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Picasso - Three Women Last night the family and I walked through...

Sat, 15 Jan 2011 18:43:05 -0800

Picasso - Three Women

Last night the family and I walked through some mind-carving original works of Picasso at the Seattle Art Museum. This morning it occurred to me that a discussion taking place in the comments of last week’s Cipher on a Wall post and Picasso had mashed together in my mind. So, here we have Bake-ru.

Thank you, Bitherwack. It was only after associating your thoughts with Picasso and putting together the post that I discovered your art. So beautiful.

All The Guns

Thu, 13 Jan 2011 16:51:00 -0800

Turns-out the main argument for arming people to the teeth is the so-called “Second Amendment solution.” Personally, I don’t mind making sure that the gov’t isn’t the only one with guns. But why does this have to mean that every fuckwit gets to have a gun designed to shoot 20 people or more at close range? Etc? We should be able to reach a compromise on gun control.

Windows Fetisher

Wed, 12 Jan 2011 18:38:00 -0800

Windows Fetisher:

John Gruber feels that Microsoft’s propensity for propagating “Windows” to so many of its product names is hurting them:

“I, along with many others, have wondered why Microsoft named Windows Phone 7 “Windows”. It doesn’t look or act anything like Windows (the PC OS) or the old Windows Mobile. It feels like something brand new, that deserves a new name. I’m wondering now if they called it “Windows Phone” because calling it “Windows” Something was the only way they could get it approved by Ballmer.”

But perhaps it’s just a case of one fetishist being repulsed by another?

The Low Road

Wed, 12 Jan 2011 11:30:00 -0800

The Low Road:

So, here’s the thing. We could take the highroad and not talk about Sarah Palin at all. The problem is … she won’t let us.

"The uniform for men is an expression of their alignment with authority. The uniform for women is an..."

Wed, 12 Jan 2011 09:15:00 -0800

“The uniform for men is an expression of their alignment with authority. The uniform for women is an expression of their submission to authority.”

- Concerning church uniforms (aka “appropriate clothing for the traditional congregationalist”).

iwdrm: “Its origin and purpose are still a total...

Tue, 11 Jan 2011 20:16:18 -0800

iwdrm:

“Its origin and purpose are still a total mystery.”

2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)

There’s only one 2001.

"Huffington Post. The blog equivalent of Jenny McCarthy."

Tue, 11 Jan 2011 20:12:07 -0800

“Huffington Post. The blog equivalent of Jenny McCarthy.”

- Jason Kottke

"Money changes everything."

Tue, 04 Jan 2011 10:13:01 -0800

“Money changes everything.”

- The Smiths

Is there any doubt of who will win the war on Christmas? Hugs...

Tue, 21 Dec 2010 15:43:24 -0800

Is there any doubt of who will win the war on Christmas? Hugs from Microsoft’s Mac Business Unit.

Google Books Ngram service is a far-out new resource. Here see...

Sat, 18 Dec 2010 09:14:00 -0800

Google Books Ngram service is a far-out new resource. Here see the occurrence of the words “Science” and “Religion” in hundreds of thousands of books across 200 years.

Note that the cross-over occurs around the time of the Scopes-Monkey Trial. Go Darwin!

via:

friendlyatheist:

Google Labs - Books Ngram Viewer

Books: Science VS Religion

Now days you’re more likely to see their descendants...

Fri, 17 Dec 2010 14:53:24 -0800

Now days you’re more likely to see their descendants caressing an iPhone, Android, WinPhone7 and so on. The more things change …

via: iwdrm:

2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)

"The first rule of frog eating is this: If you have to eat two frogs, eat the ugliest one first."

Wed, 15 Dec 2010 12:49:00 -0800

“The first rule of frog eating is this: If you have to eat two frogs, eat the ugliest one first.”

- Brian Tracy, “Eat That Frog!”

It may seem a bit strange out of context but this arises from a Mark Twain quote which suggests that if you eat one live frog each morning then you’ll have put behind you the most difficult thing you’ll do all day.

"You’ve got to stop this war in Afghanistan."

Tue, 14 Dec 2010 18:33:00 -0800

“You’ve got to stop this war in Afghanistan.”

- Purported to be Richard Holbrooke’s last words before going under general anesthetics … never to return.

iwdrm: “Are you Henry?” Eraserhead (1976) Lynch had me with...

Sun, 12 Dec 2010 15:58:06 -0800

iwdrm:

“Are you Henry?”

Eraserhead (1976)

Lynch had me with the do.

“A year from now, ten? They’ll swing back to the...

Sat, 11 Dec 2010 15:13:06 -0800

“A year from now, ten? They’ll swing back to the belief that they can make people… better. And I do not hold to that. So no more runnin’. I aim to misbehave.”

—Malcolm Reynolds, Serenity

Selected this image for “Golden Slumbers,” my most...

Sat, 11 Dec 2010 08:24:00 -0800

Selected this image for “Golden Slumbers,” my most recent post at Doves & Serpents. Clipped from an image shared by Judaic Sound Archives. From the cover of a book of lullabies including Cradle Song, a lullaby written by Thomas Dekker for his play Patient Grissel, 1603. And, yes, also the inspiration for Paul McCartney’s gorgeous song.

A day in the life.

Fri, 10 Dec 2010 13:37:00 -0800

A day in the life.

"Furious activity is no substitute for understanding."

Sun, 21 Nov 2010 09:36:44 -0800

“Furious activity is no substitute for understanding.”

- H. H. Willams (found on page three of Philipp Janert’s Data Analysis with Open Source Tools) Definitely true in software engineering.

iwdrm: “Every gun makes its own tune.” The Good, the Bad and...

Sat, 20 Nov 2010 19:20:37 -0800

iwdrm:

“Every gun makes its own tune.”

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)

Because it’s Clint.

I’m not sure which to love more … gingers, or Team...

Thu, 18 Nov 2010 08:23:00 -0800

I’m not sure which to love more … gingers, or Team Coco.

teamcoco:

Illustration: BennyD302