I think we often tend to underestimate the intricate wonder of evolution, and by extension of life in general. It is not only incredible, but it is also scary, bizarre, funny and inspiring. One of the best examples of this is the Mantis Shrimp, which …
Read MoreFour Yorkshiremen in reverse
Today, I came across an interesting blog post by Dave Snowden who apparently is something of an expert when it comes knowledge management (whatever that is). Snowden writes about the dangers of rose tinting — that is trying to map out a route to some ideal …
Read MoreLet’s be honest here
This week’s XKCD struck a chord with me: This reminds me of one of my all-time favourite songs, “Slow Emotion Replay” by The The: The more I see The less I know About all the things I thought were wrong or right and carved in …
Read MoreMore weird and wonderful web comics
A vital part of my Google Reader feeds are web comics. And from time to time I still happen upon new web comics to add to my feed collection. Here’s two which I haven’t mentioned here before. Pictures for sad children is a quietly sad …
Read MoreFacebook sociality in real life
Found in Jyri Engeström‘s presentation on Social software: The Internet is powerful at distributing information. It lowers the transaction cost involved in social relationships and both developers and users have taken advantage of this to favor communication with more people than we would ever communicate …
Read MoreJon alone
One of my all-time favourite comics is Calvin and Hobbes. It’s a comic strip about a six-year old boy and his friendship with his stuffed toy tiger. The strip is a celebration of the vivid imagination and playfulness of the child, to whom the tiger …
Read MoreThe dark corners of the Internet
My friend Kristian, who really should have a blog, often sends me lovely stories and links which he digs up from the dark and musty corners of the Internet. It’s the sort of things that weblogs originally were meant log: A catalogue of surprises, of …
Read MoreWitty gamers
The new trend among video gamers appear to be making video game reviews in the form of bile-overflowing, yet extremely witty films. One of these reviewers goes by the supremely unfortunate moniker “Yahtzee”, who presents a new review each week under the title Zero Punctuation, …
Read MoreOne thing mac owners can’t do
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Read MoreOil addicts
I just came across British comedian and activist Rob Newman‘s show “The History of Oil” – it is an enlightening, provoking and funny view on the role of oil in global politics in the past century and what role it’ll be playing in the future, …
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