February 2012
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Great animation. The entrance reminds me of the IGA in Westmount. IGA - Odeur de Pain (by SHED)
Feb 23rd
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Feb 23rd
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Q&A: Hacker Historian George Dyson Sits Down With... →
Such an exceptional interview.
Feb 22nd
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“Remembering is not the re-excitation of innumerable fixed, lifeless and...”
– Learning to Forget | Wired Science | Wired.com
Feb 22nd
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Feb 21st
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Feb 21st
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(via The Dark Secret Behind Quirky Romantic Comedies | Cracked.com)
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Feb 18th
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Evolution, Creationism and Our School System →
Teaching creationism or intelligent design in a science class is like teaching faith healing in a medical college or teaching students how to speak in ‘tongues’ as part of a foreign language class. 
Feb 17th
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Feb 17th
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Feb 17th
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Feb 17th
“Today’s belief in ineluctable certainty is the true innovation-killer of our...”
– Innovation Starvation | World Policy Institute
Feb 16th
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Feb 16th
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“When you’re rushing to a solution, your mind will jump to the easiest and...”
– What Happened to Downtime? The Extinction of Deep Thinking & Sacred Space :: Articles :: The 99 Percent
Feb 16th
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“If critical periods aren’t quite so firm as people once believed, a world of...”
– Guitar Zero: A Neuroscientist Debunks the Myth of “Music Instinct” | Brain Pickings
Feb 15th
Guitar Zero: A Neuroscientist Debunks the Myth of... →
I heart Brainpickings :)
Feb 15th
The discipline of making →
bobulate: The difference between making and meeting: If you’re rushing to make a train, you have to be there before the last moment. Five seconds too late is too late. The cost of error is absolute. If you’re hurrying to meet a train, though, there’s a soft deadline. Five seconds is no big deal. Thirty seconds might be annoying, particularly for someone returning from a long journey. And five...
Feb 15th
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What Scientific Concept Would Improve Everybody's... →
So awesome.
Feb 15th
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Feb 15th
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The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore (by Moonbot Studios)
Feb 14th
Feb 13th
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Another Godless Goddess: America's Darwin Problem →
America’s got a Darwin problem — and it matters. According to a 2009 Gallup poll taken on the 200th anniversary of Charles Darwin’s birth, fewer than 40% of Americans are willing to say that they “believe in evolution.” When another study asked if humans had developed from earlier species of…
Feb 13th
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Powers of 10 - Amazing →
Super mega awesome!
Feb 12th
You Will Never Kill Piracy, and Piracy Will Never... →
Too many good things to quote out of this.
Feb 11th
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“So there you have it: That’s the best case that can be made against gay...”
– Why the Proponents of a Gay Marriage Ban Will Soon Be Speechless - Slate Magazine
Feb 11th
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Feb 11th
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Feb 10th
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“Once again, the explanation for this effect returns us to the benefits of not...”
– Why Being Sleepy and Drunk Is Great for Creativity | Wired Science | Wired.com
Feb 10th
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MobilityWOD →
All human beings should be able to perform basic maintenance on themselves
Feb 10th
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Feb 9th
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Using Research to Predict Great Teachers →
It’s like Moneyball for teachers.
Feb 9th
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Feb 9th
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Feb 9th
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“The role of the imagination is to create new meanings and to discover...”
– Iconic designer and legendary curmudgeon Paul Rand on the role of the imagination. (via curiositycounts)
Feb 8th
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“It’s not ‘content then design’, or ‘content or design’. It’s ‘content and...”
– Structure First. Content Always. | Mark Boulton
Feb 7th
Feb 6th
Honeywell goes after Nest Learning Thermostat for... →
If you can patent the use of complete sentences while programming something our patent system is fucking broken.
Feb 6th
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Feb 6th
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Feb 5th
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Feb 3rd
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“True believers have always felt something more, an extra dimension that has...”
– An obsessive history of The Elements of Style and what makes it a cultural treasure. (via curiositycounts)
Feb 3rd
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Creationism is bad science →
To sum It’s scientifically unsound - i.e. it’s not science It’s theologically unsound - who the fuck cares It’s bad for business - real science = real education It’s unconstitutional - creationism is religion not science, religion does not belong in public education In sum… someone should expel these idiots from their state senate and replace them with...
Feb 2nd
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Feb 2nd
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“So what would our mornings look like if we re-engineered them in the interest of...”
– New neurosciences studies show most morning routines kill creativity, but there might be something we can do about it.  (via curiositycounts)
Feb 2nd
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January 2012
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