“This review captures what’s been driving me crazy over the last year… an unbelievable proliferation of anecdotes disguised as science, self-professed experts writing about things they actually know nothing about, and amusing stories disguised as metaphors for how the world works. Whether it’s Thomas Friedman, who, it seems, cannot go a whole week without inventing a new fruit-based metaphor explaining everything about the entire modern world, all based on some random jibberish he misunderstood from a taxi driver in Kuala Lumpur, or Malcolm Gladwell with his weak theories on tipping points, crazy incorrect theories on first impressions, or utterly lunatic theories on experts, it all becomes insanely popular simply because the stories are fun and interesting and everybody wants to hear a good story. Spare me.”
I agree completely. The Internet makes us all feel like we know it all, but few of us know much of anything. Me included.
There are some great, old photos in here. Check out the ones from the flood and the Renaissance in Louisville series.
I saw this a long time ago, but was recently informed that you can buy these berries in the form of a pill now. I think I’m going to steal my friends’ idea and have a little tasting party with this fruit around the holidays. They’ve tried it, and said it’s amazing (salsa tastes like jelly!). I’m not a fan of sour foods, so this will be a really interesting experience.
“…Bienen, who will step down in August after nearly 15 years at Northwestern. One of the university’s longest-serving stewards, Bienen earned $1.7 million in 2006.”
The DBacesslayer aka DBSlayer aka Släyer (as we like to call it when we’re feeling ironically heavy metal) is a lightweight database abstraction layer suitable for high-load websites where you need the scalable advantages of connection pooling. Written in C for speed, DBSlayer talks to clients via JSON over HTTP, meaning it’s simple to monitor and can swiftly interoperate with any web framework you choose.
Slate reviews Malcolm Gladwell’s latest book, “Outliers.” I posted a link to a Gladwell speaking about this book a while back, if you’re not the reading type.
“Two-year-old Amadeus Marcus III Kaos is pictured with his father, Chris Feaster, mother, Maggie Beedles, and 1-year-old sister, Gaea Althea Emma Ana Margherita VII Kaos, behind their home north of Lawrence”
That’s going to end well. And if your name is so wacky that it’s referred to as a moniker, you’re fucked.
More info is coming out about Palin, and I’m sure the McCain expats will continue to dish.
Here’s a choice quote: >Fox News reported Wednesday that Palin’s lack of knowledge on some topics also strained relations. Carl Cameron reported that campaign sources told him Palin had resisted coaching before her faltering Katie Couric interviews; did not understand that Africa was a continent rather than a country; and could not name the three nations that are part of the North American Free Trade Agreement — the United States, Canada and Mexico.
If there was ever a day to visit this site, it’s today!
The new “Get a Mac” ad makes fun of Microsoft’s recent advertising campaigns.
It’s probably not fair or accurate, but it’s funny and mean.
“Political conservatives envision a world without God in which baser human impulses go unchecked, social institutions (marriage, government, family) fall apart and chaos ensues,” says McAdams. Liberals, on the other hand, envision a world without God as barren, lifeless, devoid of color and reasons to live. “Liberals see their faith as something that fills them up and, without it, they conjure up metaphors of emptiness, depletion and scarcity,” McAdams said. “While conservatives worry about societal collapse, liberals worry about a world without deep feelings and intense experiences.”
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