Jan
14th
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14th
Aug
24th
Tue
24th
To rescue the trapped miners, workers will try to dig a wider 27-inch shaft directly to the men. The men would be raised up one at a time. Two of the miners, however, are obese and it’s not clear how they will fit. Rescuers hope the men will lose weight in the mine to fit through the hole.
— A Good Plan, from “Trapped Chilean Miners’ First Request: Toothbrushes”
Aug
19th
Thu
19th
For me, repression used to be a one man show. Now I am part of a broader movement — mass avoidance through social media.
— Dave Pell, Tweetage Wasteland: Confession #77
Jul
27th
Tue
27th
You can probably take it as a rule of thumb from now on that if people don’t think you’re weird, you’re living badly.
— Paul Graham, “The Acceleration of Addictiveness”
Jul
13th
Tue
13th
“Unwarping Chandeliers” - using math to convert photos of chandeliers into panoramas, using code designed for flowers. (via kottke)
“To let this application communicate with the internet, click Settings.” What?
Jul
11th
Sun
11th
"Pictures" by Jack Shedd
I don’t want to stare at some photo of me at 21 when I’m 50 and contemplate everything I was, or could have been. I don’t want to have to drown in partial truths, grasping at a falling memory to paint in details. I’d rather either remember, or not. Rather know, or forget.
