February 2012
“People don’t want answers, they want reports.”
– Stephen Wolfram, on Wolfram Alpha
Lake Vostok reached: 20 million year old Antarctic... →
Contact light.
After 30 years spent drilling through a four-kilometer-thick ice crust, researchers have finally broken through to a unique subglacial lake. Scientists are set to reveal its 20-million-year-old secrets, and imitate a quest to discover ET life.
The Vostok project breathes an air of mystery and operates at the frontiers of human knowledge. The lake is one of the major...
Why French Parents Are Superior by Pamela... →
Hogwash.
One of the keys to this education is the simple act of learning how to wait. It is why the French babies I meet mostly sleep through the night from two or three months old. Their parents don’t pick them up the second they start crying, allowing the babies to learn how to fall back asleep. It is also why French toddlers will sit happily at a restaurant. Rather than snacking all...
Jacob Sager Weinstein: “Before the Movie Begins” :... →
Any remaining memories are yours to keep and enjoy, provided you do not discuss them with others or make them available via mankind’s collective unconscious. In addition, your experience of this film may not be remixed in any form; dreams involving any of its characters must adhere strictly to the film’s actual plotline and running time, and must also comply with copyright laws in your state or...
Netherlands to close prisons for lack of criminals... →
oh my god unemployment will rise.
The Dutch justice ministry has announced it will close eight prisons and cut 1,200 jobs in the prison system. A decline in crime has left many cells empty.
Why Money Doesn't Buy Happiness | AlterNet →
Crap, i went into the animation industry out of love :
The Misconception: There is nothing better in the world than getting paid to do what you love.
The Truth: Getting paid for doing what you already enjoy will sometimes cause your love for the task to wane because you attribute your motivation as coming from the reward, not your internal feelings.
Read the experiment Lepper,...
5 Myths About the Chinese Communist Party |... →
Richard McGregor:
“China Is Communist in Name Only.”
Wrong.
Sure, China long ago dumped the core of the communist economic system, replacing rigid central planning with commercially minded state enterprises that coexist with a vigorous private sector. Yet for all their liberalization of the economy, Chinese leaders have been careful to keep control of the commanding...
January 2012
“An outstanding difference between the professional & the amateur in...”
– Sid Hickox, ASC (AC, July ‘41)
Apple, America and a Squeezed Middle Class -New... →
A sobering look at China’s manufacturing power. Happy dragon year.
Apple had redesigned the iPhone’s screen at the last minute, forcing an assembly line overhaul. New screens began arriving at the plant near midnight.
A foreman immediately roused 8,000 workers inside the company’s dormitories, according to the executive. Each employee was given a biscuit and a cup of tea, guided to...
I’m flying to Bangkok via Doha tomorrow for the new gig. Updates will be scarce, should get an internet connection pretty quickly though when I hit land in Bangkok.
I’ll be staying there for at least a year, so expect me harassing this tumblr with a few photos snapped here and there.
See you all on the other side.
-h
