Reed Hedges

Shared links, photos, and occasional thoughts:

Time lapse of various mushrooms growing

Wednesday, 13 August 2008

YouTube - José González - 'Teardrop'

Tuesday, 12 August 2008

Reasons Clear

Monday, 11 August 2008

I think the reasons for the fighting in Georgia are pretty clear, though so far few US news sources have really discussed it seriously.

Rising Gasoline Costs | FlowingData

Friday, 8 August 2008

A neat animation of gas prices fluxuating over time. The animation gives a feel for how prices quickly jump up, then float back down, as well as the ability to compare the variability between the regions.

More at http://projects.flowingdata.com/gas-prices/.

daddy-1024

Friday, 1 August 2008

awake-day 3

Wednesday, 30 July 2008

ReedAndAlya posted a photo:

awake-day 3

Third day, taking in a bit of daylight from the window.

More at http://www.flickr.com/photos/alyaandreed/2716917587/.

great grandma

Wednesday, 30 July 2008

ReedAndAlya posted a photo:

great grandma

Our Babushka is now Prababushka.

More at http://www.flickr.com/photos/alyaandreed/2716879395/.

sleeping

Wednesday, 30 July 2008

z-and-a

Wednesday, 30 July 2008

Welcome to the world, Zephan!

Wednesday, 30 July 2008

Alexandra and I are extremely happy to announce Zephan Isaac, born on Friday July 25.

We'll be adding photos over the next few weeks at http://www.flickr.com/photos/alyaandreed/ and at http://www.interreality.org/~reed (subscribe by RSS if you use it).

Please pass the news on, if I didn't have someone's email address.

Send me your mailing address if you would like a photo/announcement card - reed.lGZQuD@interreality.org

How Prozac sent the science of depression in the wrong direction - The Boston Globe

Monday, 7 July 2008

"...The drug's effectiveness inspired an elegant theory, known as the chemical hypothesis: Sadness is simply a lack of chemical happiness... There's only one problem with this theory of depression: it's almost certainly wrong..."

More at http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/ideas/articles/2008/07/06/head_fake/.

McCain’s Energy Plan: Correct Diagnosis, Killer Prescription

Tuesday, 1 July 2008

From TheOilDrum.com "With gas topping $4 per gallon and oil prices seemingly reaching new highs every week, more pain at the pump is certain in the foreseeable future, and energy policy is rightfully claiming its place as a major topic of the 2008 electio

More at http://www.theoildrum.com/node/4216.

Interview with the Dalai Lama's Youngest Brother

Wednesday, 25 June 2008

He's like the Dalai Lama, but you get the sense that maybe "you could sit down and have a beer with him." (via boingboing.net)

More at http://www.tokyomango.com/tokyo_mango/2008/06/my-interview-wi.html.

Structure and tie strengths in Mobile Communication Networks

Tuesday, 24 June 2008

"...They observed a coupling between interaction strengths and a network's local structure, with the counterintuitive consequence that social networks are robust to the removal of the strong ties but fall apart after a phase transition if the weak ties ar

More at http://www.visualcomplexity.com/vc/project.cfm?id=588.

Political segregation - The Big Sort (Economist.com)

Monday, 23 June 2008

(where and how we live) "Americans are increasingly choosing to live among like-minded neighbours. This makes the culture war more bitter and politics harder." via http://www.metafilter.com/72710/The-Big-Sort (some more discussion there)

More here.

Hot Chip Video - Ready for the Floor

Sunday, 25 May 2008

More video fun from Hot Chip ("Over and Over" is another one).

More at http://www.last.fm/music/Hot+Chip/+videos/3831274.

Never Been - A web tapestry

Monday, 5 May 2008

A visual tapestry/ribbon story in Russian/Eastern European folk art style. Use your mouse to drag the tapestry around. Too bad you can't also zoom in.

More at http://www.stuartkolakovic.co.uk/neverbeen.htm.

The Universe Is Conspiring to Help Us

Wednesday, 30 April 2008

The future of dirt - The Boston Globe

Monday, 28 April 2008

Soil Science. The article makes it seem like this is some kind of newfangled research-- but it's as old as agriculture itself! We just lost it in the last few centruries as farms evolved alongside industry.

More here.

Regular expression syntax reference chart

Friday, 25 April 2008

Clay Barnes made this handy-dandy chart of the regular expression syntaxes for vim, sed, grep, egrep, and perl.

More at http://www.hci-matters.com/blog/2008/04/23/everybody-loves-regular-expressions/.

How to Get Rid of Things

Tuesday, 22 April 2008

Well, what it says. How to get rid of things.

More at http://www.getridofthings.com/.

NY Times Magazine article on Jan Chipchase and mobile phone use in the third world

Sunday, 13 April 2008

Jan Chipchase is a designer who works for Nokia studying how people use phones and what kinds of designs they might find better or more useful. This interesting article follows him as he travels the world, looking at how mobile phones are used especially

More at http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/13/magazine/13anthropology-t.html.

VisLink: Revealing Relationships Amongst Visualizations

Thursday, 10 April 2008

Video explaining VisLink, a way to view and interact with the relations between two 2d visualization displays in a 3d space. More at http://www.cs.toronto.edu/~ccollins/research/VisLink/index.html . (They're using Prefuse.)

