Rhonda Robbins

London School of Economics Podcasts: Public Lectures and Events

Sat, 17 Oct 2009 08:22:43 -0400

London School of Economics Podcasts: Public Lectures and Events:

new audio for the gym!

Moserware: A Stick Figure Guide to the Advanced Encryption Standard (AES)

Wed, 23 Sep 2009 20:37:55 -0400

Moserware: A Stick Figure Guide to the Advanced Encryption Standard (AES)

Little man, the way girls are [ Short film ] (via HardheadzNL)...

Sat, 20 Jun 2009 09:50:11 -0400

Little man, the way girls are [ Short film ] (via HardheadzNL) Predictable, but still cute.

Black Eyed Peas - The Apl Song Saga (via xylophonistic) an oldie...

Thu, 18 Jun 2009 21:25:08 -0400

Black Eyed Peas - The Apl Song Saga (via xylophonistic)
an oldie but goodie. i wish it was them opening for U2 in Toronto instead of Snow Patrol. Snow Patrol’s all right, but i wanna see APL :)

Jalopnik - The Stig Is Michael Schumacher?

Thu, 18 Jun 2009 10:43:51 -0400

Jalopnik - The Stig Is Michael Schumacher?

World Naked Bike Day - Kensington Market

Sat, 13 Jun 2009 22:09:12 -0400

World Naked Bike Day - Kensington Market

"What do you call your spirit? Eight Little Spirits in Miniskirts."

Sat, 13 Jun 2009 06:32:17 -0400

“What do you call your spirit?
Eight Little Spirits in Miniskirts.”

- Bai Ling: ‘One Day I Will Win an Oscar’ | Movieline

This is why i LOVE Bai Ling, Ms. Loony Truthy Toons. Nothing but respect for a woman who is very comfortable in her own skin. in LA! 10,000 originality points to you!

Japan Tobacco's Delightfully Disturbing 'Smoking Manners for Adults' Ads

Thu, 11 Jun 2009 06:09:11 -0400

Japan Tobacco's Delightfully Disturbing 'Smoking Manners for Adults' Ads:

[via inventorspot]

Queer Subversion: A Tranny Guidebook

Thu, 11 Jun 2009 04:51:19 -0400

Queer Subversion: A Tranny Guidebook :

Learned about the pronoun ‘ze’, and to call them ‘transfolk’ not trannies.
Toronto Pride is on June 28, can’t wait! :)

Yes! 50 Scientifically Proven Ways to Be Persuasive

Wed, 10 Jun 2009 12:28:00 -0400

Yes! 50 Scientifically Proven Ways to Be Persuasive:

[via alex.moskalyuk]
Insanely useful. Lots of evidence on how well-worded copy is quite powerful. The pen (electronic or old-school) is still mightier than the sword. Unless it’s a Skymall sword-pen…

Best: Face time still beats e-mail time. (But you knew that already).

BBC NEWS: Philippines captures MILF Base

Sat, 06 Jun 2009 17:59:41 -0400

BBC NEWS: Philippines captures MILF Base:

Good old MILF. always good for a couple of laughs :)
whatever happened to the NPA, MNLF, and NDF?

Russian Ska: Magic People Voodoo People! leningrad mamba...

Sat, 06 Jun 2009 08:49:39 -0400

Russian Ska: Magic People Voodoo People!

leningrad mamba huyamba.ska (via kashlukis)

"The solution to the glut in auto inventory? Put the entire supply of unsold cars up for bid...."

Mon, 01 Jun 2009 06:40:10 -0400

“The solution to the glut in auto inventory? Put the entire supply of unsold cars up for bid. That’ll clear out the lot.”

- Secret of Googlenomics: Data-Fueled Recipe Brews Profitability

Good morning, and happy bankruptcy day! Eric Schmidt thinks GM should employ Google’s auction business model. I’d be first in line :)

Bankruptcy implications (NPR)

three-minute documentary: Wait for Me. sigh

Thu, 28 May 2009 04:26:23 -0400

three-minute documentary: Wait for Me.
*sigh*

Building a Real-World IaaS Cloud Foundation | Cloud Computing Magazine

Wed, 27 May 2009 08:56:53 -0400

Building a Real-World IaaS Cloud Foundation | Cloud Computing Magazine

A List Apart: In Defense of Eye Candy

Tue, 26 May 2009 05:46:00 -0400

A List Apart: In Defense of Eye Candy:

Longish, but a good read. Explains the concept of affordance, something I know of conceptually, but was never able to find a word for.

