January 2010
The Problem Isn't Middlemen, It's Monopolies →
I love middlemen. Yes I do! Most indie filmmakers I talk to complain about distributors and “middlemen,” but they’re missing the real problem. Middlemen — publishers, distributors, resellers — can…
Can’t wait for dinner at Jardiniere
At 13,000 Years, Tree Is World’s Oldest Organism →
It began life during the last ice age, long before man turned to agriculture and built the first cities in the fertile crescent of the Middle East. It was already thousands of years old when…
You guys, I’m afraid of what the Tweens will do to... →
You guys, I’m afraid of what the Tweens will do to us when they recognize the birth of their power.
cloudkick | the best way to manage the cloud →
If you have servers on Rackspace, EC2, or Slicehost, Cloudkick is a FREE & EASY way to manage your infrastructure.
December 2009
Kindle Total Cost of Ownership: Calculating the... →
Bruce Schneier on Aviation Security →
Bruce Schneier: Despite fearful rhetoric to the contrary, terrorism is not a transcendent threat. A terrorist attack cannot possibly destroy a country’s way of life; it’s only our reaction to…
Force →
Ten Psychology Studies from 2009 Worth Knowing... →
1. If you have to choose between buying something or spending the money on a memorable experience, go with the experience.
“Criticizing reality television is just an overly simplistic way of saying that...”
– Trends That Need to End in 2010 - Page 1 - The Daily Beast
#583; In which a Dog is returned →
What is the organizational pattern that causes people to CC their boss on every email whether the boss is involved or not?
britt/gem-manage-sources metrics - Caliper: http://bit.ly/6CJtPx via @addthis
UKI – Simple UI Kit for complex web apps →
as though Latin America was one unified nation or culture RT @cnnbrk Latin America allows first same-sex marriage http://bit.ly/6EHfQp
VirtualBox seems to perform better than VMWare on my Mac…hrm…
Tweeting Too Hard →
Where self-important tweets get the recognition they deserve.
Become a Social Media Guru in 2 Minutes or Less! @... →
“Culturally, I find the Boomers tedious and unhelpful. Their confused notions...”
– The End of the 00s: How To Lose Your Idealism In Under Ten Years, by Natasha Vargas-Cooper | The Awl
Nate Silver on the Odds of Airborne Terror →
Nate Silver: You could board 20 flights per year and still be less likely to be the subject of an attempted terrorist attack than to be struck by lightning.
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Just mixed up a Negroni. It’s ok I suppose. I think gin and I just aren’t friends.
Finally saw Inglorious Basterds. So damn weird, but also so good.
At first I thought “ungh… So many made-up words.” but I’m really enjoying Anathem.
http://twitpic.com/uk4r2
Finally got the new version of git built on Snow Leopard after try #4
jquery.behavior.js at master from rodp's... →
#operationchokehold You may have succeeded. Who knows? Impossible to distinguish your efforts from AT&T’s normal data service
I’ve had my MacBook Pro for 2 years and have just burnt through my second battery. These things just destroy batteries.
I’m sick of zombie Walt Whitman hawking Levi’s
"Despite the fact that God’s heart for the poor is... →
“Despite the fact that God’s heart for the poor is mentioned in some 2,100 verses of Scripture, many of us simply miss it. In a recent survey of adults in America conducted by Harris Interactive,…
"To even call these shots ‘espresso’ is a stretch.... →
“To even call these shots ‘espresso’ is a stretch. These are astringent, bitter, tire-rubber flavored little coffees. This is something you carelessly toss into someone’s drink when the coffee is…
#Twitter needs to do away with @ replies. Judging from tge ones i get 9/10 people don’t know how to use them.
"The original article provided the incorrect... →
“The original article provided the incorrect location of New York University’s new institution. It is in Abu Dhabi, not Abu Ghraib.” - The Year in Media Errors and Corrections
“What has Google ever done for the world?” ask the sociopaths at various points...”
– Googling for Sociopaths (Aaron Swartz’s Raw Thought)
Darby Lines on the Tech Media’s Obsession With ‘X... →
Darby Lines: Has anyone ever seriously made a comment such as “The new Vizio HDTV is totally a Panasonic killer”? No, they haven’t and if they did they would be laughed at. But somehow, if a…
gist: 255948 - The Ultimate URL DSL!- GitHub →
Christmas tree acquired
I want to complain about a shopping site but it will reveal what gifts I’m giving this year. So, Flash-based shopping cart = worst idea ever
Man, Righteous Kill is a boring movie
Tired from planting trees. Lovely weather for it too… http://twitpic.com/t8gek
I have declared failure on upgrading my git install, much less getting git-p4 running.