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Links for February 5th from 21:22 to 22:57:

• Periodic Table of Typefaces on the Behance Network – Periodic Table of Typefaces:
• Prion leaves lasting mark on memory – Prion leaves lasting mark on memory
• Melatonin precursor stimulates growth factor circuits in brain – Melatonin precursor stimulates growth factor circuits in brain

Links for February 5th from 16:22 to 17:56:

• The Omni Mouth » Introducing OmniPad – This is a great idea for doing iPad mockups: /via @kcase
• Turkish girl, 16, buried alive for talking to boys |
  World news |
  guardian.co.uk – This is the kind of thing IVAWA cld reduce. RT @Calbion Buried alive, aged 16, for talking to boys.
• Demand Question Time – Demand question time, sign the petition: #gov20

Links for February 5th from 11:29 to 14:53:

• Barack Obama and the Republicans: If you can’t friend them, f2f them | The Economist – If you can't friend them, f2f them: Obama and the GOP. The Economist picks up on our analysis
• Xcode 101: Installing the 3.2 SDK alongside the 3.1.1 SDK –
• English Russia » Russian at Northern Pole, 1950s-1960s –

Links for February 5th from 08:40 to 10:49:

• Bertrand Russell on God | Open Culture –
• Do you, MacBook Pro, take this Hermione to be your lawfully wedded wife? –
• Yahoo! User Interface Blog (YUIBlog) – Video: Douglas Crockford, "Crockford on JavaScript — Volume 1: The Early Years": http://bit.ly/9GYutM #yuitheater #crockonjs
• The BCI X PRIZE: This Time It’s Inner Space | h Magazine – The new $10 million X Prize is for a functional brain-computer interface: http://bit.ly/bNMB3M (HT @vaughanbell) #hci
• Twitter / Daring Fireball: Corporation Says It Will R … – Corporation Says It Will Run for Congress: http://✪df.ws/ejy
• Twitter / Zoe Keating: yes I know that @SXSW has … – yes I know that @SXSW has left me off the showcasing artists list…but I do have a show at Central Presbyterian Church on March 17…I hope
• YouTube – Broadcast Yourself. – This is the best rant I've heard in a long, long time – http://tinyurl.com/kob8k6
• Hubble Finds Farthest, Oldest Galaxies Ever Seen | Wired Science | Wired.com – Hubble Finds Farthest, Oldest Galaxies Ever Seen | Wired http://short.to/14gqh
• Matthieu Ricard: Meditate yourself better – opinion – 03 February 2010 – New Scientist – Glad to see one of my heroes, molecular-biologist-turned-Buddhist-monk Matthieu Ricard, on @NewScientist http://ow.ly/13D1Z
• The Galbraith Revival by Theodore Dalrymple, City Journal Winter 2010 – The John Kenneth Galbraith revival, in all its aristocratic glory http://bit.ly/b9Tjtp
• New Book Sneak Preview: Data Flow 2 on Datavisualization.ch – Sneak peek at Data Flow 2, the appetizing sequel to what's easily the best data viz book out there http://is.gd/7Fy3V | http://is.gd/7Fy9s
• Man Resigns On Twitter In Haiku. Happens To Be Sun CEO Jonathan Schwartz. – Man Resigns On Twitter In Haiku. Happens To Be Sun CEO Jonathan Schwartz – http://tcrn.ch/9uthVu now that's style; kudos #sun #haiku
• G-Recorder records Skype calls to Gmail – G-Recorder records Skype calls to Gmail – get a discount code http://bit.ly/bAs4Gh by @dennydov
• The strangest liquid: Why water is so weird – physics-math – 03 February 2010 – New Scientist – The strangest liquid: Why water is so weird – http://bit.ly/aEuZ8q helps explain critical phase transitions. file under super interesting.
• northtemple – UIs that lie – Influence of UI on mental models
• Technology Review: Blogs: arXiv blog: The Curious Case of the Evolving Apostrophe – The Curious Case of the Evolving Apostrophe: A new technique for analysing early… http://www.technologyreview.com/blog/arxiv/24763/
• A Teacher – Greg Craven's viral YouTube effort to break down #climate problem moves into book world: http://j.mp/CravenCO2 #agw #science
• Mysterious Stone Spheres of Costa Rica – The mystery of the big balls http://bit.ly/QuestionableBalls Must See Video!
• Eureka_Brain_680626a.jpg [image/jpeg] – RT @vaughanbell The Times has a super wicked brain poster to download. Link to (big) jpg: http://is.gd/7Hd3g
• For jobs, look to university spin-offs – CNN.com – RT @krisztinaholly Key to new jobs: university spinoffs – CNN column Now a proposed program in FY2011 NSF budget
• Op-Ed Contributor – Microsoft’s Creative Destruction – NYTimes.com –
• This American Infographic –
• Gays in the military: Fisking Bill Kristol | The Economist –

