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Wired Magazine: The Smarter Emergency Kit
Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science: Nassim Taleb
YouTube - Andy Roddick - Greatest Ace Ever
Nassim Nicholas Taleb Home and Professional Page
Niaspan: Raise HDL with Prescription Niacin
About Edge Foundation, Inc.
John Brockman foundation.
Edge: LEARNING TO EXPECT THE UNEXPECTED
A black swan is an outlier, an event that lies beyond the realm of normal expectations. Most people expect all swans to be white because that's what their experience tells them; a black swan is by definition a surprise. Nevertheless, people tend to concoct explanations for them after the fact, which makes them appear more predictable, and less random, than they are. Our minds are designed to retain, for efficient storage, past information that fits into a compressed narrative. This distortion, called the hindsight bias, prevents us from adequately learning from the past.
Cognitive Daily: If you want to persuade a woman, look straight at her
There is a considerable body of research showing that eye contact is a key component of social interaction. Not only are people more aroused when they are looked at directly, but if you consistently look at the person you speak to, you will have much more social influence over that person than you would if you averted your gaze.
Living small by the house
Down a rambling residential road on the outskirts of Sebastopol, the dream house sits like a testament to discriminating taste....This dream house is the love child of artist-builder Jay Shafer, who lovingly hand-crafted it. The stainless-steel kitchen, gleaming next to the natural wood interior, is outfitted with customized storage and built-ins. From his bed, Shafer can gaze into the Northern California sky through a cathedral window. In his immaculate office space, a laptop sits alongside rows of architectural books and magazines -- many featuring his house on the cover. And from the old-fashioned front porch, he can look out on a breathtaking setting: an apple orchard in full bloom....But in an era when bigger is taken as a synonym for better, calling Shafer...
KQED | Programs A-Z: Forum: Home
gladwell dot com - blowing up
Edge: LEARNING TO EXPECT THE UNEXPECTED
Nassim Taleb - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Nassim Nicholas Taleb Home and Professional Page
Go Sun Solutions - No Silicon Needed
Psychology Today: A Nation of Wimps
Bill Moyers Journal . Buying the War . Additional Interviews | PBS
Glenn Greenwald - Salon
"the documentary very powerfully compiles some of the most incriminating facts, and it unapologetically identifies many of the guiltiest and most destructive wrongdoers in our government and in the press." Really excellent review of Moyer's documentary, which I watched with great interest. Makes a strong case that the invasion of Iraq was orchestrated by the Bush admin. with the complicity of many journalists.
globeandmail.com: Sluts and vermin
A Montreal male recently had the option of sleeping with a member of the opposite sex whenever he wanted....But he also had another female in his life, one who only occasionally fulfilled his sexual desires....Left in a room with both sexual partners, he found himself instantly drawn to the one who had been playing hard to get.
American Prospect Online - State of the Church
...Roman Catholic Church requires nothing short of hubris. And at a time when the continent could use some spiritual guidance, the Church is too often AWOL on the most difficult questions of the age, choosing instead to chase the past.
The Sietch Blog » Could This Be Our Problem?
Backing Winds: Warning: FARK.com now grabbing copyrights
Man, what a bunch crooks at FARK! Others probably do same. I rarely read those t&a's.
Stephen Hawking going weightless
How Thinking Goes Wrong
All My Faves | Why Search?
eBay Member Profile for tryork5ifp
Hilarious ebay comments.
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Disgusted Beyond Belief: My Views on Abortion
BIOONE Online Journals - The nest architecture of the Florida harvester ant, Pogonomyrmex badius
Ant colony in plaster. Fascinating to see the structure in 3-D.
Eating Grilled/BBQ/broiled meat is unhealthy - Xinhua
Why I'm not a Sysadmin anymore
First habitable Earth like planet outside Solar System discovered
60 best CSS directories you would die to watch! at Witty Sparks
Google vs. God - Googlified
Things I can do in Linux that I can
A high-fat breakfast can lead to an unhealthy day
Eugene "Doc" Roe
Stevey
TED | Talks | Sir Ken Robinson: Do schools kill creativity? (video)
Attacking Anxiety and Depression with Lucinda Bassett
ColbertNation.com
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Ask the Readers: Best free web hosts? - Lifehacker
http://www.freehostia.com) for
Croatia - Plitvicka Jezera National Park - waterfalls, Plitvicka, Croatia
Father and Daughter by Michael Dudok De Wit - Google Video
Solar Sky Scraper: Over 7000 Panels | EcoGeek | Panels, Solar, Building, Power, Tower
YouTube - SPIN
Sex Positions Poster for Youth AIDS at StirlingMcLaughlin.com
from: 6210 Geary Boulevard, sf to: bay bridge, sf - Google Maps
Contact Information at Saint John of San Francisco Orthodox Academy
6210 Geary Boulevard
Daily Kos: State of the Nation
Supercooled Water - axiomsun.com
Never seen this behavior from water.
