March 2010
la schmoove (00:04:58.553 duration, 192 kbps)...
Gravity Emerges from Quantum Information, Say... →
jhnbrssndn:
buffleheadcabin:
vruz:
h/t @brainpicker
The new role that quantum information plays in gravity sets the scene for a dramatic unification of ideas in physics
One of the hottest new ideas in physics is that gravity is an emergent phenomena; that it somehow arises from the complex interaction of simpler things.
A few month’s ago, Erik Verlinde at the the University of...
under the influence of meat puppets (00:01:58.256...
Character Actors →
onemoretimewithfeeling:
Have you ever been watching TV or a movie and pointed to the screen and said, “Hey! It’s That Guy!” Well, here is where you’ll find him. This page is dedicated to the character actors collectively known as “That Guy”.
definitive list. criteria fta:
To make it onto this page, a “That Guy” has to have appeared in a solid number of both movies and TV shows....
OH HELL FUCK NO →
nudawn:
themattsmith:
nudawn:
Volunteers will be accommodated in an open-air secure compound. While there are walls surrounding the area, there is no roof. Volunteers will sleep in 2 – 4 person tents and will need to supply all their own bedding, from mattress to sleeping bag, mosquito net, pillow and so on. Conditions will be extremely basic. You will wash using a bucket shower and the...
neverneverland:
Reactionary or revolutionary, they’re all humans, all romantics. They live in a world of illusion, a world that’s a mere projection of their own human personalities. They act in ways which would be appropriate if such a world as they think they live in really existed. - Aldous Huxley, After Many A Summer Dies the Swan (sasha, gargouilles)
solipsists often get confused over the...
Google Latitude is the greatest thing to ever... →
uhmore:
since the invention of the binoculars.
sounds like fun!
jimmy diggin’ cats (00:03:41.884 duration,...
“The pleasure of knocking back Bourbon lies in the plane of the aesthetic but at...”
– “Bourbon,” by Walker Percy
I almost love this essay.
(via mumblelard)
I love the idea that connoisseurship stands in ironic opposition to aestheticism, and that only the latter provides egress from the hedonic treadmill. I’m not sure I understand how this aesthetics of the memorious self works...
Santa Monica sushi restaurant charged with... →
disgustingthingsihaveeaten:
You guys all know how we feel about whale meat around here so it is with great disappointment that we report a trendy sushi restaurant in the Santa Monica Airport has been busted for selling whale meat before we even had the opportunity to stop in for a plate of sashimi.
The LA Times reports:
The Hump came under fire after allegations surfaced in Tuesday’s New York...
whoa back, buck (00:03:07.44 duration,...
THIS is a must-read:
A DEFENSE OF POETRY - BY GABRIEL GUDDING
The test of such poetry is that it discomfits. - Charles Bernstein
The lake trout is not a furious animal, for which I apologize that you have the mental capacity of the Anchovy.
Yes the greatest of your sister’s facial pimples did outweigh a Turkey.
I was eating Vulture Beast Cream, I was eating Lippy Dung Corn, and I said...
