Posts for June, 2008

27 June 2008

Sunrays

Sunrays
Sunrays, originally uploaded by John McBride.

Sunset over Edinburgh. Taken on 25/06/2008 on very windy and unsettled day from Calton Hill.

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best of craigslist : Nemesis required. 6-month project with possibilty to extend

best of craigslist : Nemesis required. 6-month project with possibilty to extend
I kind of love this.  via jaschu:

I’ve been trying to think of ways to spice up my life. I’m 35 years old, happily married with two kids and I have a good job in insurance. But somethings missing. I feel like I’m old before [...]

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All this googling is only going to establish a community standard for computer users who use Google to find stuff. And regular porn is easy to find. But what if you need monkey porn? So Google registers a large percentage of monkey porn searches. Does that mean that my community loves monkey porn because I search for it twenty times a day? No, it just means that a subset of the original subset like monkey porn. It isn’t a random survey. It’s like using Mötley Crüe fans to estimate the total number of black widow tattoos and declare that 40% of USA residents have black widow tattoos…. not scientific, just bullshit. But fun.

All this googling is only going to establish a community standard for computer users who use Google to find stuff. And regular porn is easy to find. But what if you need monkey porn? So Google registers a large percentage of monkey porn searches. Does that mean that my community loves monkey porn because I [...]

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Book Review: Life Disrupted-Getting Real About Chronic Illness

Book Review: Life Disrupted-Getting Real About Chronic Illness
Shared by cygnoir
Nice timing on this one.

Has adapting to a gluten-free diet or accepting that you have celiac
disease been extremely hard for you?
Are you dealing with an autoimmune…

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City Dusk 1

City Dusk 1
City Dusk 1, originally uploaded by zteamie.

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Did lord knows how many books just enter the public domain, thanks to Google and some good-hearted folk?

Did lord knows how many books just enter the public domain, thanks to Google and some good-hearted folk?
Shared by shapr
Whoa, awesome! More goodies for all of us!
Jacob Kramer-Duffield at the Berkman Center explains the significance of Google’s new ability to search the copyright renewal…

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three months of salad

After three months of a gluten-free diet, I can safely say that I am tired of this brave new salad-riddled world and want to go home, my fluffy pastry home with the doughnut doorknob.
Initially, I was more than happy to give up gluten if it meant feeling good again. There is no question that [...]

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