January 2011
17 posts
LL Cool J vs. The Prodigy: Mama Said Kick Ass
LL Cool J vs The Prodigy-Mama said Kick Ass-102bpm (master) by DJTOPCAT
Abusing HTTP Status Codes to Expose Private... →
h/t Gavin
Is USF blocking UCF's way into the Big East? →
A template for every awful Facebook discussion... →
Why Wal-Mart Is Making Our Health Its Problem →
The health problems caused by the consumption of salty and transfat-laden foods are the ultimate externality. That’s the economist’s term for any impact a business has on society that it is not obliged to factor into its cost accounting and decision-making. To be sure, sellers of packaged foods have to make sure that they don’t cause acute illness in their buyers — that...
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Trend watching for 2011, from JWT
Their track record is pretty impressive — check out their 2010 list here — but like a lot of trend watchers they tend to be a bit early. A lot of the things they forecasted for 2010 are just now starting to have wider adoption.
“Among the hills, when you sit in the cool shade of the white poplars, sharing...”
– The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran
WatchJon Stewart on the Gabrielle Gifford shooting.
(h/t Bill Davis)
Shooting from the lip in reaction to Gabrielle... →
The shooting of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords is, of course, both heartbreaking and depressing. It’s been years since our country has been through the trauma of a political assassination attempt, and it’s no wonder that even the suggestion of one puts us on edge and stokes our fears. Nevertheless, the sane and rational approach to such an event is to stop, take a deep breath, listen...
Computer Science Unplugged →
CS Unplugged is a collection of free learning activities that teach Computer Science through engaging games and puzzles that use cards, string, crayons and lots of running around.
The activities introduce students to underlying concepts such as binary numbers, algorithms and data compression, separated from the distractions and technical details we usually see with computers.
CS Unplugged is...
The Ruins of Detroit - Yves Marchand & Romain... →
Detroit, industrial capital of the XXth Century, played a fundamental role shaping the modern world. The logic that created the city also destroyed it. Nowadays, unlike anywhere else, the city’s ruins are not isolated details in the urban environment. They have become a natural component of the landscape. Detroit presents all archetypal buildings of an American city in a state of...