WorldNetDaily: 25 years murder-free in 'Gun Town USA'
In March 1982, 25 years ago, the small town of Kennesaw responding to a handgun ban in Morton Grove, Ill. unanimously passed an ordinance requiring each head of household to own and maintain a gun. Since then, despite dire predictions of "Wild West" showdowns and increased violence and accidents, not a single resident has been involved in a fatal shooting as a victim, attacker or defender.
Reason Magazine - Friday Funnies
Good, thoughtful comic about the Virginia Tech massacre.
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Five Common Headline Mistakes and How to Avoid Them | Copyblogger
Researchers unlock key to memory storage in brain
Revver : Building a Yurt
Yurt Home
Yurt Buildng
Housing, Dwellings & Shelters: Yurt
Yurts by Rainier
Yurt - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Pacific Yurts-Original Modern Yurt Manufacturer
We build our reputation one yurt at a time
Colorado Yurt Company - Yurts, Tipis & Tents
Vimeo / Yurt
Time-lapse video of a "yurt raising."
Monterey Bay Aquarium: Wild About Otters Exhibit
Ten lessons
TheStar.com - News - Canadian health system fares well in study
Breast Cancer Drop Tied To Less Hormone Use - washingtonpost.com
The researchers estimated from the findings that about 16,000 fewer cases of breast cancer are being diagnosed each year because of the decrease in hormone use, a stunning reversal of a decades-long increase in cases.
AlterNet: Why Are Americans Afraid of Being Naked?
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news @ nature.com - Physicists bid farewell to reality? - Quantum mechanics just got even stranger.
Used Car Dealer Negotiation Tips | Negotiation Academy
Get It In Writing: Amazing Advertisements
Dilbert Comic Strip Archive - Dilbert.com - The Official Dilbert Website by Scott Adams - Dilbert, Dogbert and Coworkers!
Ezprezzo.com - great ads
First Vaccine Against H5N1 Avian Flu Approved In The US
World map of gun crime
Dial A Human
Review: 'New' Tolkien splendidly rewarding - CNN.com
It is the fruit of 30 years labor by Christopher Tolkien, the author's son, who has devoted much of his life to editing and publishing the work his father left behind. By meticulously combining and editing the many published and unpublished versions of the tale, he has produced at last a coherent, vivid and readable narrative.
BBC NEWS | Health | Too much bacon 'bad for lungs'
Eating large quantities of cured meats like bacon could damage lung function and increase the risk of lung disease....A Columbia University team found people who ate cured meats at least 14 times a month were more likely to have COPD - chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
Humans hot, sweaty, natural-born runners
"Humans are terrible athletes in terms of power and speed, but we're phenomenal at slow and steady. We're the tortoises of the animal kingdom," Lieberman said.
Ben Stein's advice on business conversation
Official Google Mac Blog: Google data APIs connect Cocoa developers to Google
Presidential Lectures: Douglas R. Hofstadter: Excerpts
» How to make use of link baiting and viral marketing in search engine marketing
The Cobra Punchers: The New Music Industry
For Sale: One Useless Cat
7 Little Known Ways To Drastically Improve Your Learning at Ririan Project
Defend the right to be offended Salman Rushdie - openDemocracy
Purchasing a Poor Man's Steady-Cam
The Federal Pie Chart
TechEBlog » Don't Trust Your Eyes
Brown rice vs white rice
Geek culture (awesome!) (Third Eye DUMB!)
Alas, a blog » Blog Archive » Bush Administration Very, Very Quietly Releases Abstinence-Only Study
best of craigslist : 143 Reasons That I Will Be The Best Girlfriend You've Ever Had
Interview with Bill Watterson | The Complete Calvin and Hobbes
"Windows XP Professional" "Belarc Advisor Current Profile" key: - Google Search
Finding XP key using Google.
(VIDEO) Stan Meyer and his amazing Zero Point Energy Machine
Pictures of Pennies
The New York Times > Opinion > Image > Op-Art
Life in four pictures
Amanda: Open Source Backup
Web Worker Daily » Blog Archive Web Worker Emergency Survival Kit «
Why U.S. tax policy makes saving a sucker
February 7 | Conan O'Brien's Commencement Speech
Animateca: Tarzan's Chimpanzee Cheeta Celebrates 75th Birthday
Is this true.
In These Times | Kurt Vonnegut vs. the !&#*!@
LH Top 10: Free Computer System Recovery Tools - Lifehacker
Clamping down on rapists in South Africa | FP Passport
Panasonic Model Details
The World Of Wikis
The Children of Men DVD | Clive Owen & Julianne Moore | Buy the DVD Today
SearchHacker.com - search for unprotected files, documents, pictures, videos, webcams and many more.
CamHacker.com - in search for unprotected live webcam streams found through a variety of clever search techniques.
How To Shower - Men & Women Video
Ubuntu cheats
Kurt Vonnegut, Writer of Classics of the American Counterculture, Dies at 84 - New York Times
The power of make-up: different faces of a woman (Third Eye DUMB!)
