{"id":252,"date":"2008-08-30T11:26:49","date_gmt":"2008-08-30T16:26:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/noahgreenstein.com\/wordpress\/?p=252"},"modified":"2008-08-30T11:26:49","modified_gmt":"2008-08-30T16:26:49","slug":"links-again-and-again-and-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.noahgreenstein.com\/wordpress\/2008\/08\/30\/links-again-and-again-and-again\/","title":{"rendered":"links again and again and again&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>science\/ world<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h4>Animal of the Month: <a title=\"Dark Roasted Blend: Drunk Animals in Africa \" href=\"http:\/\/www.darkroastedblend.com\/2008\/08\/drunk-african-animals.html\" target=\"_blank\">Drunk Animals in Africa [3:54] (via: DRB)<\/a><\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<table border=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"425\" height=\"344\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/Axur5W83znw&amp;color1=0x5d1719&amp;color2=0xcd311b&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1\" \/><embed type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"425\" height=\"344\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/Axur5W83znw&amp;color1=0x5d1719&amp;color2=0xcd311b&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/embed><\/object><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<li>mushrooms!\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"YouTube Search: time lapse mushroom\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/results?search_query=+time+lapse+mushroom&amp;search_type=&amp;aq=f\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube Search: time lapse mushroom<\/a><\/li>\n<dd><a title=\"YouTube - ??? ?????? ?????\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=suvDQoXA-TA\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube &#8211; ??? ?????? ????? [2:11]<\/a><\/dd>\n<dd><a title=\"YouTube - Psilocybe cubensis &quot;Puerto Rico&quot; time lapse\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=qmIxIg7GinM&amp;feature=related\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube &#8211; Psilocybe cubensis &#8220;Puerto Rico&#8221; time lapse [1:10]<\/a><\/dd>\n<dd><a title=\"Metacafe - Mushroom time lapse Amanita Muscaria\" href=\"http:\/\/www.metacafe.com\/watch\/739066\/amanita_muscaria\/3\" target=\"_blank\">Metacafe &#8211; Mushroom time lapse Amanita Muscaria [1]<\/a><\/dd>\n<dd><a title=\"YouTube - Blue Oyster Mushroom Time Lapse Video\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Ot35sh7cVq4\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube &#8211; Blue Oyster Mushroom Time Lapse Video [1:03]<\/a><\/dd>\n<li><a title=\"Cool Tools - Mycelium Running\" href=\"http:\/\/www.kk.org\/cooltools\/archives\/002994.php\" target=\"_blank\">Cool Tools &#8211; Mycelium Running<\/a><\/li>\n<dd>&#8220;Mushrooms as solution. Fungi as ninja warriors.&#8221; <\/dd>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"LiveScience: Rapid Evolution Gives Sperm the Advantage\" href=\"http:\/\/www.livescience.com\/animals\/080728-semen-evolves.html\" target=\"_blank\">Rapid Evolution Gives Sperm the Advantage | LiveScience<\/a><\/li>\n<dd>Competition between male fruit flies could drive fast evolution of proteins in their semen.<\/dd>\n<li><a title=\"YouTube Search - Huutajat\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/results?search_query=huutajat\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube Search &#8211; Huutajat: <span id=\"BeginvidDescZqz9EJ3Yb_o\">The Finnish Screaming Men&#8217;s Choir<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<dd>Watch a video or two. It was exactly what I thought it would be, but that did not make it any less interesting.<\/dd>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>technology<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"ABC Australia - New Inventors: Electric Nomad\" href=\"http:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/tv\/newinventors\/txt\/s2306911.htm\" target=\"_blank\">New Inventors: Electric Nomad<\/a> (via <a title=\"Core77\" href=\"http:\/\/www.core77.