August 2008
96 posts
Ripon College gives freshmen free bikes for no-car... →
This is a fantastic idea. If you make it easy for students to skip having a car, they’re more likely to do it than if they have to take care of the details on their own. I hope more universities follow this idea.
WatchLessig on McCain on Technology
A reaction to McCain’s technology policy.
“After a while they found the service ladder and scaled the wall, a thousand...”
– The Origin of Welcome To The Jungle
“The only thing really that there is to do is to forgive and forget. So I really...”
– Lauren Conrad (via allisonweiss)
Jorge Ben - O Circo Chegou
My brother shared this...
Huge iPhone Security Flaw Puts All Private... →
There’s a “fix”, but Apple had better deal with this in 2.0.3
St. Cloud Grocer Coborn's Buys SimonDelivers
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CobornsDelivers doesn’t have the same ring to it, but I’m glad to see they’re coming back.
dead & dying.
aja: face it, i'm the wind beneath your wings.
chriswarren: I'm nothing without you, it's true.
aja: if i ever die of cancer on a beach in the hamptons, you have to hold my hand and sing to me. just like bette middler.
chriswarren: shit. well, give me some notice so I can find a way to get there.
aja: i'll let you know, i think you'd get there a lot faster than i.
aja: being that i'm on the opposite coast.
chriswarren: I do have that going for me, I suppose.
aja: thus making my hamptons cancer dying dream a lot less practical.
aja: maybe i should die on a beach in puget sound instead.
chriswarren: that's easier. I can stop and see family while I'm there.
chriswarren: comfort the dying, sing a song, dinner with mom and dad.
chriswarren: bing bang boom.
Foursome turns violent, ends in he said, she... →
Maybe they crossed swords.
Also, apparently I’m just going to reblog every other thing Aja posts for a while.
aja:
via grievancetheater
“No matter what horrible thing you’re going through, when it’s all over it only...”
– Partnership | dooce ® (via aja)
40 steps on the personal path to green →
How to draw anything (in 1 step) →
“The thing I hate the most about advertising is that it attracts all the bright,...”
– Banksy (via ihavegoodtaste)
“The most basic truth is that the fewer things you own, the fewer things you will...”
– How to be prepared in case of fire
This logic applies well to life in general. If you wouldn’t replace something after a fire, why hold on to it now?
“Breaking up with someone is literally the most common thing. Everyone you know...”
– This American Life via soupsoup via aja
Make Smart Choices When Eating Seafood →
Choose fish that are good for you and the ocean, and get recipes too!
A snapshot of the world view of incoming college... →
Students entering college for the first time this fall were generally born in 1990. For these students, Sammy Davis Jr., Jim Henson, Ryan White, Stevie Ray Vaughan and Freddy Krueger have always been dead.
“The word “ruthless” is middle-english in origin, refering to the...”
– What is the origin of the word ruthless?
rulesformyunbornson:
REQUIRED LISTENING: Tom...
Guess The Accents →
Pretty fun - I got 25 points in my first game.
“she doesn’t want to fix it and doesn’t want you telling her how...”
– Nick.
This was some of the best advice I received while I was dealing with my breakup a while back. I wanted to call, I thought I’d figured out how it could work. I was foolish to think that. Nick brought me back to reality with this.
Everything comes back at its own pace, and while...
WatchUsing Photographs to Enhance Videos of a Static Scene on Vimeo
It’s not long before we won’t be able to trust any video we see. This is incredible work.
Watchcinealoido:
Magic Flashlights on Vimeo (via Vimeo)
how are swimmers smashing so many world records?
dihard:
Have you noticed that every Olympic swim event is also a record smasher? It seems like every swimmer (and not just Phelps) is seconds ahead of the daunting green world record line, smashing it to smithereens. So how is all this smashing possible?
Tech Doping – The new Speedo LZR RACER suit, which was developed by scientists from NASA, “feels like a rocket coming off the...