July 2011
June 2011
“Video games qualify for First Amendment protection. Like protected books, plays,...”
– From the United States Supreme Court ruling on ‘violent video games.’ I’ve been saying for years that games are covered under First Amendment protection and yesterday the Supreme Court agreed with me. Thanks. (via nerdology)
Earth got a close shave Monday morning from an asteroid so small it was originally mistaken for space junk.
The object, called 2011 MD, zipped 7,600 miles above Earth’s surface at about 1:15 p.m. EDT on June 27. It was discovered on June 22 by the LINEAR project, which hunts for objects that pass close to Earth using robotic telescopes in New Mexico.
2011 MD is between 16 and 65 feet wide and...
Ezra marked as to-read: The Hero with a Thousand Faces (Mythos/Bollingen Series, #17) by Joseph Campbell bookshelves: to-read
“The fact that we live at the bottom of a deep gravity well, on the surface of a...”
– Douglas Adams (via 1beauty)
Ezra is currently reading: Shadow Puppets (Shadow Series, #3) by Orson Scott Card bookshelves: currently-reading
Ezra gave 3 stars to: Catch-22 (Paperback) by Joseph Heller bookshelves: bbc-big-read
“If most of us are ashamed of shabby clothes and shoddy furniture, let us be more...”
– Albert Einstein (via vinh) (via freckledawesome) (via libraryland, vinh)
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What's the funniest joke you know?
A man walks into a bar and sees two tables. Says ‘Can I join you?’
Ask me anything
“Every atom in your body came from a star that exploded. And, the atoms in your...”
– Lawrence M. Krauss (2009)
“In what they termed was the most critical discovery, the researchers found that...”
– Amazon’s cloud is full of holes | ITworld
I think Tumblr uses S3.
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