August 2011
1 post
“All research involves risk. If your project can’t fail, it’s...”
– David Chapman
July 2011
2 posts
“The only way to atone for being occasionally a little over-dressed is by being...”
– Oscar Wilde - Phrases and Philosophies
June 2011
2 posts
“You might not know this but one of my responsibilities as commander-in-chief is...”
– Obama at CMU National Robotics Engineering Center
“One might suspect neuroscientists, as opposed to lay people, to be so familiar...”
– Douglas Hofstadter in “I am a Strange Loop”
April 2011
2 posts
“Despite popular conceptions, research has failed to support the claim that...”
– On the Psychology of Confessions - Saul M. Kassin
March 2011
1 post
Katie Couric Investigates the Sillies
Katie Couric Investigates the Sillies from Katie Couric
February 2011
9 posts
Robot Party Dance Mix
My (intended) set from the Robot Dance Party (if my computer hadn’t screwed up). Some of the transitions are a bit clumsy (I’m still learning) but I like the song list:
Robot Party Dance Mix by PhatzGerald
“My business is to teach my aspirations to conform themselves to fact, not to try...”
– Thomas Huxley
fuck yeah computer science!: Perl in Latin →
fooyeahcode:
#! /usr/local/bin/perl -w
use Lingua::Romana::Perligata;
adnota Illud Cribrum Eratothenis maximum tum val inquementum tum biguttam tum stadium egresso scribe. vestibulo perlegementum da meo maximo. maximum tum novumversum egresso scribe. da II tum maximum conscribementa…
January 2011
1 post
December 2010
3 posts
November 2010
4 posts
October 2010
1 post
August 2010
3 posts
1 tag
I cannot fathom the kind of blind, irrational hatred that drives a person to actively oppose marriage equality. Discrimination through inaction or apathy I can kind of understand - we are all sometimes guilty of ignoring the suffering of others; But actively spending time, money and energy for the sole reason of denying someone else the right to pursue happiness is the closest thing I know to a...
July 2010
7 posts
June 2010
1 post
May 2010
6 posts
“I used to go and sit on the beach at Brighton and dream, and now I sit on the...”
– Edward Carpenter (1844-1929)
April 2010
5 posts
A Play in One Act (based on a true story)
7:18 - Nicholas realizes he can reconcile his need to read with his desire to be outside by READING OUTSIDE. 7:20 - Nicholas sets himself up on the porch with a glass of water, sunglasses, and a stack of papers. 7:21 - Nicholas is promptly stung by a wasp. 7:22 - Nicholas returns inside, defeated and humiliated by the cruel world.
WatchWe live in a beautiful city (via heyvancouver, nickzed)
March 2010
20 posts
If only Notorious B.I.G. were alive today...
He’d be in the twilight stages of his career, doing collabs with tween idols to stay ‘relevant’ (see [Bieber, Ludacris 2010]).