The New York Times looks into which option is better to help sleepy drivers stay alert: a nap or a cup of joe. In a study conducted by French researches to determine which better helped drivers avoid crossing the center line, it looks like coffee wins out, but how well it works depends on your …
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Cover art by Martha Rosler Not sure that I’ve ever featured an exhibit catalogue on the BDR before. If I haven’t, this is a heck of a way to start. Check out the page maintained by LA’s Museum of Contemporary Art for a spirited discussion of this cover (or tell us what you think here). …
“Americans acknowledge that liberty is a gift of God, not an indulgence of government.” Mitt Romney, 12/6/2007 Does this mean I get to stop paying taxes? Since my citizenship has just been revoked…. “Any believer in religious freedom, any person who has knelt in prayer to the Almighty, has a friend and ally in me.” …
This, you have to admire… Via Gizmodo: To summarize: Microsoft Windows Vista’s Windows Problem Reporting app is reporting that it has a problem and can no longer report. However, it will report in the future if there is a fix to the problem that is preventing it from reporting, that will allow it to once …
Just in time for finals week, the HackCollege blog recommends studying to a continuous ambient music stream from SomaFM called Groove Salad. If you can’t stand the drop-dead silence of the library but also can’t concentrate with lyrics, ambient music’s the ticket. Groove Salad, “a nicely chilled plate of ambient beats and grooves,” will stream …
“confess. if you read this blog, you are addicted to data. this means you do not like Christmas presents. in fact, you hate those information-less presents your friends buy you each year. even after patiently telling them ‘any present should self-update at least each 30 seconds’, last year’s Christmas was still a disaster, despite that …
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“Paul McHenry Roberts (1917-1967) taught college English for over twenty years, first at San Jose State College and later at Cornell University. He wrote numerous books on linguistics, including Understanding Grammar (1954), Patterns of English (1956), and Understanding English (1958).” How to Say Nothing in 500 Words
Archaeologist Vinzenz Brinkmann makes color reconstructions of ancient Greek and Roman sculpture. His work is on display at Harvard University’s Sackler Museum. From the Wall Street Journal: The fashion for white antiquities dates back to the early 16th century, when the Renaissance began excavating works that had lain buried in the earth for centuries. Color …
Reader-diners know the pain of trying to balance a thick book and a meal without losing your page or spilling food. As a regular lunchtime reader, I went searching online for a tool that would allow for comfortable hands-free reading – and eureka! Cleverly designed, this diminutive device is replete with intelligent features: a little …
I found this advertisement in a manila folder while decluttering a bit in my office today. If an accompanying magazine cover is to be believed, this ad appeared the April 29, 1940 issue of Life. If Arthur Murray were still living, he’d be 112 years old, and he would no doubt still, in a whisper, …
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