Zen Pencils Comic: 100. CARL SAGAN: Pale blue dot
excuse me, no one is allowed to make me cry like that
The essayist, unlike the novelist, the poet, and the playwright, must be content in his self-imposed role of second-class citizen. A writer who has his sights trained on the Nobel Prize or other earthly triumphs had best write a novel, a poem, or a play, and leave the essayist to ramble about, content with living a free life and enjoying the satisfactions of a somewhat undisciplined existence.
-E.B.White
Little did White know that a mere year later, he’d be awarded an honorary Pulitzer Prize for the full body of his work, which consisted — per his self-professed preference — largely of essays.
China blazes trail for ‘clean’ nuclear power from thorium
“They are really going for it, and have talented researchers. This could lead to a massive break-through”…Technology for the molten salt process already exists. The Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee built such a reactor in the 1960s. It was shelved by the Nixon Administration. The Pentagon needed plutonium residue from uranium to build nuclear bombs.
A quote from Neil deGrasse Tyson, during his Reddit AMA (March 01, 2012)
(Source: crookedindifference)
"The problem, often not discovered until late in life, is that when you look for things like love, meaning, motivation, it implies they are sitting behind a tree or under a rock. The most successful people recognize, that in life they create their own love, they manufacture their own meaning, they generate their own motivation.
For me, I am driven by two main philosophies, know more today about the world than I knew yesterday. And along the way, lessen the suffering of others. You’d be surprised how far that gets you."
For me, I am driven by two main philosophies, know more today about the world than I knew yesterday. And along the way, lessen the suffering of others. You’d be surprised how far that gets you."
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the google glass feature no one is talking about
The really interesting aspect is that all of the indexing, tagging, and storage could happen without the Google Glass user even requesting it. Any video taken by any Google Glass, anywhere, is likely to be stored on Google servers, where any post-processing (facial recognition, speech-to-text, etc.) could happen at the later request of Google, or any other corporate or governmental body, at any point in the future…
Social media keep old friends close, but the Web used to be for strangers
”…But what if a social network operated according to a logic as different from computer logic as an underground punk club is from a computer lab? Once upon a time this social network did exist, and it was called Makeoutclub.com.”
DON’T BE A STRANGER, The New Inquiry, Adrian Chen
MAKEOUTCLUB WIKI
3 months ago
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A quote from Brett Gurewitz, Bad Religion
(Source: Rolling Stone)
"…Greg and I were both influenced by Carl Sagan, both reading and watching Cosmos. I was influenced by Jack Kerouac, by Tom Waits; I’ve always been a huge fan. At some level, William Burroughs is punk, Tom Waits is punk."
BRITISH FILM INSTITUTE:
How Japan’s modern master revives our taste for everyday life.
Video: The world according to Koreeda
I grew up on a steady diet of movies that made everyday life seem less and less interesting. But along the way, I encountered films that offered a different sensibility. I found that when I left the cinema after watching these films, everyday life didn’t seem more dreary or bland, but more meaningful and savoury. In a way, these films helped restore my taste for the everyday.
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THE PIRATE BAY : AWAY FROM KEYBOARD
Published on Feb 8, 2013
The documentary about the founders of the Pirate Bay. Share it with the world! Support the filmmakers of this free film here www.tpbafk.tv
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