Also begs the question of why the default personality of mostly anything Japanese is automatically kawaii.

My guess is that the national consciousness was propelled towards this extreme end of the emotional spectrum after the horror and goriness* that was WWII. Blood, war, guts = bad. Soft, fluffy, huggable = good.

Ack. i just reduced the entire Japanese aesthetic to a pillow. or a marshmallow.

And then there’s the wonderfully minimalist, Bauhausian* Muji. How inconvenient. Damn.

/hides in a corner and eats dirt.

"There are only two kinds of drivers on the road - idiots driving slower than me and maniacs driving..."

Mon, 18 May 2009 21:24:32 -0400

“There are only two kinds of drivers on the road - idiots driving slower than me and maniacs driving faster than me. - George Carlin”

Wired 15.04: Mixed Feelings

Sun, 17 May 2009 09:49:56 -0400

Wired 15.04: Mixed Feelings:

Wired’s Sunny Bains (hottie!) plays with sensory prosthetics.

“Flight became intuitive. When the plane tilted to the right, my right wrist started to vibrate — then the elbow, and then the shoulder as the bank sharpened. It was like my arm was getting deeper and deeper into something. To level off, I just moved the joystick until the buzzing stopped. I closed my eyes so I could ignore the screen.”

Best line: “…my biggest worry was that as a dark-complexioned person wearing a wide belt bristling with wires and batteries, I’d be mistaken for a suicide bomber in charming downtown Osnabrück.” I lol’d :)

also, new word. peregrination = pilgrimage.

they’re still a long way off, but a convergence with nanotech seems to be the next logical step.

thedailywhat: Lights Out: Win/Win. [via]

Sat, 16 May 2009 20:41:59 -0400

thedailywhat:

Lights Out: Win/Win.

[via]

"Basketball was batch!"

Sat, 16 May 2009 10:34:30 -0400

“Basketball was batch!”

- Annals of Innovation: How David Beats Goliath: Reporting & Essays: The New Yorker

Malcolm Gladwell writes about blonde girls playing basketball, batch processing, Lawrence of Arabia, and how underdogs win.

“Insurgents work harder than Goliath. But their other advantage is that they will do what is “socially horrifying”—they will challenge the conventions about how battles are supposed to be fought.”

haha! sounds like permission for me to carry on with my *ahem* research.

Rhonda Robbins

London School of Economics Podcasts: Public Lectures and Events

Moserware: A Stick Figure Guide to the Advanced Encryption Standard (AES)

Little man, the way girls are [ Short film ] (via HardheadzNL)...

Black Eyed Peas - The Apl Song Saga (via xylophonistic) an oldie...

Jalopnik - The Stig Is Michael Schumacher?

World Naked Bike Day - Kensington Market

"What do you call your spirit? Eight Little Spirits in Miniskirts."

Japan Tobacco's Delightfully Disturbing 'Smoking Manners for Adults' Ads

Queer Subversion: A Tranny Guidebook

Yes! 50 Scientifically Proven Ways to Be Persuasive

BBC NEWS: Philippines captures MILF Base

Russian Ska: Magic People Voodoo People! leningrad mamba...

"The solution to the glut in auto inventory? Put the entire supply of unsold cars up for bid...."

three-minute documentary: Wait for Me. *sigh*

Building a Real-World IaaS Cloud Foundation | Cloud Computing Magazine

A List Apart: In Defense of Eye Candy

"There are only two kinds of drivers on the road - idiots driving slower than me and maniacs driving..."

Wired 15.04: Mixed Feelings

thedailywhat: Lights Out: Win/Win. [via]

"Basketball was batch!"

three-minute documentary: Wait for Me. sigh