August 2009
2 posts
Boston Globe - A Tale Told by an Idiot →
(A street in Cambridgeham. Most Exalted University Professor HENRY LOUIS GATES, freshly returned from the Land of the Asian Khan, is rattling the door of his keep. Enter a WENCH.)
WENCH: Alarum! Alarum! A thief is about!
GATES: Peace, ye fat guts!
(Enter SHERIFF CROWLEY)
CROWLEY: Stay, now! Who disturbs our peaceful shire?
GATES: I disturb no man. My key unlocketh not.
CROWLEY: Forsooth,...
June 2009
7 posts
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Modern Love: My view from the margins →
A somewhat painful feeling arose in my throat. What was it that I had just seen? How would I write about it? And what had just happened to me? My breath was shallow. I waited, inhaled deeply, felt my ribs expand and the lump in my throat melt, and then I knocked. Next, as I have done now for two years, I stepped inside the home of complete strangers and asked them how they found love.
May 2009
36 posts
Space Monkeys →
“I bought a cactus. A week later it died. And I got depressed, because I thought,...”
– Demetri Martin
The God Chemical →
Brain Chemistry and Mysticism
I spent a year exploring the emerging science of spirituality for my book, Fingerprints of God. One of the questions raised by my reporting: Is an encounter with God merely a chemical reaction?
WatchPresentation by Scott McCloud on his life, comics, and the future.
Amazon Kindle can't pronounce "Barack Obama" →
In particular, the voice of the Kindle mispronounces two important words that show up often in the pages of newspapers: “Barack” (the device rhymes it with “black”) and “Obama” (sounds like “Alabama”).
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Kacie Kinzer’s Tweenbots experiment is less about robots and more about human nature. She designed small cardboard robots with smiling faces that will move only forward. Kinzer then would set a robot down in an area of New York City with a flag that indicated its destination. The only way it could get “home” was with the help of passers-by.
My head splits along its seams, quietly unzipping...
Time 100 -- moot by Rick Astley →
Back in the ’80s, I was known for being reclusive, often shying away from media attention. It’s perhaps ironic that the Internet phenomenon of Rickrolling should bring my video for “Never Gonna Give You Up” to a new generation. But that’s one of the great things about the Internet. Young people now have easy access to material that they ordinarily wouldn’t have...
Windows 7 Release Candidate is Out
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April 2009
2 posts
Kiss and Swallow by IAMX
March 2009
22 posts
