January 2012
5 tags
December 2011
2 tags
5 tags
5 tags
“Like a forest getting older, our social network usage will continue to...”
– There Is No Next Facebook: How Multiple Social Networks Will Peacefully Coexist (via courtenaybird)
“I’m not interested in preserving the status quo; I want to overthrow it.”
– Niccolo Machiavelli (via amilcarsociety)
Watchprostheticknowledge:
Blade Runner Sketchbook (1982)
Via Future Noir aka 1187hunterwasser, a fully digitized version of the book featuring early concept art.
4 tags
1 tag
When Chefs Travel: 'Tis the Time: Black Truffle... →
whenchefstravel:
Every year, right about now, the white truffles from Italy begin to fade. When that happens the black truffles of France begin to show up in the market. It is as if nature is writing our menu and that is how food should be consumed. Tomatoes in January? Why? In my world…
7 tags
5 tags
5 tags
1 tag
6 tags
1 tag
“The “emergent” nature of reality is that all systems, whether it is knowledge,...”
–
Peter Joseph - The Zeitgeist Movement: The Emergent & Symbiotic Aspects of Natural Law
(via postscarcityorbust)
5 tags
Just because it's 'organic' doesn't mean it's... →
TODOS SANTOS, Mexico — Clamshell containers on supermarket shelves in the United States may depict verdant fields, tangles of vines and ruby red tomatoes. But at this time of year, the tomatoes, peppers and basil certified as organic by the Agriculture Department often hail from the Mexican desert, and are nurtured with intensive irrigation.
Growers here on the Baja Peninsula, the...
3 tags
Welp
My name is Andrew and I’m currently pursuing electrical engineering with intent on graduate study in systems neuroscience/ biomedical engineering/ Information Theory. I like to fish and practice yoga. I’m a foodie and a science nerd. I think the idea of full body prosthetics is fascinating. I love economics and reading about complex systems of any kind. I’m always happy to talk...
Biggest turn off ever: "I don't read"
imwhelmed:
dontyouwannaknowwho:
Excuse me, what? :/
3 tags
3 tags
Tumblr's Support Problem with 'Missing e'
cutlerish:
Wow, Tumblr Support == Butthurt.
Fear-mongering is one of my biggest pet peeves.
missing-e:
As many users have observed, Tumblr has recently given users a choice to uninstall Missing e or revoke support for your account.
The reasons they give for suggesting that you uninstall Missing e are the worst-case scenario for installing browser extensions or browser modifications of any...
“They’ve promised us that dreams come true - but forgot that nightmares are...”
– Oscar Wilde (via lamouroulafolie)
A blockbuster year run on Hollywood logic →
prostheticknowledge:
Opinion piece from New Scientist takes a quick look at logic and the past events of the year:
“BEGIN with an earthquake and work up to a climax.” That aphorism, usually attributed to legendary film producer Samuel Goldwyn, epitomises Hollywood’s attitude to movie-making: when you’ve got no better ideas, simply throw everything at the screen and hope to dazzle the...
