How not to write a science book. "6. Avoid mentioning... [17 Apr 2007|02:22pm] 21:27 16.04.2007 How not to write a science book. "6. Avoid mentioning... How not to write a science book. "6. Avoid mentioning scientists or experiments. You're a journalist, so it's your job to explain things to people in ways they can understand. You always found science class difficult, and that class was taught by a scientist and involved experiments. Therefore no one can understand scientists and experiments." (link) read more at kottke.org rss2lj post comment

Dave Curry won the kottke.org Celebrity Mii contest back in... [17 Apr 2007|02:22pm] 22:20 16.04.2007 Dave Curry won the kottke.org Celebrity Mii contest back in... Dave Curry won the kottke.org Celebrity Mii contest back in December with a brilliant Zach Braff...he finally got the Zach Braff statuette from Fabjectory. Looks nice! (link) read more at kottke.org rss2lj post comment

Translation From PR-Speak to English of Selected Portions of <a... [17 Apr 2007|02:22pm] 22:40 16.04.2007 Translation From PR-Speak to English of Selected Portions of <a... Translation From PR-Speak to English of Selected Portions of Rails Developer David Heinemeier Hansson's Response to Alex Payne's Interview. A little inside-baseball, but it's a good game. (link) read more at kottke.org rss2lj post comment

Greg Veen wears his "George Bush Doesn't Care About Black... [17 Apr 2007|02:22pm] 22:48 16.04.2007 Greg Veen wears his "George Bush Doesn't Care About Black... Greg Veen wears his "George Bush Doesn't Care About Black People" tshirt in a photo with Bill Clinton. Awesome. (link) read more at kottke.org rss2lj post comment

Flickr's national sport: Faceball. Re: that first photo, see also... [17 Apr 2007|02:22pm] 01:31 17.04.2007 Flickr's national sport: Faceball. Re: that first photo, see also... Flickr's national sport: Faceball. Re: that first photo, see also the guy getting hit in the stomach with a cannonball. (link) read more at kottke.org rss2lj post comment

Video of two peacekeeping poultry breaking up a fight between... [17 Apr 2007|02:22pm] 14:03 17.04.2007 Video of two peacekeeping poultry breaking up a fight between... Video of two peacekeeping poultry breaking up a fight between two rabbits. Not animated. (via cyn-c) (link) read more at kottke.org rss2lj post comment

● A tale of two hos [17 Apr 2007|02:22pm] 14:15 17.04.2007 ● A tale of two hos Snoop Dogg recently explained the difference between the language used by old, white radio announcers and rappers: It's a completely different scenario. [Rappers] are not talking about no collegiate basketball girls who have made it to the next level in education and sports. We're talking about hos that's in the 'hood that ain't doing shit, that's trying to get a nigga for his money. These are two separate things. First of all, we ain't no old-ass white men that sit up on MSNBC going hard on black girls. We are rappers that have these songs coming from our minds and our souls that are relevant to what we feel. I will not let them muthafuckas say we in the same league as him. What Mr. Dogg is arguing here is that it's ok to refer to actual hos as hos in the service of artistic expression but it is not ok to refer to college basketball players as such for the purpose of demeaning people. As we're currently engaged in another go-round on the issue of speech, political correctness, and its potential enforcement, it's not hard to imagine that someday an argument like Snoop Dogg's will be deployed in a court of law. I wonder if anyone will buy it? read more at kottke.org rss2lj post comment

Crushpad lets you make your own wine from the comfort... [17 Apr 2007|02:22pm] 15:01 17.04.2007 Crushpad lets you make your own wine from the comfort... Crushpad lets you make your own wine from the comfort of your own home. "Crushpad offers a web-based system called MyCrushpad that allows you to monitor and manage your wine remotely.You'll be able to create your winemaking plan online, see pictures of your grapes while they're still on the vine, access the dozens of statistics (like sugar, acids, fermentation temperatures, etc.) our winemakers use to make decisions about handling the fruit. You'll be able to check on your wine at every stage from the vineyard to the barrel to the bottle no matter where you are." (link) read more at kottke.org rss2lj post comment

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