January 2010
30 posts
December 2009
38 posts
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-12-27) →
Bat for Lashes (24)
Woods (14)
So Many Dynamos (12)
Micachu (12)
Emmy the Great (5)
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Studying Young Minds, and How to Teach Them →
maybe I should have studied cog sci…
What does a doodle do? It boosts your memory and... →
psychotherapy:
You know you’re bored when you start shading in the squares of your notebook. Apparently it’s a habit that could be helping you to concentrate. In a neat little experiment, Jackie Andrade asked forty participants to listen to a monotone two and a half minute phone message about arrangements for a party. They were told the message would be dull, that there was no need to memorise...
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-12-20) →
M83 (17)
The Weakerthans (16)
Dananananaykroyd (15)
Chad VanGaalen (13)
Jawbreaker (9)
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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-12-13) →
Chad VanGaalen (26)
Dangers (18)
Mount Eerie (15)
School of Seven Bells (12)
Beulah (11)
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fuckyeahladygaga:
When they are alone they want to be with others, and when they are with others...
– Gertrude Stein (via psychotherapy)
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-12-6) →
Aphex Twin (15)
La Plebe (12)
Indian Summer (5)
The Mountain Goats (4)
Daniel Striped Tiger (4)
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Cocktail Tip
The alcohol content of your drinks should always match the unemployment rate.
*Use effective unemployment rate if you want to get more fucked-up.
(recession recipes)
Slicin' up HM's brain! Live! →
SAN DIEGO — The man who could not remember has left scientists a gift that will provide insights for generations to come: his brain, now being dissected and digitally mapped in exquisite detail.
The man, Henry Molaison — known during his lifetime only as H.M., to protect his privacy — lost the ability to form new memories after a brain operation in 1953, and over the next half century he became...
Obama Tells Nation He's Going Out for Cigarettes -... →
apsies:
(via virtualephemera)
This whole thing had me laughing, but I loved the imagery of this paragraph:
“Secret Service agents later confirmed that a half-tearing, half-smiling Obama was greeted by Vice President Joe Biden in the White House Rose Garden. Kneeling on the lawn, Obama reportedly told “Big Joe” that he would be in charge of the country for a while, and that the vice president...
Obama Tells Nation He's Going Out for Cigarettes -... →
apsies:
(via virtualephemera)
This whole thing had me laughing, but I loved the imagery of this paragraph:
“Secret Service agents later confirmed that a half-tearing, half-smiling Obama was greeted by Vice President Joe Biden in the White House Rose Garden. Kneeling on the lawn, Obama reportedly told “Big Joe” that he would be in charge of the country for a while, and that the vice president...
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-11-29) →
Lady GaGa (16)
Milosh (11)
Kaospilot (10)
Russian Circles (7)
Latterman (7)
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