January 2010
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Jan 1st
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“This might allow one to theorize that Glenn Beck wrecked our year if we did not...”
– Gail Collins LOL
Jan 1st
December 2009
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“One day sir, you may tax it.”
– Michael Faraday’s response to British minister of finance, when asked of the practical value of electricity in 1850.
Dec 30th
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“This family’s troubles offer a reminder that the most grievous victims of the...”
– Kristof’s recent column about how the greed on Wall Street has led to life or death in poorer parts of the world. Make a note of this, bankers. (via swarup)
Dec 27th
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Dec 27th
The Math Room →
jsdillon: A blog of cool, and frankly not very easy, math problems. Swarup, we totally would have done this every day in Miss Watson’s class.
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A single sperm has 37.5 MB of DNA information in...
maxistentialist: That means that a normal ejaculation represents a data transfer of about 1,587.5 TB. I’m on a biological truth rampage. This is commonly misunderstood… A sperm has an entire copy of the human genome The human genome is about 3 billion nucleotides long. Each nucleotide can be 1 of 4 things, which means it takes 2 bits to encode each nucleotide. That means a...
Dec 18th
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If the Genome Were A Book...
maxistentialist: If the human genome were a book: There would be 23 chapters called chromosomes Each chapter contains several thousand stories called genes Each story is made of up paragraphs, called exons, which are interrupted by advertisements called introns Each paragraph is made up of words, called codons Each word is written in letters called bases There are one billion words in...
Dec 18th
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WatchWatch
Obligatory Reblog.
Dec 18th
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Dec 17th
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Jay-Z in Helsinki: "99 Hearts" →
maxistentialist: newsweek: bbook: Close the blinds before grooving to this one ladies and gents. Jay-Z’s “99 Problems” vs. Architecture in Helsinki’s “Heart it Races”… and who would’ve ever thought something of a masterpiece to be the result? Excellent That is all kinds of awesome. Back at ya Newsweek.  Excellent.
Dec 17th
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Alec Baldwin/Jack Donaghy's "Misogynist" Scenes... →
tylercoates: lindsayrobertson: I can’t stop watching this. Seeing the bullying parts all together like this completely change the tone of the character. Our darling Jack suddenly seems like a menace, a threat, a really bad guy who everyone would hate. Though the “misogynist” thing is weird — Jack is this mean and dismissive to a lot of people, and follows plenty of women around like a puppy...
Dec 17th
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Yes, Kelly Clarkson. You Know You Like This... →
(via newsweek)
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WatchWatch
Health care debate, described simply (and with an obvious bias that I support). found via swarup.
Dec 7th
Pivot Tables in Microsoft Excel are really quite amazing.
Dec 7th
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Dec 2nd
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nice speech, Mr. President.
Dec 2nd
WatchWatch
comedycentral: Jon Stewart’s interview with Maziar Bahari, the Iranian Newsweek reporter who was imprisoned and interrogated after appearing in a Daily Show segment with Jason Jones. Follow the link to watch the original segment. Jon Stewart Interviews Imprisoned Newsweek Reporter Maziar Bahari | Indecision Forever | Comedy Central This is great, if you’re short on time skip to...
Dec 1st
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