The Sarah Palin Quote Generator: It is for no more politics as usual and building new relationships finding a solution and taking action. Methinks we have a meme.

Why you can’t divide by zero: The reason that the result of a division by zero is undefined is the fact that any attempt at a definition leads to a contradiction. And that explains that.

Adaptive Path released their previously 395-dollars-cheap report How ROI Changes User Experience for free, which, in a nutshell, says that user experience design is something you should make accountable: The ability to “value” user experience design makes it a visible and credible business lever on par with marketing, research and develop- ment, and channel strategy. As a result, applying ROI-measuring tech- niques to user experience investment decisions has a positive impact on how Web teams ...

Mike Soloman’s Apple Soundtrack, a song composed entirely of Mac OS X interface sounds.

Why they lie to you: Because of tricks the brain plays, Mr. Miller wrote, “we’re likely to believe anything we hear repeated frequently enough. At FactCheck.org we’ve noted how political spin-masters exploit this tendency ruthlessly, repeating dubious or false claims endlessly until, in the minds of many voters, they become true. Making matters worse, a study by Hebrew University’s [Ruth] Mayo shows that people often forget ‘denial tags.’ Thus many people who hear the phrase ...

Why I sell all of my used computers on Ebay: Scientists previously thought either risk aversion or the joy of winning drove overbidding, but the new study found the behavior was prompted by a “fear of losing.” The results, the authors say, were not predicted by current economic theory. While it may seem like common-sense, the difference between doing something so you’ll win and doing something so you won’t lose is important.

Whether you consider McCain’s recent campaign suspension statesmen-like or buffoonery, both sides seem to be in agreement that his actions, directly or indirectly, are to blame for the bailout’s plan downfall this evening: Senator Christopher J. Dodd, Democrat of Connecticut and chairman of the Senate banking committee, denounced the session as “a rescue plan for John McCain,” and proclaimed it a waste of precious hours that could have been spent negotiating. And lest you think ...

Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert, perhaps the most honest men in political news, gave a joint interview to Entertainment Weekly that’s riddled with more fantastic points than most political interviews: STEWART: There’s this idea that people who hunt and have ”good” values are somehow this mythological American; I don’t know who ”this” person is, I’ve never met them. She is no more typical ”us” than I am, than Obama is, than McCain is, than Mr. ...

What would happen if a person tried to travel through a tunnel from one side of the Earth to the other: It takes 42 minutes regardless of the path you take. That’s just neat.

Kevin Dart’s work on this promotional spot for the BBC’s Olympics coverage is absolutely gorgeous.

Willem Buiter over at Financial Times asks a pointed question regarding the Federal bailout of AIG: If financial behemoths like AIG are too large and/or too interconnected to fail but not too smart to get themselves into situations where they need to be bailed out, then what is the case for letting private firms engage in such kinds of activities in the first place? There is a long-standing argument that there is no real case ...

The Christian Science Monitor’s Patchwork Nation explores the electorate of the United States in vastly more precise terms that just “red” and “blue”: We’ve identified 11 places across the US that represent distinct types of voter communities … As the 2008 campaign progresses, the Monitor will write about what issues matter in each of these communities, how the issues affect residents’ votes, and how the candidates tailor their messages to a particular audience.

Bill Bishop, author of the The Big Sort, has a new blog up on Slate, with his first two posts focused on why the electoral map will essentially remain the same, despite the 50 State Strategy: Sen. Obama is stuck. He didn’t find a way across the boundaries of lifestyle and culture that split Democrats. And now it’s the middle of September and he still trying to find a way to bring these very different ...

A map of where connections were most frequently missed, according to Craigslist. Yes, I have an obsession with missed connections.

Isabella Rossellini explores the mating habits of bees. Odd. Very, very odd. Informative, yes. But, odd. Thanks, Jess.

Diebold, which at some point renamed themselves Premier Election Solutions, has admitted that voting machines used in 34 states contained a software bug that caused the machines to drop votes: The GEMS system is supposed to save information from one card at a time to be counted in order as the cards are read by a database that Riggall described as the “mother ship.” But a logic error in the program can cause incoming votes ...

Obama’s introduction of Biden: Joe Biden is what so many others pretend to be - a statesman with sound judgment who doesn’t have to hide behind bluster to keep America strong.

Obama has picked Senator Joe Biden for Vice-President. If you’d like to know more about Biden, I’d recommend you read GQ’s profile of Biden from last year: “I believe the only really distinguishing feature I bring to this dance,” he says, “is my reputation for being stand-up, straight, say it what it is. The moment I divert from that, I’m done. I’m done. So I don’t think I can win by being more liberal. I’m ...

Ridelust tears red light cameras apart: “The rigorous studies clearly show red-light cameras don’t work,” said lead author Barbara Langland-Orban, professor and chair of health policy and management at the USF College of Public Health. “Instead, they increase crashes and injuries as drivers attempt to abruptly stop at camera intersections.” In fact, six U.S. cities have been found guilty of shortening the yellow light cycles below what is allowed by law on intersections equipped with ...

I Want You to Want Me was an interactive visualization of online romance: (It) chronicles the world’s long-term relationship with romance, across all ages, genders, and sexualities, gathering new data from a variety of online dating sites every few hours. The system searches these sites for certain phrases, which it then collects and stores in a database. These phrases, taken out of context, provide partial glimpses into people’s private lives. Simultaneously, the system forms an ...