I found this interesting on so many levels.
http://www.boingboing.net/2007/03/29/guide_horse_sneakers.html
Also this site Boingboing is pretty cool. I've added it to the website list.
Friday, March 30, 2007
Thursday, March 29, 2007
Rock
The Gossip - Standing in the Way of Control
I really like this group. The lead singer is this girl who actually makes you feel it when she sings. She just lets loose and sings like the singers from the Motown era, except now it is rock. Really really really good, I very highly recommend them.
Teddybears
"They began as Skull, a grindcore group"
Swedish rock band in 1991
What is not to like...
Since then they have started experimenting more with electronica. As a result I really like their new sound. I confess that I have always had a place in my heart for shameless pop, and since they are not mainstream I do not mind blasting them with the windows down. I would categorize their music as electropop/dreampop. If you like The Dandy Warhols (The Monkey House - top 5 albums ever) or The Flaming Lips, you might like these guys. It is a really good mix of rock, pop, some reggae, and electronica.
Their latest album is Soft Machine, and I highly recommend you buy it and listen to it all the way through...all their songs are good but their songs Punkrocker (ft. Iggy Pop), Are You Feelin' It (ft. Elephant Man), and Cobrastyle (ft. Mad Cobra) are really good.
Other electronica-ish groups you might want to give a try:
Hot Chip - The Warning
Girl Talk - Unstoppable (this group is crazy, they take top 20 songs and mix them all together into this frenzied mix that sounds like 3 records are skipping, or like you are turning the dial on your radio really fast. I am not sure how much I like them, but I just assume I don't understand good music and it is the modern version of Free Jazz)
Swedish rock band in 1991
What is not to like...
Since then they have started experimenting more with electronica. As a result I really like their new sound. I confess that I have always had a place in my heart for shameless pop, and since they are not mainstream I do not mind blasting them with the windows down. I would categorize their music as electropop/dreampop. If you like The Dandy Warhols (The Monkey House - top 5 albums ever) or The Flaming Lips, you might like these guys. It is a really good mix of rock, pop, some reggae, and electronica.
Their latest album is Soft Machine, and I highly recommend you buy it and listen to it all the way through...all their songs are good but their songs Punkrocker (ft. Iggy Pop), Are You Feelin' It (ft. Elephant Man), and Cobrastyle (ft. Mad Cobra) are really good.
Other electronica-ish groups you might want to give a try:
Hot Chip - The Warning
Girl Talk - Unstoppable (this group is crazy, they take top 20 songs and mix them all together into this frenzied mix that sounds like 3 records are skipping, or like you are turning the dial on your radio really fast. I am not sure how much I like them, but I just assume I don't understand good music and it is the modern version of Free Jazz)
Tuesday, March 27, 2007
Monday, March 26, 2007
Hearing Voices Network
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/25/magazine/25voices.t.html?pagewanted=1
A look into the lives of people who hear voices. It must really suck.
A look into the lives of people who hear voices. It must really suck.
Friday, March 23, 2007
Grownup Table
A Conversation at the Grownup Table, as Imagined at the Kids’ Table
MOM: Pass the wine, please. I want to become crazy.
DAD: O.K.
GRANDMOTHER: Did you see the politics? It made me angry.
DAD: Me, too. When it was over, I had sex.
UNCLE: I’m having sex right now.
DAD: We all are.
MOM: Let’s talk about which kid I like the best.
DAD: (laughing) You know, but you won’t tell.
MOM: If they ask me again, I might tell.
FRIEND FROM WORK: Hey, guess what! My voice is pretty loud!
DAD: (laughing) There are actual monsters in the world, but when my kids ask I pretend like there aren’t.
MOM: I’m angry! I’m angry all of a sudden!
DAD: I’m angry, too! We’re angry at each other!
MOM: Now everything is fine.
DAD: We just saw the PG-13 movie. It was so good.
MOM: There was a big sex.
FRIEND FROM WORK: I am the loudest! I am the loudest!
(Everybody laughs.)
MOM: I had a lot of wine, and now I’m crazy!
GRANDFATHER: Hey, do you guys know what God looks like?
ALL: Yes.
GRANDFATHER: Don’t tell the kids.
This is from the New Yorker.
MOM: Pass the wine, please. I want to become crazy.
DAD: O.K.
GRANDMOTHER: Did you see the politics? It made me angry.
DAD: Me, too. When it was over, I had sex.
UNCLE: I’m having sex right now.
DAD: We all are.
MOM: Let’s talk about which kid I like the best.
