ana's clippings

Hi, I am Ana and is my digital scrapbook.
On occasion I post to my main blog, back at http://anaulin.org.
You can read more about-me back there.

Dec 10
“The film critic Andrew Sarris has defined the screwball comedy as “a sex comedy without the sex.”[” Screwball comedy film - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Posted at 10:18am

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Dec 7
“On Google, millions of users felt a tiny fraction less frustration when searching because of this faster speed, and the rest is history. Twitter is onto the same thing. It’s fast. Much faster to simply load a page than most other social media sites. It makes the site inherantly more rewarding.” Why millions of brains love (and hate) twitter | Psychology Today
Posted at 9:22am

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“Now incorporating a Twitter stream isn’t jaw-dropping from a technical perspective, but it should serve as a warning to other review sites like Yelp that real-time streams of thoughts could pose a threat to their model.” Citysearch, Urbanspoon start pulling in tweets. Take that, Yelp. | VentureBeat
Posted at 9:00am

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Dec 6
Fugitive on vi.sualize.us

Fugitive on vi.sualize.us
Posted at 10:43pm

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“For generations, kids couldn’t wait until they reached adulthood so they could smoke, drink, eat four-course meals, make money, drive cars, have sex, and, if they were the type to join the military, legally kill other human beings. Now we would rather log on and tune out, preferably in the womb-like comfort of a Snuggie, which is the perfect thing to wear as we gaze at photos of kittens while gnawing on delicious cupcakes.
Nom-nom-nom.” December 2009: Jim Windolf on Cuteness | vanityfair.com
Posted at 10:30pm

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Nov 28
Beautiful Photoshop Illustrations By Artists Around The World - Smashing Magazine

Beautiful Photoshop Illustrations By Artists Around The World - Smashing Magazine
Posted at 11:13am

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Heroin Fun Kits, Suicide Cola, and Other Unfortunate Products from the Apocalypse

Heroin Fun Kits, Suicide Cola, and Other Unfortunate Products from the Apocalypse
Posted at 11:08am

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Nov 25
“Intel’s Pittsburgh lab aims to develop brain implants that can control all sorts of gadgets directly via brain waves by 2020. The scientists anticipate that consumers will adapt quickly to the idea, and indeed crave the freedom of not requiring a keyboard, mouse, or remote control for surfing the Web or changing channels. They also predict that people will tire of multi-touch devices such as our precious iPhones, Android smart phones and even Microsoft’s wacky Surface Table.” Intel Wants Brain Implants in Its Customers’ Heads by 2020 | Popular Science
Posted at 2:21pm

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“the group’s massively parallel cortical simulator, C2, now has the ability to simulate a brain with about 4.5 percent the cerebral cortex capacity of a human brain, and significantly more brain capacity than a cat.” IBM makes supercomputer significantly smarter than cat
Posted at 12:00am

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Nov 24
“I’d be shocked if no life existed on Europa,” said Shank, of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, who was not involved in the new study.” Could Jupiter Moon Harbor Fish-Size Life?
Posted at 11:21pm

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