More at http://www.cs.toronto.edu/~ccollins/research/VisLink/flash/index.html.

Landline - 06/04/2008: Food Forest . Australian Broadcasting Corp

Wednesday, 9 April 2008

A short video profile of The Food Forest, a permaculture farm in south Australia.

More at http://www.abc.net.au/landline/content/2006/s2208413.htm.

Salsa

Wednesday, 28 February 2007

ReedAndAlya posted a photo:

Salsa

My fruit, cilantro, and smoked habanero/chipolte salsa. First time making salsa and first time canning anything. It came out pretty good. - Reed

More at http://www.flickr.com/photos/alyaandreed/405663351/.

How Prozac sent the science of depression in the wrong direction - The Boston Globe

Monday, 7 July 2008

"...The drug's effectiveness inspired an elegant theory, known as the chemical hypothesis: Sadness is simply a lack of chemical happiness... There's only one problem with this theory of depression: it's almost certainly wrong..."

More at http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/ideas/articles/2008/07/06/head_fake/.

McCain’s Energy Plan: Correct Diagnosis, Killer Prescription

Tuesday, 1 July 2008

From TheOilDrum.com "With gas topping $4 per gallon and oil prices seemingly reaching new highs every week, more pain at the pump is certain in the foreseeable future, and energy policy is rightfully claiming its place as a major topic of the 2008 electio

More at http://www.theoildrum.com/node/4216.

From NYT > Magazine: Can Weeds Help Solve the Climate Crisis?

Saturday, 28 June 2008

Interview with the Dalai Lama's Youngest Brother

Wednesday, 25 June 2008

He's like the Dalai Lama, but you get the sense that maybe "you could sit down and have a beer with him." (via boingboing.net)

More at http://www.tokyomango.com/tokyo_mango/2008/06/my-interview-wi.html.

Structure and tie strengths in Mobile Communication Networks

Tuesday, 24 June 2008

"...They observed a coupling between interaction strengths and a network's local structure, with the counterintuitive consequence that social networks are robust to the removal of the strong ties but fall apart after a phase transition if the weak ties ar

More at http://www.visualcomplexity.com/vc/project.cfm?id=588.

Political segregation - The Big Sort (Economist.com)

Monday, 23 June 2008

(where and how we live) "Americans are increasingly choosing to live among like-minded neighbours. This makes the culture war more bitter and politics harder."

More at http://www.economist.com/world/na/displayStory.cfm?source=hptextfeature&story_id=11581447.

From Dave Gray: Q-tools: An approach for discovery and knowledge work

Wednesday, 4 June 2008

Hot Chip Video - Ready for the Floor

Sunday, 25 May 2008

More video fun from Hot Chip ("Over and Over" is another one).

More at http://www.last.fm/music/Hot+Chip/+videos/3831274.

Never Been - A web tapestry

Monday, 5 May 2008

A visual tapestry/ribbon story in Russian/Eastern European folk art style. Use your mouse to drag the tapestry around. Too bad you can't also zoom in.

More at http://www.stuartkolakovic.co.uk/neverbeen.htm.

The Universe Is Conspiring to Help Us

Wednesday, 30 April 2008

The future of dirt - The Boston Globe

Monday, 28 April 2008

Soil Science. The article makes it seem like this is some kind of newfangled research-- but it's as old as agriculture itself! We just lost it in the last few centruries as farms evolved alongside industry.

More at boston.com.

Regular expression syntax reference chart

Friday, 25 April 2008

Clay Barnes made this handy-dandy chart of the regular expression syntaxes for vim, sed, grep, egrep, and perl.

More at http://www.hci-matters.com/blog/2008/04/23/everybody-loves-regular-expressions/.

How to Get Rid of Things

Tuesday, 22 April 2008

Well, what it says. How to get rid of things.

More at http://www.getridofthings.com/.

NY Times Magazine article on Jan Chipchase and mobile phone use in the third world

Sunday, 13 April 2008

Jan Chipchase is a designer who works for Nokia studying how people use phones and what kinds of designs they might find better or more useful. This interesting article follows him as he travels the world, looking at how mobile phones are used especially

More at http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/13/magazine/13anthropology-t.html.

"Where Have All the Joiners Gone?" (from Orion magazine)

Friday, 11 April 2008

Cheap fossil fuel has made us what we are. Which is to say: rich, powerful... But something else too: the first people on Earth with no need of our neighbors...

More at http://www.orionmagazine.org/index.php/articles/article/2874.

VisLink: Revealing Relationships Amongst Visualizations

Thursday, 10 April 2008

Video explaining VisLink, a way to view and interact with the relations between two 2d visualization displays in a 3d space. More at http://www.cs.toronto.edu/~ccollins/research/VisLink/index.html . (They're using Prefuse.)

More at http://www.cs.toronto.edu/~ccollins/research/VisLink/flash/index.html.

Landline - 06/04/2008: Food Forest . Australian Broadcasting Corp

Wednesday, 9 April 2008

A short video profile of The Food Forest, a permaculture farm in south Australia.

More at http://www.abc.net.au/landline/content/2006/s2208413.htm.

From Raph's Website: Daily Show on the VW congressional hearings

Tuesday, 8 April 2008

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