Links for February 5th from 06:28 to 08:19:

• iPad User Experience Guidelines | UX Magazine – RT @chrismessina: RT @pdame: iPad User Experience Guidelines – good points overall for design
• I’ve Got News for You, Amazon: A Kindle With a Touchscreen Ain’t No iPad | John Paczkowski | Digital Daily | AllThingsD – $AMZN buys Touchco, but @JohnPaczkowski says "I’ve Got News for You, Amazon: A Kindle With a Touchscreen Ain’t No iPad"
• Mysterious Stone Spheres of Costa Rica – The mystery of the big balls Must See Video!
• A Teacher’s Primer on Climate Action – Dot Earth Blog – NYTimes.com – Greg Craven's viral YouTube effort to break down #climate problem moves into book world: #agw #science
• Apple vs. Adobe vs. Content Creators – O’Reilly Radar – Interesting point by @macslocum on $AAPL vs $ADBE on iPad. All past fancy publisher demos done in Flash… #ebooks
• shutup.css – shutup.css is a custom user stylesheet that can be applied to your browser to hide comments on many popular web sites without user intervention.
• Search Patterns
  – O’Reilly Media – RT @OReillyMedia #Ebook Deal of the Day: Search Patterns. Only $9.99! Use code SPDFD
• Bernanke’s Exit Strategy: Tighter Reserve Requirements – WSJ.com – The ever-insightful and provocative Andy Kessler: Bernanke's Exit Strategy: Tighter Reserve Requirements

Links for February 4th through February 5th:

