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<p>Hello, how are you? That's great!</p>
<p>Oh, you're saying I didn't even give you a chance to tell me how you were before I told you "that's great?"</p>
<p>So sorry. I need to work on my patience and my people skills. But while I do that, you should check out these links and lists! I'm going to try to update every day with either a bunch of links or a list about something.</p>
<p>More info to come soon. For now, just relax, and enjoy some links and lists.</p>
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<b>Wednesday, March 9, 2011</b>
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<li><a href="http://www.radioreference.com/apps/audio/?action=top" target="_blank">Top 50 audio feeds from Radio Reference</a>. You can tune-in to police scanner frequencies (LAPD, CPD, etc) as well as listen to a bunch of other obscure radio.</li>
<li><a href="http://www.findacreditunion.com/" target="_blank">Close your account with the corporate bank and join your local credit union</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jqxENMKaeCU" target="_blank">Get an aerial tour of Earth and our impact on it</a></li>
<li><a href="http://fractal.io/" target="_blank">Interactive fractal explorer</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.library.csi.cuny.edu/dept/history/lavender/wallpaper.html" target="_blank">"The Yellow Wallpaper"</a></li>
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<b>Saturday, February 5, 2011</b>
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<li><a href="http://www.nybooks.com/articles/archives/2011/feb/10/what-good-life/?pagination=false" target="_blank">What is a good life?</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.edge.org/q2011/q11_2.html" target="_blank">Improve the way you think</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.googleartproject.com/" target="_blank">Google Art Project. Amazing! Tour museums just like you tour cities in Google Maps street view.</a></li>
<li><a href="http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/the_tls/article7171545.ece" target="_blank">Slang</a></li>
<li><a href="http://blogs.psychcentral.com/creative-mind/2011/02/the-complexity-of-the-creative-personality/" target="_blank">The creative personality</a></li>
<li><a href="http://oedb.org/library/features/50-best-blogs-for-humanities-scholars" target="_blank">50 best blogs for lovers of the Humanities</a></li>
<li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roan_Mountain_(Roan_Highlands)" target="_blank">The Roan Highlands</a></li>
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<b>Saturday, January 22, 2011</b>
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<li><a href="http://uncertaintimes.tumblr.com/" target="_blank">Uncertain times</a></li>
<li><a href="http://nymag.com/print/?/news/features/16653/" target="_blank">New York Magazine profile of a drug dealer</a></li>
<li><a href="http://thoughtcatalog.com/2011/five-emotions-invented-by-the-internet/" target="_blank">Five emotions invented by the internet</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/print/2011/01/the-rise-of-the-new-global-elite/8343" target="_blank">The rise of the new global elite</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.vanityfair.com/politics/features/2009/04/somali-pirates200904?printable=true" target="_blank">Vanity Fair feature on Somali Pirates</a></li>
<li><a href="http://science.howstuffworks.com/nature/climate-weather/atmospheric/question479.htm" target="_blank">Why it smells nice after it rains</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.slate.com/id/2281699/" target="_blank">A new way to get sculpted</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-01-mindfulness-meditation-brain-weeks.html" target="_blank">Does meditation change the brain's structure?</a></li>
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<b>Tuesday, December 21, 2010</b><br>
Long time no see. I have a list for yeh today. Here are three random images I saw as I was surfing the web the other day, all of which would make great posters.
