• Happiness at 42.39561º -71.13051º - a photoset on Flickr: Photos of a park in Cambridge, MA referenced in this xkcd comic I love the internet.
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• Wellington Grey — Miscellanea — Science vs Faith: An oldie but goodie.
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You might have seen this already, but it’s a perfect summation of my thoughts on religion. What brought it to mind was that a girl at work asked me today if I go to church. I said no, and was going to leave it at that, as I personally think a person’s religious beliefs — or lack thereof — is not only boring, but also kind of tacky to discuss in public. Then she asked me if I believed in god. Again, a negative. She asked me if I was an atheist. I told her yes, I’m a heathen. Her response? “You know what… I believe you. I really do.” O-kaaayy. Yet another nut job I’m going to have to avoid.

• My National Security Letter Gag Order - washingtonpost.com: “Living under the gag order has been stressful and surreal. Under the threat of prosecution, I must hide my involvement in the case from my colleagues, my family and my friends. [When asked,] I have no choice but to look them in the eye and lie.”
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• Destroying meaning and undermining language… (plasticbag.org): “This is language deformed and broken, language as a fog of reassuring noise where the words no longer have even the slightest hypothesised reference to the real world.” I love you, Tom.
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• the show with zefrank :: march 17th: It’s over. *sniff*
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• 9 Confessions From A Former Enterprise Rental Salesman: Consumerist keeps the linkbait coming — this will be useful for my trip to Atlanta in May.
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Okay, I’ve allowed a week for the BSG Bittorent spoiler effect to fade, but I have to point something out here. At about the 2:45 mark of the Battlestar Galactica season 3 gag reel I posted a little while ago, you will find the following “fake spoiler” delivered deadpan by Katee Sackoff, who pays Lt. Kara “Starbuck” Thrace.

The only thing I can tell you about season three is that I’m a Cylon, and I die.

You’ll get to see the way I die. That’ll be cool.

Did I just— oh, total spoiler. Sorry. You’re not going to watch the show now, I know.

As I said, just wanted to point that out. I have no further comment. And thus ends another fanboy moment.

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• The Power (and Peril) of Praising Your Kids — New York Magazine: “I am smart, the kids’ reasoning goes; I don’t need to put out effort. Expending effort becomes stigmatized–it’s public proof that you can’t cut it on your natural gifts.” Or: How pop psychology in education wasted two generations of Americans. R
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• 5 Common Mistakes That Make You Look Dumb | Copyblogger: “While we all hope that what we have to say is more important than some silly grammatical error, the truth is that some people will not subscribe, buy, or link to you if you make dumb mistakes when you write.” And I am one of those people.
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• WordPress 2.1.1 dangerous, Upgrade to 2.1.2: Crap. I hate FTP.
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• indexed: got a book deal!: Wow. Not often you see such a fresh, funny voice come along, even rarer that it is recognized so quickly.
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