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">core77<\/a>)\n<dd>The Electric Nomad is a standard sized electric guitar that features all the usual features usability and playability of a normal electric guitar however it is designed so that it collapses. <\/dd>\n<\/li>\n<li>Toilet Tech\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Cool Tool: GoBidet\" href=\"http:\/\/www.kk.org\/cooltools\/archives\/002959.php\" target=\"_blank\">Cool Tool: GoBidet<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Cool Tools: Toto Washlet Toilet\" href=\"http:\/\/www.kk.org\/cooltools\/archives\/002914.php\" target=\"_blank\">Cool Tool: Toto Washlet Toilet<\/a>\n<dd>&#8220;&#8230;The &#8216;Incredible Squirting Toilet&#8217; has achieved almost total market penetration&#8230;&#8221;\u00a0 &#8230; <\/dd>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"AfriGadget: 18 year old self-taught electronics \u201cgenius\u201d invents mobile phone-based vehicle anti-theft system\" href=\"http:\/\/www.afrigadget.com\/2008\/07\/16\/18-year-old-self-taught-electonics-genius-invents-mobile-phone-based-vehicle-anti-theft-system\/\" target=\"_blank\">AfriGadget: 18 year old self-taught electronics \u201cgenius\u201d invents mobile phone-based vehicle anti-theft system.<\/a>\n<dd>Awesome blog, and blog name.<\/dd>\n<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Core77: Ventomobile: Sailing without sails. On the land.\" href=\"http:\/\/www.core77.com\/blog\/object_culture\/ventomobile_sailing_without_sails_on_the_land_10788.asp\" target=\"_blank\">Ventomobile: Sailing without sails. On the land. &#8211; Core77<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Seeing is not believing\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Current Tv: Death Star over San Francisco\" href=\"http:\/\/current.com\/items\/89204971_death_star_over_san_francisco\" target=\"_blank\">Death Star over San Francisco [2:43]<\/a> <a title=\"Good Experience Blog\" href=\"http:\/\/goodexperience.com\/2008\/08\/watch-this-video-grea.php\" target=\"_blank\">(via)<\/a><\/li>\n<dd>Current TV story, Death Star over San Francisco, Imperial Fleet Week SF <\/dd>\n<li><a title=\"Design42day.com - Lifelike animation heralds new era for computer games\" href=\"http:\/\/www.design42day.com\/index.php?mod=blog_dettaglio&amp;ID=441&amp;__lifelike_animation_heralds_new_era_for_computer_games\" target=\"_blank\">Design42day.com &#8211; Lifelike animation heralds new era for computer games<\/a><\/li>\n<dd>Read up on this tech in the above link and also go to <a title=\"YouTube: Meet &quot;Emily&quot; - Image Metrics Tech Demo\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bLiX5d3rC6o\" target=\"_blank\">YoutTube<\/a> [1:49] to watch the demo in hi-def.<\/dd>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>design<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Fleshmap: Studies of Desire\" href=\"http:\/\/www.fleshmap.com\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">Fleshmap: Studies of Desire<\/a> [nsfw] <a title=\"information aesthetics: crowdsourcing sex\" href=\"http:\/\/infosthetics.com\/archives\/2008\/08\/fleshmap_crowdsourcing_sex.html\" target=\"_blank\">(via information aesthetics)<\/a>\n<dd>Crowdsourcing Sex<\/dd>\n<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Emotionally}Vague\" href=\"http:\/\/www.emotionallyvague.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Emotionally}Vague Survey Results<\/a> &#8211; <a title=\"information aesthetics: emotionally vague survey results\" href=\"http:\/\/infosthetics.com\/archives\/2008\/08\/emotionally_vague_survey_results.html\" target=\"_blank\">(via information aesthetics)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/noahgreenstein.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/emotionallyvague.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-268\" title=\"emotionallyvague\" src=\"http:\/\/noahgreenstein.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/emotionallyvague.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Core77: Whippet Chair by Hugh Thomas \" href=\"http:\/\/www.core77.com\/blog\/object_culture\/flotspotting_whippet_chair_by_hugh_thomas_10883.asp\" target=\"_blank\">Whippet Chair by Hugh Thomas &#8211; Core77<\/a><\/li>\n<dd>I like this chair.<\/dd>\n<li><a title=\"Good Experience Blog: Good Experience Games\" href=\"http:\/\/goodexperience.com\/games\/\" target=\"_blank\">Good Experience Games &#8211; good games, fun games<\/a><\/li>\n<dd> A really nice list of well designed games. <\/dd>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>random stuff I think is of interest<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>New York\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Readers Digest Canada: How Polite Are We?\" href=\"http:\/\/www.readersdigest.ca\/mag\/2006\/07\/polite.php\" target=\"_blank\">How Polite Are We?<\/a><\/li>\n<dd>A survey where NYC comes out as the MOST POLITE city.  I am actually unsurprised because it takes more time to argue than to be polite.<\/dd>\n<li><a title=\"NYTimes: City Fits, Eventually, for New Arrivals \" href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2008\/08\/27\/nyregion\/27arrival.html?_r=1&amp;em&amp;oref=slogin\" target=\"_blank\">City Fits, Eventually, for New Arrivals &#8211; NYTimes.com<\/a><\/li>\n<dd>&#8220;Sometime over the course of new arrivals\u2019 first year in the city, they find themselves becoming New Yorkers.