Lauren forwarded me this essay: “Talking to a woman” - a letter to a Liberal Man. I’ve done all of these things, and will surely do them all again. All men need to be meditating on these points every day to lessen their occurance.
Archive for July, 2008
Flavor profiles
18Jul08I just got off the phone with my mother, and one of the things we talked about were the different “standard flavor profiles” we know about… basic seasonings that you can add to any of a number of different dishes to give them a certain taste.
Although I’ve labeled these things by their region of origin, [...]
Planet
15Jul08I just did a little housecleaning on Planet Informatics, the aggregator for all the great blogging coming out of my alma mater. In addition to adding Jenny and Travis, I upgraded to the newest version of Planet Planet, and guess what? We can finally embed YouTube videos:
Yay!
Cold sores, mold spores, and apple cores: How to be a dirty person without endangering your health
No sex in the kitchen: 1001 rules couples have tried to keep their open relationships working
Copyright (C) 2008 Erik Pukinskis
Here’s a great video that explains quantum physics in way that everyone can understand, and I think everyone will enjoy:
The infamous double slit experiment
Le sigh
12Jul08I want to be mad at George Bush. Between starting a preemtive war, fighting to discriminate against same-sex couples, running up a huge deficit, weakening environmental enforcement, politically cleansing the justice department, torturing prisoners, illegally detaining prisoners, endangering children by promoting bad sex education, pushing for abortion legislation that would only hurt the poor [...]
Get Perpendicular
11Jul08Fellow nerds, this is the best thing I have ever seen.
1, 2, 3, kick it.
Hitachi - Get Perpendicular
These pipes are clean!
08Jul08For those of you who call me sometimes, you will be pleased to know that my voice mailbox is now cleaned out! I recorded the messages I was saving using Odeo Studio, which is a great web site that lets you record and archive audio on the internet, so that it is saved for [...]
Very Young Girls
07Jul08Warning: this post deals with sexual assault.
I saw this over on Women’s Space/The Margins:
According to the video, in the US the average age of entry into prostitution is 13. Average means that half of prostitutes start at this age or younger*. If that’s not horrifying enough, try this on for size:
These girls are [...]
Universal Day Care
05Jul08Joe Nocera at the New York Times reports that Google has chosen to upgrade their day care such that “only its wealthiest employees can afford to use it.” Joe concludes the story saying:
“If Google had really wanted to do something path-breaking about its day care crisis, it would have spent less time creating elitist day [...]
