January 2012
34 posts
“Uhhhhhhhhh…. Does Disney know that the singer of this band hung himself?! Do they know where the name “Joy Division” comes from?! Do they know how stupid this guy looks wearing this T-shirt?:”
—Disney Is Selling a Joy Division Mickey Mouse Shirt | News | Pitchfork
“Literature, to a degree unique among the arts, has the ability both to frame the question and to affect the answer”
—‘Why Write Novels at All?’ - NYTimes.com
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The Fermi Paradox, Self-Replicating Probes, and the Interstellar Transportation Bandwidth →
arxiv.org
The best title for a paper I’ve read in a while.
Inheritance Systems (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy) →
plato.stanford.edu
A historical overview of the concept of inheritance in biological systems.
Divisional Drafting - Handweaving.net Hand Weaving and Draft Archive →
handweaving.net
An online tool for creating weaving drafts. Works nicely, but the UI is extremely clunky.
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Canadian Poetry Online | University of Toronto Libraries | Tom Wayman →
library.utoronto.ca
This poem is relevant to anyone who has ever taught a class.
Mr. Data Converter →
shancarter.com
Awesome online tool to convert from/to JSON, XML & CSV.
