The Straight Dope – Fighting Ignorance Since 1973
I’ve been amused by The Straight Dope for years. Hooray for Cecil Adams and his team of sassy researchers. via The Straight Dope – Fighting Ignorance Since 1973.
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A brief history of sterilization
An educational overview of some of the important historical steps forward in infection control and sterilization
The RGB Corp
The RGB Corp. Outstanding video art by Jaime Ramirez
Burroughs has gone insane…
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Dear Lucien & Cessa — Writing to you by candlelight from the mysterious Casbah — have a magnificent room overlooking the beach & the bay & the sea & can see Gibraltar — patio to sun on, room maid, $20 a month — feel great but Burroughs has gone insane as, — he keeps saying he’s going to erupt into some unspeakable atrocity such as waving his dingdong at an Embassy party & such or slaughtering an Arab boy to see what his beautiful insides look like …
Grand Challenges – Engineering Challenges
Grand Challenges – Engineering Challenges. The century ahead poses challenges as formidable as any from millennia past. NAE Recognizes 2013 Grand Challenges Scholars Watch Recorded Video of the Summit US Global Grand Challenges Summit Video Contest Winners Announced Here are the Grand Challenges for engineering as determined by a committee of the National Academy of … Read more
Pranks, Punk and Industrial Culture from V. Vale | RE/Search Publications: J. G. Ballard, William S. Burroughs, and more
RE/Search Publications are some of my favorite words in print
General Idea – parts I, II & III
I just had the pleasure of seeing a screening of videos by General Idea at EAI
A How to Guide for Bootstrapping the Innovation – Doug Engelbart Institute
A How to Guide for Bootstrapping the Innovation – Doug Engelbart Institute. I’ve been a fan of Douglas Englebart’s work for many years now. The concept of boosting the “Collective IQ” as he put it of an organization seems pertinent and timely