Behavioral economist Dan Ariely, the author of Predictably Irrational, uses classic visual illusions and his own counterintuitive (and sometimes shocking) research findings to show how we’re not as rational as we think when we make decisions.
Video here: http://www.ted.com/talks/dan_ariely_asks_are_we_in_control_of_our_own_decisions.html
2) Add references to images where you want them in high-res, retina 2x. Note, the -webkit-background-size is the same as the original
#someDiv {
background-image: url(images/myImage.png);
width: 480px;
height: 140px;
}
// now replace that div's image with the 2x iphone 4 version:
@media only screen and (-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 2) {
#someDiv { background-image: url(images/myImage@2x.png);
-webkit-background-size: 480px 140px;
//note: the actual image is 960x280
}
The nytimes has an interesting op/ed by Sean Kelly, chair of the department of philosophy at Harvard University, Navigating Past Nihilism. “Melville hoped for a life that steers happily between two dangers: nihilism and fanaticism.”
I’m done with lame file sync programs. I am always jumping around between a number of computers and need the latest files while not online and synced to cloud storage.
Rsync works great, is free, and is already installed on all macs.
As you know, I love apple products, but according to apple’s new privacy policy, this is very facebooky…
“To provide location-based services on Apple products, Apple and our partners and licensees may collect, use, and share precise location data, including the real-time geographic location of your Apple computer or device. This location data is collected anonymously in a form that does not personally identify you and is used by Apple and our partners and licensees to provide and improve location-based products and services. For example, we may share geographic location with application providers when you opt in to their location services.”
“Singularity University (SU) is an interdisciplinary university whose mission is to assemble, educate and inspire a cadre of leaders who strive to understand and facilitate the development of exponentially advancing technologies in order to address humanity’s grand challenges. With the support of a broad range of leaders in academia, business and government, SU hopes to stimulate groundbreaking, disruptive thinking and solutions aimed at solving some of the planet’s most pressing challenges. SU is based at the NASA Ames campus in Silicon Valley.”
Typically the nytimes.com has the best, timely infographics – but the Wall Street Journal easily topped them with great, clear infographics aof the BP spill and the complete mess from the Deepwater Horizon Rig. Short BP stock.
“The data for this chart was derived from my interpretation of the Facebook Terms of Service over the years, along with my personal memories of the default privacy settings for different classes of personal data. The population sizes are statistics from Google, the Facebook Data Team, and wild guesses based on what seemed reasonable to me.”