December 2008
20 posts
“Ah, I didn’t know smart cars had a posterior motion.”
– Massimo, referring to the fact that smart cars are rear wheel drive. Which made me consider the viability of a dance tune based on the refrain : “I wanna observe your posterior in motion”.
“Human language mostly seems to be about redundancy & bullshit, so if you...”
– carlo
red wine & marijuana may help alzheimer's →
neuroscience continues to do it’s part. (from amm)
Procrastinating Again? How to Kick the Habit →
“Procrastination is not always so maladaptive. In a 2007 survey of 67 self-described procrastinators among college students, psychologist Gregory Schraw of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, and his colleagues learned that these students found creative ways of making their bad habit work for them. For example, many students only took classes in which the professor offered a detailed syllabus...
“We hear a lot about infrastructure investment today: roads and bridges, mostly....”
– Yochai Benkler (via azspot)
the man who helped us get unstuck from the snow
man: da dove sei?
me: san luis e
lori: philadelphia.
man: st. louis and philadelphia - a perche stai qui?
me: ma, per che è una bella posta, l'una di piu bella luoga en il mundo.
man: si, è bella.