February 2012
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January 2012
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The Blog..: How Doctors Die →
ziyadmd:
USC medical school professor Dr. Ken Murray has an interesting article titled ‘How Doctors Die’ outlining the difference between how most people die and how doctors die. As he says, “It’s not like the rest of us, but it should be.”
We as physicians are deeply familiar with how people usually…
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CASTLES IN THE SKY: MIYAZAKI, TAKAHATA AND THE... →
The American Cinematheque is thrilled to present a comprehensive retrospective of Studio Ghibli’s films, including new 35mm prints of several films that have never been released in North America. Don’t miss this rare opportunity to see Miyazaki’s beloved favorites MY NEIGHBOR TOTORO, PRINCESS MONONOKE, NAUSICAÄ OF THE VALLEY OF THE WIND, HOWL’S MOVING CASTLE, KIKI’S DELIVERY SERVICE, CASTLE IN THE...
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What’s in a Femtosecond of Laser Light? A Map of... →
A team of researchers at the California Institute of Technology has observed electrons in action, creating maps that show the energy fields of excited electrons over time on silver and copper surfaces. Using an electron microscope, the scientists focused the beam on a silver nanoparticle with a larger graphene backing for a femtosecond (one millionth of one billionth of a second, or really,...
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Blog - Google Earth's Lessons in Wave Mechanics →
A close look at Google’s virtual globe reveals almost unlimited examples of the way waves behave.
These are amazingly awesome pictures! Teachers take note!
It's Okay To Be Smart: "The water's all whale... →
jtotheizzoe:
-Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi
From Celebrities and science: The worst in celebrities talking about science in 2011
Other highlights:
“Tide goes in, tide goes out. Never a miscommunication. You can’t explain that.” - Bill O’Reilly
“I can not put this poison on my skin … I don’t use…
December 2011
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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-12-25) →
Jonathan Coulton (33)
Sting (9)
The Puppini Sisters (3)
Teddybears (2)
Yael Naïm (1)
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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-12-18) →
They Might Be Giants (2)
The White Stripes (1)
Gorillaz (1)
Counting Crows (1)
Weezer (1)
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“The fact that there was any debate over whether to call in experts on such a...”
– Joshua Kopstein, Dear Congress, It’s No Longer OK To Not Know How The Internet Works (via drinkyourjuice) This friends, is the most important article you’ll read today. (via shortformblog)
Hitchen's brother's eulogy, just posted on the... →
climateadaptation:
Peter Hitchens, conservative British columnist, is the polar opposite of his brother, Christopher. Peter has struggled for most of his adult life to escape the long dark shadow of his famous brother. Peter’s been quite successful. His “In Memoriam,” just posted on the Daily Mail, a conservative tab in the UK, is strikingly raw and unpolished - much unlike the majority of...
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November 2011
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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-11-27) →
Flight of the Conchords (29)
Green Day (21)
Jonathan Coulton (19)
Teddybears (19)
Arcade Fire (14)
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Why Americans Won't Do Dirty Jobs →
beaglebot:
It’s a hard-to-resist syllogism: Dirty jobs are available; Americans won’t fill them; thus, Americans are too soft for dirty jobs. Why else would so many unemployed people turn down the opportunity to work during a recession? Of course, there’s an equally compelling obverse. Why should farmers and plant owners expect people to take a back-breaking seasonal job with low pay and no...
“I was there to take down the names of people who were arrested… As I’m standing...”
– Retired New York Supreme Court Judge Karen Smith, working as a legal observer after the raids on Zucotti Park this Tuesday, via Paramilitary Policing of Occupy Wall Street: Excessive Use of Force amidst the New Military Urbanism. (via lukehackney)
