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  • Links van 31 juli 2012 tot 8 augustus 2012

    No-Hook Nation: Why Is It So Hard to Find a Place to Hang Our Stuff? – Karen Loew – The AtlanticWhen planning rooms, designers often overlook or choose to omit the simple amenity that would keep coats, purses, and laptop bags from ending up on the floor. Why? Gamasutra – Features – 1500 Archers on…

  • Links van 27 juli 2012 tot 30 juli 2012

    Stoya™, Our Bodies, Our Press Materials (Part 1)“No one has ever said that they fap to my ribcage.” seems like a fantastic line to end on for now. Talking About Wife’s Horse, Romney Shows Why Americans Don’t Like HimSomething tells me that if Romney were mayor of New York, he’d sneak into the opera wearing…

  • Links van 18 juli 2012 tot 26 juli 2012

    Letters of Note: This is my son. He speaks Greek.In 1957, at 18 years of age, future billionaire and founder of CNN, Ted Turner, informed his father that he would be majoring in Classics after being inspired by a professor at Brown University. His father was furious to say the least, and responded to his son's…

  • Links van 25 juni 2012 tot 18 juli 2012

    Aral Sea, ecological disaster: And it’s good night from the Aral Sea | The EconomistEvery year five Central Asian states meet to discuss how to rescue the Aral Sea. In 2000 UNESCO produced a “water-related vision” for reviving the sea. The World Bank has restoration projects. But one development expert I spoke to in Tashkent,…

  • Links van 14 juni 2012 tot 22 juni 2012

    I analyzed the chords of 1300 popular songs for patterns. This is what I found. | Blog – HooktheoryIn this article, we’ll look at the statistics gathered from 1300 choruses, verses, etc. of popular songs to discover the answer to a few basic questions. First we’ll look at the relative popularity of different chords based…

  • Links van 30 mei 2012 tot 13 juni 2012

    Hidden Epidemic: Tapeworms Living Inside People’s Brains | Infectious Diseases | DISCOVER MagazineParasitic worms leave millions of victims paralyzed, epileptic, or worse. So why isn’t anyone mobilizing to eradicate them? I’ve been playing the same game of Civilization II for almost 10 years. This is the result. : gamingI've been playing the same game of…

  • Links van 16 mei 2012 tot 29 mei 2012

    Système DYou can tell you've got your competitors rattled when they start producing knocking copy about you. It's a testament to the success of OpenStreetMap that TomTom, the troubled, declining manufacturer of satnavs (PNDs) and geodata vendor, has published a rather cynical example of FUD about "open-source maps". reddit, I’ve answered a lot your questions…

  • Links van 9 mei 2012 tot 12 mei 2012

    Gamasutra – News – In-depth: Is it time for a text game revival?In a market where books and games are close rivals for the most popular category on app stores, what happens when today's new gamers are hungry for something more than word puzzles? Datavisualization.ch Selected Tools RUDI: Bookshelf: Classics: Christopher Alexander: A city is…

  • Links van 2 mei 2012 tot 8 mei 2012

    swissmiss | Two kids in a carThese two kids saw the GOTYE music video SOMEBODY THAT I USED TO KNOW and fell in love with it. They started requesting the song every time they’d be riding in the car, singing along, of course. One day, their parents set up a go camera behind their seat…

  • Links van 24 april 2012 tot 2 mei 2012

    What if realists were in charge of U.S. foreign policy? | Stephen M. WaltThe liberal/neoconservative alliance is responsible for most of America's major military interventions of the past two decades, as well as other key initiatives like NATO expansion. By contrast, realists have been largely absent from the halls of power or the commanding heights…

  • Links van 19 april 2012 tot 22 april 2012

    IBNIZIBNIZ is a virtual machine designed for extremely compact low-level audiovisual programs. The leading design goal is usefulness as a platform for demoscene productions, glitch art and similar projects. Mainsteam software engineering aspects are considered totally irrelevant. IBNIZ stands for Ideally Bare Numeric Impression giZmo. The name also refers to Gottfried Leibniz, the 17th-century polymath…

  • Links van 12 april 2012 tot 18 april 2012

    Marokkaans/Arabisch koken met Amber – Weblog – 50plusser.nl WeblogOverheerlijke Marokkaanse en andere Arabische gerechten met daarnaast lekkere recepten uit verschillende keukens Style in The Wire on VimeoThis video essay explores the style in the television series The Wire. Potions And Pitfalls: My Year In Roguelikes | Rock, Paper, ShotgunIt’s been a fantastic year for Roguelikes,…

  • Links van 8 april 2012 tot 11 april 2012

    Interesting ArticlesA curated stream of interesting articles. Beste MIVB, heb uw personeel en de passagiers lief | SixlogJe bent nergens meer veilig, niet in het verkeer, evenmin thuis en zeker niet op een boot. Dat heet toeval of noodlot en hoeveel blauw ook op straat, of hoe streng de straffen: het zal altijd blijven gebeuren.…

  • Links van 19 maart 2012 tot 6 april 2012

    Child of Rage The FULL Documentary – YouTubeShocking, Horrifying, Fascinating The full documentary. The Best Textbooks on Every Subject – Less WrongWhat if we could compile a list of the best textbooks on every subject? That would be extremely useful. Let's do it. Omni-Suzanne Ciani – YouTubeSuzanne Ciani working on the music and sounds for…

  • Links van 13 maart 2012 tot 18 maart 2012

    Sustainable Pleasure – Sex Toy Recyclingfind out how sex toy recycling works Ruby, Ruby on Rails, and _why: The disappearance of one of the world’s most beloved computer programmers. – Slate MagazineWhat happened when one of the world’s most unusual, and beloved, computer programmers disappeared. The Inside Story of How John Carter Was Doomed by…