Commentary about change in our times.Tumblr (3.0; @dfcollin)http://dfcollin.tumblr.com/While at a Quantified Self meeting earlier this week I got into a conversation with a guy who runs a...http://dfcollin.tumblr.com/post/21032949179http://dfcollin.tumblr.com/post/21032949179Fri, 13 Apr 2012 11:14:45 -0700New York City put out a YouTube video recently of it&#8217;s &#8220;Taxi of Tomorrow.&#8221;...http://dfcollin.tumblr.com/post/20428124539http://dfcollin.tumblr.com/post/20428124539Tue, 03 Apr 2012 14:53:38 -0700<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m1ipcmECup1qit1swo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>#rustingaway (Taken with <a href="http://instagr.am" target="_blank">instagram</a>)</p>http://dfcollin.tumblr.com/post/19981959403http://dfcollin.tumblr.com/post/19981959403Mon, 26 Mar 2012 17:29:09 -0700rustingawayOne of the few pleasures of growing older is watching ideas come ‘round again and again and enjoying...http://dfcollin.tumblr.com/post/19909802950http://dfcollin.tumblr.com/post/19909802950Sun, 25 Mar 2012 12:52:00 -0700Here’s quotes from a Physorg.org article about a monitoring device being developed in New Zealand...http://dfcollin.tumblr.com/post/19015454035http://dfcollin.tumblr.com/post/19015454035Fri, 09 Mar 2012 12:49:00 -0800Yikes! World urbanization growth graphic 1950-2050: It’s a whole new world, that’s for...http://dfcollin.tumblr.com/post/18957654089http://dfcollin.tumblr.com/post/18957654089Thu, 08 Mar 2012 11:33:00 -0800<object width="400" height="284"> <param name="movie" value="http://video.ted.com/assets/player/swf/EmbedPlayer.swf" /><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" /><param name="wmode" value="transparent" /><param name="bgColor" value="#ffffff" /><param name="flashvars" value="vu=http://video.ted.com/talk/stream/2012/Blank/JamesHansen_2012-320k.mp4&su=http://images.ted.com/images/ted/tedindex/embed-posters/JamesHansen_2012-embed.jpg&vw=512&vh=288&ap=0&ti=1380&lang=&introDuration=15330&adDuration=4000&postAdDuration=830&adKeys=talk=james_hansen_why_i_must_speak_out_about_climate_change;year=2012;theme=bold_predictions_stern_warnings;theme=a_greener_future;event=TED2012;tag=climate+change;tag=environment;tag=global+issues;tag=science;&preAdTag=tconf.ted/embed;tile=1;sz=512x288;" /><embed src="http://video.ted.com/assets/player/swf/EmbedPlayer.swf" pluginspace="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" bgcolor="#ffffff" width="400" height="284" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" flashvars="vu=http://video.ted.com/talk/stream/2012/Blank/JamesHansen_2012-320k.mp4&su=http://images.ted.com/images/ted/tedindex/embed-posters/JamesHansen_2012-embed.jpg&vw=512&vh=288&ap=0&ti=1380&lang=&introDuration=15330&adDuration=4000&postAdDuration=830&adKeys=talk=james_hansen_why_i_must_speak_out_about_climate_change;year=2012;theme=bold_predictions_stern_warnings;theme=a_greener_future;event=TED2012;tag=climate+change;tag=environment;tag=global+issues;tag=science;&preAdTag=tconf.ted/embed;tile=1;sz=512x288;"></embed></object> <br/><br/><p>TED conference presentation by climate researcher James Hansen. I don’t have any kids, but still I think about global warming with sadness each time I see a child in a stroller. They’re the ones who’ll really pay.