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Abstract/Distant Future Bias

Abstract/Distant Future Bias

A while back I posted about having experiences through books. I was thinking again about this today and was imagining…

9 months ago

Misuse of the Word ‘Irony’

Or, at least according to 23andMe. When they show racial breakdowns they only show three categories: African, European, and Asian.…

9 months ago

Left vs. Right-side Navigation: Which Big Sites Use Which?

The reasons for the company’s dwindling prospects are easy to find.  Just walk into one of the company’s retail locations…

9 months ago

Implement a Facebook Share Button Using a Single Line of Javascript

To switch between dialog options in OS X from the keyboard, use the TAB key. ::

9 months ago

An Elegant Explanation for Why Famous Men Constantly Get Caught Cheating

Perhaps the most obvious and powerful of changes in our world is the penetration of computers into our personal lives.…

9 months ago

Options as the Main Cause of Unhappiness

I’ve been thinking recently about what states of being are required for optimum health. A few things bring this on:…

9 months ago

On Average, Mean, Median, and Mode

News of Christopher Hitchens’ death was crushing to me last night. I can think of no other author that is…

9 months ago

Flattr, and Why It’s Brilliant

In one of Malcolm Gladwell’s books he talked about how respect for authority has caused a massive number of plane…

9 months ago

Another Data Point in the iPhone vs. Android Debate: Re-sale Values

I had the opportunity to go to Tokyo, Japan for a week this month for work and while there I…

9 months ago

A Bookmarklet That Displays HTTP Headers

It’s Christmas day and I just happened upon a post by the Google Webmaster team talking about removing the HTML,…

9 months ago