<p>An awesome book I have been reading about how statistical regressions are slowly but surely replacing expert intuition in pretty much every industry. Fuck you Mr. wine connoisseur, I have data and equations!</p> 2010-01-25T09:16:35-05:00 71273 false 2010-01-25T11:16:36-05:00 http://www.randomhouse.com/bantamdell/supercrunchers/ 90 0 2010-01-13T12:09:35-05:00 71243 false 2010-01-13T15:39:01-05:00 http://blog.reddit.com/2010/01/best-of-2009-final-round-go-vote.html 11 0 <p>I literally laughed until my face and stomach hurt.</p> 2009-12-06T22:57:15-05:00 71124 false 2009-12-08T22:37:40-05:00 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=414TmP12WAU&feature=player_embedded 11 0 <p>I lol&#8217;d.</p> 2009-11-24T18:32:52-05:00 71085 false 2009-11-24T20:45:54-05:00 http://www.collegehumor.com/article:1794889 11 0 <p>What happens if you lose your internet connection?</p> 2009-11-19T15:23:25-05:00 71066 false 2009-11-20T12:40:58-05:00 http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/19/googles-chrome-os-revealed/ 16 0 2009-10-11T18:05:35-04:00 70948 false 2009-10-12T11:37:41-04:00 http://www.videogameslive.com/index.php?s=home 115 0 2009-09-30T14:04:55-04:00 70903 false 2009-09-30T14:36:55-04:00 http://www.themorningnews.org/archives/spoofs_satire/adventure_capital.php 11 0 <p>Holy Crap! It&#8217;s everything i would expect the Apple Tablet to be&#8230;only it&#8217;s made by Microsoft</p> 2009-09-22T19:56:00-04:00 70872 false 2009-09-23T10:08:18-04:00 http://gizmodo.com/5365299/courier-first-details-of-microsofts-secret-tablet 16 0 <p><span class="caps">WAKE</span> UP <span class="caps">SHEEPLE</span>!</p> 2009-09-14T17:34:49-04:00 70838 false 2009-09-14T17:34:49-04:00 http://www.collegehumor.com/video:1920944 11 0 <p>The lunar lander assembly language. So cool!</p> 2009-08-26T11:23:06-04:00 70764 false 2009-08-26T11:23:06-04:00 http://code.google.com/p/virtualagc/source/browse/trunk/Luminary099/LUNAR_LANDING_GUIDANCE_EQUATIONS.s?r=258 11 0 <p>The dude is annoying, but I never owned a power glove and always wondered how it worked. Now I know: horribly.</p> 2009-08-03T01:52:17-04:00 70679 false 2009-08-03T13:40:11-04:00 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MYDuy7wM8Gk&feature=PlayList&p=771AA9FA1D647C4A&index=0#t=10m35 11 0 <p>It will be mine. oh yes. It will be mine.</p> 2009-07-28T16:42:58-04:00 70658 false 2009-07-29T15:22:00-04:00 http://www.avclub.com/articles/apple-reportedly-at-work-on-kindlekiller-and-lpsav,30976/ 11 0 <p><span class="caps">AWESOME</span>!</p> 2009-07-28T16:38:27-04:00 70657 false 2009-07-29T09:58:41-04:00 http://tapcritic.com/2009/07/28/the-secret-of-monkey-island-no-floppies-ma/ 11 0 2009-07-27T00:51:25-04:00 70646 false 2009-07-28T22:43:34-04:00 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HU2ftCitvyQ 11 0 <p>OH MY <span class="caps">GOD</span> OH MY <span class="caps">GOD</span> OH MY <span class="caps">GOD</span> OH MY <span class="caps">GOD</span> OH MY <span class="caps">GOD</span> OH MY <span class="caps">GOD</span>! I was scared till I heard the soundtrack. Wendy Carlos-esq!</p> 2009-07-25T00:17:49-04:00 70644 false 2009-07-25T07:52:59-04:00 http://www.flynnlives.com/media/video/0xendgame.aspx 11 0 <p>It walks around, finds a stationary object, plays a little beat on it, than moves on. I want to be it&#8217;s friend.</p> 2009-07-24T13:18:08-04:00 70643 false 2009-07-24T21:42:58-04:00 http://technology.todaysbigthing.com/2009/07/21 11 0 <p>So cool! Download it for free.</p> 2009-07-21T11:52:27-04:00 70631 false 2009-07-21T20:59:18-04:00 http://www.ptesquad.com/more/pte018.html 11 0 2009-07-21T08:59:47-04:00 70630 false 2009-07-21T10:22:59-04:00 http://www.slate.com/id/2223214/ 101 0 <p>Unbelievably cool and creative. Very mildly <span class="caps">NSFW</span> at the end (it&#8217;s all 8-bit, but suggestive).