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"There’s a lot of ways to get to know a person. Eating her dead boyfriend’s brains is..."

Mon, 20 May 2013 10:06:14 -0400

“There’s a lot of ways to get to know a person. Eating her dead boyfriend’s brains is one of the more unorthodox methods, but…”

- R, “WARM BODIES” (2013), directed by Jonathan Levine

slydig: tsarbucks: slydig: dont be mean be median or mode damn math fandom bloggers

Sun, 19 May 2013 19:18:39 -0400

slydig:

tsarbucks:

slydig:

dont be mean

be median or mode

damn math fandom bloggers

Cats taking selfies - this is just plain awesome.

Sun, 19 May 2013 19:18:11 -0400

Cats taking selfies - this is just plain awesome.

Photo

Sun, 19 May 2013 19:10:52 -0400

deansass: killjoyvamp-trekkervendetta: tomhiddleston-h: We’re...

Sat, 18 May 2013 21:46:44 -0400

deansass:

killjoyvamp-trekkervendetta:

tomhiddleston-h:

We’re all going to be like

prepare your stashes of food, water and a comfy pillow to rest your head in: YOU SHALL NOT SEPARATE FROM YOUR COMPUTER THIS NOVEMBER!

November is when I apply to universities Fuck

Best “Hello, My Name Is” ever.

Fri, 17 May 2013 18:39:52 -0400

Best “Hello, My Name Is” ever.

GAR! Podcast Episode 5- Reboots, Cancellations, and European Pop

Fri, 17 May 2013 10:56:20 -0400

GAR! Podcast Episode 5- Reboots, Cancellations, and European Pop:

My buds Glenn Walker and Ray Cornwall have a weekly podcast about comics, tv shows, music, and whatever else strikes their fancy. Lots of geeky topics. This week they mention me like 5 times, so I gotta pimp them out!

Bah, never happens.

Tue, 14 May 2013 15:13:44 -0400

Bah, never happens.

mudwerks: champagnemanagement: what kind of fudgery is...

Tue, 14 May 2013 15:13:12 -0400

mudwerks:

champagnemanagement:

what kind of fudgery is this?

fudge is dead to me now…

Fudge long and prosper

ilovecharts: Entropy Sweet, sweet entropy.

Tue, 14 May 2013 15:10:27 -0400

ilovecharts:

Entropy

Sweet, sweet entropy.

Shane Burcaw: Laughing at My Nightmare Documentary

Tue, 14 May 2013 12:28:36 -0400

Shane Burcaw: Laughing at My Nightmare Documentary:

laughingatmynightmare:

We have five days left to reach our fundraising goal! If all of you donated $1, we would reach our goal seven times over. Probably 20 times over if you also shared on your networks! I promise this documentary will be the funniest thing you have ever seen.

ilovecharts: Grain Breakdown for the production of...

Tue, 14 May 2013 12:24:13 -0400

ilovecharts:

Grain Breakdown for the production of Bourbon
(legally, Bourbon must be at least 51% corn)

photo by Tsuyoshi Komatsu

-rachitect

ourvaluedcustomers: To her boyfriend… Wisdom

Tue, 14 May 2013 10:58:49 -0400

ourvaluedcustomers:

To her boyfriend…

Wisdom

theclearlydope: Tuesday morning is brought you by …

Tue, 14 May 2013 09:47:24 -0400

theclearlydope:

Tuesday morning is brought you by …

Photo

Tue, 14 May 2013 09:47:06 -0400

we-are-star-stuff: Who says North is up? Upside Down maps (also...

Mon, 13 May 2013 15:33:42 -0400

we-are-star-stuff:

Who says North is up?

Upside Down maps (also known as South-Up or Reversed maps) offer a completely different perspective of the world we live in.

Technically speaking, even referring to the earth with words like “up” or “down” or comparing places with words “above” or “below” is flawed, considering that the earth is a spherical body (it’s actually slightly “fatter” at the equator) and flying through 3 dimensional space with no reference of up or down. However, the issue of “up” and “down” does become an issue when viewing the surface of the earth projected onto a flat piece of paper (a map). And the effect of the orientation of a map is more significant than you might realize.

As all maps require orientation for reference, the issue of how to layout the map orientation is as old as maps themselves. As map orientation is completely arbitrary, it is not surprising that they differed throughout time periods and regions.

The convention of North-up is usually attributed to the Egyptian astronomer Ptolemy (90-168 AD). Justifications for his north-up approach vary. In the middle ages, East was often placed at top. This is the origin of the term “The Orient” to refer to East Asia. During the age of exploration, European cartographers again followed the north-up convention…perhaps because the North Star was their fixed reference point for navigation, or because they wanted (subconsciously or otherwise) to ensure Europe’s claim at the top of the world.

In modern times, reversed maps are made as a learning device or to illustrate Northern Hemisphere bias. Different from simply turning a north-up map upside down, a reversed map has the text oriented to be read with south up.

The famous “Blue Marble” photograph of the Earth taken from on board Apollo 17 was originally oriented with the south pole at the top, with the island of Madagascar visible just left of center, and the continent of Africa at its right. However, the image was turned upside-down to fit the traditional view.

While the orientation of a map might seem harmless, it can have a significant effect on one’s perception of the world, and the relative importance of the different place in it.

In speech, we often refer to places being “above” or “below” others. Think of how you would say you’re about to travel to the state or country to your north or south (to go “down” to Kentucky from Indiana, or “up” to Canada from the US). Without even mentioning geography, ask any grade school student whether Mexico is “above” or “below” the United States. We’re all familiar with the “land down under”. As we often correlate importance to relative height (think how a citizens of a country will fly their flag higher than all other flags), the north-up convention reinforces the idea that northern bodies are more important than their southern neighbors. Suddenly, traveling “down” to the South might have an inference much deeper than geographic location.

After looking at the map more closely, you may realize that the South-Up orientation may change your perception of the relative status of different places. For example, South America suddenly looks to have more prominence, and Africa and the Middle East completely dwarf Europe. Likewise, tucking Northern Europe, Canada, and Russia away at the bottom of the map, subconsciously takes away their status.

To summarize, unconditionally accepting the north-up map convention without at least appreciating the effect stands at odds with viewing all people and places within the world equally. x x

Achievement Unlocked

Mon, 13 May 2013 02:00:41 -0400

I just unlocked the “Bagel and cream cheese and glass of milk at 2am” achievement. (Now, back to bed.)

humansofnewyork: “You look kinda like Ernest Hemingway.”“And...

Sun, 12 May 2013 22:52:22 -0400

humansofnewyork:

“You look kinda like Ernest Hemingway.”
“And we’re both from Key West.”
“You’re from Key West?”
“Well, I used to smuggle coke out of there.”

Hah!

Murder By Death

Sun, 12 May 2013 21:54:57 -0400

Murder By Death:

A good friend turned me on (hur hur hur) to this band, hard to define other than awesome.

abandonedography: Gregoire C. - Abandoned Series

Sun, 12 May 2013 07:18:46 -0400

abandonedography:

Gregoire C. - Abandoned Series