Lesezeichen vom 19. November 2009

Man Speaks Only Klingon to His Son for Three Years… on Purpose
"Klingon? Not Spanish, French, Mandarin? Not some gutteral genuflecting concoction from the deepest recesses of Borneo? Klingon? …"
Doku: „Albert Einstein: How I see the world“ | Nerdcore
"Sehr schöne Doku der PBS (Public Broadcasting Service) über Albert Einstein."
Dr. Pop’s Beginners Guide zu den Genres der 00er-Jahre | 78s
"Kann sich noch jemand an Nu Rave erinnern? Falls nicht, können die Erläuterungen von Dr. Pop der Erinnerung hoffentlich auf die Sprünge helfen."
Inside the Mind of a Sudoku Master | Nerdcore
"Sudoku whiz Thomas Snyder squares off against his friend and former puzzle champ at the National Sudoku Championship in Philadelphia"
Mass – We Pray: Gottesdienstgame für die Wii | Nerdcore
"A family shouldn’t have to wait until Sunday to worship the Lord. Now you can go to church every day without leaving your home. Participate in more than 24 unique and exhilarating Ceremonies."
“I’m nostalgic for an underground” – Interview mit 7 Indielabelchefs | Spreeblick
"A weird thing for us is that, no matter what song off an album we give away as a free MP3, that song is always the most-purchased song off that album."
20 Science Fiction Novels We Can’t Wait To Read in 2010 – Books – io9
"We've picked out 20 scifi and contemporary fantasy books coming out next year that have us filled with excitement."
Deformscape
"Speaking of parks, here is Deformscape, an optical illusion deigned by Faulders Studio for the garden of Jeff Dauber, a contemporary-art collector based in San Fran."
IBM computer brain simulation as complex as a cat’s – Boing Boing
"I recently posted about IBM's Big Blue supercomputer built to simulate a human brain. IBM now reports that they've used a supercomputer to simulate a brain that exceeds that of a cat's in complexity and scale, in near real-time. I, for one, welcome our new feline A.I. overlords."