Facebooks Likes Coal

Greenpeace's effort to get Facebook to stop using coal. It seems like a gigantic threat, but could actually be kind of effective.

Gummy Bear Explosion

This is super awesome.

Vote Naked in Illinois

Because you can (yes we can?) 

Bush Tax Cuts

Take a look at this infographic then try to argue why we should extend the tax cuts. PLEASE TRY.

Music Preferences by Gender

Dude, you should probably stop listening to Neil Diamond.

Now that Sweet Caroline is stuck in your head, you can take a look at this sweet infographic of music preference by gender.

College Admitions

*Of course we don't use Microsoft Word to grade your essay.... But we do use this program to grade everything else*

Wildlife Documentaries

And how they are lying to you.

Often, the images aren't in the wild or the animals aren't wild, or both. And sometimes they provoke fights or create situations that wouldn't occur. All this to condense 3 months of work into 3 days of holding a camera.

Polygyny

This is the follow up to the last article on the topic, it's not as fascinating, but I felt obliged to post it.

Prostitution Decriminalized In Canada

That's really all you need to know, the rest of the article is just Marina Adshade complaining about the evils of prostitution.

Income Inequality Sucks

That's pretty much all there is to say.

Checkers was Solved

I clearly missed the bus on this one, but Checkers was solved. Interesting article about computers being better than people and it includes a timeline of every significant robot victory since 1770. Watch out for the robopocalypse.

Goodbye BoingBoing

I am dropping BoingBoing from the list of Good Blags which means I will no longer be reposting from it. 25.3 items a day is too much for me. If anybody who reads this would like to take over the BoingBoing Branch (BBB) of this operation, feel free.
Enjoy Boinging on your own

Archimede's Mirror as Pool Warmer

This building is a gigantic Archimedes mirror, which effectively heats the pool and probably saves a load of energy in doing so. Of course, some guy decided that it was too effective and burnt his hair and is probably looking for a million dollar lawsuit. What do I think? Glad you asked. He just wants an easy million or two and burnt his hair intentionally. Did I mention he's a lawyer? Yup.

Minecraft Computer

This a computer (or at least an ALU) that someone made in the game (?) Minecraft.
Minecraft being incredibly useless aside, it's pretty impressive, and very neat. You really only need to watch the first two minutes. I know because that's what I did.



Also, if you missed it, there is this (almost certainly fake) video of someone wasting days of their life by burning down their minecraft house. Dumbass.

Reduplication!

This article prompted me to create a linkorgy post.

Wikipedia Reduplication
237 Examples of English Reduplication
Shm-Reduplication (my favourite)
Wikipedia Category Reduplication - Some Interesting Stuff
Tautonym
Just For Fun - Reduplicated Names

You Are, By Definition, A Greedy Asshole

[I'm so sorry that this is from the Huffington Post, please forgive me.]


That being said, I think this Bill Maher rant is absolutely necessary. The richest's wealth has increased by 27% while unemployment has increased by almost 100%. Also, 1 out of 7 Americans currently live below the poverty line.


Top Quotes:


"I've done some math that indicates that, considering the hole this country is in, if you are earning more than a million dollars a year and are complaining about a 3.6% tax increase, then you are by definition a greedy asshole."


"Clinton moved the top marginal rate from 36 to 39% -- and far from tanking, the economy did so well he had time to get his dick washed."

Where Good Ideas Come From

This is a video about where ideas come from. I like it and might have to check out his book once it comes out. The animation is by RSA Animate, which is a fantastic company.


Holy sh*t, I embedded a video. Expect big things. BIG THINGS