DAD: (laughing) You know, but you won’t tell.
MOM: If they ask me again, I might tell.
FRIEND FROM WORK: Hey, guess what! My voice is pretty loud!
DAD: (laughing) There are actual monsters in the world, but when my kids ask I pretend like there aren’t.
MOM: I’m angry! I’m angry all of a sudden!
DAD: I’m angry, too! We’re angry at each other!
MOM: Now everything is fine.
DAD: We just saw the PG-13 movie. It was so good.
MOM: There was a big sex.
FRIEND FROM WORK: I am the loudest! I am the loudest!
(Everybody laughs.)
MOM: I had a lot of wine, and now I’m crazy!
GRANDFATHER: Hey, do you guys know what God looks like?
ALL: Yes.
GRANDFATHER: Don’t tell the kids.
This is from the New Yorker.
Corrupt Doctors
Doctors' ties to drug makers
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/21/us/21drug.html
I guess because of all the bad press the FDA just changed it's rules to not allow doctors funded by drug companies to be on the commitees.
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/22/washington/22fda.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/21/us/21drug.html
I guess because of all the bad press the FDA just changed it's rules to not allow doctors funded by drug companies to be on the commitees.
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/22/washington/22fda.html
Thursday, March 22, 2007
Wednesday, March 21, 2007
Tuesday, March 20, 2007
Sunday, March 18, 2007
Huntington's Disease
Hey all, Zach just invited me to join, so this is my first post, so howdy.
I saw a really interesting article in NY Times today about Huntington's Disease, and an at risk woman our age who decided to be tested and found that she in fact was positive and probably will start to show symptoms in about ten years. Its pretty interesting and I wonder if I were in a similar position if I would want the test. Here it is.
Huntington's is the disease that killed Woody Guthrie (famous singer who wrote "This Land is Your Land"). Due to the symptoms, he was unable to sing, record or play guitar after a certain point. However, he
continued to write songs until right before his death, and in the mid 90s Billy Bragg and Wilco joined forces with his daughter to record some of the songs. The two albums (Mermaid Avenue, Vols I and II) have some really great tunes on them, and are definitely worth checking out. One of my favorites is one that Wilco still plays in concert called "California Stars"
There was a documentary made about the recording process called "Man In The Sand" that is also excellent. Notice that Woody's guitar says "This machine kills fascists", which is awesome.
I saw a really interesting article in NY Times today about Huntington's Disease, and an at risk woman our age who decided to be tested and found that she in fact was positive and probably will start to show symptoms in about ten years. Its pretty interesting and I wonder if I were in a similar position if I would want the test. Here it is.
Huntington's is the disease that killed Woody Guthrie (famous singer who wrote "This Land is Your Land"). Due to the symptoms, he was unable to sing, record or play guitar after a certain point. However, he
continued to write songs until right before his death, and in the mid 90s Billy Bragg and Wilco joined forces with his daughter to record some of the songs. The two albums (Mermaid Avenue, Vols I and II) have some really great tunes on them, and are definitely worth checking out. One of my favorites is one that Wilco still plays in concert called "California Stars"There was a documentary made about the recording process called "Man In The Sand" that is also excellent. Notice that Woody's guitar says "This machine kills fascists", which is awesome.
Saturday, March 17, 2007
St. Patrick's Day Leprechaun
Most of you have probably already seen this, but it's pretty funny.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=nda_OSWeyn8
http://youtube.com/watch?v=nda_OSWeyn8
Thursday, March 15, 2007
Gladwell
Why blacks are better at sports and whites are like girls.
http://www.gladwell.com/1997/1997_05_19_a_sports.htm
Enron, terror, and the perils of having too much information
http://www.gladwell.com/2007/2007_01_08_a_secrets.html
The author of Manish's book is one of my favorite authors for the newyorker. Here's his website:http://www.gladwell.com/index.html. He's really good, but sometimes clever to a fault. He wrote the GM article I posted below.
http://www.gladwell.com/1997/1997_05_19_a_sports.htm
Enron, terror, and the perils of having too much information
http://www.gladwell.com/2007/2007_01_08_a_secrets.html
The author of Manish's book is one of my favorite authors for the newyorker. Here's his website:http://www.gladwell.com/index.html. He's really good, but sometimes clever to a fault. He wrote the GM article I posted below.
The Tipping Point
The Prince is pretty dense, so right now I am alternating between that and The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell.
"The Tipping Point is that magic moment when an idea, trend, or social behavior crosses a threshold, tips, and spreads like wildfire."
