September 2010
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“Human beings are, essentially, single-core processors.”
The Rumpus →
One of my newly found favorite sites. The text below is copied from their “about” page:
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The Rumpus.net is an online magazine focused on culture, as opposed to “pop culture.” Pop culture can be hard to define and the term means different things to different people. Basically, we’re not opposed to things that are popular, but we have no interest in “art”...
Manifestos | Adbusters Culturejammer Headquarters →
10 Best Hacker Movies (Films about Computer... →
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I spent the greater part of last week back in small town, Illinois after my 88 year old grandfather unexpectedly passed away. He was an old guy but healthy, active, and still living independently when he simply got up one morning, sat in a chair and left. I had plenty of drive time to revisit a lot of my memories of him when I was growing up and of times when we were closer. I was in the military...
God Issues Recall →
A World Clock Unlike Anything You've Seen →
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Share your energy, talent and commitment to creating a stronger community for a better world
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“Still and all, why bother? Here’s my answer: Many people need desperately...”
– Kurt Vonnegut, from his bestseller, Timequake
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“She philosophically noted dates as they came past in the revolution of the...”
– Thomas Hardy, Tess of the d’Urbervilles
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“But by accident, not by cunning calculation, books, because of their weight and...”
– Kurt Vonnegut from his bestseller, Timequake
“While there is a lower class I am in it, while there is a criminal element I am...”
– Eugene Debs (1855-1926)
“You can tell you’ve created God in your own image when it turns out that...”
– Anne Lamott, author, Grace (Eventually)
The History of Labor Day →
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“We are here to help each other get through this thing, whatever it is.”
– Mark Vonnegut
“I love work. It fascinates me. I can sit and stare at it for hours,”
– Jerome K. Jerome
8.4 Million New Yorkers Suddenly Realize New York... →
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Screening Out the Empathy: The Impact of Screen... →
The impact of screen culture on the human brain merits the same public debate and funding for research as climate change, says one of the world’s most eminent neuroscientists.
As the online world continues to expand, Oxford University’s Baroness Professor Susan Greenfield has warned excessive screen culture may be changing the way our brains are wired….
“There is a fundamental reason why we look at the sky with wonder and longing—for...”
– Jerry Waxman
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