Run away the ray-gun is coming : We test US army’s new secret weapon | the Daily Mail: This machine has the ability to inflict limitless, unbearable pain. — this is not OK, this is not OK at all. this is at best a device to dispurse crowds, and at worse a torture device. it […]

Spikning – Wikipedia, den fria encyklopedin: Spikning är en akademisk ritual i samband med framläggandet av en doktorsavhandling. Tre veckor före disputationen skall avhandlingen offentliggöras, frÃ¥n denna tidpunkt skall lärosätet tillhandahÃ¥lla avhandlingen sÃ¥ att den som önskar kan läsa den för att kunna komma med kritik under disputationen. — a brilliant way of making your […]

Medieval Manuscripts in Dutch Collections — Koninklijke Bibliotheek: This database contains descriptions of all medieval western manuscripts written in Latin script and produced up to c. 1550 now preserved in public and semi-public collections in the Netherlands. These include the collections of libraries, museums and archives, as well as the collections of monastic orders and […]

Humtalks: Smart people on cool topics: this site has humanities talk, there are also business, politics and science. free online videos…

The argument against Creative Commons is apparently that the poster of the picture of the teenage girl was not adequately informed that he could be impinging on the rights of others based on the information provided by creative commons. Larry and Joi both comment on the suit but neither can comment on its merits given […]

following pa^2 — well i guess that’s pretty true.

She’s Geeky – HomePage : What is She’s Geeky? The She’s Geeky (un)conference will provide an agenda-free and friendly environment for women who not only care about building technology that is useful for people, but who also want to encourage more women to get involved. It is designed to provide women who self-identify as geeky […]

CRACKED.com – The 10 Best Animated Movies for (Traumatizing) Kids: The 10 Best Animated Movies for (Traumatizing) Kids …. magical…. raccoon…. testicles….. you can say it 3 times fast… magical raccoon testicles, magical raccoon testicles, magical raccoon testicles… yet no raccoons appear. That has to one of the world’s greatest tragedies against possible surrealism.

Happy Software Freedom Day! : Today is Software Freedom Day. Take a moment to celebrate your favorite free/open source software, or to thank one of those hard-working, freedom-fighting developers. —- well that came and went.

Why engineers yawn less than psychologists | Science | The Guardian: Why engineers yawn less than psychologists —– well… ’empathy’ and ‘social awareness’ only matter when you are with other people i suspect.