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Monthly Archives: July 2009
Race Discussions in America
A strange dialogue takes place in America on a daily basis. It’s not quite about race, but around it. The various TV and radio personalities spew their ratings fueled rants. The White House plops out carefully crafted press statements. Blogs … Continue reading
Posted in analysis of behavior, anthropology
Tagged black, glenn beck, obama, race, Racism, rush, white
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The Pain and The Itch Review – Furious Theater @ Boston Court
I have so much to say about this theater experience. For now… just go see it if you are in LA. My impressions coming soon… they will involve CONSEQUENCES, justifying your beliefs, ENVIRONMENT, RELIGION, NON-RELIGION, family and WAY MORE…
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged boston court, bruce norris, chicago theater, furious theater, pain and the itch, theater
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More To Love Review – Implications+Complications
So, Fox always pushes it (or so they think)… and now they have More To Love. It’s the Bachelor, only average waist size. Blah. Not so strangely, the show is just as sexist as other reality competition shows. The stereotypes … Continue reading
Posted in Reality TV, social science, Television, Uncategorized
Tagged fat, fat people, fox, more to love, obesity, Reality TV, realitytv
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Exploring the Mind of a Killer – What’s Your Take?
Check out this TED talk from Jim Fallon. My take: pretty dicey stuff to kinda just throw out there. Definitely needs a longer talk! Probably not likely that you can “spot bad news” reliably in the family tree using these … Continue reading
Posted in analysis of behavior, behavior, brain, genetics, science
Tagged genetics, jim fallon, murder, PET, psychopath, TED, violence
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Blackberry Storm Tethering Ubuntu 9.04 and Dell Studio XPS
Yeah, baby. Got my new DELL Studio XPS working with my Blackberry Storm. A little bit of futzing and now I’m blogging from verizon 3g. Note: Dell Studio XPS from Best Buy does not have Bluetooth enabled. You have to … Continue reading
Posted in Computers, software, Tech Support
Tagged dell studio xps, dell xps, interwebs, ubuntu
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The Accidental Billionaires Review
Ben Mezrich has a winner in The Accidental Billionaires. It’s just a flat out fun read. Bought it from bookstore at sometime past 5pm, finished it by 9:30, while squeezing in dinner and what not. It reads fast and furious … Continue reading
Posted in Book Reviews, social networks, social science
Tagged ben mezrich, harvard, harvard crimson
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Everything Matters Review
Ron Currie Jr delivers a really fun, clever read in Everything Matters! The book cover sells the book as more of comedy than than the sci fi/philosophy/absurdist mystery it is. The essential question of the book – does anything we … Continue reading
Posted in anthropology, Book Reviews, science
Tagged does it matter, everthing matters, meaning, philosophy, ron currie
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What is Computational Knowledge and What Are The Implications
There’s a great deal of confusion about what is meant by the concept “computational knowledge.” Stephen Wolfram put out a nice blog post on the question for computable knowledge. In the beginning he loosely defines the concept: So what do … Continue reading