This is definitely one of the most interesting books that I have read. He uses straightforward and understandable logic as his primary tool to explain how almost every situation/incident/movement/whatever, no matter what it is, has a Tipping Point.
Must read.
If you like this type of book, I would also recommend:
1. Sync: How Order Emerges from Chaos in the Universe, Nature, and Daily Life
2. Freakanomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything
3. The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory (If I remember correctly, the theory of Superstrings has since been disproved...but when I think about this book I think about that crazy shark wrestling kid from College of Charleston. Dan and Crowe please tell me you remember that guy.)
"The Tipping Point is that magic moment when an idea, trend, or social behavior crosses a threshold, tips, and spreads like wildfire."
This is definitely one of the most interesting books that I have read. He uses straightforward and understandable logic as his primary tool to explain how almost every situation/incident/movement/whatever, no matter what it is, has a Tipping Point.
Must read.
If you like this type of book, I would also recommend:
1. Sync: How Order Emerges from Chaos in the Universe, Nature, and Daily Life
2. Freakanomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything
3. The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory (If I remember correctly, the theory of Superstrings has since been disproved...but when I think about this book I think about that crazy shark wrestling kid from College of Charleston
Wednesday, March 14, 2007
This is Why Duke Sucks
I know these will stop being funny someday, until then...
This is Why Duke Sucks
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fYOgC2Qbqh4
This is Why Duke Sucks
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fYOgC2Qbqh4
Monday, March 12, 2007
Wolfpack will win....someday
Hilarious video...1 minute long
http://youtube.com/watch?v=JuGJzDGRdlM
I think the dad is funnier than the kid.
Must watch.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=JuGJzDGRdlM
I think the dad is funnier than the kid.
Must watch.
The Onion
The Onion: http://www.theonion.com/content/
It is updated weekly. I especially enjoy the editorials.
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The Borowitz Report: http://www.borowitzreport.com/
Andy Borowitz is legit. He appears on many news shows and is really funny. He also co-wrote "Fresh Prince of Bel-Air." This website is updated daily.
It is updated weekly. I especially enjoy the editorials.
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The Borowitz Report: http://www.borowitzreport.com/
Andy Borowitz is legit. He appears on many news shows and is really funny. He also co-wrote "Fresh Prince of Bel-Air." This website is updated daily.
Friday, March 9, 2007
Thursday, March 8, 2007
Alice Off the Page
Incredibly sweet article about a man's dead wife:
http://www-personal.umich.edu/~jackli/blogger/2006/06/alice-off-page-by-calvin-trillan.html
http://www-personal.umich.edu/~jackli/blogger/2006/06/alice-off-page-by-calvin-trillan.html
Medical
The Bell Curve
http://www.leighbureau.com/speakers/AGawande/essays/BellCurve.pdf
The Malpratice Mess http://www.leighbureau.com/speakers/agawande/essays/malpractice.pdf
How to tell someone they're dying
http://www.jeromegroopman.com/articles/dying-words.html
How to make people smart
http://www.ktkiwanis.info/2006%20News/SaltEffects/Salt.html
This is more social than medical. It's about nurses in Lousiana breaking cycles of poverty.
http://www.newamerica.net/publications/articles/2006/swamp_nurse
http://www.leighbureau.com/speakers/AGawande/essays/BellCurve.pdf
The Malpratice Mess http://www.leighbureau.com/speakers/agawande/essays/malpractice.pdf
How to tell someone they're dying
http://www.jeromegroopman.com/articles/dying-words.html
How to make people smart
http://www.ktkiwanis.info/2006%20News/SaltEffects/Salt.html
This is more social than medical. It's about nurses in Lousiana breaking cycles of poverty.
http://www.newamerica.net/publications/articles/2006/swamp_nurse
Wednesday, March 7, 2007
The best from the "aftermath"
As if you haven't already read them -- this is more just a test/example post.
(also, why the fuck has NOBODY mentioned that the exact same thing -- in fact I would argue dirtier, albeit not more violent -- happened hmmmm.....LAST YEAR?)
keep in mind that this happened essentially in mop-up time.....anyways...to the reads:
Forde
Duke Image Suffers Black Eye
(in response to this lovely exchange)
If y'all have any questions about how to do things like I've done here, just post them here and I'll try to clear any issues up.
