Have the French Lost Their Je Ne Sais Quoi? slate.com/articles/life/… via @Slate
Fear of a Black Gun Owner http://t.co/mbxabncz via…
Fear of a Black Gun Owner theroot.com/views/fear-bla… via @TheRoot247
Norwegian Wood
I’m a big Murakami fan, but probably my least favourite book of his was “Norwegian Wood”. I saw the movie the other day and loved it!!! Absolutely beautiful…
Went to Genova last weekend. Some pics…
Samsung, 3D printing and Ownership of the means of production…
I’m thoroughly impressed with Samsung of late. I’ve got an SIII and an ultrabook. This article below mostly mentions hardware and quality, but I’m very impressed with some of the proprietary software they have created (both on Android and Win8). Using the Samsung version of Android 4.1.1 is much better than the vanilla Android 4.1.1 (as used on my Lenovo tablet).
Go Samsung! I will be sticking with them as a brand for the near future…I’m not normally a “brand†kind of buyer, but they have changed my mind for the time being.
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It seems that 3d printing has entered the mainstream. I keep seeing it mentioned on MSM sites and podcasts. That’s great!
I’ve known of it for a couple years and am not that interested in the actual printers. I’m more interested in the economic ripples caused by democratization and more and more cutting out of the middle man in sooooo many fields.
pixlr.com is the awesomest!!!
The starting file
Pixlr is a photo editing website that’s pretty powerful. Only drawback is that it’s web based, so you need a decent and reliable connection. But it’s lots of fun and powerful…
Favourite albums of the year
OK…so music this year that I loved:
3 songs from Alt-J
and Regina Spektor
and Alabama Shakes…The single just sounds like Kings of Leon, but they’re much better than that. I couldn’t reduce them to just that sound. Lot of soul. Good stuff!!!!
This is probably my favourite song I’ve heard this year. Most of her stuff is piano based, but this song isn’t completely hers…great stuff!
This is more typical
In soviet russia the guns shoot you!
I’ve seen a lot of comments coming from the states along the lines of if more people were armed then there would be less mass shootings. It implies that people with guns don’t ever get killed.
Patently false. Cops get killed, military gets killed, terrorists get killed, hunters get killed etc etc etc
Pakistani children as victi….collateral dam….bug splats:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/dec/17/us-killings-tragedies-pakistan-bug-splats?intcmp=239
Most europeans I’ve met are perplexed that you can buy a gun at 18, but can’t get a beer until you’re 21.
Genova
Went with Silvia today to Genova. She did tell me something interesting that I never realized…The months of September to December are based on the numbers 7-10 (not the current months of 9-12).
seven =sette
eight = otto
nine = nove
ten = dieci
and the Italian names of those months:
settembre
ottobre
novembre
dicembre
being an MS Paint wizard looks awfully good on a resume ;)
Dazzling work Squires….
Don§t look too closely! I’m not a professional.
