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The manhut. Want!
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The State of the Web - Summer 2008
A beautiful and brilliant on what’s happening on the Internet these days. And set in a nice font! (via livejamie)
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Everybody hurry and add Andy Gilmore to your feed readers. We need to get this kid on Tumblr, stat.
Wow. That stuff’s amazing.
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”The brain does not simply gather and stockpile information as a computer’s hard drive does. Facts are stored first in the hippocampus, a structure deep in the brain about the size and shape of a fat man’s curled pinkie finger. But the information does not rest there. Every time we recall it, our brain writes it down again, and during this re-storage, it is also reprocessed. In time, the fact is gradually transferred to the cerebral cortex and is separated from the context in which it was originally learned. For example, you know that the capital of California is Sacramento, but you probably don’t remember how you learned it. This phenomenon, known as source amnesia, can also lead people to forget whether a statement is true. Even when a lie is presented with a disclaimer, people often later remember it as true.
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”It put me in a different mode. It slowed me down: ‘Look at this guy. He is all dressed up and he is in an abandoned building.’ I am here to put things back together.
Former detective Vernon J. Geberth on the symbolism of wearing a fine suit on the job, from this NYT article
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If God Is Dead, Who Gets His House?
Some within the New Atheism movement are trying to create atheist social organizations to replace the theist ones they rail against. I hear Hazel Motes is doing great things with his Church of Christ Without Christ.
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Chinese artists responsible for 60% of the world’s oil paintings paint their self-portraits. From Self-portraiture and emerging artistic consciousness in Dafen, via Boing Boing
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Via soupsoup.
Oh, Calvin & Hobbes. Who wants to buy me the amazing colossal superset?
More art (and a fan site) here.
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aatw:
Jordan Crane’s amazing cover for Michael Chabon’s Maps and Legends
That is absolutely beautiful.
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How to argue
- Re-express your opponent’s position
- List any points of agreement
- Mention anything you have learned from you opponent
- Then criticize
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What Every American Should Know About the Middle East
Brief little two-minute overview of the Middle East. At the book store the other day I saw The Middle East for Dummies — this is like that book, for dummies. (Via kottke.)
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“These Machines Kill Fascists” designed by You and Me, The Royal We
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ADA ad designed by Jeseok Yi
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where do I get trunks like that??
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Just saw a foursquare check-in to a church. I’m not sure God appreciates other people trying to...
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…the rhythms of the Old and New Testament, the...
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