This fascinating website will transport you back to the days of your youth.
You enter a year and it will take you to a page with pop culture references from that year.
Check it out.
The Nostalgia Machine →
in Technology
Black people called 'mixed-race' seen as more beautiful - Futurity →
in Science
Just the suggestion that an African-American person is of mixed-race heritage makes that person more attractive to others, research shows.
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A Sample Tangram Map Visualization
Tangram, A Mapping Library by Mapzen
in Technology
Tangram is an interesting project from the Mapzen graphics team. It tries to push the envelope of what can be done with available mapping technologies like OpenGL.
Read MoreEveryone Should Take This Personality Test
Have you ever taken a personality test? Whether you have or have not, I strongly urge you to take this one. I found it to be eerily accurate at measuring and describing my personality
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Tactical Technology Collective →
in Technology
Tactical Tech is a Berlin-based non-profit specializing in supporting activists worldwide with digita tools and technologies.
Read MorePeter Thiel's CS183: Startup - Class 1 Notes Essay →
These are Blake Masters' famous class notes for Peter Theil's CS183 class. The notes formed the basis for the bestselling Zero to One book
Read MoreA Templeton Conversation: Does Science Make Belief in God Obsolete? →
in Religion
The John Templeton Foundation was established in 1987 by the late Sir John Templeton to serve as a 'philanthropic catalyst for discoveries relating to the Big Questions of human purpose and ultimate reality'.
Read MoreOpen Letter to the President's Men
in Politics
- You are losing the plot but it's not too late; this is the twilight of the honeymoon
- Number 1 point: your principals failure is your failure, there are no do-overs. Do the job or get out of the way
#NotesForMrPresident
in Governance, Politics
- Address the nation.
- Aknowledge the pain and hardship people are going through.
- Stress that the pain will be temporary.
The Changenik and the General
"And it came to pass, when Jesus had made an end of commanding his twelve disciples, he departed thence to teach and to preach in their cities. Now when John had heard in the prison the works of Christ, he sent two of his disciples, And said unto him, Art thou he that should come, or do we look for another?
Read MoreI Must Study Politics and War
"I must study politics and war that my sons may have liberty to study mathematics and philosophy. My sons ought to study mathematics and philosophy, geography, natural history and naval architecture, navigation, commerce and agriculture, in order to give their children a right to study painting, poetry, music, architecture, statuary, tapestry, and porcelain."
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My Perfect Storm
Like most people, I have a wide range of interests. I love to read, study and think. I am In constant search of that perfect storm of varied thoughts and ideas which I can surf to my hearts content.
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