October 2008
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“We become what we behold. We shape our tools and then our tools shape us.”
– Marshal McLuhan
List of all algorithms, classified by purpose →
A complete list of all major algorithms (300), in any domain. The goal is to provide a ready to run program for each one, or a description of the algorithm. Programming languages include Java, JavaScript and PHP, C, C++ either in direct form or generated from a Scriptol source.
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Daily Euphony: David Holmes - Tub Scene from the...
Egoboo →
Egoboo is a colloquial expression for the pleasure received from public recognition of voluntary work.
-Wikipedia
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Daily Euphony: Cinematic Orchestra - To Build a...
“very barcelona. if there is one thing i hate about the culture scene here is...”
– candyland: loosing my ballardian virginity (part one)
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“Sentimentality, in all its forms, is the attempt to get some effect without...”
– - The Art of Fiction, by John Gardner
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What is Telstar Logistics? →
The short answer is that it’s a scam for parking illegally in loading zones. The nerdy answer is that it’s an ongoing experiment in corporate phenomenology, urban camouflage, and brand development. The tale unfolds something like this…
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A Jazz Night to Remember →
When Mr. Jarrett played the first four notes, a low ripple of laughter went through the auditorium: He was quoting the opera house’s intermission bell. But just as quickly, the reaction turned into awed silence as Mr. Jarrett turned the banal and familiar into something gorgeous and mysterious.
Listen to the first 10 minutes.
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Secret to a longer life - being conscientious →
Being conscientious not only leads to a more successful life but also a longer one, a new study claims.
Scientists have discovered that high achievers such as company executives, Olympic athletes and even world leaders live on average up to four years longer than the general public.
Researchers believe that being both industrious and scrupulous at the same time appear to be the key to the extra...
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Outsourced passports netting govt. profits,... →
The United States has outsourced the manufacturing of its electronic passports to overseas companies — including one in Thailand that was victimized by Chinese espionage — raising concerns that cost savings are being put ahead of national security, an investigation by The Washington Times has found.
The Government Printing Office’s decision to export the work has proved lucrative, allowing...
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What your font choice says about you
A delightfully snarky guide to the subtext conveyed by your font choices. I particularly like Comic Sans. Seems like half the messages I get from my Grandma (who tends to be overly religious (but in a nice, caring way)) use it, now I see why.
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Daily Eupony: Bran Van 3000 - Astounded from the...
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Calculate your 'Real/Fake America' Score
Just sent this off to the walkscore.com folks:
Last night the Daily Show had a couple of bits about how the Republican’s new talking point draws a sharp distinction between ‘real america’ (the small town audiences they were speaking to) and what one can only presume is the ‘fake america’. At the end of the first piece, he gave a formula for calculating if...
Origins of the joint-stock corporation →
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"Treasury is committed to an open and transparent...
“Transparency will not only give the American people comfort in our execution, it will give the markets confidence in what form our action will take.”
- US Assistant Secretary for Financial Stability Neel Kashkari
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Avishai Cohen - Ani Maamin from the...
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Sacred Intentions: Inside the Johns Hopkins... →
The team had been having marked success in treating alcoholism and neuroses with LSD and other psychedelics (in fact, the man who founded Alcoholics Anonymous, Bill Wilson, praised LSD’s spiritual uses and wanted to distribute it as a supplement to AA meetings). But then an intriguing new avenue of research came about by sheer circumstance when a member of the research department came down...
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U.S. pilot was ordered to shoot down UFO →
“In his extreme youth Stoner had thought of love as an absolute state of being to...”
– John Williams - Stoner
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J.S. Bach (performed by Lara St....
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Expat Interviews - get a leg up before you head... →
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Morcheeba - Enjoy the Ride from...
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Art of the Title →
Cinema’s best title sequences, gathered together in one place for your viewing pleasure.
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The Art of Survival, Taoism and the Warring States... →
The Tao of Hiding in the Hills
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Are We Poised on the Precipice of Another Age... →
Kondratieff posited that an economic cycle of debt buildup and repudiation repeats every 50-60 years. Given the enormous borrowing binge the world has gleefully embarked on during the past five years, it’s difficult to dismiss Kondratieff’s fundamental insight as entirely wrongheaded. Many in his camp believe we are entering the “winter” phase which will culminate in...
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Material - Words of Advice (for...
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Thomas Tallis - Spem in Alium from...
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“Fascism should more properly be called corporatism because it is the merger of...”
– Benito Mussolini (Wikipedia, “Corporatism”)
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Daily Euphony Richard Ashcroft - Break the Night...
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Sad Guys on Trading Floors →
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Was (Not Was) - Green Pills in the...