June 2010
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Body Games : The Frontal Cortex →
Great article on why video game systems like the Wii and Microsofts new Kinect tap into something far more important by forcing our bodies to move, emotion.
Ivor Padilla | Customizing the new WordPress 3.0... →
There’s some hidden features in the WordPress Custom Menu and thanks to John O’Nolan I just notice those features, there’s no need of jQuery here, we just need to click in Screen Options to show the hidden options.
Dogs & Strollers
Overheard
Customer: Can I bring my dog in, he’s in a stroller.
Barista: Sorry, no. We don’t allow dogs inside.
Correct Response: No. And why the fuck is your dog in a stroller?
“Yet, while the BP Spill is the biggest single oil spill we here in America have...”
– Worldchanging: Bright Green: Seeing Past the BP Spill
“In Plutarch’s eyes, the philosopher is a man who sprinkles seriousness into a...”
– Lost in the Clouds? - Opinionator Blog - NYTimes.com
“democracy is difficult and, above all, fragile, more fragile than we usually...”
– The Usefulness of Anger: A Response - Opinionator Blog - NYTimes.com
“is the kind of individualism actually possible in this or any social world...”
– The Usefulness of Anger: A Response - Opinionator Blog - NYTimes.com
“Beauvoir warned that you can’t just will yourself to be free, that is, to abjure...”
– Lady Power - Opinionator Blog - NYTimes.com
“For me, the lesson of stuttering is that obstacles can also be advantages, that...”
– The Advantages of Tourette’s : The Frontal Cortex
“Think, for a moment, about how impressive this is: the metacognitive brain is...”
– Feelings of Knowing : The Frontal Cortex
“When people are incompetent in the strategies they adopt to achieve success and...”
– The Anosognosic’s Dilemma: Something’s Wrong but You’ll Never Know What It Is (Part 1) - Opinionator Blog - NYTimes.com
Cognitive Surplus : The Frontal Cortex →
A great review of Clay Shirky’s new book Cognitive Surplus (that I want) by another one of my intellectual idols Jonah Lehrer. Critical and illuminating.
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“The issue here is a central one in modern philosophy: is individual autonomy an...”
– The Very Angry Tea Party - Opinionator Blog - NYTimes.com
“The American version of these practices has, from the earliest days of the...”
– The Very Angry Tea Party - Opinionator Blog - NYTimes.com
“It is not for the sake of acquiring political power that Tea Party activists...”
– The Very Angry Tea Party - Opinionator Blog - NYTimes.com
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“While personal development and even lifestyle design promise solutions to...”
– The Paint-By-Numbers Guide to Your Creative Self-Actualization | Beyond Growth
Want Cognitive Surplus by Clay Shirky for my... →
Seriously want this book… pity I didn’t realize it came out until after I already placed a book order from Amazon the other day.
Maybe I’ll get it on Monday for my birthday *hint hint*
“Karl Popper, the great philosopher of science, once divided the world into two...”
– Clocks and Clouds : The Frontal Cortex
“Though the neighborhoods and the people look different, they are all just...”
– Denver busts urban farming’s yuppie stereotype | Grist
“Undermining a program supported by our automakers and autoworkers,...”
– The Murkowski Resolution: A step backward for American clean energy | Grist
“It sounds so trite to tell people to follow their passions. It’s cheesy. The...”
– How I Finally “Made It” Online | Andy Fossett
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“Content strategy addresses the specific purpose, form, and development of the...”
– A List Apart: Articles: Content-tious Strategy
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“What we’re talking about here is content without context. Information that seems...”
– The Myth of the Calorie Count - Scatter/Gather: a Razorfish blog about content strategy, pop culture and human behavior