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<li><a href="http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2010/12/2010_in_photos_part_2_of_3.html#photo8" target="_blank">Photo 8, of of the plane flying in front of the rainbow</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.kareprints.com/?p=153" target="_blank">This print of a spray paint can</a></li>
<li><a href="http://fashioncopious.typepad.com/fashioncopious/2010/12/2010-vogue-cover-compilation-art.html" target="_blank">Any of these Vogue magazine cover art compilations</a></li>
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<b>Wednesday, November 24, 2010</b>
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<li><a href="http://news.bioscholar.com/2010/11/web-founder-says-facebook-is-a-trap.html" target="_blank">The founder of the Internet says Facebook is a trap</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.huppi.com/kangaroo/Einstein.htm" target="_blank">Albert Einstein's opinion on Socialism</a></li>
<li><a href="http://i.imgur.com/ZhFvn.jpg" target="_blank">The importance of keeping your eyes open and staying interested</a></li>
<li><a href="http://paw.princeton.edu/issues/2010/10/13/pages/1396/index.xml" target="_blank">An interview with new poet laureate W.S. Merwin</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/16/science/16tier.html" target="_blank">A wandering mind is an unhappy mind</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.time.com/time/printout/0,8816,2008759,00.html" target="_blank">Investigating what it is, if anything, that separates humans from animals</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/11/storytelling-20-when-new-narratives-meet-old-brains.html?DCMP=OTC-rss&nsref=online-news" target="_blank">Our brains are hardwired to tell stories</a></li>
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<b>Friday, November 12, 2010</b>
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<li><a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/10/11/the-12-timeless-rules-for-making-a-good-publication/66444/" target="_blank">The rules of how to make a good publication</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.nybooks.com/articles/archives/2010/nov/25/generation-why/?page=1" target="_blank">Another stab at describing how Facebook is evil and wrong</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1969/12/count-tolstoy-at-home/8287/2/" target="_blank">Old profile of Leo Tolstoy</a></li>
<li><a href="http://ourvaluedcustomers.net/" target="_blank">One frame comics of actual comic book store customers and the things they say</a></li>
<li><a href="http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/11/07/speech-and-harm/?hp" target="_blank">The philosophy behind slurs</a></li>
<li><a href="http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/11/05/hearing-the-returns-with-mr-lincoln/?ref=opinion" target="_blank">An interview of Abraham Lincoln on the day he was finding out he was the new President</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.bigquestionsonline.com/columns/roger-scruton/effing-the-ineffable" target="_blank">How do you explain the unexplainable?</a></li>
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<b>Monday, October 25, 2010</b>
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<li><a href="http://www.gutenberg.org/files/15097/15097-h/15097-h.htm" target="_blank">Grammar by Samuel Johnson</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.urbandharma.org/udharma4/mpe1-4.html" target="_blank">Is meditation worth it?</a></li>
<li><a href="http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/10/19/is-pure-altruism-possible" target="_blank">Is pure altruism possible?</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.danamrkich.com/writings/essays/06/dycyi.html" target="_blank">Do you choose your identity or is your identity chosen for you?</a> How much do we inherit as our nature? How much does culture inform our subconscious? Are we really even choosing who we are?</li>
<li><a href="http://terrytao.wordpress.com/2010/09/14/a-second-draft-of-a-non-technical-article-on-universality/" target="_blank">Universality</a></li>
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And now, a list with an actual theme for once! Sadly, I only have two items for this list. But it's about quality, not quantity. Anyway, I present to you the two greatest outdoor music venues in America.
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<li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Rocks_Amphitheatre" target="_blank">Red Rocks Ampitheatre in Denver, Colorado</a></li>
<li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gorge_Amphitheatre" target="_blank">The Gorge Ampitheatre in Gorge, Washington</a></li>
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<b>Sunday, October 17, 2010</b>
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<li><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/17/magazine/17obama-t.html" target="_blank">An inside look at how Obama is doing as president</a></li>
<li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bellingham,_Washington" target="_blank">Bellingham, Washington</a></li>
<li><a href="http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2010/10/13/the-platypus-can-poison-you-80-different-ways/" target="_blank">The Platypus</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.alexandertechnique.com/at.htm" target="_blank">What is the "Alexander Technique"?</a></li>
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<b>Tuesday, October 5, 2010</b>
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<li><a href="http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2010/08/16/metropolis_now" target="_blank">Great pictures of the world's biggest cities</a>. <a href="http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2010/08/16/metropolis_now?page=0,5" target="_blank">This one</a> of Hong Kong is my favorite.</li>
<li><a href="http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2010/10/11/101011fa_fact_lizza" target="_blank">In-depth report of the senate's battle over climate change</a></li>
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<b>Friday, October 1, 2010</b><br>
Here's another playlist. These are the kind of songs that are meant to build you up, lift you up, and make you feel like life is great.
