April 2011
96 posts
The Real Life Models Behind The Classic Pin-Up… →
Have you ever stared at retro ads and thought to yourself that ads back then were way more sophisticated when it comes to design? I am not saying tasteful, since pretty much any curvy and lightly dressed lady could almost sell anything. But they had a touch of skill to them when it came to the layout, design and in many cases, the painting itself. Yeah, that’s probably what it is, the ads designed...
IQ and Motivation →
A recent study finds that motivation is a key component of performance on standardized IQ test. Researchers compared IQ scores with and without a material incentive to perform well. They found that everyone performs better with the incentive, but those with lower baseline IQ scored have a larger effect. They conclude from this that performing well on an IQ test requires both intelligence and...
Strange Bedfellows: War and Minority Rights →
President Woodrow Wilson’s own evolution on this question was symbolic. Though now remembered as a man of good standing in the Progressive movement, Wilson had in fact been a longtime opponent of gender equality. Before the war, he told his staff that he thought a “woman’s place was in the home, and the type of woman who took an active part in the suffrage agitation was totally abhorrent.”
The...
The Consequentialist →
Most of the foreign-policy issues that Obama emphasized in his first two years involved stepping away from idealism. In the hope of persuading Iran’s regime to abandon its nuclear ambitions, Obama pointedly rejected Bush’s “axis of evil” terminology. In a video message to Iranians on March 20, 2009, he respectfully addressed “the people and leaders of the Islamic Republic of Iran.” In order to...
Far Better Than 3-D: Animated GIFs That Savor A... →
m0ar! #4872 - Hitler ruls →
Somebody is going to hell because of this!
Iliterate Poet →
Defensive Stance
Hidden depths trying to surface
Intention resides, always a purpose
Feelings outed, become surplus
So we take the stance: Guarded safe
Hidden colours, for a defensive sake.
Bright deep hue, as colours seep through
A thin wash of white, keeps it all inside;
But no matter, how hard you try
True colours will always rise;
Through a thin white guise.
Defensive stance, but...
Create punk poster art - Photoshop Tutorial -... →
This tutorial reveals how artist Dan Mumford creates a poster for a special show by the aggressive and spittle-flecked Watford punks Gallows, where the band played their debut album, Orchestra of Wolves, in its entirety. The poster was a take on the album’s front cover, which Dan designed back in 2006.
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Classic Joke: John Pleshette, “Doctor’s Advice”
Here’s a classic joke from the last season of Old Jews Telling Jokes. In fact, this joke is the personal favorite of one of the producers of this here web series. He tells it quite well now.
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THE GAGA SAGA « AL'S BLOG →
I was really hoping that this blog entry would be all about me announcing the release date of my new album.
Sadly, it’s not.
In a metaphorical nutshell, here’s what happened.
I wrote and recorded what I thought was going to be the first single off of my new album: a parody of “Born This Way” by Lady Gaga called “Perform This Way.” But after hearing it, Lady Gaga decided not to give me...
The Man Behind the Curtain →
Perhaps our complacency is due to the fact that we have written down a plausible equation. Physicists have long believed that mathematics is the Rosetta Stone for unlocking the secrets of Nature and since a famous 1960 essay by Eugene Wigner entitled “The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Mathematics in the Natural Sciences,” the conviction has become an article of faith. It seems to me, though,...
