Notes

Now are you afraid of birds? Researcher: Early Man Was Hunted by Birds – Yahoo! News

Funny! Wired News: Game Year in Review: 2010

Best coverage of a trade show keynote I’ve ever seen. Google Keynote with Robin Williams – Engadget

Now there’s a hell of a eulogy! “He had a good life,” he said. “He did whatever he wanted to do. He probably didn’t have any natural predators and terrorized the New Mexico seashore.” N.M.’s Largest Crocodile Classified – Yahoo! News

It does help to be a rocket scientist if you want to build one. A Real Rocket Bike – Popular Science

With geeks like these, who needs the NSA? Data Mining 101: Finding Subversives with Amazon Wishlists | Applefritter

“It is time we conceded a basic fact of human discourse: either a person has good reasons for what he believes, or he does not.” Sam Harris: Science Must Destroy Religion

It’s a bummer when the hard drive containing all your memories crashes. The man with the perfect memory – just don’t ask him to remember what’s in it

Alan Turing: “intellectual activity consists mainly of various kinds of search.” Turing’s Cathedral by George Dyson

The Blog | David Rees: What Would D. Boon Do? | The Huffington Post (via Scot)

Mr Pibb + Red Vines = Crazy Delicious! YouTube – SNL – The Chronic of Narnia Rap

Actually, I thought the Circus Chimera was charming and a bit quaint, but Neal Pollack has a different take