Friday, May 3, 2013

This SF supercut manages to make a so-so Nicki Minaj tune pop like a mofo.

Thursday, May 2, 2013

Realtime video of the Aurora Australis - pretty amazing.

Wednesday, February 27, 2013
Another corking sunset on Flickr.
Monday, February 18, 2013
Sunset leaving work on Flickr.
Sunday, February 17, 2013
kateoplis:

“The fundamental problem of the electoral college is that the states of the United States are too disparate in size and influence. The largest state is 66 times as populous as the smallest and has 18 times as many electoral votes. This allows for Electoral College results that don’t match the popular vote. To remedy this issue, the Electoral Reform Map redivides the fifty United States into 50 states of equal population. The 2010 Census records a population of 308,745,538 for the United States, which this map divides into 50 states, each with a population of about 6,175,000.”
Neil Freeman: Electoral college reform

kateoplis:

“The fundamental problem of the electoral college is that the states of the United States are too disparate in size and influence. The largest state is 66 times as populous as the smallest and has 18 times as many electoral votes. This allows for Electoral College results that don’t match the popular vote. To remedy this issue, the Electoral Reform Map redivides the fifty United States into 50 states of equal population. The 2010 Census records a population of 308,745,538 for the United States, which this map divides into 50 states, each with a population of about 6,175,000.”

Neil Freeman: Electoral college reform

Sunday, February 3, 2013
Anthropocene Epoch on Flickr.
Monday, January 7, 2013

Perfectionism isn’t really perfectionism. You are not perfecting anything. Perfectionism is protectionism. You are protecting yourself, or you are attempting to protect yourself from any sling shot or arrow. Tough. They are coming anyway. They are coming in an unfair way. It’s not fair. Somebody may read it and hate it even though it’s great.

Or, what may happen is they might read it and say, “Great. This is a pretty typical first draft. Liked part of it, didn’t like part of it. There’s some big problems.” Meanwhile you have been in the shower practicing your Oscar speech. That’s okay. But just understand that you are not actually perfecting things when you fall into the trap of “perfectionism”.

Craig Mazin, Screenwriter
Friday, January 4, 2013
Neal Stephenson - Reamde on Flickr.
Monday, December 17, 2012
Officially festive in our house on Flickr.
Thursday, December 13, 2012
Special Snowflake on Flickr.