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Month: October 2006
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“were mystified, and even thought this annoying static might be due to bird droppings on the telescope. Later, it was pointed out to them that this spurious noise was probably the residual radiation from the creation of the universe, predicted by Gamow.”
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just because it amused me..
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a font-identifying website. I haven’t actually tried it, but it’s an intriguing idea
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Depressing content, cool pictures.
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“‘Kingdom Come’ is a full-frontal attack on England today. I think in many ways this country has lost its direction, lost its purpose, and there are some very strange things going on under the surface. “
With the Amish in the news, I was thinking how odd it is that they have such a generally positive image. These people are religious extremists who define themselves by ignorance and dogma, who oppose art and science, who treat women as second-class citizens, and won’t even talk to their own family members if they have lost their faith.
They’re a non-violent version of the Taleban; and while I appreciate that the ‘non-violent’ part of that phrase is very important, I’m not sure it makes up for everything else. And yet somehow they are widely admired. Because they’re quaint? Because people are vaguely glad that someone else is living according to an obsessively strict and arbitrary moral code, even though they wouldn’t want to live to it themselves?
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The making of special effects for ‘Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind’. via Coudal.
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Gilette’s plan for a Utopian metropolis. Via Arkiblog.
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via things magazine
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the history of the Middle East in 90 seconds. via MetaFilter
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via Coudal, I think.
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A sequence of pictures chosen by me from the Smithsonian collection. You need to enable pop-up windows to see it.
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