Category Archives: Random

Misc Flatlander thought experiment AMA: John Fogerty Deep brain stimulation operation shows moment patient’s tremors stop Architecture with Robots Making things with math Amazon Sales of George Orwell’s 1984 Shot Up 7,000% This Week Futuristic movies timeline What is the … Continue reading →

Miscellaneous How to use a mirror Growing Up Games Introducing kids to programming using Java and Minecraft You don’t ask, you don’t get How to order mixed drinks Why do users click randomly when an app hangs Columbine: Whose fault … Continue reading →

Miscellaneous Taxonomy for LEGO Minifigures What if disney villains were beautiful Time – XKCD (background) Finding your goal and purpose in life – James Altucher Depression Wine tasting is bullshit. Here’s why. Excellent Music Videos Mirrors – Justin Timberlake I … Continue reading →

Miscelleanous A week worth of groceries from around the world Why it’s so hard to make friends after college and what to do about it How to break in to new hobbies without breaking the bank BlabDroids, Robots interviewing humans … Continue reading →

Miscellaneous 10 things to stop saying to your kids and what to say instead Researchers finally replicated Reinhart-Rogoff’s growth in a time of debt” …with errors Unsecured Webcam Viewer …removed May,2013. Reason here. Video of F30 M3 Mule at Nürburgring  … love that … Continue reading →

Excellent Great advice for any one wanting to become a professional game developer Also applies to many other “sounds fun” type opportunities in the tech sector. As a side note, I worked with John Ratcliff at SOE… a long time ago. … Continue reading →

Miscellaneous What is like to be the defense attorney of someone you believe committed the crime? – Quora Perspective – Photographing one kids journey through a liver transplant 26 Time Management Tips The Third and the Seventh Interesting, but technical Building Adobe … Continue reading →

Misc Smart Guy Productivity Pitfalls Legos Mindstorms EV3 due Fall 2013 Gourmet Jello Shots Hacker News Parody Thread SmartBot Camera Robot Word Trees Wealth Inequality in America What schools don’t teach Children and their most prized possessions around the world … Continue reading →

Misc Rich Blocks, Poor Blocks Maps for Major Cities Are poor people responsible for their own poverty? – Quora top answer is not great, but some others are Steroids – XKCD You can tell a car company’s expected demographic by … Continue reading →

Excellent Is getting rich worth it? – 1st answer by Anon Why we (still) believe in working remotely – StackExchange Losing our religion: A look at non-religious parenting Misc When to buy airline tickets Embry-Riddle to offer degree in commercial … Continue reading →

Excellent How to be an effective loser – James Altucher Mountains in Motion: The Canadian Rockies Interesting Music made visible More examples Discussion w/ Chris Taylor about Kickstarter for games My three words for 2013 – Chris Brogan Murderous Cats – … Continue reading →

Excellent Sherwood Anderson’s advice to his son Best of Kickstarter 2012 Coder cowboy’s life and career review for 2012 Sophie Schmidt on traveling with Eric to North Korea What’s it like to rejoin society after a long prison sentence? – … Continue reading →

Miscellaneous 10 reasons I don’t have opinions – James Altucher TEDx and Bad Science  10 very successful bootstrapped startups List of influential design blogs  How the Kindle PaperWhite works Interactive guide to the Fourier Transform Technical Why moving elements with … Continue reading →

Miscellaneous PhantomX running Phoenix code Daft Punk, Charleston Style Saying things simply A view in to NYC technology infrastructure courtesy of Hurricane Sandy Move your feet Ten things everyone should know about time The essence of Legos Technical How to … Continue reading →

Excellent Cognitive dissonance THE MARMALADE Identity – High end special effect sequences “Skinny Love” as performed by Birdy Official Video (video above is better IMO) Original by Bon Iver (music only) Why I won’t vote – James Altucher Miscellaneous Extrapolating to the end of … Continue reading →

Misc Top contributors to presidential campaigns Evolution of the Mini Cooper Preacher gives interesting gay rights speech … have to watch all three minutes up until the end. Technical This Tech Bubble is Different “The best minds of my generation … Continue reading →

Miscellaneous How to become an idea machine – James Altucher The underside of a formula one car A collection of lifehacks Gangnam Style – PSY An inside look at Google’s data centers Compost-Fueled Cars: Wouldn’t That Be Great? – Onion … Continue reading →

Excellent The true size of Africa An intuitive guide to linear algebra What are some interesting facts about anthropology? – Quora Susan Cain: The power of introverts  – TED Talk Pretender- Mike Snow– Music video based on an alternate reality Steve Jobs … Continue reading →

Misc F. Scott Fitzgerald responds to hate mail Malufenix’s cover of Skyrim’s “The Dragonborn Comes” theme song Fan made trailer combining live action commercial with this cover The redemption of Sinead O’ Connor A darker form of motivation  “…the perspective … Continue reading →