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Screening the windowframe of reality from the clumsy brushwork of Dan Eastwell.

May 22

“ the people on the Titanic overlooked the possibility that the iceberg could have been their lifeboat. Newspapers from the time estimated the size of the iceberg to be between 50-100 feet high and 200-400 feet long. Titanic was navigable for awhile and could have pulled aside the iceberg. Many people could have climbed aboard it to find flat places to stay out of the water for the four hours before help arrived.

— Why We Can’t See What’s Right in Front of Us - Tony McCaffrey - Harvard Business Review

May 21

(via What a Physics Student Can Teach Us About How Visitors Walk Through a Museum | Articulations)

May 16

(via Six-Legged Giant Finds Secret Hideaway, Hides For 80 Years : Krulwich Wonders… : NPR)

May 14

aron:

Vim Introduction
Best Vim introduction I’ve read so far in that it just gives you a list of really useful commands.

May 09

(via Living Grass Walls Completely Cover the Interior of London’s Dilston Grove Gallery! | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building)

May 03

(via Japanese Tsunami Debris Adds to Pacific Garbage Patch | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building)

» Blond hair evolved independently of European genes

Apr 28

(via Ghost Ship Spotted Off Coast of Canada Signaling Arrival of Tsunami Wreckage | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building)

Apr 22

» Christopher Hitchens on The Baader Meinhof Complex | Politics | Vanity Fair

Mar 26

“ the former missionary discovers that the language these people speak doesn’t follow one of the fundamental tenets of linguistics, a finding that would seem to turn the field on its head, undermine basic assumptions about how children learn to communicate, and dethrone the discipline’s long-reigning king, who also happens to be among the most well-known and influential intellectuals of the 20th century

— Researcher’s Findings in the Amazon Pit Him Against Noam Chomsky - The Chronicle Review - The Chronicle of Higher Education