var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www."); document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" + gaJsHost + "google-analytics.com/ga.js' type='text/javascript'%3E%3C/script%3E")); try { var pageTracker = _gat._getTracker("UA-3330599-2"); pageTracker._trackPageview(); } catch(err) {}Tumblr (3.0; @iamnotdenny)http://blog.iamnotdenny.com/<a href="http://www.hulu.com/watch/133291/late-night-with-jimmy-fallon-lazy-sunday-live">Lazy Sunday Live with The Roots!</a>http://blog.iamnotdenny.com/post/439274388http://blog.iamnotdenny.com/post/439274388Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:20:37 -0600<a href="http://idlewords.com/2010/03/scott_and_scurvy.htm">Scott and Scurvy</a>: <blockquote> <p>tl;dr: scurvy bad, science hard.</p> </blockquote> <p>Great read about how the cure for scurvy was lost because the scientific understanding of the day “improved” and how a fluke (well, a hamster) got it back on track.</p>http://blog.iamnotdenny.com/post/439091315http://blog.iamnotdenny.com/post/439091315Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:59:50 -0600<a href="http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/author/steven-strogatz/">Math for All</a>: <p>A wonderful set of posts that make math accessible to people who would have never thought such a thing possible. The RSS feed for the entries is <a title="RSS feed" href="http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/category/steven-strogatz/feed/">here</a>.</p>http://blog.iamnotdenny.com/post/424773523http://blog.iamnotdenny.com/post/424773523Wed, 03 Mar 2010 15:36:13 -0600Sabrina (13): What sport is this?<br /> Me: Curling. <br /> Josh (9): What teams are these?<br /> Me: The yellow team is from Sweden and the red team is the Canadians.<br /> Jacob (6): Uhm, are those the people --that, uh, eat people?<br /> Me: No (trying my best not to laugh), those are cannibals.<br /> <later that night><br /> Jacob: They made me give 5 dollars from my piggy bank to Haiti. I didn't want to!<br /> Josh: Jake!<br /> Sabrina: You're not supposed to say things like that.<br /> Jacob: I could have bought a toy with that money!!http://blog.iamnotdenny.com/post/420784678http://blog.iamnotdenny.com/post/420784678Mon, 01 Mar 2010 18:09:20 -0600<blockquote> <p>Psalm 46:1-3</p> <p>God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble. Therefore we will not fear, though the earth give way and the mountains fall into the heart of the sea, though its waters roar and foam and the mountains quake with their surging.</p> </blockquote> <p>The Big Picture: <a title="earthquake in Chile" href="http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2010/02/earthquake_in_chile.html">Earthquake in Chile</a></p>http://blog.iamnotdenny.com/post/420149621http://blog.iamnotdenny.com/post/420149621Mon, 01 Mar 2010 11:29:00 -0600<a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/8517057.stm">BBC News - The volunteer mappers who helped Haiti</a>: <p>Nice to see technology benefiting humanity, instead of creating more awkward time wasters like <a title="A video on Chat Roulette" target="_blank" href="http://vimeo.com/9669721">Chat Roulette</a>.</p>http://blog.iamnotdenny.com/post/419967119http://blog.iamnotdenny.com/post/419967119Mon, 01 Mar 2010 09:08:51 -0600<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/EAtBki0PsC0&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/EAtBki0PsC0&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EAtBki0PsC0">The Muppets: Beaker’s Ballad</a></p>http://blog.iamnotdenny.com/post/417659799http://blog.iamnotdenny.com/post/417659799Sun, 28 Feb 2010 09:08:51 -0600<a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/print/200912/dobbs-orchid-gene">The Science of Success</a>: <p>The intro:</p> <p><i>Most of us have genes that make us as hardy as dandelions: able to take root and survive almost anywhere. A few of us, however, are more like the orchid: fragile and fickle, but capable of blooming spectacularly if given greenhouse care. So holds a provocative new theory of genetics, which asserts that the very genes that give us the most trouble as a species, causing behaviors that are self-destructive and antisocial, also underlie humankind’s phenomenal adaptability and evolutionary success. With a bad environment and poor parenting, orchid children can end up depressed, drug-addicted, or in jail—but with the right environment and good parenting, they can grow up to be society’s most creative, successful, and happy people.</i></p>http://blog.iamnotdenny.com/post/415459075http://blog.iamnotdenny.com/post/415459075Sat, 27 Feb 2010 09:07:52 -0600<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/fW8amMCVAJQ&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/fW8amMCVAJQ&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>What can I say? I’m a sucker for videos that play on the human desire to dance - this one adds in commentary on our desire to fit in, leadership, and how the two relate.