links, et cetera.

Jun
30th

Tue

Thirty years of official nutritional advice has only made us sicker and fatter while ruining countless numbers of meals. Pollan proposes a new (and very old) answer to the question of what we should eat that comes down to seven simple but liberating words: Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants.

— Evan Williams | evhead (via bijan)

May
31st

Sun

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bijan:

Train Song - Feist & Bon Iver (live)

I posted the original version of this song some time ago by feist and ben gibbard. This version with Bon Iver is quite special.

Nov
17th

Mon

This almost made me cry.

Sep
10th

Wed

See more beautiful Hurricane photos from NASA.

Aug
21st

Thu

The Myth of Mutual Funds | Fast Company

Chip and Dan Heath “pull the Band-Aid off quickly”. Mutual Funds stink.

Aug
15th

Fri

To put it into perspective: on average most of us can recall between five and nine numbers in a row. The eight-times world memory champion Dominic O’Brien, 50, can remember the order of 54 randomly shuffled decks of playing cards - an astounding 2,808 cards.

— Lords of Memory at Made to Stick

Ocho Cinco says he can beat Michael Phelps

This is high comedy. Check out the vid too.

Aug
11th

Mon

A few days ago I posted this photo of a man trying to give away nine dollars and seventy five cents.

Well, of the 1800 who passed by, only 28 accepted the offer.

Theres No Free Lunch, or Money - Freakonomics - Opinion - New York Times Blog

Aug
7th

Thu

Would you accept $9.75 from this man, no obligations or restrictions?

Jul
15th

Tue

A Story Where Every Word Begins With ‘W’

Alliteration to the max

Faith brings Texas Rangers' Josh Hamilton back from the brink

Enjoy this inspirational article about the journey of a man who blasted 35 homers last night in the HR Derby; 3 of which were over 500 feet! He’s a graduate of Athens Drive HS in Raleigh.

Jul
2nd

Wed

Everyone should buy these.

via Digg.com

Jun
27th

Fri

via image.guardian.co.uk

I’ve always wondered how this worked. It doesn’t even seem real. Imagine the work and planning for this.

*Click image and then expand for legible version.

Jun
25th

Wed

High Medicare Costs, Courtesy of Congress - NYTimes.com

My senior year of college, I did a research paper on Healthcare Ethics for my Business Philosophy class. This article is similar to one of my arguments. The prevalence of irrational decisions in the healthcare industry must be addressed.

HT: Tapp

Jun
24th

Tue

Won’t You Be My Neighbor? - Op-Ed - NYTimes.com

This rings painfully true.