SMBC: What you fear vs. What you should fear
Every once in a while, SMBC gets inspirational. In its own way.
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Surprised Linux LVM still makes you jump through hoops for the simple use case of expanding a FS into all open space.
Surprised Linux LVM still makes you jump through hoops for the simple use case of expanding a FS into all open space.
Stars Trail Over the Final Voyage of the Space Shuttle Endeavour
Great shot of Endeavour.
Stars Trail Over the Final Voyage of the Space Shuttle Endeavour
Fascinating precinct-by-precinct map of Los Angeles Presidential election results.
Fascinating precinct-by-precinct map of Los Angeles Presidential election results. https://graphics.latimes.com/how-la-voted-2012/
Disaster preparedness: How to keep electronics going without power.
Disaster preparedness: How to keep electronics going without power.
Wow. Empty New York train stations
Wow. Empty New York train stations via @PeerIndex
How long is long enough for laptop battery life? @pingdom looks into it.
How long is long enough for laptop battery life? @pingdom looks into it. https://www.pingdom.com/blog/laptop-battery-life/
Age of the Hobbits
LOTR Ripoff, Age of The Hobbits, Claims Hobbits Are Real, Sticks Tongue Out At New Line Cinema
The Asylum (Alien vs. Hunter, Snakes on a Train, Transmorphers) is really pushing it with their titles. They’re claiming “Hobbit” is fair game because their movie is about Homo Floresiensis. Plus, y’know, dragons.
Amazing shot – one that I wish I’d thought of myself when I was standing next to those flatbed trucks.
Amazing shot – one that I wish I’d thought of myself when I was standing next to those flatbed trucks.
One Poignant Picture For Man, One Giant Hold Pattern For Mankind
Tho there were thousands of people, I somehow got this angle of the Space Shuttle, people free. What I love about the shot is that it truly symbolizes the mothballing of the Shuttle project. That the …
What Prop 37 exempts from labeling and why.
carighttoknow.org/exemptions
What Prop 37 exempts from labeling and why. For example: organic foods are held to a stricter standard already, and aren’t allowed to contain GMOs to begin with. And that pet food thing? It’s not the meat that needs to be labeled, it’s the grains in it, same as food for humans.
Whoa!
I read about this a few years back and thought it was fascinating.
I read about this a few years back and thought it was fascinating.
Kirby’s Work on Science Fiction Land Has Connection to Argo » DVDs Worth Watching
Working, One of the Most Dangerous Forms of Procrastination
Gretchen Rubin: Working, One of the Most Dangerous Forms of Procrastination
I keep track of all my Secrets of Adulthood—the lessons I’ve learned, with difficulty, as I’ve grown up.A very helpful Secret of Adulthood is: Working is one of the…
1-day 405 freeway closure produced an instant & dramatic improvement in air quality.
Interesting: Air quality started clearing up within minutes of closure, and a huge percentage of LA’s smog comes from cars.
L.A.’s ‘Carmageddon’ Produced Dramatic, Instantaneous Air Quality Improvements
Interesting: Phil Foglio drew some of the first art with UNIX daemons. Working on pipes, dripping into a bit bucket.
Interesting: Phil Foglio drew some of the first art with UNIX daemons. Working on pipes, dripping into a bit bucket.
Long Beach Comic Con announces new dates for next year…chosen in part because Comikaze took their …
Long Beach Comic Con announces new dates for next year…chosen in part because Comikaze took their old dates. LBCC proposes an organization where con show runners can coordinate to minimize conflicts.
Spam Trends: volume, topics, and phishing.
Spam Trends: volume, topics, and phishing. awe.sm/e5Z5u
Zoomable version of today’s GIANT #XKCD world via @dividuum
Zoomable version of today’s GIANT #XKCD world http://xkcd-map.rent-a-geek.de/ via @dividuum
What we do when we don’t like doctors’ advice…
http://www.sheldoncomics.com/archive/120824.html
What we do when we don’t like doctors’ advice…
Listen to color
https://www.cnn.com/2012/09/09/opinion/harbisson-hear-colors/index.html
Interesting perspective: it's sort of like synesthesia created through a cybernetic attachment.