</p>http://dfcollin.tumblr.com/post/18916543151http://dfcollin.tumblr.com/post/18916543151Wed, 07 Mar 2012 13:33:57 -0800 David Autor, and economics professor at MIT, is co-author of a report that confirms the suspicions...http://dfcollin.tumblr.com/post/18349503050http://dfcollin.tumblr.com/post/18349503050Sun, 26 Feb 2012 16:29:30 -0800 The meeting of the AAAS (American Association for the Advancement of Science) has wrapped up it’s...http://dfcollin.tumblr.com/post/18024912551http://dfcollin.tumblr.com/post/18024912551Tue, 21 Feb 2012 12:39:44 -0800<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2012/feb/19/science-scepticism-usdomesticpolicy">Science under attack by big business</a>http://dfcollin.tumblr.com/post/18023547803http://dfcollin.tumblr.com/post/18023547803Tue, 21 Feb 2012 12:13:42 -0800<script type="text/javascript" src="http://cdn-akm.vmixcore.com/vmixcore/js?auto_play=0&cc_default_off=1&player_name=uvp&width=512&height=332&player_id=1aa0b90d7d31305a75d7fa03bc403f5a&t=V0ysZYl2_9WGXg1NjSJzbMUugCcQoTuOOz"></script><br/><br/><p>Mind-blowing solar tornado, or, as NASA calls it, plasma indirection. Absolutely mesmerizing. </p>http://dfcollin.tumblr.com/post/17957827086http://dfcollin.tumblr.com/post/17957827086Mon, 20 Feb 2012 10:39:41 -0800 Yesterday was kinda strange. I just posted about how I came across a rather disturbing article...http://dfcollin.tumblr.com/post/17780234977http://dfcollin.tumblr.com/post/17780234977Fri, 17 Feb 2012 12:45:00 -0800 In an earlier post I linked to a report from the UK about a forecast that the in the near future...http://dfcollin.tumblr.com/post/17778476167http://dfcollin.tumblr.com/post/17778476167Fri, 17 Feb 2012 12:10:00 -0800black swanarxivmoneyfinancecomputerstradingcrash As I mentioned before, I signed up for the 160,000-student online Introduction Artificial...http://dfcollin.tumblr.com/post/17670681107http://dfcollin.tumblr.com/post/17670681107Wed, 15 Feb 2012 12:57:59 -0800AISebastian ThrunPeter NorvigStanfordMITDARAself-driving carrobotsroboticsUdacityengineeringTipped off by a tweet I tracked down an article in the San Jose Mercury News about the Singularity...http://dfcollin.tumblr.com/post/17532951298http://dfcollin.tumblr.com/post/17532951298Sun, 12 Feb 2012 19:29:15 -0800The whole damn universe...with a slider: This is Flash graphic that zooms from the Planck length out...http://dfcollin.tumblr.com/post/17520873335http://dfcollin.tumblr.com/post/17520873335Sun, 12 Feb 2012 16:13:53 -0800A few weeks ago I mentioned that I had dropped out of Facebook. I didn&#8217;t like all the drama...http://dfcollin.tumblr.com/post/17441048888http://dfcollin.tumblr.com/post/17441048888Sat, 11 Feb 2012 11:50:00 -0800<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyweef5LX91qit1swo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Taken with <a href="http://instagr.am" target="_blank">instagram</a></p>http://dfcollin.tumblr.com/post/17066497186http://dfcollin.tumblr.com/post/17066497186Sat, 04 Feb 2012 18:18:14 -0800<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyw8iqyQYr1qit1swo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Taken with <a href="http://instagr.am" target="_blank">instagram</a></p>http://dfcollin.tumblr.com/post/17059713004http://dfcollin.tumblr.com/post/17059713004Sat, 04 Feb 2012 16:11:13 -0800<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyw74l1JmJ1qit1swo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Reaching… (Taken with <a href="http://instagr.am" target="_blank">instagram</a>)</p>http://dfcollin.tumblr.com/post/17058099356http://dfcollin.tumblr.com/post/17058099356Sat, 04 Feb 2012 15:41:09 -0800