The Endowment Effect
Posted on June 22, 2008 - Filed Under Animals, Science | Leave a Comment
Here’s an interesting link to an Economist article about how people value things more once they own them. It probably goes someway towards explaining why my bedroom is so full of useless crap.
The Trons
Posted on June 19, 2008 - Filed Under Music | 1 Comment
Via Mattew Yglesias.
Statler and Waldorf
Posted on June 18, 2008 - Filed Under Funny | Leave a Comment
Via Andrew Sullivan.
Jon Stewart on Baracknophobia
Posted on June 17, 2008 - Filed Under American Politics, Media, Obama | 1 Comment
Tim Russert Remembered on MTP
Posted on June 16, 2008 - Filed Under American Politics, Media | Leave a Comment
Cold City is Cold
Posted on June 16, 2008 - Filed Under Travel | Leave a Comment
I like cold places, but Yakutsk in Siberia sounds a shade too chilly for my liking.
Via Matthew Yglesias.
Innerpartysystem
Posted on June 14, 2008 - Filed Under Music | 1 Comment
‘Don’t Stop’
Tim Russert’s Death
Posted on June 14, 2008 - Filed Under American Politics, Media | Leave a Comment
BBC News report.
There’s plenty of reaction in the American blogosphere, check the sidebar links if you’re interested. I’ll really miss the guy; Meet the Press won’t be the same without him. He was a tough interviewer, but never pompous or rude, and his round-table discussions were great at cutting through all the talking points and [...]
Obligations to Future Generations
Posted on June 13, 2008 - Filed Under College, Environment/Conservation, Philosophy | 2 Comments
What follows is a rather mangled essay that I lashed together in a hurry during the last semester. It seems vaguely related to other recent posts. All footnotes have been removed, so apologies in advance is this leads to any confusion. Please keep all “tl;dr” style comments to yourself.
“Those who have quitted the world and [...]
Alan Rabinowitz on the Colbert Report
Posted on June 12, 2008 - Filed Under Animals, Environment/Conservation, Politics | 4 Comments
This guy is awesome, and the work he does sounds awesome too. Instead of wasting money on fueling over-population in poor countries, the Irish government should give way more money to conservation projects like this guy’s. Last time I checked we had more than enough people on this planet…
His book on Amazon.
Hunter S. Thompson on Journalism
Posted on June 12, 2008 - Filed Under Career, College, Life-In-General, Media | 2 Comments
Towards the end of Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, and having just quoted disapprovingly from newspaper he encounters in Las Vegas airport, Hunter S. Thompson offers the following appraisal of journalism:
Why bother with newspapers, if this is all they offer? Agnew was right. The press is a gang of cruel faggots. Journalism is not [...]
Bedtime and Blog Prospects
Posted on June 6, 2008 - Filed Under Blogging, College | Leave a Comment
That time, many hours ago, when I should have gone to bed. Instead I stayed up, watched rubbish, ate garbage, and then sat at my laptop, riding the web like a true idiot internaut. I didn’t even have anything to do, and I was in fact rather tired, but I still sat here like a [...]
Dyatlov Pass Accident
Posted on June 5, 2008 - Filed Under Story | 1 Comment
Wikipedia story. If you like mysterious stories about camping/hiking trips gone wrong, then this is just the ticket.
Letting Off Steam at the Office
Posted on June 3, 2008 - Filed Under Funny | 1 Comment
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