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Science as a way of life
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January 31, 2008
Category: Creative commons
Sunil reminds us of the pleasures of haircuts. When I first shaved my head hair off (2001 or thereabouts, when my hair retreated rapidly from the forehead and met the nape), I had recurring dreams in which I would get...
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You an atheist? Well, we at MySpace are all retards and don't want around us no smarties who use their own brain to think for themselves. Tuck-in your atheist tail and tow the line or MySpace Monster will eat your...
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January 30, 2008
Dilip D'Souza at Washington Post. [via sqattercity] Because housing is so expensive, about two-thirds of Mumbai's population live in slums or on the streets. This has been true for decades and remains true in ready-for-boom-time India. Indian politicians have concocted...
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A poignant, sensitive performance by Antony Sher as Primo Levi. On BBC 4. You can watch it in iPlayer if you live in the UK....
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January 28, 2008
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Eye-Fi. A memory card for cameras with built-in wifi connectivity....
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January 26, 2008
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The bane of immigrants. Reader's comments at Spiegel following an opinion piece that was critical of germans. Quite rightly, a lot of readers point out that Germany is not special in its Xenophobia. Every country is so to varying degrees....
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January 25, 2008
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Nicholas Carr has an insightful post that points to a fascinating study of online user behavior while they are looking for information and researching some subject, done by British Library (the research study, 35 pages PDF, well organized and well...
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By a former insider at /. [via reddit]...
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Clive Thompson in a WIRED essay: ... If you want to read books that tackle profound philosophical questions, then the best -- and perhaps only -- place to turn these days is sci-fi. Science fiction is the last great literature...
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January 24, 2008
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One of the greatest living science fiction authors. His Childhood's end and The City and the Stars were a great influence on me many years ago....
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