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Space Suit Designer
via technologyreview.com A new entry on the list of coolest jobs ever.
Banned dictionary
The 9,000-student K-8 district this week pulled all copies of Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary after an Oak Meadows Elementary School parent complained about a child stumbling across definitions for “oral sex.at pe.com via Marginal Revolution I’m pretty sure there’s a word … Continue reading
You have reached an imaginary number
via scienceblogs.com Totally unrelated to the post as a whole but this t-shirt is full of nerd awesome.
So it was a clock?
A non-explosive device that emits a ticking sound was what caused the Lindbergh Center station to close Thursday night, a MARTA spokesman told ajc.com Friday. via ajc.com
Salt. Is It Good Or Bad? | Ruhlman.com
A new report says reduce your salt by 1/2 teaspoon a day and you will be more healthy (as though that alone would do it). The fact is, we have struggled to make our food so inexpensive that we’ve basically … Continue reading
Scott Adams Blog: Bad Interfaces 01/21/2010
On a daily basis I am astonished by the bad design of things. In my last home, the switch for the garbage disposal was on a panel with a light switch, and looked just like it. Approximately 50% of the … Continue reading
Nirvana covers Seasons in the Sun
via kottke.org This is a great bit of 90s nostalgia.
Doc Searls Weblog · Can we have some first sources, please?
One of the things that drives me nuts about stories on the Web is absent links to first sources. Two examples: this piece by Nate anderson in Ars Technica and this one by Greg Sandoval in BX.BusinessWeek. Both report on … Continue reading
Ming Collector
via savagechickens.com Simulatneously terrible and awesome.