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Rally up the demons of your soul

July 12th, 2010 · Comments Off · Uncategorized

 

WorldClock
The story of Schroedinger’s cat (an epic poem) – straightdope
Doing Spy Stuff with Mathematica – wolfram
A White God Freakout – mtaibbi   rollingstone
McChrystal and Us – mtaibbi   rollingstone
FastCompany

 

Royals pitcher Bannister sees link between science, success – usatoday
MLBPA To Consider Changes To Arbitration Process – mlbtraderumors
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Love is the string of the relationship yo-yo

July 2nd, 2010 · Comments Off · Uncategorized

 
DrBeeper first-half-of-2010 samplers:
Over 4 hours of new music from 2010.
73 total tracks across 4 mixes (72 artists from 72 albums)

also with YouTube video companions for quick previewing
 
    Theta10-1              [download]
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    Theta10-2              [download]
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    Theta10-3              [download]
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    Theta10-4              [download]
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a dozen-plus feverish minutes of strident paranoia and passionate incoherence

June 23rd, 2010 · Comments Off · Uncategorized

 

The Data-Driven Life – nytimes
Arguing Three Strikes – nytimes
The High Budgetary Cost of Incarceration – cepr
The Conservative Nanny State Strikes Again – tpm

 
2006 : I Have Been Floated: …
2005 : Here’s the setup.
 

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only possible in a country willing to go past a certain intellectual point of no return.

June 3rd, 2010 · Comments Off · Uncategorized

Wall Street’s War – mtaibbi
   Notes

So yeah, uh-huh, yow! – jcarroll
“But in algorithmic times, ’so’ conveys an algorithmic certitude.”
  This is the second column about ’so’
   Typography [vimeo]

 

Why does a blow to the testicles cause nausea?
Flatulence in space
  – straightdope

The M Brace
 

Cal gets a ‘Major Sports Triple’
NBA All-Star game falls far [...]

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If it was all good times every jackass would be doing it.

May 17th, 2010 · Comments Off · Uncategorized

 

The Cook’s Thesaurus
Smitten Kitchen
Cinnamon Rolls 101 – thepioneerwoman
sweet and spicy lamb ribs – thepassionfruit
Goat Cheese Crostini with Blood Orange and Black Pepper Marmalade – bakingobsession
Grilled Artichokes – cookingforengineers
Pan-fried Corona Beans & Kale Recipe – 101cookbooks
Salted Caramel Sauce – amateurgourmet
Dumplings add toothsome chew to vegetable stew – [...]

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the crushingly beige influence of adult-contempo alt-country

May 16th, 2010 · Comments Off · Uncategorized

 

I, Sarah Palin, Goes Redneck – mtaibbi
“I’m a violent, illiterate pig who eats with her mouth open just like all you outstanding Americans!”

 

Revenge is a dish best served…. – straightdope   threadspotting
“Drill, Baby, Drill” chants turns into whimpers – ybenjamin   sfgate
Top 10 Things You Didn’t Know Google Maps Could Do – [...]

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Emotions are the processes we use to assign value to different possibilities.

April 30th, 2010 · Comments Off · Uncategorized

 
The Feds vs. Goldman – mtaibbi rollingstone
We gave these people nearly a trillion bailout dollars, and no one knows what service they actually provide beyond fraud, gross self-indulgence and the occasional transparently insincere public apology.
 

America: We’re (Not) #1! – prosebeforehos
The State of the Internet Operating System   Pt.1   Pt.2 – o’reilly
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What kind of f*&%ed up world do we live in where the President is bigger than any rock star?

January 10th, 2010 · Comments Off · Uncategorized

 

2009 year-end DrBeeper mixes :
    From the Top 2009 (aka ‘19′)   [download]
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    From the Top 2009 (EP-single ed.)   [download]
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    Eta1 – 2009 EP-single sampler   [download]
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    Eta2 – Who Dat? 2009 cover collection   [download]
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Wouldn’t it just be easier to teach Texans how to read?

December 8th, 2009 · Comments Off · Uncategorized

The joys of corruption – jcarroll
When you confuse yourself with an entire religion, you may have some grandiosity issues.

Electric Skaterland – austinchronicle
Austin births a Roller Derby revolution

 

The Noughtie List: the 2000s in Review – kottke
The 2009 Good Gift Games – defectiveyeti in themorningnews

 

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