an evolutionary lesson for all of us

http://www.smbc-comics.com/index.php?id=3718  h/t to sadams!

a DJ app I want to check out

Pacemaker, an iPad app powered by Spotify

how neural nets were revived as an AI approach

http://www.thestar.com/news/world/2015/04/17/how-a-toronto-professors-research-revolutionized-artificial-intelligence.html

now I wonder what will happen if the nodes of Google's AI net are augmented with this Xilinx coprocessor...

Pyramid water is not a brand - how they built them

http://www.iflscience.com/physics/mystery-how-egyptians-moved-pyramid-stones-solved

asthma breakthrough

http://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-find-possible-cause-of-asthma-find-new-treatment-candidate

Stewart Brand thought piece critiques extinction wave meme

http://aeon.co/magazine/science/why-extinction-is-not-the-problem/

Reminds me of discussions of race on MHP show.

Chipotle oral history in BusinessWeek

http://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2015-chipotle-oral-history/

Senator Cruz and Ted Kaczynski, the Unabomber

Both named Ted, both went to Harvard and both are bomb-throwers :) h/t to The Nightly Show

Learn architecture not frameworks

kukuruku.co  h/t Martin.  DW would like this.

Ben Neill electro-acoustic music

http://www.benneill.com/streaming/

Some albums fully streamed!  recommend Songs for Persephone Instrumentals, Night Science

Ferrock, an interesting (carbon-negative) replacement for cement

http://gizmodo.com/a-failed-lab-experiment-accidentally-invented-a-replace-1698207561

rubygems functionality and performance

http://www.sitepoint.com/rubygems-slow

apk downloader

http://apps.evozi.com/apk-downloader/  for downloading Android apps.
Use in combination with Arc Welder Chrome extension to run Android apps.

I am the problem - me and my almond fixation

Mother Jones on water consumption by almond growers

Pilobolus: A performance merging dance and biology

Butoh Dance Performance in Japan (music by Nick Baertsch and band)

Zarathoustra-Variations Butô

light profile of Art Lande

Daily Camera article, mainly about his fantasy baseball game.  So I see Art doesn't use email or computers - that's why I can't email him...  If you haven't heard his music, check it out!

Black-ish

 Black-ish “refuses to oversimplify the place that oversimplifications have in our hearts.”

I am enjoying the first season of this TV show and it has garnered praise from the black political commentators I follow.  I agree with this Slate article .

David Bowie assessment

David Bowie—indigestibly arch; unfailingly cerebral, distant, and detached—was always sincere about his insincerity, but never insincere about his sincerity.

by Bill Wyman

Pacific Coast Trail traversal

1 picture/mile

Creep - Vintage Postmodern Jukebox Radiohead Cover ft. Haley Reinhart

very interesting talk about the importance of the Spanish Civil War

BookTV recording of a lecture by Richard Rhodes, "Hell and Good Company"

RMI and Fort Collins plan integrated utilities model

utility business model embraces efficiency and solar without sacrificing revenue

As usual, smart and wise plans from RMI

ANTHONY BRAXTON & GINO ROBAIR ~ DUETS 1987

What Americans Think About Climate Change in Seven Maps

bloomberg.com

interesting: cyber-bullying, slut shaming and the comeback of Monica Lewinsky

the Daily Beast  A lesson...

software car