Thanks to my brother: my latest tool-toy is IFTTT, a rules (recipe) site that allows users to cross-link their web-mediated services. One of the most common benefits is eliminating some of the content management work that users would otherwise duplicate across sites, work like uploading or archiving images, links, and posts. How IFTTT Works With […]
Video: Neil deGrasse Tyson and Wu-Tang’s GZA on Hip Hop and Science
An astrophysicist and a rapper walked into a studio… StarTalk Radio is astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson’s NSF-sponsored show, and is distributed on YouTube. This episode features GZA (pronounced “Jizza”), a founding member of the 1990s hip hop collective The Wu-Tang Clan, and Christopher Emdin (@chrisemdin | Columbia University), who teaches at the intersection between science […]
Apple vs. Samsung Galaxy III Mini
Apple vs. Samsung Galaxy III Mini Apparently the III Mini would be unlikely to yield a sales advantage in the US anyway. Source: The Citizen, South Africa
What Turned Jarod Lanier Against The Web?
What Turned Jarod Lanier Against The Web? (Smithsonian Magazine)
One-Half of a Manifesto
One-Half of a Manifesto The placement of one’s circle of empathy is ultimately a matter of faith. We must accept the fact that we are forced to place the circle somewhere, and yet we cannot exclude extrarational faith from our choice of where to place it. — Jaron Lanier