observation and inference...”
– ‘The impact of science on society’ by Bertrand Russell, p.89.
One of my heroes. (via badbatz)
The Upside of Dyslexia - NYTimes.com →
via
“I am far luckier than most men, for I have been able since boyhood to make a...”
– Letters of Note: On the Meaning of Life
The more I read H. L. Mencken, the more I like H. L. Mencken.
New Food Safety Infosheet: Outbreak linked to... →
“That which is overdesigned, too highly specific, anticipates outcome; the...”
– William Gibson, All Tommorrow’s Parties (via tshirts-older-than-you)