keiichimatsuda: computer legible tattoos (which may also help me with motion tracking)
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World’s Highest Thing of the Day: In Queenstown, New Zealand, 160m above the Nevis Canyon floor, hangs the highest — and biggest — swing in the world.
[dpaf.]
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“ As someone who has written and spoken at length about how we might develop a truly “objective” morality, I am often told by followers of Rand that their beloved guru accomplished this task long ago. The result was Objectivism—a view that makes a religious fetish of selfishness and disposes of altruism and compassion as character flaws. If nothing else, this approach to ethics was a triumph of marketing, as Objectivism is basically autism rebranded.
How to Lose Readers (Without Even Trying) : Sam Harris
Love him or hate him, Sam Harris can damn sure turn a phrase. The whole article, and the related tangents it gets into, is fantastic.
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The media overreacted. Governments did not.
David Kurtz:
Cable nets don’t dictate the forecasts of the National Hurricane Center or the National Weather Service, and state and local officials don’t rely on the cable nets when making disaster preparation decisions. So the logical leap made by critics that cable TV hype leads to overreaction by local governments is both wrong and frankly dangerous.
Morning Links:
- Hyping The Hype: Was Hurricane Irene Overhyped?; “Hurricane Hype”; A Hurricane of Hype; “FEMA is the real disaster”; Do We Really Need a National Weather Service?
- @ElBloombito: The brainchild of a stay-at-home mom from Inwood.
- @Irene is a real person, not a hurricane.
- Twinings customers launch The Great Tea Revolt of 2011.
- “Got to a party about 2 hours late, played catch up and got sh*t faced in 45 minutes. Woke up tagged in all of these pictures the next day.” (via.)
- Single Serving Site of the Day: GIF.TV.
- Morning Distraction: The Man Who Sold The World. (via.)
- Morning Wood: Sandra Brec.
- Morning List: 25 Frightening Photos Of Hurricane Irene’s Destruction.
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