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How to Make Your Personal QR Code - Barcodes - Lifehacker

Paul Fournier — Mon, 8 Mar 2010 17:58:21 -0500

Real easy to do. Might as well generate a bunch for your favorite URL, Text, Phone Number, or SMS and save it for later use.

Here is the one for this site

How to Make Your Personal QR Code - Barcodes - Lifehacker

Browse the internet like a dataset with Pivot

Paul Fournier — Sun, 7 Mar 2010 08:07:36 -0500

I decided to download the software after seeing this talk and I have to say that I am impressed. I think I may try to use this at work to visualize some data. Lots of potential. You can grab the software for free at http://getpivot.com/.

TED Talk - Daniel Kahneman: The riddle of experience vs. memory

Paul Fournier — Sat, 6 Mar 2010 07:11:54 -0500

Some really wonderful insights about the difference between the experiencing self and the remembering self and how it affects our understanding of hapiness.

TED Talk - Raghava KK: Five lives of an artist

Paul Fournier — Sat, 6 Mar 2010 07:09:08 -0500

Always lovely to see someone who is not afraid to take chances and re-invent themselves.

Place-Des-Arts Digger shovel - comixed

Paul Fournier — Thu, 4 Mar 2010 02:36:20 -0500

Thought I would upload my pics to comixed.com. Have a look and give it a rating.

moar funny pictures

Best Urban Bike? YikeBike - portable electric bike | Be Sportier

Paul Fournier — Wed, 3 Mar 2010 13:02:42 -0500

I want to try one of these.

Best Urban Bike? YikeBike - portable electric bike | Be Sportier

IOGraphica

Paul Fournier — Tue, 2 Mar 2010 20:19:26 -0500

A neat little piece of software that harnesses the power of your mouse scrolls into art. Here is a sample from 20 minutes of my surfing accross dual monitors.

Juts run it in the background and see what comes up.

http://iographica.com/

Michael Mann - Unprecedented Attacks on Climate Research | Point of Inquiry

Paul Fournier — Tue, 2 Mar 2010 08:08:45 -0500

Very interesting podcast in light of the recent "climateGate" fiasco. If you are curious about how the scandal washed down in the scientific community I would invite you to have a listen.

Michael Mann - Unprecedented Attacks on Climate Research | Point of Inquiry

Slashdot Your Rights Online Story | Newborns

Paul Fournier — Tue, 2 Mar 2010 06:27:50 -0500

Frightening article about government using DNA from newborns to build various databases without the parent's consent. It just blows my mind that some people have the balls to even attempt this.

Watch you government cause it sure as hell is watching you.

Slashdot Your Rights Online Story | Newborns

From Slashdot - Extraterrestrial Ethics

Paul Fournier — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 08:22:08 -0500

Professor Andy Miah notes there's already international government policies taking hold on outer space - and a need for new ethical guidelines. 'For instance, what obligations do we owe to the various life forms we send there, or those we might discover? Can we develop a more considerate approach to colonizing outer space than we were able to achieve for various sectors of Earth?' And what rights do astronauts have? 'Could our inevitable public surveillance of their behavior become too much of an infringement on their personal privacy?' But more importantly, professor Miah notes that 'the goods of space exploration far exceed the symbolic value,' pointing out that 'A vast amount of research and development derives from space exploration ... For example, the United Kingdom's 2007 Space Policy inquiry indicated that the creation of space products contributes two to three times their value in GDP

Extraterrestrial Ethics | h Magazine