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nevver: Don’t be a dick

Mon, 22 Apr 2013 19:21:24 +1000

Don’t be a dick

merlin: Overlaying JoCo and Glee versions of “Baby Got...

Sun, 27 Jan 2013 15:54:58 +1000

Overlaying JoCo and Glee versions of “Baby Got Back”

Jonathan Coulton (left ear) vs Glee (right ear). I should note: the only editing I did to this was aligning the tracks. I didn’t isolate the vocals and put them over the same backing track; Glee were already using the exact same track, which is, as far as I can tell, JoCo’s recording.

This is nothing short of ludicrous.

Can’t believe they’d even attempt to defend this nonsense.

It’s literally the same song. Key, tempo, instrumentation—GAAAAAAH!—it’s the SAME fucking song.

So angry.

"There is no such thing as not voting; you either vote by voting, or you vote by staying home and..."

Sat, 22 Sep 2012 15:46:07 +1000

“There is no such thing as not voting; you either vote by voting, or you vote by staying home and tacitly doubling the value of some Diehard’s vote.”

- David Foster Wallace

gottavote.com

(via barackobama)

Camera Porn

Wed, 19 Sep 2012 22:40:05 +1000

Camera Porn

nevver: Ain’t that America

Fri, 13 Jul 2012 07:47:00 +1000

nevver:

Ain’t that America

Did the 2011 Australian Census get religion right?

Thu, 21 Jun 2012 18:25:09 +1000

humansindesign:

The results for the 2011 Australian census came out today. We think the results of the religion question were (unintentionally) distorted by the design of the question. Specifically, with believe that the number of Australians who are not religious is greater than the number counted as ‘no religion’.

Counting correctly is important because census results will be used, at least to some degree, when making public policy decisions where religion is involved. The question was formatted like this:

The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) reported the religious affiliation results in a table. On the surface, it seems that ‘no religion’ continued to get a bump. However, there was something hidden. The bottom of the table listed 100%. However, it had an annotation that that total…

“…includes inadequately described (supplementary codes) religions and people who did not state a religion.”

Strangely, there is not a row in the chart that lists how large this group is. We ran the numbers. Turns out it’s almost 1 in 10 people and the 4th largest group:

If a quarter of those people were actually not religious, for the first time ‘no religion’ would be the largest group on the Australian Census. If you’re a strong adherent to a religion we think it would be unlikely you’d leave that question blank.

In a previous post we criticised the design of this question. The core of our argument was that the design reduces 2 question into 1 and hides no religion question down the bottom. This could partially explain the large ‘inadequate’ and ‘blank’ responses. It was for this reason that we proposed some alternate designs which we put to a public vote. Our final proposed redesign is revealed for the first time below:

This is not about activism, but appropriate measurement. Accurate measurement in the census is important. We think there is no malice involved from the ABS, but their design has promoted error that works against the ‘no religion’ option. Australia has changed and the design of the census does not reflect that.

Keep reading to hear our full story and proposal to the ABS.

Hit us on twitter @humansindesign or in the comments with your response.

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Ozymandias

Mon, 14 May 2012 19:26:49 +1000

I met a traveller from an antique land
Who said: Two vast and trunkless legs of stone
Stand in the desart. Near them, on the sand,
Half sunk, a shattered visage lies, whose frown,
And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command,
Tell that its sculptor well those passions read
Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things,
The hand that mocked them and the heart that fed:
And on the pedestal these words appear:
“My name is Ozymandias, king of kings:
Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!”
Nothing beside remains. Round the decay
Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare
The lone and level sands stretch far away.

The You Look Nice Today Starter Pack

Sat, 31 Mar 2012 09:32:30 +1000

youlooknicetoday:

Welcome to this annotated introduction to You Look Nice Today, A Journal of Emotional Hygiene.

To acquaint yourself (or a special friend) with our program, we invite you to download and enjoy six of our favorite episodes:

DOWNLOAD: “You Look Nice Today Starter Pack” (127 MB zip file)

This officially-sanctioned Starter Pack includes: “Sacks-Minnelli Disease,” “Truck Spank,” “The Tux Age,” “OPN♥WDE,” “Expressed as a Vest,” and “The Good Part”

Also, please do feel free to explore further into the YLNT franchise by browsing the links below and by subscribing to our program for free via RSS or iTunes. New episodes of the program are posted on the second of each month.

