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  • Chomsky & Trivers on Deceit

    Check out this discussion between MIT linguist Noam Chomsky and Rutgers evolutionary biologist Robert Trivers. The video below is cut short because its an ad for Seed Magazine. If you’re intrigued you can read the entire discussion here.

    UPDATE: The full video is now up.


  • Josh Keyes Art

    I like his style:

    Josh Keyes

    Josh Keyes Fish

    (His website)


  • Metaholic

    I created a little website called Metaholic that displays an OPML chalk full of juicy rss feeds. But these aren’t just any feeds. The included feeds all have some kind of “meta juice” built in. For example the most popular videos on YouTube, the most interesting photos on Flickr, or the biggest news story on Google News. You should be able to see it working in the sidebar.

    Each feed has some flavor of “meta juice” built into it. Google’s servers picking out the most relevant news or Flickr’s servers selecting the most interesting images with the ‘interestingness’ algorithm. Other flavors of “meta juice” are of the collective actions of millions of bloggers and social bookmarkers as seen on Technorati and Delicious. The content of the feeds themselves is the result of the collective action of millions of people and/or algorithms.

    By harnessing the power of these various aggregators you can easily find out whats going on in the world of news, blogs, and media at the click of a mouse.

    I made this little thing because I wanted one stop shopping for interesting stuff from more than one memetracker. The feeds are cached for 15 minutes at a time or they’re pulled down in real time if they haven’t been accessed in the last 15 minutes.

    So try it out. You’ll probably find something interesting. It ain’t pretty but it does the job.

    Metaholic.com

    It works because of technology created by Dave Winer and Dan MacTough.

    Screenshot after the jump

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  • bLaugh

    I’m enjoying Blaugh these days. Its a super nerdy comic strip about the blogosphere. If you don’t get the jokes it means you’re not a super nerd. In that case give yourself a pat on the back.

    Here’s a few of my favs:

    Forward This Funny

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  • Rad Weird Al Song – White and Nerdy with lyrics

    Weird Al

    Weird Al’s “White and Nerdy”.

    They see me mowin’
    My front lawn
    I know they’re all thinking I’m so white and nerdy
    Think I’m just too white and nerdy
    Think I’m just too white and nerdy
    Can’t you see I’m white and nerdy?
    Look at me, I’m white and nerdy
    I wanna roll with
    The gangstas
    But so far they all think I’m too white and nerdy
    Think I’m just too white and nerdy
    Think I’m just too white and nerdy
    I’m just too white and nerdy.
    Really really white and nerdy.

    First in my class here at MIT
    Got skills, I’m a champion at D&D
    MC Escher – that’s my favorite MC
    Keep your 40, I’ll just have an Earl Grey tea
    My rims never spin, to the contrary
    You’ll find that they’re quite stationary
    All of my action figures are cherry
    Steven Hawking’s in my library
    My MySpace page is all totally pimped out
    Got people beggin’ for my top eight spaces
    Yo, I know pi to a thousand places
    Ain’t got no grills but I still wear braces
    I order all of my sandwiches with mayonnaise
    I’m a whiz at Minesweeper – I could play for days
    Once you see my sweet moves you’re gonna stay amazed
    My fingers’ movin’ so fast I’ll set the place ablaze
    There’s no killer app I haven’t run
    At Pascal, well I’m number one
    Do vector calculus just for fun
    I ain’t got a gat but I got a soldering gun
    Happy Days is my favorite theme song
    I could sure kick your butt in a game of ping pong
    I’ll ace any trivia quiz you bring on
    I’m fluent in JavaScript as well as Klingon

    They see me roll on
    My Segway
    I know in my heart they think I’m white and nerdy
    Think I’m just too white and nerdy
    Think I’m just too white and nerdy
    Can’t you see I’m white and nerdy
    Look at me, I’m white and nerdy
    I’d like to roll with
    The gangstas
    Although it’s apparent I’m too white and nerdy
    Think I’m just too white and nerdy
    Think I’m just too white and nerdy
    I’m just too white and nerdy
    How’d I get so white and nerdy

    I’ve been browsin’, inspectin’
    X-Men comics, you know I collect ‘em
    The pens in my pocket, I must protect ‘em
    My ergonomic keyboard never leaves me bored
    Shopping online for deals on some writable media
    I edit Wikipedia
    I memorized Holy Grail really well
    I can recite it right now and have you ROTFLOL
    I got a business doing websites
    When my friends need some code, who do they call?
    I do HTML for ‘em all
    Even made a homepage for my dog
    Yo, I got myself a fanny pack
    They were havin’ a sale down at The Gap
    Spend my nights with a roll of bubble wrap
    Pop, pop, hope no one sees me
    Gettin’ freaky
    I’m nerdy in the extreme
    And whiter than sour cream
    I was in AV Club and Glee Club and even the Chess Team
    Only question I
    Ever thought was hard
    Was do I like Kirk
    Or do I like Picard
    Spend every weekend at the Renaissance Fair
    Got my name on my underwear

    They see me strollin’
    They laughin’
    And rollin’ their eyes ’cause I’m so white and nerdy
    Just because I’m white and nerdy
    Just because I’m white and nerdy
    All because I’m white and nerdy
    Holy cow, I’m white and nerdy
    I wanna bowl with
    The gangstas
    But, oh well, it’s obvious I’m white and nerdy
    Think I’m just too white and nerdy
    Think I’m just too white and nerdy
    I’m just too white and nerdy
    Look at me, I’m white and nerdy

    Lyrics VIA


  • i want my, i want my, i want my iTV

    Apple iTV

    Apple iTV 2

    Apple iTV 3

    nice looking spot for new nanos (direct s,m,l,hd)

    UPDATE: Better photos of the prototype working here.


  • Noah takes a photo of himself everyday for 6 20 years.

    August 27 2006

    UPDATE: Jan 13 2020:

    videos by Noah


  • Savant draws Rome from memory

    Not sure if this is real or not but it’s interesting either way.


  • Stingray kills ‘Crocodile Hunter’

    Croc Hunter

    R.I.P.

    :(


  • Little Miss Sunshine is a great film

    Little Miss Sunshine

    Just go see it.