November 2009
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Can we just retire "plethora"?
nerdshares: Smart people of the world: I know you are smart. No need to use this word. Let me introduce my good friends, “many” and “several.”
Nov 1st
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October 2009
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Oct 31st
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For your Halloween pleasure: The Brainwashers. (via Hugh McGuire)
Oct 31st
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Oct 31st
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Oct 31st
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Oct 30th
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Oct 30th
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Oct 30th
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Oct 29th
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Oct 29th
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A Language of Smiles →
Can the sounds we make when speaking affect our mood? (Also, great footnotes.)
Oct 29th
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Oct 28th
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Oct 28th
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Oct 28th
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Oct 27th
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Oct 27th
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Writing Tool: Wordle →
I’ll participate in NaNoWriMo again this year, and I think I’ll use Wordle to kick myself in the ass every so often.
Oct 27th
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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-10-25) →
Santogold (40)  Tegan and Sara (11)  The Wave Pictures (9)  Paul Simon (8)  Tori Amos (6)  Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Oct 26th
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Oct 26th
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Oct 25th
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Oct 25th
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Oct 24th
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Oct 24th
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Oct 23rd
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Oct 23rd
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Oct 22nd
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Oct 21st
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New Light On Nature Of Broca's Area: Rare... →
Really interesting article, indicating the expressive/receptive model of language processing is off the mark.
Oct 21st
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Oct 21st
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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-10-18) →
The Hidden Cameras (19)  The Wave Pictures (15)  Assembly of Dust (13)  Dirty Projectors (9)  Tom Waits (7)  Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Oct 19th
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Oct 19th
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Oct 15th
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“Reading youtube comments is like riding public transit without headphones.”
– Adam Koford (via merlin)
Oct 15th
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Tom Waits Free Glitter and Doom Live Album Preview [via @knitgrrl]
Oct 13th
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Oct 13th
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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-10-11) →
The Wave Pictures (23)  Cat Stevens (22)  Common Rotation (22)  Adele (19)  Brooklyn Rider (9)  Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Oct 12th
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Americana That Barack Obama Has Made Un-American →
sparo: Even though he didn’t deserve it, it’s still awesome that Barack Obama won the Nobel Peace Prize, right? No, it’s not. It used to be, but now that Barack Obama has done it, it’s un-American. It’s been getting kind of confusing keeping track of what’s truly American anymore, so Gawker came up with a handy list of things that are socialist and foreign because Barack Obama has soiled them,...
Oct 12th
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Oct 9th
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“Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be...”
– Steve Jobs (via hrrrthrrr)
Oct 8th
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Oct 8th
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Oct 7th
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Listenthedailywhat: New Music! Vampire Weekend —...
Oct 7th
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Oct 6th
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Oct 6th
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Oct 6th
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“There is a truly pernicious idea going about that everything is just a personal...”
– Richard Dawkins - Creationists, take note: ‘Evidence is evidence!
Oct 5th
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-10-4) →
Neko Case (13)  The Hidden Cameras (11)  Paul Simon (6)  The Wave Pictures (5)  The Shins (4)  Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Oct 5th
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Finding the fear and love of God inside the brain →
I’d say the next obvious step is to research atheists and doubters whose brains would presumably show activity in similar areas but under different circumstances. But that’s just me.
Oct 5th
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Oct 5th
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Oct 4th