From the Curious Corner of the Internet.. #3: Biology, Hotels & Parallel Universes
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** The Curious Corner #3
Happy New Year! This is the third edition of the Curious Corner of the Internet. If you have any feedback, let me know at: jsplattel@gmail.com (mailto:jsplattel@gmail.com?subject=Feedback%20about%20the%20Curious%20Corner%20of%20the%20Internet) . This is what I’ve done (https://vimeo.com/83184035) on the 31st of December!
We’re at 135 subscribers for this list and my goal is at least 1000 before the end of this year! Help me out by sharing the signup-form (http://eepurl.com/IHVrb) or forward this email to a pair of friends! On to the list: * Alfred Bester (http://www.patheos.com/blogs/christandpopculture/2013/12/science-fictions-dark-star-alfred-bester-at-100/) was a science fiction writer and the author of Starburst. His way of writing was different, but he is remembered by many. * Buffer open-sourced their salaries, (http://open.bufferapp.com/introducing-open-salaries-at-buffer-including-our-transparent-formula-and-all-individual-salaries/) and read the comments too on this. Transparency is interesting, both from a positive and negative standpoint. * A Virtual Herbarium (http://sciweb.nybg.org/Science2/vii2.asp) by the New York Botanical Garden. * Want to teach Crows to fetch you money? Build a CrowBox (http://www.thecrowbox.com/) . * Never got what parallel universes are about? Read Parallelodox (http://omnireboot.jerrickventures.com/reviews/parallelodox/) to blow your mind. * An Inquiry into Modes Of Existence (http://www.modesofexistence.org/#the-project) . Or: how do we compose a common world. Keep in mind: The map is not the territory. * A photoshop wizard shows a hotel (http://victorenrich.com/?product=nhdk-77-3) in more then 70 forms. * Remember the Furby? Here’s how (http://poppopret.org/2013/12/18/reverse-engineering-a-furby/) to reverse engineer one! * We Make Money Not Art (http://we-make-money-not-art.com/archives/biotech_art/) is a blog about contemporary art combined with biology or technology. I draw inspiration and ideas from it. Recommended for your feed-reader! * We need non-randomized interventions for habits or changes (http://blogs.plos.org/obesitypanacea/2013/12/16/we-need-non-randomized-lifestyle-interventions/) , but it turns out it’s not the randomness per se; * Mandela passed away last month. Here’s a great write up connecting the dots between Mandela and Tolstoy. (http://nplusonemag.com/mandela-and-tolstoy) * I’m more of a coder than a biologist. If you are too, this explanation of DNA makes sense (http://ds9a.nl/amazing-dna/) . * Skipping Nickelback automatically? That’s unprofessionalism (http://www.allenpike.com/2013/unprofessionalism/) . * ReThink from Berkeley open-sourced their Tricorder (http://rethinkmedical.com/tricorder.html) . * And the last link is about our Drone Future. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CgLkWT246qU)
That’s all folks! If you have something that you would like me to share, email me at: jsplattel@gmail.com (mailto:jsplattel@gmail.com?subject=Ideas%20for%20the%20Curious%20Corner%20of%20the%20Internet) .
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