January 2008
22 posts
Half Man, Half Tree →
candywrapper:
Wow… Apparently he’s being treated with daily doses of a synthetic form of Vitamin A (this has been shown to arrest the growth of warts in severe cases of HPV.)
I was going to reblog this with a smart-alecky comment about Merck using this link to push their bogus Gardasil product. But then I decided to research a bit and found this excellent article and suddenly...
MIT offers 1,800 classes online for FREE. →
katieschenk:
MIT offers the course materials (lecture notes, audio lectures, problem sets, exams, assignments, study materials, etc. - you basically download the course) for roughly 1,800 classes FREE online! This is an awesome way to teach yourself a subject you never got to take or already love and want to learn more about. They offer EVERYTHING from Anthropology to Physics to Music Theory to...
An idea!!
juliaallison:
Anyway … it occurred to me - what would her mother think?? Then I thought, what would EVERY anonymous internet blogger/commenter’s mother think of the crazy, mean, sometimes borderline psycho stuff they put out there? Perhaps we should have a new rule: you can post online, but only if you wouldn’t be ashamed to read it aloud to your mom. (PS. I think this will...
Tumblr Grazer
I’ve read numerous posts about how people use tumblr - their ratio of followers/following, how or why they add or “execute” someone, etc. Does anyone do what I do? I am a “grazer-follower.” I’m following about 15 or so people; more I can’t take (not enough time). But it’s not the same 15; I have a core of about 12 and then I try different ones when I...
Important question
Is anyone else as bored by the newspaper storyline in The Wire as I am? — doree
Yes: Baltimore’s excellent TV critic, David Zurawik, who writes for the Baltimore Sun.
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Don't send in the clowns →
Doesn’t surprise me one bit.
Great iPhone tip
I’m probably the last person to find out this great tip, but just in case, here it is, from David Pogue’s iPhone: The Missing Manual:
So every time you want to type a period or a comma, it’s a three-step, awkward dance: (1) Tap the “.?123” key in the lower left to summon the punctuation layout. (2) Type the period. (3) Type the ABC key in the lower left to return to...
Vimeo Featured on NPR
“The video quality really is excellent. While looking at a YouTube or Goolge video in fullscreen feel like someone smeared Vasaline in your eyes, Vimeo videos more than hold thier own in fullscreen mode, looking nearly as good as a high definition channel on your high def television.” Listen to it here. Today is already the biggest weekend day ever for Vimeo in terms of video plays,...
