The Odd Couple: Romney vs. Gingrich
rollingstone.com — How the GOP race became a showdown between a walking OCD diagnosis and a flatulent serial adulterer.
Amazing letter from ex-slave to former owner in 1865, after being asked to return to work
lettersofnote.com — In August of 1865, a Colonel P.H. Anderson of Big Spring, Tennessee, wrote to his former slave, Jourdan Anderson, and requested that he come back to work on his farm. Jourdan — who, since being emancipated, had moved to Ohio, found paid work, and was now supporting his family — responded spectacularly by way of the letter seen below (a letter which, according to newspapers at the time, he dictated).
This rock must've been hit by a rainbow [Agate]
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Nearly 1/4 of all goods and services made since 1AD were made between 2001 and 2010
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Pentaho Opens Up Its Big Data Tools
readwriteweb.com — Pentaho Corporation today announced that it has made freely available under open source all the big data capabilities in its Kettle v4.3 release, and has moved the entire Pentaho Kettle project to the Apache License Version 2.0.
WT-Mobile-Poli-Derp? Obama Now Accepts Cellphone Campaign Donations Via Square!
venturebeat.com — It’s an election year, which means it is time for debating, caucuses and campaign fundraising. This year, President Obama is going beyond the hefty check and taking donations using tech darling Square. Square allows businesses to accept credit card payments through their mobile phones. “Whether you’re a Republican or a Democrat, running for president or local assembly, Square makes it easier than ever for candidates, organizations and volunteers to fundraise for their cause,” said a Square spokesperson...
It was Fictional Character Day at my Tennessean school today. I didn't even get to first period before the principal, assistant principal, and SRO pulled me aside and informed me that I would have to change clothes.
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I am drunk in my college library, ask me any question and I will do my best to find an answer
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Skinned Furbies And Badger Theremins: The Bizarre Mechanical Art of David Cranmer
thecreatorsproject.com — Inventor and artist David Cranmer uses the most unlikely of materials to create electronic music instruments and mechanical sculptures.
Fighting Bullshit
motherjones.com — All of us who write about politics for a living understand that 90% (at least) of what we do is just shadow boxing. Controversies are invented, then debunked, then invented all over again, and debunked. Sometimes the inventors know perfectly well what they're doing, while other times they've talked themselves into actually believing their own nonsense. In either case, these things are mostly just proxies for the issues that really matter
