Paragon Adrift

Taken with Instagram at Arbon, Stahelplatz

Tue, 22 May 2012 08:04:22 -0400

Taken with Instagram at Arbon, Stahelplatz

Farmlands of Austria (Taken with Instagram at Höchst)

Tue, 22 May 2012 01:44:18 -0400

Farmlands of Austria (Taken with Instagram at Höchst)

Lunch, fish from the Bodensee (Taken with Instagram at...

Tue, 22 May 2012 01:44:17 -0400

Lunch, fish from the Bodensee (Taken with Instagram at Restaurant Salzmann)

Taken with Instagram at Oberriet

Tue, 22 May 2012 01:44:03 -0400

Taken with Instagram at Oberriet

Tue, 22 May 2012 01:44:01 -0400

Taken with Instagram at Oberriet

(via Hartverdrahtet – Infinite complexity in 4096 Bytes - winner...

Fri, 11 May 2012 07:08:12 -0400

(via Hartverdrahtet – Infinite complexity in 4096 Bytes - winner of the PC 4kB intro comp)

When Kids Start Doing Root Cause Analysis

Wed, 09 May 2012 16:55:20 -0400

When Kids Start Doing Root Cause Analysis

How to think about science and becoming a scientist

Tue, 08 May 2012 04:45:25 -0400

How to think about science and becoming a scientist

Probabilistic Data Structures for Web Analytics and Data Mining

Sun, 06 May 2012 08:22:14 -0400

Probabilistic Data Structures for Web Analytics and Data Mining:

Highly Scalable Blog

Three things you should never put in your database

Tue, 01 May 2012 22:25:26 -0400

Three things you should never put in your database

How Geniuses Think

Sun, 29 Apr 2012 13:13:40 -0400

How Geniuses Think:

Interesting perspective on the way geniuses in the past have approached problems, things everyone should be doing.

Thinking in a Foreign Language Makes Decisions More Rational

Sat, 28 Apr 2012 04:23:37 -0400

Thinking in a Foreign Language Makes Decisions More Rational

Counting Pull-ups

Thu, 26 Apr 2012 14:47:27 -0400

Counting Pull-ups:

With computers. Like Fitbit. :metal:

"The Internet is not used to it’s potential but too many useless things. I’m afraid it to be taken by..."

Thu, 26 Apr 2012 02:44:19 -0400

“The Internet is not used to it’s potential but too many useless things. I’m afraid it to be taken by strong marketing powers. You can use social networks or let them use you.”

- Rails Girls: Interview with Rails Girls Tallinn coaches John & Laas

DIY: Cold Brew Coffee

Tue, 24 Apr 2012 03:38:59 -0400

DIY: Cold Brew Coffee

A Use for Smartphone Photos

Sat, 21 Apr 2012 23:43:09 -0400

A Use for Smartphone Photos:

by Peter Sobot. I’ve wanted to do something similar. Includes (Ruby) code with some “magic interestingness cropping” which is pretty rad.

I Learned to Speak Four Languages in a Few Years

Thu, 19 Apr 2012 19:13:14 -0400

I Learned to Speak Four Languages in a Few Years

The Calm After The Storm

Thu, 19 Apr 2012 06:35:34 -0400

The storm has gone:
I hear the joyful birds, the hen,
returning to the path,
renews her cackling. See the clear sky
opening from the west, over the mountain:
the landscape clarifies,
the river gleams bright in the valley.
Now every heart is happy, on every side
there’s the noise of work
as they return to business.
The craftsman comes to the door,
his work in hand, singing,
to gaze at the humid sky:
a girl runs out to draw water
that’s charged with fresh rain:
and, from street to street,
the vegetable seller
raises his cry again
See the sun return, see how it’s smiling
from hills and farms. The servants
open balconies, terraces, lodges:
hear the harness clinking, far off
along the highway: as the traveller’s carriage
moves, once more, down the road.

Every heart is happy.
When was life as sweet,
as pleasant as it is now?
When did men turn
to their work, or bend to
their studies with such love? Or begin
some new venture? Or were so forgetful
of old wrongs? Joy is born of pain:
vain joy, the fruit
of fear past, in one shaken,
and fearful of death,
who abhorred life before:
fear that made men sweat and tremble
in enduring anguish,
shivering, silent, pale: seeing
lightning, cloud, and wind,
moving to attack them.

O kindly Nature,
these are your gifts,
these are the delights
you give to mortals. To be free
of pain is our delight.
You scatter ills with generous hands: grief
appears of itself, and pleasure, that’s so often
born of trouble, through the monstrous,
and the miraculous, is our only gain. The human
race, dear to the gods! Happy enough
to gain a breathing space
from sorrow: blessed
when death heals you of every grief.

Can You Make Yourself Smarter?

Thu, 19 Apr 2012 06:02:01 -0400

Can You Make Yourself Smarter?:

NYTimes.com

Content Focused Design: Type Edition

Wed, 18 Apr 2012 15:52:08 -0400

Content Focused Design: Type Edition:

Prismatic Blog