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[ hippo-ben ] aM laboratory – click the squares in the grid to make musical loops (vertical axis is pitch, horizontal is time). Fun to play with.

This NYT article on Data Centres will introduce you to the world of massive computing facilities that are out there to answer your Google (or Bing) queries, store your Facebook photos, and other computing processes you may never have thought about.

[ Between Two Worlds ] Susan Hill writes an essay on the loss of silence in our community and culture. It’s very late as I write this. I’m the only one up in the house. All the online videos and MP3s have been paused or closed. As I was reading the essay, i became aware …

Continue reading “Silence, Please”

A collection of Coffee Icons – many of them usable on your own website.

By choosing a particular hosting provider and specific plugins, this video shows how to create an ecommerce website with WordPress in under 5 minutes.

An analysis of some basic rhetoric techniques could offset tantrums? Worth a try: teach a kid to argue (and perhaps learn to be better at arguing yourself).

[matt] A short Venn diagram describing how to be happy in business. As you expect from a diagram and a blog post, this doesn’t offer any hints on how to get there, but there’s indeed something profound about seeing things broken down so simply.

This list of 50 Banned Books That “Everyone Should Read” contains a number of works that I’ve read as part of studying English in an Australian high school, a few more that I’ve read out of interest, and some I’ve avoided. Are there any gems there I should make time for?

Improv Everywhere throws a randomly chosen couple a Surprise Wedding Reception.

Have these tips lost some of their sheen? It’s hard to tell. If you suddenly need to find a job, the art of manliness has tips on how to network like a man – how to dress, how to get the word out that you’re looking for work, that kind of thing.