February 2011
26 posts
Leon Crawl: List of academic articles I came... →
leoncrawl:
“So Full of Myself as a Chick”: Goth Women, Sexual Independence, and Gender Egalitarianism
Coffeetalk: Starbucks™ and the Commercialization of Casual Conversation Increased Lesser Earless Lizard Abundance on Prairie Dog Colonies and Short Term Responses to Artificial Prairie Dog Burrows Be…
New Arizona Bill Would Require Schools to Report... →
nicksummers:
Conservative lawmakers in the Arizona legislature made national headlines last week for a slew of draconian and potentially unconstitutional immigration bills. It turns out, however, that those measures were just the beginning of a bigger campaign.
This upsets me greatly.
leoncrawl:
How about a gmail button I can click on to see every email I’ve sent to myself?
How about you can do this already?
Add the Quick Links feature in Google Labs
Search for: to:youremail@gmail.com from:youremail@gmail.com
Add that search page to Quick Links
…
Profit!
UPDATE: From tyler “use search: to:me from:me instead, it takes into account all of your email...
“Watson has lots in common with a top-ranked human Jeopardy! player: It’s...”
– Ken Jennings
“i am, theoretically, in san francisco this summer, but i’m spending monday...”
– me, circa july 2008
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NPR Music First Listen: The Low Anthem - Smart... →
Despite the lack of an evolutionary biologist in the title, I have high hopes.
Did Usher rip off Homer Simpson? →
constultation:
Usher’s OMG sounds suspiciously close to a Christmas carol that Homer wrote in an episode of The Simpsons. Take a listen: Tags: music The Simpsons Usher video
The single greatest Tumblr post of all time →
mrgan:
Game over, kids.
NSFW, btw…
“In high school, me and my friends thought Bright Eyes was god’s dick. I’m going...”
– Titus Andronicus leader Patrick Stickles on Bright Eyes, from a 2008 interview at the Pitchfork Music Festival. The two bands will play a handful of dates together in April. (via pitchfork)
OkCupid strikes again with awesome statistics →
mollybierman:
via datebynumbers:
For the lazy, what this says is the best first date questions for predicting what you need to know, those things being:
1. Will they have sex with me?
- Ask them if they like the taste of beer. If they do, you’re in luck(ier than if they said they didn’t.)
2. Do we have long term potential?
- Ask them if they like horror films or traveling the world...
“The Internet is a very beautiful thing if used properly.”
– McSweeney’s Internet Tendency: A 12-Year-Old Explains the Information Age’s Facts of Life to Her Mother. (via swampgirlrunamok)
“When a person loves a funny video very much, he or she may want to share it with someone special to them. This is called linking and if done properly, it can bring...
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The (Comparative) Testicle Size of Humans
An excerpt from a paper on sperm competition written for HEB 1371: Paternity, Fidelity, and Parenting
Chimpanzees and gorillas demonstrate the range of variation in primate mating patterns, with humans belonging somewhere between these extremes. Chimpanzee female ovulation is very visible and peak fertility is characterized by obvious genital swelling. This fosters an intense – and sometime...