• New Book Sneak Preview: Data Flow 2 on Datavisualization.ch – Sneak peek at Data Flow 2, the appetizing sequel to what's easily the best data viz book out there |
• northtemple – UIs that lie & the users who believe them – Influence of UI on mental models > RT @smashingmag UIs that lie and the users who believe them – – An excellent read!
• The strangest liquid: Why water is so weird – physics-math – 03 February 2010 – New Scientist – The strangest liquid: Why water is so weird – helps explain critical phase transitions. file under super interesting.
• G-Recorder records Skype calls to Gmail – get your discount code here – G-Recorder records Skype calls to Gmail – get a discount code by @dennydov
• Man Resigns On Twitter In Haiku. Happens To Be Sun CEO Jonathan Schwartz. – Man Resigns On Twitter In Haiku. Happens To Be Sun CEO Jonathan Schwartz – now that's style; kudos #sun #haiku
• The Web Palette – O’Reilly Answers – Nice chart of the 216 non-dithering colors of the Web Palette, each with its respective RGB values (in decimal and hex)
• The Galbraith Revival by Theodore Dalrymple, City Journal Winter 2010 – The John Kenneth Galbraith revival, in all its aristocratic glory
• Why CouchDB? – O’Reilly Answers – Why CouchDB? An excerpt from the new O'Reilly book CouchDB: The Definitive Guide (buy 35% off with discount TIM35)
• You Are Here (And So Is Everybody Else) – Dive Into HTML5 – RT @diveintomark: Just in time for #geoloco… build location-aware web applications:
• Matthieu Ricard: Meditate yourself better – opinion – 03 February 2010 – New Scientist – Glad to see one of my heroes, molecular-biologist-turned-Buddhist-monk Matthieu Ricard, on @NewScientist
• Hubble Finds Farthest, Oldest Galaxies Ever Seen | Wired Science | Wired.com – Hubble Finds Farthest, Oldest Galaxies Ever Seen | Wired
• YouTube
  - Craig Ferguson 7/21/9A Late Late Show beginning – This is the best rant I've heard in a long, long time -
• Foursquare Teams With Bravo TV – Bits Blog – NYTimes.com – Foursquare Teams With Bravo TV – nice. FWIW, Dennis Crowley of Foursquare will be at Where 2.0
• (500) http://bit.ly/chCfiV – Foursquare Teams With Bravo TV – nice. FWIW, Dennis Crowley of Foursquare will be at Where 2.0
• CHART OF THE DAY: Apple’s Giant Pile Of Cash In Context – Apple's giant pile of cash in context (compare cash for $AAPL, $GOOG, $MSFT)
• Local Dirt: find, buy, and sell local food – This is part of why we invested in : Getting Underserved Communities Better Access To Fresh Food
• WEBSITE.WS – Your Internet Address For Life™ – Corporation Says It Will Run for Congress:
• (500) http://hplusmagazine.com/articles/neuro/bci-x-prize-time-it%E2%80%99s-inner-space – The new $10 million X Prize is for a functional brain-computer interface: (HT @vaughanbell) #hci
• AT&T and Apple Allow Cheap VoIP Calls on 3G – Gadgetwise Blog – NYTimes.com – Lost in the #iPad shuffle: AT&T and Apple Allow Cheap VoIP Calls on 3G
• (500) http://bit.ly/c1DkJo – Lost in the #iPad shuffle: AT&T and Apple Allow Cheap VoIP Calls on 3G
• YUI Theater — Douglas Crockford: “Crockford on JavaScript — Volume 1: The Early Years” » Yahoo! User Interface Blog (YUIBlog) – Video: Douglas Crockford, "Crockford on JavaScript — Volume 1: The Early Years": #yuitheater #crockonjs
• Charles Leadbeater on Cloud Culture: promise and danger « Counterpoint – Well worth a read: Cloud Culture: promise and danger by Charles Leadbeater
• Times Online – Eureka Zone – WBLG: Eureka’s Top 30 Science Blogs – Eureka's Top 30 [Pop] Science Blogs. http://bit.ly/cq9tpS
• The Hierarchy Of Digital Distractions – Ken Burbary’s Lifestream – Sad. Hilarious. Real. "The Hierarchy Of Digital Distractions" – http://post.ly/LcFj (via @MarketingProfs)
• SIDS linked to low levels of serotonin – SIDS linked to low levels of serotonin http://ow.ly/16uaqx
• Zoologger: ‘Living beach ball’ is giant single cell – life – 03 February 2010 – New Scientist – Mysterious single cell the size of a beach ball may farm other bacteria for food http://bit.ly/dejgby

The advice is straightforward. Remember to be grateful. Spend your money on experiences, not objects. Volunteer. Nurture your relationships. Spend time in nature. Make sure you encounter new people and places. And never assume that you know what will make you happy.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2009/aug/15/oliver-burkeman-happy

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The purpose of a fish trap is to catch fish, and when the fish are caught, the trap is forgotten.
The purpose of a rabbit snare is to catch rabbits.
When the rabbits are caught, the snare is forgotten.
The purpose of words is to convey ideas.
When the ideas are grasped, the words are forgotten.
Where can I find a man who has forgotten words?
He is the one I would like to talk to.
–Chuang Tzu