So, I was going to write this neat post about all this thinking I've been doing about the ramifications of a dataflow economy, but then while I was typing it, our hot water heater exploded again. Apparently, our landlord didn't do a good enough job fixing it last time, so I'm going to have to wake up extra early tomorrow and call them to come fix ( Read more... )

Jelly is the Holy Ghost.

"raronauer says:
September 26th, 2007 at 11:57 pm

I don’t get this. Wouldn’t jelly have a better chance of creating life due to its high sugar content? What are these guys thinking?"

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So, somebody linked me to something pretty cool today, a website called WOWIO. It's basically a service that allows you to download eBooks, legally, for free. Unfortunately, it's currently only available to US residents, and their selection of books is still pretty small, and you can only get three books per day, but it still seems pretty cool. ( Read more... )

Well, shit.

"Because memory and sensations are so uncertain, so biased, we always rely on a certain reality--call it an alternate reality--to prove the reality of events. To what extent facts we recognize as such really are as they seem, and to what extent these are facts merely because we label them such, is an impossible distinction to draw. Therefore, in ( Read more... )

"Imagine printing batteries like a newspaper."

We had a large, nasty weed problem in a garden in our backyard. Large, nasty. I'm talking huge weeds as tall as me. I was a bit annoyed, because I was figuring that some day I'd have to go buy a machete to take care of them. Today, however, I walked outside to find my roommate tearing down large swaths of them... With a katana. And thus, my ( Read more... )

Hey, guys, do a brother a huge favor, and help my roommate and I win computers ( Read more... )

So Zac and I entered a 24 hour photography challenge. The subject was revealed to be "growth" at 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon, and the photo is due in today at 2 o'clock. Zac and I got up early this morning and headed to Spencer's Butte to shoot our idea -- we were trying to stay away from the cliche ideas, plants, babies, buildings and so on. ( Read more... )