Dave Kinkead

Very clever ad

Tue, 29 May 2012 08:35:01 +1000

Very clever ad

"Commercials claiming that the viewer doesn’t exist or that his death would be meaningless didn’t..."

Sun, 13 May 2012 06:41:25 +1000

“Commercials claiming that the viewer doesn’t exist or that his death would be meaningless didn’t test well with 18-35 year-old men, although several said it was refreshing to finally hear an oil company be honest about how it viewed its customers.”

- http://fauxphilnews.wordpress.com/2012/03/30/anti-realists-attack-climate-science-in-new-ad-campaign/

Somewhere I’d rather be….

Fri, 11 May 2012 19:39:06 +1000

Somewhere I’d rather be….

This is actually pretty big news

Thu, 10 May 2012 14:34:26 +1000

for anyone following the open access debate

http://translate.google.com/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=n&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&layout=2&eotf=1&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ma.tum.de%2FMathematik%2FBibliothekElsevier

"The thing was pirated to the skies. It’s all over the Web now, ridiculously easy to download..."

Sat, 05 May 2012 17:40:00 +1000

“The thing was pirated to the skies. It’s all over the Web now, ridiculously easy to download without paying. The crazy thing was, sales of the book did not fall. In fact, sales rose slightly during that year.”

- http://radar.oreilly.com/2009/12/david-pogue-revisits-drm-question-and-ebooks.html

"The conclusion that simple, one-dimensional ideas about the world are bound to be wrong is an idea..."

Thu, 03 May 2012 10:17:43 +1000

“The conclusion that simple, one-dimensional ideas about the world are bound to be wrong is an idea so threatening to those who hold simple, one-dimensional ideas about the world.”

- Robert Dahl

This is a really nice approach to the prisoner’s dilemma.

Thu, 03 May 2012 01:07:47 +1000

This is a really nice approach to the prisoner’s dilemma.

Awesome! Not only are conservative views linked to lower...

Wed, 02 May 2012 15:39:00 +1000

Awesome! Not only are conservative views linked to lower intelligence, but homophobia is a strong marker of repressed homosexuality. Some days I just love science!

http://pss.sagepub.com/content/early/2012/01/04/0956797611421206.abstract
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8772014

Speaking too soon?

Sun, 29 Apr 2012 09:03:56 +1000

It really doesn’t take long for proclamations like this to look really stupid…

http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/queensland/bikie-violence-no-danger-to-public-police-20120427-1xpku.html

http://media.brisbanetimes.com.au/news/national-news/bikie-war-explodes-in-shopping-centre-3256182.html

2 days in fact

Got milk?

Sun, 29 Apr 2012 09:00:42 +1000

Got milk?

Good friends with a boy named ‘null’

Sat, 28 Apr 2012 07:00:00 +1000

Good friends with a boy named ‘null’

Facts: RIP B.C. 360 - A.D. 2012

Fri, 27 Apr 2012 13:47:53 +1000

To the shock of most sentient beings, Facts died Wednesday, April 18, after a long battle for relevancy with the 24-hour news cycle, blogs and the Internet.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/ct-talk-huppke-obit-facts-20120419,0,809470.story

treadlyandme: “Shred the trail or hail mary? Sister Immaculata...

Tue, 24 Apr 2012 11:30:03 +1000

treadlyandme:

“Shred the trail or hail mary? Sister Immaculata had already made her decision…”

Photo

Tue, 24 Apr 2012 11:26:43 +1000

"You shouldn’t make riding a bike without a helmet illegal if you also want people to ride bicycles..."

Sat, 21 Apr 2012 01:01:23 +1000

“You shouldn’t make riding a bike without a helmet illegal if you also want people to ride bicycles more, because the former impedes the latter, and because you know … that riding a bike a few kilometres with your hair flowing freely in the breeze really isn’t dangerous at all.”

- Some of use would just be happy with the hair :(

"Melbourne Bike Share Flop"...

Fri, 20 Apr 2012 07:21:23 +1000

…returns 29,600,000 results in google…

https://www.google.com.au/search?q=melbourne+bike+share+flop&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a

Moral & Political Philosophy Reading Group #11

Mon, 16 Apr 2012 10:38:37 +1000

uqphilosophy:

Now that we are over our post-Easter chocolate induced slumber, we are finishing off the rest of Rousseau’s The Social Contract.

This week, we are reading book 3, chapters 9-17 (they are pretty small!)

See you all Tuesday 3pm, Miche level 5

"Observers suggest that Vancouver learn from Melbourne’s public bike sharing scheme, a..."

Thu, 12 Apr 2012 07:58:38 +1000

“Observers suggest that Vancouver learn from Melbourne’s public bike sharing scheme, a spectacular flop of an experiment where 600 public bikes produce just 70 trips a day.”

- http://vancouver.openfile.ca/vancouver/text/safety-file-bike-helmet-headaches

Carlin Robinson, 12, walks from her grandmother’s car to...

Wed, 11 Apr 2012 09:02:55 +1000

Carlin Robinson, 12, walks from her grandmother’s car to the school bus in Manchester, Ky. Her house can be seen in the background.

fuckyeahcycling: Cobbles (via Paris-Roubaix - News, photos,...

Tue, 10 Apr 2012 01:09:22 +1000

fuckyeahcycling:

Cobbles (via Paris-Roubaix - News, photos, topics, and quotes)