January 31, 2004

Will your marriage last?

Psychology Today studies determinants for marital fitness. Most note-wonthy is that emotional courtships and excessive early romance portend danger. ,,,,OO

http://www.findarticles.com/cf_dls/m1175/1_33/58616850/p1/article.jhtml
Posted by philipd at 07:03 PM

January 30, 2004

Gould on Neoteny

Humans are much like apes in adolesence that never grow up. Gould produces 25 similarites between us and chilhood apes. ...ooOO II

http://www.serpentfd.org/a/gouldstephenj1977.html
Posted by philipd at 01:51 PM

January 29, 2004

All Males are Slaves

This essay about the Million Man March brings up the issue that male livelihood has been founded on subservience similar to a master-slave relationship. Provocative thoughts. O-.-O

http://eserver.org/bs/23/newitz.html
Posted by philipd at 05:29 PM

January 28, 2004

Hacking Meets Art

The Tao of the Windows Buffer Overflow poetically illustrates this o-so-common programming exploit. Created by the Cult of the Dead Cow, makers of BackOrifice 2000. Cred: Peter. XXXxxx!

http://www.cultdeadcow.com/cDc_files/cDc-351/index.html
Posted by philipd at 08:35 AM

January 27, 2004

Phyllotaxis

Gallery of mathematical beauty in plants. Most arrangements of leaves fall into 3 or 4 main categories: spiral, distichous, whorled, and multijugate. ({}{}{})

http://www.math.smith.edu/~phyllo/
Posted by philipd at 08:35 AM

January 26, 2004

Super Note-Taker

THIS is what my ideal intellectual brain would be like. Cosma has notes on topics such as Neural Coding, Self-organization, and Millenarianism. Go intellectual curiosity! (>>>@#@)

http://www.cscs.umich.edu/~crshalizi/notebooks/
Posted by philipd at 07:36 AM

January 25, 2004

Flame Warriors

A catalog of character types of people who flame on the Internet. So true. Stereotypes do exist and this is proof. (X) (*)

http://www.winternet.com/~mikelr/flame1.html
Posted by philipd at 08:02 PM

January 24, 2004

Bindows

Web-based emulator for the windows GUI. The suspension of disbelief is great, and it's creepy and awe-inspiring to see how far the web has gone. @....!

http://www.i-see.net/bindows/
Posted by philipd at 08:19 AM

January 23, 2004

Types of Creationists

Tell your creationists apart: day-agers, gappers, omphalosists, young-earthers, flat-earthers, geocentrists, designers, theists. X.....|oO

http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/wic.html
Posted by philipd at 11:47 AM

January 22, 2004

Perl's Larry Wall Speaketh

The founder of Perl Programming captures the positive zeitgeist of programmers. Very enjoyable and refreshing read. #$->

http://www.perl.com/pub/a/1998/08/show/onion.html
Posted by philipd at 08:13 AM

January 21, 2004

Nietzsche's Toxicology

Scientists test the claim, "That which does not kill you only makes you stronger." discussions on adaptive stress response and hormesis. (cred: Quasimeta) XXX++

http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?articleID=00019A70-0C1C-1F41-B0B980A841890000&chanID=sa008
Posted by philipd at 07:19 AM

January 20, 2004

Digital Philosophy

Everything ultimately boils down to pure information. The universe, underneath it all, consists of software. This too is my belief. 010101

http://www.digitalphilosophy.org/
Posted by philipd at 10:45 AM

January 19, 2004

How Ethical is the Work 'Ethic'?

Compelling story about the dangers of the modern 'work ethic.' An eye-opening read for the unaquainted. -0.0-

http://www.deoxy.org/ct/ethicalworkethic.htm
Posted by philipd at 09:44 AM

January 18, 2004

Gould's "The Median Isn't the Message"

Essay on statistical (mis)interpretation. Gould outlived his cancer median mortality by 30x, so read and LEARN! ..|.....

http://www.cancerguide.org/median_not_msg.html
Posted by philipd at 10:27 AM

January 17, 2004

Energy Language

A new language in pre-alpha development that involves energy, purity, and anti-boredom. An experiment I heavily endorse. ###!

http://www.theexperiment.org/energylanguage/metalanguage.php
Posted by philipd at 06:45 PM

January 16, 2004

Gould separates religion and science

Wise thoughts on the creationsim v. evolution debate. Gould develops the principle of "Non-overlapping magisteria." ... % ...

http://gsa.confex.com/gsa/2003AM/finalprogram/abstract_60086.htm
Posted by philipd at 11:17 PM

January 15, 2004

Roosevelt and the Deficit

Alexander Hamilton, Treasury Sec. under Washington, promoted the policy of incurring debts as a method of establishing sound credit. $$$---

http://www.landandfreedom.org/ushistory/us19.htm
Posted by philipd at 06:10 PM

January 14, 2004

Kurzweil on Wolfram

Early detection of bogus science. + Introduction to the "digital theory" of the Universe among other mind-candy. !_!^_@

http://www.kurzweilai.net/articles/art0464.html?printable=1
Posted by philipd at 06:03 PM

7 Warning Signs of Bogus Science

If its pitched to the media 1st, if it's presented as "me v. them", if the discoverer has worked in isolation, etc... >>>*>*>

http://chronicle.com/free/v49/i21/21b02001.htm
Posted by philipd at 05:57 PM

January 13, 2004

Voynich Script

A mysterious manuscript from the 15th to 17th centuries. Written with unknown characters in an unknown language, accompanied with unknown drawings. Trace.rt((()()( (/.)

http://www.crystalinks.com/voynich.html
Posted by philipd at 01:46 PM

January 11, 2004

Book-A-Minute Classics

Ultra Cliff's Notes. Hilarious stuff. The summary of Dante's Inferno: "Some woman puts Dante through Hell." ---X---

http://rinkworks.com/bookaminute/classics.shtml
Posted by philipd at 03:15 PM

January 10, 2004

LSD Artistic Evolution

How an artist's sketches evolve under the influence of LSD. ..0000.. (#)

http://www.cowboybooks.com.au/html/acidtrip1.html
Posted by philipd at 10:16 AM

January 09, 2004

Serendip

Do you suspect that life's instructions are always ambiguous and incomplete? Interesting discussions at the intersection of complexity, the brain, culture, etc. >!!<

http://serendip.brynmawr.edu/
Posted by philipd at 11:52 AM

January 08, 2004

Glow-in-the-Dark Bunny

Transgenetic artist applies green-flourescent gene to a new bunny. WHY?!?! (X,X)

http://www.ekac.org/gfpbunny.html#gfpbunnyanchor
Posted by philipd at 06:05 PM