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“Truth be told I was supposed to be designing wedding jewelry because there is a good market for it, but I was bored to tears by wedding research. The lurid history of absinthe was far more creatively stimulating.” (via Chrysalis sterling silver and moonstone absinthe spoon by Raineysmith)
He used a new vector made from a human immunodeficiency virus from which the genome had been removed, leaving only HIV’s cell-penetrating shell. Inside this he put the new ABCD1 gene, and a string of DNA that helps it fuse with target chromosomes.
a third of all Internet users worldwide visited Facebook in September 2009
Having bred the notoriously difficult-to-breed species three years in a row… (via ZooBorns: Perth’s Uggly Puggle Babies) (file under: “an ugly breeder”)
“…what with texting and e-mail and all the distractions of modern life, I mean nobody really sets aside the time anymore for a good, old-fashioned chat…” (via The Strong, Stuffed Silent Type)
The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same time, and still retain the ability to function.
— F. Scott Fitzgerald
Have you noticed? » {Motorola DROID: Stealth commercial versus War of the Worlds (1953) Trailer} and {Introduction to the Connected Car versus WALL-E’s Connected Recliners} … Curious times.
Rapid response team, eh? I’m imagining a band of men wearing pink berets, repelling onto cell towers out of a helicopter piloted by Catherine Zeta Jones.
Carly Fiorina, who was pushed out of her job at HP by the company’s board in 2005 amid widespread unhappiness with her performance, has finally found a new job to apply for…
— Carlyfornia Dreaming: Ex-HP Chief Fiorina Launches Senate Bid
Chinese farmer Gao Xianzhang grows Buddha Baby pears on his farm by forcing the fruit to grow into plastic mold shapes. Enlightening. (via Pear Baby!)
Consider the masters’ description of awakened existence, how seemingly simple: Hungry, I eat; sleepy, I sleep. Is this choosing completely, or not at all?
— Happiness Is Harder by Jane Hirshfield
Software Development Lifecycle (origin unknown, but this image has been floating around for a long time)
