March 2011
1 post
February 2011
2 posts
Mubarak Refuses to Step Down - NYTimes.com →
December 2010
2 posts
“If we want to track what government is doing, see what companies are doing,...”
– Long Live the Web: A Call for Continued Open Standards and Neutrality: Scientific American
Panic Blog » 15 Secrets of Transmit 4 →
November 2010
5 posts
“Bush, in his memoir, confesses to authorizing waterboarding, which is a war...”
– George Bush Book ‘Decision Points’ Lifted From Advisers’ Books
“Instead of being “overcome,” historic American racism against nonwhite people...”
– n+1: Caucasian Nation
October 2010
1 post
“We have not officially been renewed, I’m assuming we will be. For me, these...”
– Matthew Weiner on Season 4 of ‘Mad Men’ - NYTimes.com
September 2010
5 posts
“Life is a palindrome like that: you cry at both ends.”
– Frank Chimero - The Back Side of Your Gullet Is Decadent and Depraved, Part 4
Seth's Blog: Better than nothing (is harder than... →
Stop worrying so much about comparing yourself to every other possible competitor you can imagine and start comparing yourself to nothing. Are you really worth the hassle, the risk, the time, the money? Or can’t the prospect just wait until tomorrow?
War and the City: March Song →
Walking home through Williamsburg in Brooklyn offered such an astounding parade of self-absorbed, prolonged adolescence and fatuous faddishness, I found myself driven insensible with contempt. One night a gaggle of hipsters playing kickball in McCarren Park provoked me to a burst of vitriol on how kickball was a grade-school kids’ game, how hipster culture fetishized immaturity, and how their...
“Netflix executives are doubtless extolling this deal to their shareholders as a...”
– Apple drives another nail into sluggish Sony’s coffin | Technology | The Observer
August 2010
10 posts
Golf Courses Are Good for the Environment →
Swedish scientists found that a large majority (63 percent) of
the 200+ golf courses they studied in the UK “were found to
have ecological values similar to or higher than nature-protected
sites”…
Golf Courses Are Good for the Environment →
Swedish scientists found that a large majority (63 percent) of
the 200+ golf courses they studied in the UK “were found to
have ecological values similar to or higher than nature-protected
sites”…
Engineer Thinking →
It is software’s responsibility to mask uncertainty and to make the effort to provide a sensible default behaviour. Many users will care more about the fact that there is a default than what the default is. Choice means decisions, and decisions mean effort and second-guessing, and loss of focus and time. The best choice in software is a choice which has already been made for you, invisibly.
Coffee's Mysterious Origins →
To preserve their monopoly, Arabian coffee traders intentionally made export beans infertile by parching or boiling them before export to Europe.
“Serious technology scholars long ago discarded the idea that tech was just a...”
– What’s Wrong With “X Is Dead” - Science and Tech - The Atlantic
Home for Life - Opinionator Blog - NYTimes.com →
“I don’t have an office, I just turn off the Internet and sit at the kitchen...”
– Interview with Rosecrans Baldwin
“I think it’s like carrying around like a little window with you, and you can...”
– Glenn Fleishman Interviews Susan Orlean Regarding the iPad
“To the dumb question “Why me?” the cosmos barely bothers to return the reply:...”
– Topic of Cancer | Culture | Vanity Fair
“I don’t read inspiring books. I find that such books give me a temporary high,...”
– How Software Engineers and Designers Can Increase Their Focus
July 2010
9 posts
You Can’t Take It With You →
it’s incumbent on all of us to make those who come after us smarter than we were.
The Pen and the Signature →
A great way to have no style is to shoot everything from eye-level or tripod level. Most photos are shot there, so it’s much more difficult to make a photo stand out if we do this.
“I used to just add cream to my Americano at the coffee fix-up bar, but now I ask...”
– ✚ How I Order an Americano
Going to try this at home.
“People who worry about how well cameras test are like those who would worry...”
– The Pen and the Signature
The Big Religion Comparison Chart →
The ReligionFacts “Big Religion Chart” is an
attempt to summarize all the complexities of religions and belief
systems into tiny little boxes on a single, quick-reference
comparison chart.
Music From Mad Men →
Why Intelligent People Fail →
Too many good ones to quote just one.
March 2010
8 posts
“This only worked well for the Republican Party if it failed to pass,” David...”
– Obama’s Health Care Victory Carries a Cost - NYTimes.com
“If you want health insurance, get a job.”
– Caller on C-Span during health insurance reform vote.
“Too Much Partying, says a rather dour Jeremy Pepper. As a public relations...”
– Woe Is Me! Has SXSWi Lost Its Soul? | The Atlantic Wire
5 Mind-Traps of Beginer Photographers →
Oddly, spelling isn’t on the list.
Wil Shipley's Notes on TED 2010 →
Great story about Dr. Stephen Wolfram.
Visual Content: Beyond Tufte →
by Erin Kissane
“At the end of 2009, Pandora reported its first profitable quarter and $50...”
– Hot damn!
How Pandora Avoided the Junkyard, and Found Success - NYTimes.com
February 2010
10 posts
“I don’t think the answer is to worry insanely about little expenses...”
– Seth’s Blog: Pennies and dollars
“Some people say it’s bad form to use notes. To them I say you’re a nitpicking...”
– Obama, Palin and teleprompters « Scott Berkun
Omnifocus Themes →
“Her: “Have you heard anything about the halftime show?” Me:...”
– Twitter / Ryan Irelan: Her: “Have you heard anyth …
10 hints for index cards →