</p> 2009-07-14T23:30:00-04:00 70617 false 2009-07-14T23:32:35-04:00 http://www.geekpadshow.com/2009/07/mario-and-laura-croft-having-sex-video.html 11 0 <p>And then you will understand why he is the greatest person ever to have lived. Ever. <span class="caps">EVER</span>!</p> 2009-07-10T15:08:43-04:00 70598 false 2009-07-10T16:26:32-04:00 http://www.badassoftheweek.com/tesla.html 11 0 <p>And unlike a lot of chip music which is just fun for the novelty, this dude is actually <em>really good!</em></p> 2009-07-10T14:59:28-04:00 70597 false 2009-07-10T14:59:28-04:00 http://pixelatedgeek.com/2008/12/mega-man-fires-beats-and-spits-hot-fire/ 11 0 <p>List below. What about you?</p> 2009-07-10T14:38:07-04:00 <ol> <li>learn to paint</li> <li>go hiking in weird places</li> <li>drive someplace I&#8217;ve never been</li> <li>do lots and lots of paid and unpaid and for-fun web work</li> <li>build furniture or shelves of some sort</li> <li>take photos, pick one, blow it up, learn to frame and matte it</li> <li>spend more time practicing classical guitar / piano</li> <li>record songs &#8212; mostly covers, but maybe even write a few</li> <li>Create some sort of something to hang on my wall. Maybe some sort of mixed media collage like my old friend matt winters used to do. but, y&#8217;know&#8230; terrible.</li> <li>play lots and lots and lots of video games</li> <li>pick a genre of film. watch every movie by every important director in that genre. chronologically. I&#8217;d probably either go with kung fu movies or noir.</li> <li>Volunteer at a soup kitchen or something like that.</li> <li>Sign up for Habitat for Humanity weekdays. Apparently most weekends are filled by groups, but weekdays they can have individuals come out.</li> <li>Hang out with my Pop Pop and help him build shit at my various relative&#8217;s houses.</li> <li>Read more. Maybe finally read Brothers Karamazov all the way through. Or House of Leaves. Two books I&#8217;ve gotten 3/4 of the way through then gotten too busy/distracted/disinterested to finish.</li> <li>Start working on a really elaborate Halloween costume.</li> <li>Learn another programming language. Maybe haskell.</li> <li>Learn italian and polish better.</li> <li>Go to rittenhouse square during the day and sit there with a book and chessboard and wait to play people.</li> <li>Take more day trips to <span class="caps">NYC</span> and see all the places I haven&#8217;t seen. Stay at the Chelsea Hotel.</li> </ol> 70596 false 2009-07-13T20:08:25-04:00 11 0 <p>Wow. What a nerd.</p> 2009-07-02T11:14:41-04:00 70562 false 2009-07-02T11:14:41-04:00 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LY8Wi7XRXCA&fmt=18 11 0 <p>Much better than the movie could ever possibly be.</p> 2009-07-01T13:29:59-04:00 70559 false 2009-07-02T10:04:56-04:00 http://www.toplessrobot.com/2009/06/bonus_robs_transformers_2_faqs.php?page=1 11 0 <p>I&#8217;m officially terrified.</p> 2009-06-13T08:42:39-04:00 70482 false 2009-06-14T19:46:00-04:00 http://io9.com/5288834/first-real-cyborg-a-robot-controlled-by-a-living-brain 115 0 2009-06-03T14:19:11-04:00 70440 false 2009-06-03T19:58:36-04:00 http://gizmodo.com/5277456/stem-cell-contact-lenses-cure-blindness-in-less-than-a-month 16 0 <p>If you had to live on a Star Wars planet/moon which one would you choose and why? (A) Hoth (B) Tatooine ( C) Endor</p> 2009-05-29T10:10:26-04:00 70412 false 2009-05-30T18:50:10-04:00 16 0 <p>It actually makes me a bit nostalgic. I didn&#8217;t have this modem, but I had a 600 bauc microcontroller modem I browsed BBSs with. The way the text comes up so slow&#8230; it makes me smile.</p> 2009-05-27T21:07:55-04:00 70402 false 2009-05-27T21:07:55-04:00 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X9dpXHnJXaE 11 0 2009-05-19T12:49:58-04:00 70373 false 2009-05-19T14:26:11-04:00 http://www.downloadsquad.com/2009/05/18/email-n-walk-lets-you-email-and-spy-with-your-iphone/ 101 0 <p>You can watch the astronauts work on the hubble at cnn.com</p> 2009-05-14T09:02:40-04:00 70344 false 2009-05-14T11:00:36-04:00 http://www.cnn.com 16 0