February 2009
January 2009
”When men describe in what manner they are affected by pain and danger, they do not dwell on the pleasure of health and the comfort of security, and then lament the loss of these satisfactions: the whole turns upon the actual pains and horrors which they endure. But if you listen to the complaints of a forsaken lover, you observe that he insists largely on the pleasures which he enjoyed, or...
Academic Earth →
!!!!!!!!!
spaceships:
unalone:
This is incredible, and doesn’t cost $160,000. Lectures from Harvard, Berkeley, MIT, Stanford, Princeton, and Yale, covering a ton of subjects, for absolutely free.
More than lectures, AE offers entire courses. This Yale course on the American novel, for instance, spans 25 lessons.
Also of note: the @Google series of lengthy interviews, including one with...
Google Earth reveals two-acre field of weed to... →
sparo:
Police in Switzerland managed to discover a two-acre field of marijuana while using Google Earth as part of an investigation. Growers, you may be able to hide your goods from police in fields of corn, but you can’t hide from the all-seeing eyes of Google.
I HAVE A CRUSH ON EVERY BOY!
absinthe makes the heart grow fonder
(via bringtheruckuss)
me: ok i'll see you later i really have to go work on this paper.
marta: you mean you're going to go on tumblr.
me: shut the fuck up marta.
The Places We Live →
rach:
I can’t stop looking at this.
your x-rays have just come back from the lab and...
i am a shifting shape, a wire walker coked with the hopes of happy ever after i came to trial out of style but i got my eye on a country mile where the people you know are the ones you like - jets to brazil
2008 Ranking of Best Global Brands →
soupsoup:
I can see a lot of these changing this year and some falling off the list completely. What a year 2008 has been.