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<li><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ZH2MzYoWvU" target="_blank">Autechre: "Bronchus 2"</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-G01DKEig14" target="_blank">Squarepusher: "Tundra"</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5MqXPYE2P4" target="_blank">Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti: "Helen"</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9vzgSloTtk" target="_blank">Girls: "Morning Light"</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EHNLYVPe9l0" target="_blank">Ratatat: "Party With Children"</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGVx7_JkY-w" target="_blank">Edgar Froese: "Maroubra Bay" (1/2)</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x3T5WYUD-PY" target="_blank">Edgar Froese: "Maroubra Bay" (2/2)</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DcqifERzmkw" target="_blank">Autechre: "Ilanders"</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3kFPBtc9BE" target="_blank">Peter Gabriel: "In Your Eyes"</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_VluBnUns8" target="_blank">Brian Eno: "Fullness of the Wind"</a></li>
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If you are at a party or something, and want to play all these songs in a row as a playlist, then click <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ZH2MzYoWvU&feature=PlayList&p=B9650E7EE5C999FF&index=0&playnext=1" target="_blank">here</a> and they'll all go automatically in order. Go <a href="http://www.youtube.com/my_playlists?p=B9650E7EE5C999FF" target="_blank">here</a> for the playlist homepage on YouTube.
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<b>Sunday, September 19, 2010</b>
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<li><a href="http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2010/09/six-reasons-why-wired-uks-editor-isnt-on-facebook" target="_blank">6 reasons why the Wired UK editor is not on Facebook</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2010/09/20/100920fa_fact_vargas" target="_blank">Profile of Mark Zuckerberg</a></li>
<li><a href="http://blogs.suntimes.com/ebert/pages-for-twitter/100-great-moments-in-the-movie.html" target="_blank">Roger Ebert's list of the 100 greatest moments in movies</a></li>
<li><a href="http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/6886845" target="_blank">How to get that perfect shave</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/09/14/third-world-america/" target="_blank">Third world America: the decline of a superpower</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.theblaze.com/" target="_blank">Glenn Beck's news website: The Blaze</a></li>
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<b>Thursday, September 9, 2010</b>
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<li><a href="http://economist.com/node/16941635" target="_blank">Powerful companies threaten to take over the internet</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2010/08/25/german_usa_working_life_ext2010" target="_blank">An interview with a dude who wrote a book about how Americans are overworked and how there isn't much to show for it</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.wired.com/magazine/2010/08/ff_madmaxtown/all/1" target="_blank">America's most toxic town: Picher, Oklahoma</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.cracked.com/article_18664_5-annoying-trends-that-make-every-movie-look-same.html" target="_blank">5 trends that make every movie look the same</a></li>
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<b>Friday, September 3, 2010</b><br>
Here are 10 of my favorite songs. I've got other favorites, but these are the 10 songs that have been my favorites for the last year. They are in no particular order. There's a lot I could say about each song. I've got boatloads of memories associated with each one, and all sorts of reasons for why each one is special. But I'll spare you that. Anyway, please enjoy them.
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<li><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J0GKVKBGk6U" target="_blank">The Mystery: "Forgiven"</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YVhoOAj5ed4" target="_blank">John Frusciante: "Every Person"</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcqwfFKagH4" target="_blank">Girls: "Hellhole Ratrace"</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYUBehXPJTY" target="_blank">John Lennon: "Oh Yoko"</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yb_QHyWjmmE" target="_blank">Laava: "Wherever You Are"</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0iW5U4i-Z74" target="_blank">LCD Soundsystem: "Someone Great"</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBmROTGaLeU" target="_blank">Devendra Banhart: "Walilamdzi"</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xyxwkUUrpTI" target="_blank">Wavves: "Wavves"</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5xrFvdnDhk" target="_blank">Julian Casablancas: "Glass"</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Th_UKjO6Dg0" target="_blank">Mark Isham: "On the Threshold of Liberty"</a></li>
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If you are at a party or something, and want to play all these songs in a row as a playlist, then click <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J0GKVKBGk6U&feature=PlayList&p=6AF1DB9FD076C84A&index=0&playnext=1" target="_blank">here</a> and they'll all go automatically in order. Go <a href="http://www.youtube.com/my_playlists?p=6AF1DB9FD076C84A" target="_blank">here</a> for the playlist homepage on YouTube.
