I don't think this is a joke:
"People who make content learn to like it, because they want to make content, and they also want to eat food and sleep under a roof, and the opportunity to do both at the same time seems like a pretty good idea."
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A friend of mine needs someone (soon) to create some "very clean" HTML markup based on Fireworks designs. He says it's probably a couple days worth of work and there is pay, but I'm not sure how much. E-mail me if you're interested: curt dot merrill…
I got one of these for my birthday a while back: http://www.amazon.com/Cuisinart-CPK-17-PerfecTemp-1-7-Liter-Stainless/dp/B003KYSLNQ/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1340299013&sr=8-3&keywords=electric+kettle
Heats the water to specified temp (se…
Maybe Don had eaten squid recently:
This study, published in February in the Journal of Parasitology (?!), presents the tale of a woman eating squid who experienced "severe pain"...
"endurance exercise is known to stimulate neuronal growth in the brain’s memory-forming hippocampus"
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Running is good for your brain.
source: this Slate article
Escape from LA summary (from IMDB): "The year is 2013 ... L.A., which through the agency of earthquakes has become an island of the damned."
"...Snake Plissken now the United State's most wanted outlaw is once again given another job for his freed…
I've had the fitbit for about a week. It's pretty neat, but I'm not sure I would have gotten one without the discount I got through a get-healthy program at work. If the web site were better, it would be easier to recommend. But as it is, I think it…
I listen to RadioLab and This American Life podcasts. They help me focus on listening instead of looking at the clock and thinking about how much time is still left in the workout.
I played Pirate Laser Tag on Friday night, met a friend for coffee and studying Saturday morning, watched the Silverbacks play a 0-0 draw Saturday night, and had an awesome brunch (amazing deviled eggs and coca-cola ham among other delicious foods) …
Java and Javascript are as different as night and day.
Javascript is called that because the people who created wanted to trick people into thinking they were related.
yeah, there was an article recently that said standing still for 8 hours was pretty much the same as sitting. But if you can alternate between the two, that's supposed to be good. The benefits are in the changing of position, eg. motion. I got this …
This thread is inspiring.
I didn't have to work this morning so it would have been easy to sleep in. But I didn't! I got up at 6:00 a.m. and hit the treadmill with the bossy British lady. Now I feel great!
A few small companies are doing well, but only operate in narrow, local areas:
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2012/02/gigabit-internet-for-80-the-unlikely-success-of-californias-sonicnet.ars
let's all move to California for reasonably pri…