Eclectisms

Eclectic musings from the electric plane.
Jun 21 '11

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Jun 21 '11
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Jun 17 '11
Sweet! Reminds me of Moab.
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Pulpit Rock, Norway.

Sweet! Reminds me of Moab.

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Pulpit Rock, Norway.

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Jun 17 '11

Wow, Sony is finally doing some cool things marketing-wise? Alert the media!  Neat artsy teaser, IMHO.

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Jun 9 '11
After this year of scolding and moral posturing, we have arrived at a final scene: Dirk Nowitzki — a simple man from vague origins — walks alone into battle against three mercenaries whose heedless and reckless pursuit of personal gain has unhinged the American Way. Everyone our hero has trusted and loved has either betrayed him (Jason Terry) or has died (Jason Kidd, Peja Stojakovic).
— From a story on Bill Simmons’s (ESPN.com’s Sports Guy) new blog (heavily supported by ESPN it seems) Grantland.  I am really digging the writing on the blog and the design is pretty nice, super clean with cool footnotes in the side bar.

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Jun 7 '11

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Jun 6 '11
So, if you’re a male policeman who doesn’t have sex, doesn’t have a pet, is not married, smokes but doesn’t floss, thinks negative thoughts and doesn’t drink (a very possible if not highly likely, especially the not drinking part, combination) you would lower your lifespan by 74 years.  Which means, you start as an average US male with a life expectancy of 75.5 years, you will not see your 2nd birthday. But hen, how could you become a policeman? Oh, I guess these life expectancy reductions are not cumulative…
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So, if you’re a male policeman who doesn’t have sex, doesn’t have a pet, is not married, smokes but doesn’t floss, thinks negative thoughts and doesn’t drink (a very possible if not highly likely, especially the not drinking part, combination) you would lower your lifespan by 74 years.  Which means, you start as an average US male with a life expectancy of 75.5 years, you will not see your 2nd birthday. But hen, how could you become a policeman? Oh, I guess these life expectancy reductions are not cumulative…

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Jun 3 '11

That sound! Looks good too.

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Jun 2 '11

This is insane: brutal, beyond fast, slightly scary.  To think that I could do only 165mph with the GT3, this guy’s going that fast before the 1/2 mile marker!

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Jun 1 '11

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May 31 '11
Gil Scott-Heron - The Bottle (Winter In America)
[Flash 9 is required to listen to audio.]

Gill Scott-Heron, 1949-2011.  R.I.P. And godspeed Gil.

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May 30 '11

Great Autocar comparo between the new 1 M and the Cayman R.  Great return to form for BMW’s M division but, as the man says it himself, close but no cigar vs. the lithe Cayman R.  Which is what you should get if you can stomach the price differential.

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May 10 '11
This one’s also for my pretty (and headstrong) wife.  She is solidly in the 55% quadrant while I fall into the 18% “overpriced” block.

This one’s also for my pretty (and headstrong) wife.  She is solidly in the 55% quadrant while I fall into the 18% “overpriced” block.

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May 10 '11
This is how my dear wife (and friend Fabrice) think.

This is how my dear wife (and friend Fabrice) think.

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May 10 '11
Ouch! (the trend shows us back to 1890 levels, adjusted for inflation, in the next few years.
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Ouch! (the trend shows us back to 1890 levels, adjusted for inflation, in the next few years.

ilovecharts:

via mathematical poetics

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