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Other The father of the Sandy Hook killer searches for answers – Andrew Solomon, The New Yorker Misc The science of raising happy kids Why ‘Cosmos’ Host Neil deGrasse Tyson Has the World in His Hands Mississippi River Basin Van … Continue reading →

“Briefly stated, the Gell-Mann Amnesia effect is as follows. You open the newspaper to an article on some subject you know well. In Murray’s case, physics. In mine, show business. You read the article and see the journalist has absolutely … Continue reading →

Excellent What’s gone wrong with democracy – The Economist The Eagleman Stag Advice From A Single Guy Who Spent A Year Interviewing Couples Russia in color a century ago Miscellaneous Kickstarter at a billion Breaking out of your comfort zone … Continue reading →

Cool “Oh Sweet Lorraine” –  A Letter from Fred Miscellanous Luxo – a light painting robotic arm An app to improve neurological eye sight processing Discussion on reddit with author and scientist participating Newgrange – Prehistoric monument in Ireland 10 … Continue reading →

Miscellaneous – Interesting Riding along in a snow plow in Minnesota ELI5: Why Does E=mc2? More specifically, what does the speed of light have to do with the amount of energy in a given amount of matter? Thank God At Least … Continue reading →

Miscellaneous 10 Ways to Make Life Better Today – James Altucher Thank You, Mom Build with Chrome – An opengl lego builder Edward Snowden and the Death of Nuance 13 things Quora should do – James Altucher Celebrity Math Max Martin – … Continue reading →

Excellent Flexible Muscle-Based Locomotion for Bipedal Creatures Link to paper Misc Swedish House Mafia Documentary Premiere at SXSW Map of all microbreweries in the United States – click “Zoom in Fullscreen” button Dig This –  Heavy Equipment Playground in Las Vegas Preferences … Continue reading →

Miscellaneous Five New Years resolutions I am never going to do again – James Altucher Self making inside out Christmas Ornament Cubli – A cube that can jump up, balance, and walk across your desk Big robotics stories of 2013 Three-Dimensional Mid-Air … Continue reading →

Miscellaneous Particle Tests #13 – Matthias Müller A Material Point Method For Snow Simulation – Disney Animation Furniture – Veraseri Designs Orc face motion capture Trying to get a robo-caller to admit she’s a robot Merry Christmas from the Holderness Family Life-sized lego … Continue reading →

Miscellaneous News is bad for you – and giving up reading it will make you happier Google acquires Boston Dynamics Technical No Managers: Why we removed Bosses at Treehouse Are Your Programmers Working Hard, Or Are They Lazy? “I would … Continue reading →

Miscellaneous Art by Gianlorenzo Bernini F1 2014 – New Rules Explained Google acquires a few robotics companies, including Bot & Dolly What goes in to a robot  “Car-L” meets the lions Miscellaneous – Longer The Mission of Tesla 23 and … Continue reading →

Miscellaneous Visualizing Traffic Waves (uses D3) inFORM – a Dynamic Shape Display that can render 3D content physically How Apple manufacturers the Macbook Pro Additional Details F1 Cylinder Head Design and Pneumatics Trainable Robotic Arm 1 (and 2), inspired by Baxter onlycoin.com — A digital … Continue reading →

Miscellaneous Ishikawa Oku Laboratory Janken (rock-paper-scissors) robot with 100% winning rate …sort-of 1ms Response Pan-Tilt Tracker Why you should not interrupt a programmer Tilt-shift Timelapse Video  Make: Ultimate Guide to 3D Printing 2014 3D Printshow London 2012 3D Printing: The Business … Continue reading →

Good The theory of evolution CAN be disproven. And that’s the beauty of it. – Quora How The Economic Machine Works in 30 Minutes – Ray Dalio The Battle We Didn’t Choose – My wife’s Fight with Breast Cancer “I loved … Continue reading →

Excellent The Ultimate Cheat Sheet for Reinventing Yourself – James Altucher Miscellaneous Global Pop, Now Infused With Country (re: Avicii) Real Medieval Armor Calvin & Hobbes Creator Bill Watterson Gives Rare Interview What ‘Lean In’ Misunderstands About Gender Differences The way we … Continue reading →

Excellent “What is your desire?” – Alan Watts What if Money was no Object? – Alan Watts 50 People, One Question It Starts Now – Alan Watts Photo of Earth as seen by Cassini Technical Less vs. Sass vs. Stylus – from … Continue reading →

Misc Vitali Klitschko posted this picture on Twitter: Arnold Schwarzenegger replied the following day Home Again – Elton John Semi-Technical Cocktails for Programmers FizzBuzz Enterprise Edition (browse github source) …funny and yet so much truth Reddit Comments If You’re Programming A … Continue reading →

Misc The Future of Design (SpaceXChannel) – uses Leap Motion & Oculus Rift HydraDeck Humans – Infinite Realities demo for the Oculus Rift 3D Printed Hand Demo – Described by inventor (17 yrs old at the time) at TEDx Mile High The word ‘weekend’ … Continue reading →

Miscellaneous Start thinking of decisions as experiments Why I love Twitter, and barely tolerate Facebook Visualizing the Bible’s Contradictions The Ultimate Cheat Sheet For Starting And Running A Business – James Altucher The website redesign that is hurting your business A … Continue reading →