</p>http://blog.iamnotdenny.com/post/413368735http://blog.iamnotdenny.com/post/413368735Fri, 26 Feb 2010 09:07:50 -0600<a href="http://www.somebits.com/weblog/aviation/why-is-flying-hard.html">Why is flying hard?</a>: <p>Since people don’t understand the physics of driving, we’re better off skipping over flying cars to teleporters. Got that scientists?</p>http://blog.iamnotdenny.com/post/411254322http://blog.iamnotdenny.com/post/411254322Thu, 25 Feb 2010 09:06:52 -0600<object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="300" data="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=8224953&server=vimeo.com&fullscreen=1&show_title=1&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF"><param name="quality" value="best" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="scale" value="showAll" /><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=8224953&server=vimeo.com&fullscreen=1&show_title=1&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF" /><embed src="http://www.vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=8224953&server=www.vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="300"></embed></object><br/><br/><p><a href="http://vimeo.com/8224953">things to learn on Vimeo</a> (via <a href="http://vimeo.com/8224953">Vimeo</a>)</p>http://blog.iamnotdenny.com/post/409165063http://blog.iamnotdenny.com/post/409165063Wed, 24 Feb 2010 09:05:51 -0600<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ky9cw7pFlD1qarlmfo1_r1_500.jpg"/><br/> Input<br/><br/> <img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ky9cw7pFlD1qarlmfo2_500.jpg"/><br/> Output<br/><br/> <p>The Babysitting Process (under ideal conditions).</p>http://blog.iamnotdenny.com/post/405337541http://blog.iamnotdenny.com/post/405337541Mon, 22 Feb 2010 13:33:10 -0600<a href="http://ignorethecode.net/blog/2010/01/21/realism_in_ui_design/">Realism in UI Design</a>: <p>When something is well designed, you rarely notice it other than tending to like it without being able to describe exactly why. This is a nice foray into user interface design and what it takes to convey functionality. It also touches on why I think the iPad (and similar designs) will be the future of computing. Well designed apps could let you manipulate data without having to expend the effort that traditional operating systems require.</p>http://blog.iamnotdenny.com/post/405317769http://blog.iamnotdenny.com/post/405317769Mon, 22 Feb 2010 13:17:54 -0600<a href="http://www.esquire.com/print-this/roger-ebert-0310">Roger Ebert: The Essential Man</a>: <p>His writing has had a considerable influence on my love for film. How he has endured cancer has been a reminder that every man ought to know how to suffer well and to choose a wife and friends with that in mind.</p>http://blog.iamnotdenny.com/post/393508065http://blog.iamnotdenny.com/post/393508065Tue, 16 Feb 2010 17:09:07 -0600<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kxycahRi4m1qarlmfo1_500.gif"/><br/><br/><p>Nice of Lio to acknowledge its roots (<a title="The Complete Far Side Collection" target="_blank" href="http://www.amazon.com/Complete-Far-Side-1980-1994-vol/dp/0740721135">The Far Side</a> for those that missed it … somehow).</p>http://blog.iamnotdenny.com/post/393283126http://blog.iamnotdenny.com/post/393283126Tue, 16 Feb 2010 14:44:40 -0600<a href="http://www.angelfire.com/wa/zzaran/calvin.html">Calvin and Hobbes Snow Art Gallery</a>: <p>What better way to unwind after shoveling, scraping and skidding your way through a foot of snowfall?</p>http://blog.iamnotdenny.com/post/382532931http://blog.iamnotdenny.com/post/382532931Wed, 10 Feb 2010 16:49:01 -0600<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kwu9kt5FZa1qarlmfo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Trickle down effect of decreased funding for the arts.</p>http://blog.iamnotdenny.com/post/354485390http://blog.iamnotdenny.com/post/354485390Tue, 26 Jan 2010 09:42:25 -0600“All I ask of you is one thing: please don’t be cynical. I hate cynicism — it’s my least favorite quality and it doesn’t lead anywhere. Nobody in life gets exactly what they thought they were going to get. But if you work really hard, and you’re kind, amazing things will happen.”<br/><br/> - <em>Conan O’Brien</em>http://blog.iamnotdenny.com/post/352756745http://blog.iamnotdenny.com/post/352756745Mon, 25 Jan 2010 10:14:11 -0600<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kwkyltzLYP1qarlmfo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Jonas!</p>http://blog.iamnotdenny.com/post/346100511http://blog.iamnotdenny.com/post/346100511Thu, 21 Jan 2010 10:00:34 -0600<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kwkvwc1Nxq1qarlmfo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://blog.iamnotdenny.com/post/345349819http://blog.iamnotdenny.com/post/345349819Wed, 20 Jan 2010 21:48:02 -0600