It’s a start.

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nevver: Man with a plan

Sun, 11 Mar 2012 13:42:56 +1000

nevver:

Man with a plan

nehrujackets: this might be the best picture of me shredding on...

Wed, 15 Feb 2012 14:14:25 +1000

nehrujackets:

this might be the best picture of me shredding on my mic ever. carnegie hall was fun.

nevver: Peanuts

Tue, 14 Feb 2012 17:25:56 +1000

nevver:

Peanuts

"Make good stuff, then make it easy for people to buy it. There’s your anti-piracy plan."

Sat, 21 Jan 2012 12:58:22 +1000

“Make good stuff, then make it easy for people to buy it. There’s your anti-piracy plan.”

- Jonathan Coulton, definitively. (via merlin)

Ben and Blake’s Ticket Fridge 2011 13 movies Black Swan...

Sun, 01 Jan 2012 19:53:00 +1000

Ben and Blake’s Ticket Fridge 2011

13 movies

Black Swan - 20/1

True Grit - 5/2

Sucker Punch - 15/4

Fast Five - 22/4

Thor - 11/5

Transformers Dark of the Moon - 3/7

Captain America - 31/7

Rise of the Planet of the Apes - 10/8

X-Men First Class - 6/10

Contagion - 23/10

Inception (Rooftop) - 7/12

Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol - 19/12

The Adventures of Tintin - 27/12

3 Sporting Events (all-time low)

A-League Grand Final (Roar vs Mariners) - 13/3

Super 15 Queensland Reds vs Warratahs - 23/4

Super 15 Queensland Reds vs Brumbies - 4/6

3 Art Gallery Exhibitions

Surrealism GOMA - 3/7

Henri Cartier-Bresson QAG - 23/10

Matisse Drawing Life GOMA - 28/12

3 Concerts

Mos Def: The Ecstatic Tour - 26/1

Zan Lyons vs. Blade Runner - 25/2

Bliss N’ Eso - 10/6

1 Vaguely homoerotic personally addressed flyer from the Brisbane Lions

1 Slightly evocative message from Stamford hotel concierge - 27/6

1 Cadel Evans face-mask - 13/8

Blake’s first business class upgrade - 3/10

Blake’s Platinum Frequent Flyer achievement unlock - 5/12

1 Joke Greeting Card referencing to Skyrim - 27/11

Any number of restaurant business cards and Qantas boarding passes

My top 10 movies of 2011

Sat, 31 Dec 2011 10:37:58 +1000

alphabetically….

The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn

Another Earth

Contagion

Drive

Hanna

The Ides of March

Margin Call

Midnight in Paris

Source Code

Win Win

Honourable Mentions: Attack the Block, Hesher, The Rise of the Planet of the Apes

Movie I would recommend to everyone: Another Earth

Best Comic Book Movie: X-Men: First Class

Best 3D: Tintin (animated), Transformers: Dark of the Moon (live-action)

Number 1: Drive

1/2 a day of work left for the year and new The Weeknd. Life is...

Thu, 22 Dec 2011 17:53:11 +1000

1/2 a day of work left for the year and new The Weeknd. Life is good.

the-weekndxo:

http://the-weeknd.com/ (http://hulkshare.com/wyqfsf4ovgiz/ZpO3e2dAqv0p.zip)

azizisbored: Aziz Ansari and Matthew Shawver present… Emojis...

Sun, 11 Dec 2011 09:59:04 +1000

azizisbored:

Aziz Ansari and Matthew Shawver present…

Emojis in Paris (N*ggas in Paris Remix)

Click here for hi res.

My new cookbook

Sun, 25 Sep 2011 17:01:37 +1000

My new cookbook

Vonnegut’s Firefighters

Mon, 12 Sep 2011 14:57:00 +1000

nevver:

“I can think of no more stirring symbol of man’s humanity to man
than a fire engine.” — Kurt Vonnegut, The New Inquiry

the-weekndxo: www.the-weeknd.com

Fri, 19 Aug 2011 13:28:30 +1000

the-weekndxo:

www.the-weeknd.com

Misogynistic board game jokes… the ladies must love...

Fri, 05 Aug 2011 05:32:16 +1000

Misogynistic board game jokes… the ladies must love you.

Blake made me do it.