November 2009
32 posts
Le Corbusier was to architecture what Pol Pot was to social reform.
– The Architect as Totalitarian; Le Corbusier’s baleful influence | City Journal (via kryz)
Our egos want us to think we are all snowflakes, no two alike, but really we all...
Soup TV: Endless scrolling for videos →
With the new iMac at the office, I get to carry my Macbook Pro around again. I realize how dorky this sounds but compared to the netbook it feels like wielding a katana instead of a butter knife. ;)
The death of the boring blog post →
Great article. See comments for why we can’t have nice things. (via kryz)
Twilight: Three Wolf Moon
The Happiness Hat is a wearable device that detects if you’re smiling and provides pain feedback if you’re not. An enclosed bend sensor attaches to the cheek and measures smile size, a servo motor moves a metal spike into the head inversely proportional to the degree of smile. Through repeated use of this conditioning device you can train your brain to smile all the time. This is the...
A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a...
– Robert A. Heinlein