&#8221; Also confirms above survey with anecdotal evidence.<\/dd>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Prof. Peter Lipton: Writing Philosophy\" href=\"http:\/\/www.phys.uu.nl\/~wwwgrnsl\/jos\/foundQM\/writing_philosophy.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">writing_philosophy.pdf<\/a>\n<dd>Two and a half pages on how to write better, not just for philosophy.\u00a0 I like, &#8220;You should assume that the <em><strong>first draft of each sentence<\/strong><\/em> will have to be fixed up.&#8221; (my emphasis) <\/dd>\n<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Berkshire Hathaway Inc.: Shareholder Lertters\" href=\"http:\/\/www.berkshirehathaway.com\/letters\/letters.html\" target=\"_blank\">Shareholder Letters<\/a>\n<dd>Warren Buffet&#8217;s letters to his shareholders.  Makes for surprisingly good reading&#8230; I just wish I had his sort of bad news, like, there&#8217;s no way you can expect us to keep doing this well. &#8211; I&#8217;m sorry that our predictions from last year were off.  Of course, we did much better this year&#8230;<\/dd>\n<\/li>\n<li>I recently had a discussion with <a title=\"Philosophy Sucks!: What is Wrong with Eating Meat\" href=\"http:\/\/onemorebrown.wordpress.com\/2007\/11\/25\/what-is-wrong-with-eating-meat\/\" target=\"_blank\">Mr. R. Brown about eating meat<\/a>.  He tried to maintain that vegetarians have the moral high ground.  Even though I successfully defended my omnivorous position (even against his cannibalism tack), I&#8217;m thinking Zizek&#8217;s ad hominem is now the way to go (26s) [<a title=\"Continental Philosophy: Zizek on vegetarians not a nice take\" href=\"http:\/\/www.continental-philosophy.org\/2008\/08\/11\/zizek-on-vegetarians-not-a-nice-take\/\" target=\"_blank\">via<\/a>]:<\/li>\n<table border=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"425\" height=\"344\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/_TqyKsnQD38&amp;color1=0xb1b1b1&amp;color2=0xcfcfcf&amp;fs=1\" \/><embed type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"425\" height=\"344\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/_TqyKsnQD38&amp;color1=0xb1b1b1&amp;color2=0xcfcfcf&amp;fs=1\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/embed><\/object><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<li>Last but not least: <a title=\"firstshowing.net: Fox Developing Cowboy Bebop Live-Action Feature Film!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.firstshowing.net\/2008\/07\/22\/fox-developing-cowboy-bebop-live-action-feature-film\/\" target=\"_blank\">Fox Developing Cowboy Bebop Live-Action Feature Film<\/a>\n<dd>Please let this not suck.<\/dd>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&#8230; you don&#8217;t want to know how long it takes to put these link pages together.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>science\/ world Animal of the Month: Drunk Animals in Africa [3:54] (via: DRB) mushrooms! YouTube Search: time lapse mushroom YouTube &#8211; ??? ?????? ????? [2:11] YouTube &#8211; Psilocybe cubensis &#8220;Puerto Rico&#8221; time lapse [1:10] Metacafe &#8211; Mushroom time lapse Amanita Muscaria [1] YouTube &#8211; Blue Oyster Mushroom Time Lapse Video [1:03] Cool Tools &#8211; Mycelium Running &#8220;Mushrooms as solution. Fungi as ninja warriors.&#8221; Rapid Evolution Gives Sperm the Advantage | LiveScience Competition between male fruit [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,10,14],"tags":[248,92],"class_list":["post-252","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-design","category-fun","category-internet","tag-fun","tag-links"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.noahgreenstein.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/252","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.noahgreenstein.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.noahgreenstein.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.noahgreenstein.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.noahgreenstein.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=252"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.noahgreenstein.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/252\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.noahgreenstein.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=252"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.noahgreenstein.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=252"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.noahgreenstein.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=252"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}