Life is grand

(via Drawings of the LHC in the style of Leonardo da Vinci)

Fri, 25 May 2012 04:39:28 +0100

(via Drawings of the LHC in the style of Leonardo da Vinci)

(via “The Dark Knight Rises” Releases New Character...

Tue, 22 May 2012 22:09:09 +0100

(via “The Dark Knight Rises” Releases New Character Posters)

"“The thing that kills me on Dragon’s Den is [contestants] say have got a website and I want to look..."

Tue, 22 May 2012 09:44:30 +0100

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“The thing that kills me on Dragon’s Den is [contestants] say have got a website and I want to look at whatever the website does. When I am talking to the promoter I always want to know who is your technical co-founder? They don’t have that! They’re like we outsource that to India … I’m like you don’t get it!

“This is not some sort of business school plan — you need to have the capability inside your organisation. You need to be good at technology and marketing. You can’t outsource that! It’s a core competency. That drives me nuts!”

”

- Ireland can create its own Mark Zuckerbergs - Irish, Business - Independent.ie

"popularity is not influence and influence is not popularity"

Mon, 21 May 2012 11:37:03 +0100

“popularity is not influence and influence is not popularity”

- Clout vs. Klout – Or the Real Meaning of Social Influence | UNSPOKEN ~ Social Media

(via Taking Apart the Fuji X100 | New York Photography Blog)

Sun, 20 May 2012 02:50:14 +0100

(via Taking Apart the Fuji X100 | New York Photography Blog)

Dan Harmon Poops: HEY, DID I MISS ANYTHING?

Sun, 20 May 2012 02:42:35 +0100

Dan Harmon Poops: HEY, DID I MISS ANYTHING? :

danharmon:

Kids:

A few hours ago, I landed in Los Angeles, turned on my phone, and confirmed what you already know. Sony Pictures Television is replacing me as showrunner on Community, with two seasoned fellows that I’m sure are quite nice - actually, I have it on good authority they’re quite nice, because…

"The 100 Year Starship also will include a scientific research institute, The Way whose major..."

Sat, 19 May 2012 17:42:00 +0100

“The 100 Year Starship also will include a scientific research institute, The Way whose major emphasis will be speculative, long-term science and technology.”

- Mae Jemison and Team Establish 100 Year Starship | Icarus Interstellar

Stuff of science fiction. The Way.

(via The greatest photo ever taken of Earth? | HLNtv.com)

Fri, 18 May 2012 06:18:06 +0100

(via The greatest photo ever taken of Earth? | HLNtv.com)

(via Blow Job on the Behance Network)

Thu, 17 May 2012 21:15:43 +0100

(via Blow Job on the Behance Network)

"Don’t ever forget that a small group of thoughtful people can change the world. It’s the only thing..."

Thu, 17 May 2012 05:50:23 +0100

“Don’t ever forget that a small group of thoughtful people can change the world. It’s the only thing that ever has.”

- Remarks by Aaron Sorkin ‘83 at Syracuse University’s 158th Commencement and the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry’s 115th Commencement

"Twitter is OUR media, the public have become the news editors and the Twitter trend list is the..."

Thu, 17 May 2012 01:27:39 +0100

“Twitter is OUR media, the public have become the news editors and the Twitter trend list is the running order.”

- Life is tweet, says John Prescott, as Twitter reaches 10m milestone | Politics | guardian.co.uk

(via Star Wars Stamps Cover All Your Intergalactic Mail Needs |...

Wed, 16 May 2012 22:34:24 +0100

(via Star Wars Stamps Cover All Your Intergalactic Mail Needs | Underwire | Wired.com)

"At the time, De Rosa told me, “Nobody seems to have cracked the nut on being able to find that tweet..."

Wed, 16 May 2012 09:53:51 +0100

“At the time, De Rosa told me, “Nobody seems to have cracked the nut on being able to find that tweet from the person who nobody knew prior to that vital piece of information they posted.””

- Geofeedia helps journalists locate real-time photos, tweets where news breaks | Poynter.

"Sitting in a restaurant not far from NSA headquarters, the place where he spent nearly 40 years of..."

Mon, 14 May 2012 23:50:40 +0100

“Sitting in a restaurant not far from NSA headquarters, the place where he spent nearly 40 years of his life, Binney held his thumb and forefinger close together. “We are, like, that far from a turnkey totalitarian state,” he says.”

- The NSA Is Building the Country’s Biggest Spy Center (Watch What You Say) | Threat Level | Wired.com

(via QLOCKTWO BY BIEGERT & FUNK)

Sun, 13 May 2012 21:34:05 +0100

(via QLOCKTWO BY BIEGERT & FUNK)

(via Retro Thing: Russian Wristwatches… With Swiss...

Thu, 10 May 2012 13:40:49 +0100

(via Retro Thing: Russian Wristwatches… With Swiss Movements)

"The only way to know how good you might be at something is to fail trying it."

Wed, 09 May 2012 21:21:52 +0100

“The only way to know how good you might be at something is to fail trying it.”

- Why I Quit My Job to Start a Tech Company | Vinicius Vacanti

"What’s going out on Twitter is truly broadcast with mass-media potential,"

Tue, 08 May 2012 01:57:08 +0100

“What’s going out on Twitter is truly broadcast with mass-media potential,”

- You might not be a journalist, but you play one on Twitter » Nieman Journalism Lab

"There’ll likely still be applications that really need petroplastic, so landfills will become..."

Sun, 06 May 2012 14:34:26 +0100

“There’ll likely still be applications that really need petroplastic, so landfills will become goldmines. The characteristic drawback of plastic, its stubborn resistance to degradation (‘this plastic bag will still be around in ten thousand years!’) will become a virtue, as it sits unchanged in anaerobic landfills waiting for us to decide that it’s worth excavating and recycling. And one day we’ll do just that–there’ll come a point when the easy, albeit expensive, way to get a particular combination of properties (formability, degradation resistance, sterilisability) will be to dig up post-consumer plastics and reuse them.”

- Warren Ellis » GUEST INFORMANT: Debbie Chachra

"Lean Startup tells us that the speed at which theories can be tested is directly proportional to..."

Sun, 06 May 2012 14:33:33 +0100

“Lean Startup tells us that the speed at which theories can be tested is directly proportional to learning; the company who can do that faster and more accurately has a significant advantage.”

- Which is better: Many customers at low price-point or few at high price? | A Smart Bear