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<b>Saturday, August 29, 2010</b>
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<li><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/29/magazine/29language-t.html" target="_blank">Here's an article from the NYTimes, about whether language shapes the way we think!</a> I have not read it yet, but I'm planning on reading it tomorrow morning when I wake up.</li>
<li><a href="http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/herocomplex/2010/08/ray-bradbury-is-sick-of-big-government-our-country-is-in-need-of-a-revolution-.html" target="_blank">Ray Bradbury, the author of <em>Fahrenheit 451</em>, says the United States NEEDS A REVOLUTION!</a> I don't mean to sound flippant by using the caps. It's just that I can't say the word "revolution" without cringing. And I'm all for a revolution. I just wish a certain band didn't have to bastardize the word.</li>
<li><a href="http://americanroutes.publicradio.org/archives/show/652/from-home-page" target="_blank">Tonight's episode of American Routes</a>. American Routes is a 2 hour long radio show on NPR that airs every Saturday night. On tonight's episode the theme was music from New Orleans (5th year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina).</li>
<li><a href="http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2010/08/24/the_world_s_worst_traffic?page=0,1" target="_blank">The world's worst traffic jams</a></li>
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<b>Wednesday, August 25, 2010</b>
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<li><a href="http://money.cnn.com/2010/08/20/news/companies/inside_trader_joes_full_version.fortune/" target="_blank">A behind-the-scenes report on Trader Joe's</a></li>
<li><a href="http://nymag.com/movies/profiles/67284/" target="_blank">A very interesting profile on actor/artist/blah blah blah James Franco</a></li>
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<b>Tuesday, August 24, 2010</b>
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<li><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qnq4hHv61DY" target="_blank">The training of a Japanese Kodo drummer</a></li>
<li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturn_Devouring_His_Son" target="_blank">Saturn Devouring His Son (the painting)</a></li>
<li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nursery_Days" target="_blank">Nursery Days (the album)</a></li>
<li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Trip_to_the_Moon_(film)" target="_blank">A Trip To The Moon (the film)</a></li>
<li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teenage_Mutant_Ninja_Turtles_(1987_TV_series)" target="_blank">Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (the TV series)</a></li>
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<b>Monday, August 23, 2010</b>
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<li><a href="http://www.slate.com/id/2264542/" target="_blank">Slate.com's response to the NYT's article on twentysomethings</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-lanza/does-the-past-exist-yet-e_b_683103.html" target="_blank">Does the past exist? (Oooh, trippy)</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.blurrypeople.com/" target="_blank">Blurry People</a>. It's like ChatRoulette but with more of a dating twist. The faces of you and your chat partner start out blurry, and the longer you chat the clearer your faces become. Kind of cool! It's like the perfected virtual experience of the adages <em>Beauty isn't skin deep</em>, or <em>It's the personality, the friendship that counts</em>.</li>
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<b>Friday, August 20, 2010</b>
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<li><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/29/books/review/Tanenhaus-t.html" target="_blank">NYT's Book Review of JONATHAN FRANZEN'S NEW NOVEL <em>Freedom</em></a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.kurzweilai.net/ray-kurzweil-responds-to-ray-kurzweil-does-not-understand-the-brain" target="_blank">Ray Kurzweil Responds to Neuroscientist Who Claims Kurzweil Doesn't Know the Brain</a></li>
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<b>Thursday, August 19, 2010</b>
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<li><a href="http://knol.google.com/k/how-to-backpack#" target="_blank">An uber-thorough guide on backpacking</a></li>
<li><a href="http://muro.deviantart.com/#" target="_blank">Make sweet images online with DeviantArt Muro</a></li>
<li><a href="http://blogs.denverpost.com/captured/2010/07/26/captured-america-in-color-from-1939-1943/" target="_blank">Photographs of The Great Depression</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.spaceinvaders.de/" target="_blank">Space Invaders!!!</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20727731.300-to-infinity-and-beyond-the-struggle-to-save-arithmetic.html?full=true" target="_blank">Is "God's language" incorrect? That is, is our system of numbers faulty?</a></li>
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<b>Wednesday, August 18, 2010</b>
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<li><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/22/magazine/22Adulthood-t.html" target="_blank">New York Times article about a NEW STAGE OF ADULTHOOD</a></li>
<li><a href="http://soundcloud.com/shamantis/j-biebz-u-smile-800-slower" target="_blank">"You Smile" by Justin Bieber 8x slower than normal</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/sf/house-tours/four-people-and-a-dog-living-in-180-square-feet-home-away-from-home-tour-123518" target="_blank">Four people and dog are living in an 180 square foot treehouse</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/15208" target="_blank">"Dream Song 29" by John Berryman</a></li>
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