June 2012
70 posts
One thing about androids...
… Is the appstore (or Google play, whatever you want to call it) full of alternative keyboards, some of which are just insanely accurate. If you are tied to gmail and Google apps service framework, and need to do a ton of mobile typing every day, this OS rules.
Neil Gaiman: PULP ROMANCE →
mariadahvanaheadley:
He saw her across a crowded shelf.
Her deckle-edge was seductively deep, her endpapers velvety. She was a first edition, probably autographed. Any man would want to write his name in a book like her.
She noticed him perusing her pages, and blushed. He had a hard…
May 2012
86 posts
Here's an online library of over 400 free courses... →
misskatie:
stfuconfederates:
deliciouskaek:
mehreenkasana:
mehreenkasana:
Always good to explore and learn.
Good to see how it’s reached many folks. Here’s a reblog in case you’re looking for free courses and help for academics or independent research.
this might be the best thing i’ve ever seen
yes and also hell yes
yay education!!
RT @Maria_Disidoro: Could you please RT this? People need to know PETA is NOT a safe place for their pets. http://t.co/ijfIAnEY — Neil Gaiman (@neilhimself)
“SpaceX’s entire history, including rocket design, testing, and launch...”
– Dustin Curtis (@dcurtis)
Grievances
Good god, tumblr. You need to find a better way for people to find interesting/relevant tumblr feeds on their mobile using your app.
Pirate radios
Man, down with internet radio stations. Bring back the real pirate radios, broadcasting with cool crisp 1k Watts (or more)
It’s too damn hard to put together my version of hackerspaces space program without decent and independent radio infrastructure.
Maybe I should just brush up on that HAM license and just figure out stuff on my own :/
“The importance of learning to code isn’t so that everyone will write code, and...”
– A federal judge learned to code - O’Reilly Radar (via everythingisdisrupted)
I want a nice body, but then like… food.
The eternal dilemma.
I think I get it now. Synthetic biology isn’t about engineering biology. I think it’s a science of introducing foreign DNA, artificial or otherwise, to an existing system, complex or otherwise.
My gut tells me this approach actually changes some of the assumptions we have about how to practice synthetic biology.
And my gut also tells me my smartass labmates at genspace will shoot...
Proof: Coincidental Solar Eclipse? →
intothecontinuum:
There will be an annular solar eclipse taking place this evening (currently in progress) viewable from the western parts of the US and eastern Asia.
This is what happens when the Moon blocks some of the light from the Sun by passing in front of it from our vantage point on…
