April 2009
EHarmony was founded in 2000 by Neil Clark Warren, an evangelical Christian and...
– EHarmony’s Same-Sex Dating Site Launches (via lunchfood)
March 2009
argal
wordjournal:
adverb, conjunction • therefore, thus.
The word is a corruption of Latin ergo (therefore, thus), and it is used facetiously to indicate that the reasoning which precedes the stated conclusion is absurd or ludicrous.
For example, the clown in Hamlet (V.i) reasons: “If the man go to this water and drown himself, it is [done wittingly], will he, nill he, he goes,—mark you that? But...
Seven Things You're Wasting Money On →
(via zarigee)
Poverty Goes Straight to the Brain →
jingc:
For decades, education researchers have documented the disproportionately low academic performance of poor children and teenagers living in poverty. Called the achievement gap, its proposed sociological explanations are many. Compared to well-off kids, poor children tend to go to ill-equipped and ill-taught schools, have fewer educational resources at home, eat low-nutrition food, and...
All our young lives we search for someone to love. We choose partners, change...
– Daniel Stern, The Wonder Years (via thoughtsdetained)
Tumblr for iPhone →
beaucolburn:
A short review I wrote of the updated Tumblr app for the iPhone.
On Feed Readers →
jingc:
Instead of a thing to enjoy, it makes reading a thing to get done with. It’s reading made efficient. But I have no lack of efficiency in my life; what I lack is leisure, quiet, and space. The feed reader is the fast food joint of the reading experience, but I want the farmer’s market, the slow-cooked greens, the home-baked bread. I don’t want to feed, I want to eat, with all the...
In times like these, it’s helpful to remember that there have always been times...
– Paul Harvey (via livejamie)
Monopoly Killer: Perfect German Board Game... →
steller:
must….play….this….game
soxiam:
Urbanized Typeface PV (Complete ver) on Vimeo (via Vimeo)
Despite the Nano’s size (it is a bit over ten feet, or three metres long) its...
– Inside the Tata Nano | No small achievement | The Economist
This is the kind of innovation which we need to see - I look with anticipation towards the initial reviews of how it handles in a totally real-world enviroment. (via woody)