Anarchaia

Experimental, impressionistic sub-paragraph tumblin' (think obstsalat)

14sep2008

45th and 46th Known Mersenne Primes Found!, success for GIMPS: “Three independent verification runs with different hardware and software confirm the new prime!”

Dead Man’s Switch, a watchdog for your life.

2008-09-13_Chihuly 100 by delight.1027

And these clocks keep unwinding
and completely ignore everything
that we hate or adore.
Once the page of a calendar is
turned it’s no more.
So tell me then, what was it for?
Oh tell me, what was it for?
— Bright Eyes, A Scale, A Mirror And Those Indifferent Clocks

What’s The Deal With Hausdorff Spaces?, Part I.

Shoot the Moon, “the bullet would travel farther in the reduced gravity, but would it travel faster than it does on the earth?”

The Manipulator, by Jill Greenberg. Reload a few times.

Galerie Ravenstein by Thibaut.M

I used to be the bright one
Smart as a whip
Funny how you slip so far when
Teachers dont keep track of it
— The Dresden Dolls, The Perfect Fit

Making paperwork filing as interesting as “Nude on the Moon” (or Tron, at least), Danny O’Brien tries.

How to throw a ballot party (for American voters), by danah boyd: “Invite your friends to your house for a ballot party… promise alcohol.”