David Pizarro gives a great TED Talk on the politics of disgust:

What does a disgusting image have to do with how you vote? Equipped with surveys and experiments, psychologist David Pizarro demonstrates a correlation between sensitivity to disgusting cues — a photo of feces, an unpleasant odor — and moral and political conservatism. (Filmed at TEDxEast.)

David Pizarro is a psychologist interested in how certain emotions (disgust, fear, anger) affect our moral judgment.

This reminds me of Dan Ariely’s book, Predictably Irrational. We like to believe we’re logical, rational animals, but we’re far from it.

Mashable updated with a new, responsive design.

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It’s great to see what’s possible when Adobe Lightroom is in the right hands.

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There’s a reason this site is called ‘Daily Exhaust’. Most of the time I use to capture things of artistic, cultural or technological significance, but sometimes it’s just to vent. To get exhaust out of my engine.

After watching John Stewart’s great interview with George Carlin back in 1997 , I’m even more aware of just how horrible a job Dave Letterman did interviewing Led Zeppelin the other day (via Jim Dalrymple).

From Dave’s stammering and stuttering to his borrowing of Jack Black’s jokes, the whole thing just felt really awkward.

Dave’s lucky the gentlemen in Led Zeppelin are not only amazing musicians but culturally astute and funny bastards.

Screen Junkies just posted a new Honest Trailer for The Dark Knight Rises (via Laughing Squid).

I’m glad I wasn’t the only one acutely aware of the gaping plot holes and inconsistencies in The Dark Knight Rises. It paled in comparison to The Dark Knight (2008).

Bryan didn’t dig it either.

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John Stewart interviews George Carlin. 1997. Fucking awesome.

I like how Carlin refers to his alcoholic father (that he never knew) as brilliant, but “couldn’t metabolize ethanol efficiently.”

Not to mention his great insights into drugs, work ethic and how he saw himself as an artist on a journey, not necessarily just a comedian.

Apple updates the iWork apps for iOS, improving their compatibility with Microsoft Office.

…and the relevancy of Microsoft Office continues to diminish.

It’s no wonder Apple continues to make inroads in the enterprise market.

iOS Request orig. from 2 Dec 2012

*As this site matures, I think it makes sense to point out corrections. I appreciate when readers take the time educate me on things I’m clueless on (it happens a lot).

And yes, for the time being, I’m adopting the ‘kottke approach‘ to updates.

Also: Fellow Exhauster Bryan recently enlightened me on the corrections page on NYTimes.com.

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I want to give a shout out to Outgrow.me – “The first marketplace for successfully funded Kickstarter & Indiegogo projects.”

One of the founders, Sam Selig, reached out to me a few months ago and asked me if I was interested in selling the posters from my Kickstarter project on their site. Seemed like a win-win to me—I get a chance to sell my extra posters and have them alongside other great projects.

Browse around their site, there’s some really great (and weird, and funny) products to buy.

President Obama pays tribute to Led Zeppelin.

Hell yeah. The best rock ‘n roll band ever.