Interesting links: December 2018
* Mandatory Octopus story * On “efficiency” in human languages * Favorably comparing Tumblr to Twitter (I’m not convinced …) * About “brain-eating amoebas” * Sometimes it pays to have a good grad…
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Interesting links: November 2018
* An extremely in-depth comparison of Apple Maps and Google Maps * An account of an underwater adventure, including befriending an Octopus. Another account of too much bonding with a Dolphin. * Get…
Interesting links: October 2018
* A Soyuz rocket malfunctioned, and … the astronauts managed to escape (!) * “Memetic tribes and culture war” * “Mega-Tunnels Dug by South American Megafauna” * A camera taking 10 trillion frames…
Interesting links: September 2018
* A 73,000 year old cave painting * A piece in Nautlius (along with Quanta and Aeon my best source of “science” stuff) on time. * Historical piece of the month: the Mamluks * Matt Taibbi talks abo…
New movie trailers!
Decided to relax a bit tonight and catch up on trailers of upcoming movies, here are the ones I’m excited about: * The House with a Clock in its Walls (suspenseful!) * Bohemian Rhapsody (Queen!) *…
General interesting links: August 2018
Last month’s bunch of interesting links: * A psychedelic temple * William Gibson on recent dystopias * Creating the dreamscapes of Ghost in the Shell * Ted Chiang (of the book behind Arrival) sha…
General interesting links: July 2018
Last month’s bunch of random stuff: * Predator as an unacknowledged masterpiece Predator * The oldest stone tools outside Africa have been found in … China! * I agree with the rhetorical questio…
General interesting links: June 2018
Last month’s bunch of random stuff: * Musical selection for the month #1: an old song with many versions: “The Windmills of Your Mind” * Picked up an interesting graphic novel, a fictionalized acco…
General interesting links: May 2018
Last month’s bunch of random stuff: * A look at how both Apple and Star wars have come to dominate our “tech aesthetic” in a very deep sense * Something about Nirvana (not the band) * Michael Pola…
On the death of Stalin
I believe I’ve just watched the funniest movie in at least a few years. Every single scene, every single interaction, is shot through with dark humor. It really doesn’t get any darker than this. It’s…
General Interesting Links: April 2018
Bunch of random stuff that I liked this month: * Crazy tall palm trees in Colombia (this one made the picture above) * A “golden oldie” by Bill Joy (of Sun) on the future of technology (from 18 yea…
The un-happened future
Regular readers may have noticed my fondness for historical advertising (of a very specific kind). Here are some old advertisements by Bohn Aluminum that I came across, and here is a bigger list. This…