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VidVoting.com - Watch It, Vote It, Share It. - Daily feed of hilarious, odd and extreme videos worldwide - Watch Videos
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EARN MONEY SELLING YOUR SNAPSHOTS!
Slyck
Newsgroup instructions.
Photographia
News File Grabber - Download - The Binary-Downloader for Usenet-Newsgroups
Yoga - a photoset on Flickr
Welcome to MY Travel Rights.com
kate potter yoga welcome
Interview with Yoga Expert Kate Potter - LoveToKnow Yoga
Free Education On the Internet -- Free-Ed.Net
abecedarian - Definitions from Dictionary.com
Massey News Article - Taking nature's cue for cheaper solar power
YouTube - cut glass with scissors !
Grand Canyon Skywalk :: Hicks-Wright.net
Reason Magazine - Stupid in America
Flickr Photo Download: remote
Go Sun Solutions - Organic Solar Cell Breakthrough
Self-Help's Slimy 'Secret' - washingtonpost.com
Test Page
If a language technology is so bad that it creates a new industry to solve problems of its own making then it must be a good idea for the guys who want to make money...This is is the real driving force behind OOPs.
Trial by Jury - Richard Dawkins
should I be charged with a serious crime here's how I want to be tried. If I know myself to be guilty, I'll go with the loose cannon of a jury, the more ignorant, prejudiced and capricious the better. But if I am innocent, and the ideal of multiple independent decision-takers is unavailable, please give me a judge.
VidVoting.com - Watch It, Vote It, Share It. - Daily feed of hilarious, odd and extreme videos worldwide - Watch Videos
YouTube - Cadbury Eggs...smaller?
Top 10 Best Places to Get Free Books (Part 1) | Friedbeef’s Tech
2Spare - World
creative body art.
Zillow - Real Estate Valuations, Homes for Sale, Free Real Estate Information
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Most Amazing Videos: Amazing Loggerhead Turtle Video
How to punctuate a sentence - lifehack.org
Durex: XXL Man | Ads of the World
Website Payments Standard: Donations - PayPal
Psychology Today: Education: Class Dismissed
Highlights from the 2007 Quality of Living Survey
Image:Solar land area.png - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Dailymotion - Share Your Videos
bagel to go on Flickr - Photo Sharing!
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Shock Absorber
...of a female sort...Very weird. I think it's for real, but....
National Geographic Traveler Seminars in Travel Photography, Digital Photography and Travel Writing
Dean Ornish: Why Good Fats Aren't Always Good - Newsweek Health - Dean Ornish - MSNBC.com
Lost Easter Eggs: Left Behind
86400 » Las 15 mejores fotografías de National Geographic
Fun Blog From Russia » Miracles of architecture (24 photos)
Algae-munching biologist in underwater experiment. 04/04/2007. ABC News Online
Forget YouTube: Go To These Sites If You Want Hard Core Copyright Infringing Content
Magenn Power Inc. - Home
Online Degrees vs. Brick-and-Morter. The $100K Interview | SummitLearners - Education Online
nintendo8.com - play Nintendo 8-bit games online (no download required)
LegendageaZelda - Play the Nintendo game Legend Of Zelda online
The Simpsons: Evolution Intro | Uncommon Descent
Scribd - Do Naked Ladies Turn Men On?
Your Guide to Online TV Guides: 10 Services Compared
Wash. Man, 101, Passes Driver's Test
How we learned to stop having fun | The Guardian | Guardian Unlimited
Amazon.com: True To The Old Flag: A Tale Of The American War Of Independence: Books: G. A. Henty
Robinson Books
G. A. Henty Chronological Book List
G. A. Henty - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
RestrictedFormats/BluRayAndHDDVD - Community Ubuntu Documentation
Blogging Is About Writing
Gaiam - Human Power Generator
Sleepless Serf: Do it yourself Solar Power
Outline of procedure for making solar power generator. Nice idea. Looks reasonable to do.
Business card for personal trainer on Flickr - Photo Sharing!
Shankar Vedantam - The Decoy Effect, or How to Win an Election - washingtonpost.com
ABC News: Who's Counting: A Card Trick and a Religious Hoax
Gospel according to Judas | Salon Books
fuvoo - Chill A Coke In 2 Minutes!
Wulffmorgenthaler.com | Top 10 | Entertainment - Since 2002. A Commentary on Life: Politics, News, Entertainment, Technology, Culture, and Weirdo Beavers
Coffee meets Milk
Very cool pics.
How to Remove Chocolate Stains From Fabric - eHow.com
7-up or milk to clean chocolate stains?
Enzyme Discovery Could Greatly Expand Blood Supply - Forbes.com
4 years of persistent trainings (13 pics) (//STATiC)
Scribd - 40 Mistakes Men Make While Having Sex With Women
Motion Picture Association of America
FitTV :: Namaste Yoga
Ohlone Online - Ohlone College
Ohlone Photo Classes Spring 2007
ohlonephoto - Wiki Guidelines

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