Posted by: pratimaaa on: Thursday, October 2, 2008
I completely acknowledge the fact that my blogging has devolved into mostly “the internet is sooo cool! check this out!” I promise I’m going to move on to actually content (eventually). But really, McSweeney’s is too awesome to not share. So, um, czech this: Dudes! Did you See the Library They’ve Got Here?
My favourite part:
I’ll [...]
Posted by: pratimaaa on: Monday, April 7, 2008
Everyone! Stop writing your essays and check out Crayon Physics! Best game ever.
(More extensive updates coming…once I have some time to breathe.)
Posted by: pratimaaa on: Wednesday, March 19, 2008
Guys, I have SO MUCH work to do now and in the next few weeks, but I feel compelled to post this. From kottke:
The Desire Paths Flickr pool. Desire paths are improvised paths built collectively by pedestrians trying to find the shortest way across the grass, like ants laying down pheromone trails to food. [...]
Posted by: monochromegirl on: Tuesday, March 18, 2008
I was skirting work of real substance this afternoon by Googling Brit philosopher Colin McGinn (whose contribution to philosophy of mind will be the primary focus of my term paper due in two and half weeks or so) when I stumbled across this. I love PBS like I love my mother. Its documentaries are of [...]
Posted by: staircases on: Friday, March 7, 2008
The Gender Guesser evaluates a sample of writing and uses a set of criteria to determine the gender of the author for both informal and formal genres. Scroll down on the page – the linguistics & theory behind it is pretty fascinating too! Here’s the results from the sample of my writing from the [...]
Posted by: pratimaaa on: Friday, March 7, 2008
Most of my artistic skills are extremely uninspired. I am totally incapable of drawing or painting or doing anything without a good set of instructions. But, I LOVE good design. I probably inherited this from my parents, who are fairly obsessive about redecorating my house and love to travel mostly because it gives them new [...]
