January 2012
40 posts
What aspects of religion should atheists (respectfully) adopt? Alain de Botton suggests a “religion for atheists” — call it Atheism 2.0 — that incorporates religious forms and traditions to satisfy our human need for connection, ritual and transcendence.
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If SOPA passes here are ways to access sites....
Here is how to access sites in the event of a DNS takedown.
Tumblr: 174.121.194.34/dashboard
Facebook: 69.171.224.11
Twitter: 174.121.194.34
LiveJournal: 209.200.154.225
Wikipedia: 208.80.152.201
Reddit: 72.247.244.88
Google: 74.125.157.99
Youtube: 74.125.65.91
Hotmail: 65.55.72.135
ThePirateBay: 194.71.107.15
[via darksilenceinsuburbia, cunt-a-saurus-rex]
Sheena Iyengar: How to make choosing easier
Defend our freedom to share (or why SOPA is a bad idea)
M.I.T. Free Online Education For All →
For Wall Street Occupiers or other decriers of the “social injustice” of college tuition, here’s a curve ball bound to scramble your worldview: a totally free college education regardless of your academic performance or background. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (M.I.T.) will announce on Monday that they intend to launch an online learning initiative called M.I.T.x,which will...
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Ohio landlord wants commission to reconsider... →
A landlord wants the Ohio Civil Rights Commission on Thursday to reconsider its finding that she violated the law by posting a “white only” sign at her swimming pool…really? What decade, not what century is it?
#craftbeer, @BlackAcreBrewer
Oh man, this is great. I highly recommend clicking on the Under 21 link…http://blackacrebrewing.com/
(via beernerd)
Solar cover for your Kindle powers reading light... →
The idea is that the built in battery which gets charged by the sun is chiefly intended to power the LED reading light, but can also be used to charge the Kindle’s own battery if needed. So basically, provided you expose the cover to as much sunlight as possible you will probably never have to charge your Kindle via a computer or special Kindle charger ever again.
Why did the DMV security guard laugh at me when I showed up at 9:25 for a 9:35 appointment
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-x5KKLBCtM&feature=... →
More episodes of Blue Mountain State showed up on Netflix…go ahead ask me how my weekend was.
jQuery is() method explained →
jQuery “.is()” is a filtering method which can be used to check the current element or set of element against a selector, elements, a jquery object or a function. It return true if there is at least one match from the given argument.
Books are no more threatened by Kindle than stairs by elevators.
– Stephen Fry
Happy New Year from Edan, Utah
December 2011
38 posts
Guess who’s going to be an uncle in September 2012
Pumped for the first runs of this year’s ski and snowboard season.