Archived Posts for August 2009

A little depressing indeed   (0)
I saw Halley's comet when it passed in the 80s... I was really young at the time, but I still remember my dad taking me outside to see it. (Quicklink)  •  9:38am  •  

This is s failed robbery attempt with multiple cameras   (0)
Hilarious. (Quicklink)  •  9:38am  •  

Home is where the brain is   (0)
SF Mag article about Indians in Silicon Valley. (Quicklink)  •  9:38am  •  

Best Husband Ever   (0)
Funny YouTube video. (Quicklink)  •  8:37pm  •  

Downturn Dims Prospects Even at Top Law Schools   (0)
Yep, I'm livin' it. *sigh* (Quicklink)  •  8:37pm  •  

Folding Plug System   (0)
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YouTube – Usain Bolt 200 Metres Final, New World Record 19.19 sec   (0)
Wow. Just, wow. (Quicklink)  •  11:42pm  •  

The Longest Poem in the World   (0)
Made from rhyming couplets sourced from Twitter (Quicklink)  •  11:42pm  •  

YouTube – Usain Bolt 200 Metres Final, New World Record 19.19 sec   (0)
Wow. Just, wow. (Quicklink)  •  7:48pm  •  

The Longest Poem in the World   (0)
Made from rhyming couplets sourced from Twitter (Quicklink)  •  7:48pm  •  

Singaporean Stanford PhD now a cabby   (0)
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Secrets of Magus : The New Yorker (1993)   (0)
A really long, but really fascinating and well-written piece about Ricky Jay. You must also check out his rather eruditely presented show: Ricky Jay and his 52 Assistants. Utterly brilliant. (Quicklink)  •  8:57am  •  

Web companies personified   (0)
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Stross-Krugman Transcript from Anticipation World Con in Montreal   (0)
Long but worthwhile, intriguing reading. Krugman is a Nobel Prize winning economist and columnist for the New York Times. Stross is a Hugo award-winning science fiction author. (Quicklink)  •  6:08pm  •  

This Week In Layoffs: 08.15.09 – Above the Law   (0)
Finally, some good news. (Quicklink)  •  10:11am  •  

Dinner at El Bulli: In comics   (0)
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The FT interviews Jared Diamond over lunch   (0)
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Where I Write   (0)
Sci-Fi Writers and their creative spaces (Quicklink)  •  11:55pm  •  

Paul Tudor Jones on Failure – speech to 9th graders   (0)
Billionaire trader gives a speech that would have also made a great university commencement speech. (Quicklink)  •  11:55pm  •  

Where I Write   (0)
Sci-Fi Writers and their creative spaces (Quicklink)  •  11:46am  •  

Paul Tudor Jones on Failure – speech to 9th graders   (0)
Billionaire trader gives a speech that would have also made a great university commencement speech. (Quicklink)  •  11:46am  •  

On Consistency   (0)
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Girl Gets Answer Very Wrong   (0)
I really cracked up when they pan over to the kid who gets the answer right and realise that he's... (Quicklink)  •  8:59am  •  

How to Naturally Reset Your Sleep Cycle In One Night   (0)
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How Different Groups Spend Their Day   (0)
NY Times interactive graphic. (Quicklink)  •  10:28am  •  

I Spit in it too!   (0)
Back in high school, a friend used to resort to breathing into a newly purchased bag of chips like a hyperventilator uses a brown paper bag because people would otherwise nick all of them. (Quicklink)  •  10:28am  •  

North Korea: 2 US journalists pardoned   (0)
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Sticky Light   (0)
Pretty cool. (Quicklink)  •  10:28am  •  

The launch years of today’s most popular websites   (0)
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What the Hotness of Your Waitress Says About the Economy   (0)
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