May 2013
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April 2013
6 posts
AUSTIN KLEON: Don't discard. Keep all your pieces... →
austinkleon:
I’ve been thinking about that Margaret Atwood quote I posted, “You’re supposed to do one thing. If you do more than that, people get confused.”
It’s not just that other people get confused — you yourself get confused. You love all these things, but you feel like you’re supposed to pick…
brigwife:
why celsius/centigrade is better than fahrenehenheit
easier to spell
all water below 0 is ice. easy and logical
all water above 100 is steam. easy and logical
if it’s 1 degree outside one day and 10 degrees the next you can literally say it’s 10x warmer and you aren’t even exaggerating
why farhenininheniehenhet is better than centigrate/celsius
it isn’t
March 2013
9 posts
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toastedsub:
I’ve been struggling as an aspiring programmer lately. Not with programming itself, but with the idolatry of “rock star” programmers that is so prominent in this culture. I love building cool stuff, but I want to live a fulfilling life, start a family, and make some memories that take place outside of my laptop, too. Sometimes that seems like too much to ask in this industry.
vegansaurus!: Yes, your dogs is smiling: Humans... →
vegansaurus:
“Classifying dogs’ (Canis familiaris) facial expressions from photographs,” a study by Tina Bloom and Harris Friedman published in February in scientific journal Behavioural Processes, has shown that people can correctly identify emotions in dogs’ faces. It used a series of photographs…
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February 2013
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Harper High School, Part One →
(Taken from thisamericanlife.org) - We spent five months at Harper High School in Chicago, where last year alone 29 current and recent students were shot. 29. We went to get a sense of what it means to live in the midst of all this gun violence, how teens and adults navigate a world of funerals and Homecoming dances. We found so many incredible and surprising stories, this show is a two-parter;...
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January 2013
8 posts
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This weeks goals:
No Facebook for the week
Off the computer (no working!) after 10pm
Read every night
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WTF with Marc Maron Podcast: Episode 353 - Dave... →
hermitologist:
Most of you who’ve been reading Hermitology or following Thrice over the years are probably well aware of how much I admire Dave Grohl and how much I’ve been inspired by what he’s done and continues to do. Marc Maron had Grohl as a guest on the WTF Podcast this week and the conversation they had boosted that admiration and inspiration to a whole new level. It’s an absolute...
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reblog this if you are vegan and want to be part...
naturerutan:
- - - - - - gonna make a page with the url’s of vegans so all vegans can go follow you guys and people can ask questions about being vegan.
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love you all for being vegan btw
December 2012
8 posts