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Many Universities require students to have laptops. Ha, look closely!

Image source: Live from Apple's "spotlight turns to notebooks" event

Hmm, new favorite snack: Landliebe aprocote flavor yogurt, to which I add: dates from Iran, fresh prunes from Poland, dried apricots from nowhere, crushed walnuts from heaven, and a spoon of canadian grade A maple syrup. Fantastic.

"We have to continue to ask questions. That is what a patriot does. That is what a true American does. Ask questions." The man speaking these words can be seen in Truth Rising.

Every time I listen to New Dimensions, the doors swing open to a deep and fascinating Universe. I can't think of a program that did not make me want to turn out the lights, lie down and just listen.

More photos here and here

You're looking at a batch of Gregories, the froggiest iPhone Cozies around. As noted before, Gregory is a finalist in the Next Big Thing design competition at Fred Flare. There are 27 finalists in total, and they are being presented one a day at the Fred Flare Blog.

A while ago I wrote about my dissapointments with sloppy hairdressers. I got a little worked up. I pointed out that hair saloons operate on lousy business models to the disadvantage of customers and employees. I still see this, and the situation certainly won't change, unless somebody seizes the opportunity to make a difference. In a recent article about barbershops, Brett & Kate McKay echo the madness:

“If you're like most men these days, you're probably going to some unisex chain salon like Supercuts. I used to do it too. Most of the time, I'd walk out of these places with a crappy haircut.”

“...a tiny, wimpy star is capable of packing a very powerful punch”.

Source: Nasa

HER MILK is one of 4 new sticker designs for iPod nano. The stickers can be purchased at shufflesome.com. I have only produced a handful of these, and don't plan to reprint any designs during the next one or two month, as I'll be hunching over books in the library.

Tweets aus Köln und Umgebung (web, RSS). Der ganze Zauber steckt an.

Via kottke.org

While posting Alconic's audio cassette nostalgia to the Shufflesome Blog, I remembered a photo i took, which led me to more tape nostalgia:

View large at Flickr.

A tape, from Béla Janssen's Frühlingsknacken.

“One more urban myth from Mom and she's added to blocked senders.”

Source: DailyCandy.

I love to look at this newspaper-like presentation. Interesting comments about it at typesites.com.

I started an experiment in participatory pricing yesterday, based on unique visitor statistics compiled by Mint. Let's play.

There is much to love about this piece by Jonathan Harris. The blue and red tint, the subversive holy ambience, the pun on the bible (my interpretation), the symmetry underlying the ruination, the opposing forces of decreasing clarity of details and increasing revelation of flesh toward the center, the sly act of scripting this story in advance, the simultaneous depiction of phases that people who attend art events move through, the apparent confusion blended with the intractable, destined paths on which we converge, the foreboding of sex and shattered dreams.

Why does Google meddle in already troubled waters? Who is Google? What is water? I demand the immediate, irrevocable, irrefutable and irresistible renaming of the Persian Gulf to Cherished Gulf! Some people will still prefer Persian Gulf, though.

Why? It's fast, it looks good, it has an option to “Seek Original”, which Flickr's own advanced search does not. And compfight gives you a broad overview of what people associate with—say: “shuffle”, or “nano”.

Via bittbox.

That's the conclusion you can make from quantum physics: That consciousness is fundamental to everything. So the brain becomes important... for a translator from this universal consciousness through the brain and to the body...it's not generating the consciousness, it's just translating it.

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Black holes are not really black. They are very very bright actually.

Dr Manjir Samanta-Laughton explores the true nature of consciousness.

Even before the final release, Things is so useful and usable, that it is one of my always-open apps. With the features to come, I bet there will be little in the way of managing projects of any size - anything from watering your plants to organizing the Olympics.

Today's update implements recurring tasks.

Flash back: In 2006, Shufflesome stickers were part of the book Graphics Alive.

America! If a grain of salt is alive in you, listen: 1480 KPHX.

In Vermont, two towns voted to arrest Bush and Cheney. Lovely!

Source: Reuters

Digital is about authenticity. You can see it in the language they use. Obama uses the language of "we and you," which is inclusive and nods to the wisdom of the crowds. She uses "I and me." His stuff is about "yes, you can." Which is about the buyer. She talks about "experience from day one." That's about the seller. That doesn't resonate anymore.

Source: Obama's Web marketing triumph

Kevin Danaher:

Powerlessness corrupts. . . . We have way more power than we realize. In a democracy, the highest position of authority is not president or supreme court justice. It is citizen. We, the people, hold sovereignty, which means ultimate political authority - but we have been taught to not know this. They have convinced us that we are powerless. We are not. If we think we are, then we are. And the key to this is, what my t-shirt says: organize. All us little mosquitoes need to start biting the big Arnold Schwarzenegger, and he'll leave the forest after getting bitten enough times. It's a Lilliputian strategy. But that is what democracy is all about.

Source: Heard on New Dimensions, Program 2881

Richard Heinberg points to the opportunities we'll have to work in service to our natural environment and our culture, in a future without oil.

Heard on New Dimensions, Program 3079. New Dimensions Radio can be subscribed to via iTunes radio stations.

Things will be released this Spring. It will enable you to set recurring tasks - something iCal does not. A useful review of task management apps at putthingsoff.com mentiones that Things might also integrate with iCal.

Randi Rhodes provides insightful commentary on how “the democratic party disenfranichised its own voters in Florida and Michigan.”

The Randi Rhodes show can be subscribed to via 1480 KPHX through iTunes Radio streams.

“A good mix is really more about energy than genre.” Brilliant.

4 surfers take their chances between 2 storms.

Via kottke.org.

Elastic images are created by algorithmic simulation of various organic processes. By Douglass Turner.

“It is human to make mistakes. It is not human to go on and enjoy the mistakes.” Bioneers help to reduce human impacts on the biosphere.

Heard on New Dimensions, Program S939 of Bioneers series. New Dimensions Radio can be subscribed to via iTunes radio stations.

Constructivist architecture, industrial ruins, painted dumpsters, old technology, and machinery are themes that often inspire much of the imagery by Leigh Anthony Dehaney - Dravenfield Ltd./s.r.o.

Hier gibt es die exquisiten Schokoladenkreationen von Zotter, und andere FAIRTRADE Produkte.

David Houle on Smallbiz America Radio: “There is no such thing als long term planning”.

Pinsetter from Coudal Partners - a beautifully designed, interactive shopping page.

Every hour, 10x10 collects the 100 words and pictures that matter most on a global scale.

Clusty search results are - well, clustered. Every hit triggers a menu of categories, allowing you to refine your search from any angle.

One of my photos found its way into a book made by Lynette. It contains a compilation of her Interesting Snippets. Besides, Lynette gives great advice on keeping chickens as pets. Not that I have any, but...