(also, why the fuck has NOBODY mentioned that the exact same thing -- in fact I would argue dirtier, albeit not more violent -- happened hmmmm.....LAST YEAR?)
keep in mind that this happened essentially in mop-up time.....anyways...to the reads:Forde
Duke Image Suffers Black Eye
Then, rather shamefully, Krzyzewski fired a subtle but unmistakable shot right back at Roy Williams. After saying all the right things, he had to say one catty thing.
(There was only so much falling upon the sword Coach K could tolerate, right there in the Dean Dome after getting his head handed to him. Taking the high road is always easier when you're beating Carolina on a regular basis, which Duke isn't doing anymore.)
"The game was over before that," he said. "I mean the outcome of the game, let's put it that way. That's unfortunate, too, that those people were in the game in that play. Maybe this wouldn't have happened."
So there. Hansbrough had it coming for playing mop-up minutes in a double-digit win.
For the record, Krzyzewski later said, "We should have probably both had our walk-ons in."
Also for the record, Krzyzewski was calling timeout with 50 seconds left and his team down by 13. So he clearly didn't think it was walk-on time at that point.
And Doyel
(in response to this lovely exchange)
How many games did you suspend Christian Laettner for when he stomped on the Kentucky player? (Gregg Doyel, CBS Sportsline)http://www.sportsline.com/columns/story/10042792
K: First of all, would you call that a stomp?
Absolutely, I’ve seen it over and over.
K: Well then my judgment and yours differ.
I’ve got some glasses. Are you serious?
K: I’m not going to get into it with you, because you would always want something controversial.
I would just like the truth sometimes, that is all.
K: No, believe me. There’s nobody that likes the truth more than me. After the season we’ll talk about 1992. I would rather talk about 2007 right now.
If y'all have any questions about how to do things like I've done here, just post them here and I'll try to clear any issues up.
Terrorism/National Security
This is pretty rediculous: http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2007/03/05/070305fa_fact_hersh
treehugger and brit pop
I would like to start off by saying that I respect your decision to respect me.
ARTICLE
http://www.fnbnews.com/article/detnews.asp?articleid=19886§ionid=12
Rebuttal Articles:
http://www.treehugger.com/files/2006/12/the_economist_o_1.php
http://www.grist.org/comments/food/2007/01/03/economist/
The first article is copied from The Economist, it talks about the pitfalls of buying organic and local food. I read it a few months ago and found it very interesting.
In looking for the first article online, I found these other two articles (among many others) that disagreed with the first.
Hippies would definitely find this interesting. I would hope everyone else does too.
MUSIC
The Feeling - 12 Stops and Home
(http://www.myspace.com/thefeeling)
This group is probably all over MTV (which I barely watch anymore). But if you have not heard of them, you can thank me later. I would describe them as a "James Blunt-ish" Brit Pop band. The same slow rock feel but with more instruments. You can listen to a few of their songs on the above myspace link. I like their songs "Sewn" and "Never Be Lonely."
I think some legit music snobs would say they enjoy this before they find out that every middle school and sorority girl probably likes it too.
BOOK
Currently reading: Machiavelli's - The Prince
It's really interesting, I like it a lot.
Everyone should find this interesting.
INTERNET
http://www.alluc.org/
This website has tons of tv shows, movies, musics videos, etc....for free.
Everyone should find this interesting
ARTICLE
http://www.fnbnews.com/article/detnews.asp?articleid=19886§ionid=12
Rebuttal Articles:
http://www.treehugger.com/files/2006/12/the_economist_o_1.php
http://www.grist.org/comments/food/2007/01/03/economist/
The first article is copied from The Economist, it talks about the pitfalls of buying organic and local food. I read it a few months ago and found it very interesting.
In looking for the first article online, I found these other two articles (among many others) that disagreed with the first.
Hippies would definitely find this interesting. I would hope everyone else does too.
MUSIC
The Feeling - 12 Stops and Home
(http://www.myspace.com/thefeeling)
This group is probably all over MTV (which I barely watch anymore). But if you have not heard of them, you can thank me later. I would describe them as a "James Blunt-ish" Brit Pop band. The same slow rock feel but with more instruments. You can listen to a few of their songs on the above myspace link. I like their songs "Sewn" and "Never Be Lonely."
I think some legit music snobs would say they enjoy this before they find out that every middle school and sorority girl probably likes it too.
BOOK
Currently reading: Machiavelli's - The Prince
It's really interesting, I like it a lot.
Everyone should find this interesting.
INTERNET
http://www.alluc.org/
This website has tons of tv shows, movies, musics videos, etc....for free.
Everyone should find this interesting
Thursday, March 1, 2007
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