September 2010
28 posts
The Peekaboo Paradox →
An article about a clown in the Maryland suburbs.
And the best thing I’ve read in a very long time.
(via a hackernews comment)
(via Instapaper)
SPQR! →
Notes on the Sporting News' admirably... →
pablog:
1. Duke alums’ conspicuous non-mentioning of SAT scores is made up for, single-handedly, by Shane Battier: “I have a subscription to Laptop magazine.”
2. Ryan Fitzpatrick didn’t really get a 1580 on his SATs.
3. Chris Young wrote his thesis on “The Impact of Jackie Robinson and the Integration of Baseball on Racial Stereotypes in America: A Quantitative Content Analysis of Stories...
This is a news website article about a scientific... →
mrgan:
This paragraph describes the link in cautiously optimistic words, perhaps ending with a personal anecdote or hope that explains my interest in the subject matter.
Weezer Set First 'Blue Album,' 'Pinkerton' Dates →
steller:
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Rivers Cuomo and crew have announced initial details of their upcoming Memories Tour, where the band will stop in each city for two nights, performing their classic 1994 self-titled debut (aka “The Blue Album”) in its entirety one night, and 1996’s Pinkerton the second night, plus a greatest hits encore after each. So far,...
2010's Worst Candidate: Dan Maes
squashed:
2arrs2ells has nominated Dan “Bicycle sharing is a hidden UN scheme to take over America” Maes (R-CO Gov candidate) as the worst Candidate this time around.
Who agrees? Or is there somebody worse?
Vote (or rather, please don’t vote) for Maes!
the ragbag: braver new world →
ragbag:
when i’m reading a novel with an ending so depressing that it rocks my faith in humanity and flushes me into a month-long depression, the only way that i am ever able to bring myself out this viscous cycle of self-loathing and misanthropy is to dial up fanfiction.net and read over the…
the ragbag: bizarre starting player rules →
ragbag:
i played pandemic for like 16 hours yesterday. what really tickled my crinkle-cut pickle was the rule for determining which player gets to start first. in most games the starting player is selected either randomly or who is oldest. in pandemic it is determined by who was most recently sick….
Cranium’s rule is the player with the next birthday…
Fiction: An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge →
(via Instapaper)
Kill Whitey. It’s the Right Thing to Do →
A couple years ago, David Pizarro, a young research psychologist at Cornell, brewed up a devious variation on the classic trolley problem. The trolley problem is that staple of moral psychology studies at dinner parties in which you ask someone to decide under what conditions it’s morally permissible to kill one person to save others.
This paper is awesome
Participants received one of two...
Why We're Teaching 'The Wire' at Harvard →
In our course on urban inequality at Harvard this semester, we want our students to understand the roots of the social conditions in America’s inner cities. To that end, we get some help from Bodie, Stringer Bell, Bubbles and others from HBO’s “The Wire.”
Damn
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Me: "J--, why'd you write 'Single' on your writing folder?"
Student: "You know, because."
Me: "Why? Because what? What do you think that means?"
Student: "You know..."
Me: "No, show me."
My student then proceeds to raise her hand and shake it back and forth - a la Beyonce and "Single Ladies." Best put a ring on it.
Nick Summers: 22 Answers for Alex Beam →
nicksummers:
Boston Globe columnist Alex Beam, as he nears the stage of life at which one yells at the children on one’s lawn, has questions. I have answers.
Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta
On most handheld Canon models, go to the function menu, then return to picture-taking mode; the display will…
Amazing
What we did for one of my birthdays. →
Sorry for throwing you a yuppie scum bday bob!
SBG Free & Clear →
If I teach a third year, I’m absolutely going to standards-based grading.
Watchmollybierman:
Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis and Sean Penn
“Zach Galifianakis’ twin brother Seth” interviews Sean Penn between two ferns.
(via funnyordie)
the ragbag: language silhouettes →
okay, okay. this will be the last time that i blast you in your face with word-number charts that i made on an airplane. for this final graph, i thought it would be a hoot to generate a kind of “silhouette” of the unique word length schemes of the numbers of each language.
notice how almost 60%…
Watchmollybierman:
This song has ascended into the highly objective and scientific list known as Top 3 Favorite Songs Ever Recorded. The other two are obviously Hall and Oates - “You Make My Dreams (Come True)” and Annie Lennox - “Walking on Broken Glass.”
Cee-Lo Green Music Video of the Day: “Fuck You”
Cee-Lo follows up his ultra-viral pre-video with an actual video. The single drops October...