"'But I hear the voices,' he tells me. 'I hear people say, 'Why doesn't he just be funny?' That stuff has just never mattered to me. To me, it's like, this is the experiment tonight. If you enjoy it, great, if you don't, that's cool, too. There'll be another one tomorrow.'" —Jim Carrey quoted in … Continue reading Today’s Experiment
Month: August 2018
Thank You For Being A Friend
Zenosyne: The Sense That Time Keeps Going Faster
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNgyEmYyQF4 —Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows
Obesity in America 2018: 7 charts that explain why it’s so easy to gain weight – Vox
"Sure, it’s possible to have a small, healthy meal at a restaurant. But researchers have found that people typically eat 20 to 40 percent more calories in restaurants compared with what they’d eat at home." —Eliza Barclay, Julia Belluz, and Javier Zarracina. "Obesity in America 2018: 7 charts that explain why it’s so easy to … Continue reading Obesity in America 2018: 7 charts that explain why it’s so easy to gain weight – Vox
Steven Seagal’s Tears
"I once heard a story about Steven Seagal—this is another reason that I love this motherfucker—I heard a story from somebody about Steven Seagal, that a producer came into his—I think this story’s out now, but I heard it years before it came out—that he called his producer into his home, and he said, 'Come … Continue reading Steven Seagal’s Tears
Extrapolate by Johan Rijpma
T69 Collapse – Aphex Twin
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SqayDnQ2wmw Description of Weirdcore's process for making this video is available from Fast Company.
DEF CON Radio on SomaFM
DEF CON Radio is available year-round, but what better time to check it out than during the DEF CON 26 conference?
Days Between, Grateful Dead
"Grateful Dead fans call the beginning of August the Days Between a period bookended by Jerry Garcias birth on Aug. 1, 1942 and his death on Aug. 9, 1995." There are thousands of Grateful Dead shows on Archive.org. If you don't know which ones you'd like to listen to, you might want to look at … Continue reading Days Between, Grateful Dead
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Dumb Identity
"The more labels you have for yourself, the dumber they make you." —Paul Graham, "Keep Your Identity Small." paulgraham.com. February 2009.
Hiroshima Day
On August 6th, 1945, the first use of a nuclear weapon over the Japanese city of Hiroshima killed more than 80,000 people immediately and thousands more over the years died from the effects of the radiation from this weapon. After 78 years, the bombs detonated over Hiroshima and Nagasaki remain the only use of nuclear … Continue reading Hiroshima Day
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