February 2010
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mmmm…. donuts…
No Grapes, No Nuts, No Market Share →
No Grapes, No Nuts, No Market Share: Great story about Grape Nuts. Mixed with yeast (one cup per 2,000 pounds) and water, the flour turns to dough, gets chopped into 10-pound loaves and sent…
Yelp Hit With Class Action Lawsuit For Running An... →
Two law firms, Beck & Lee from Miami and The Weston Firm in San Diego, have filed a class action lawsuit in Los Angeles federal court alleging unfair business practices by local business…
RT @doctorow: IP lobby disgraces itself, asks that nations that encourage free/open code be classed as rogue states http://tinyurl.com/y …
“#!usr/bin/python
# My first Like, Python script!
yo just print like...”
– Like, Python
“It turns out that the International Intellectual Property Alliance, an umbrella...”
– When using open source makes you an enemy of the state | Technology | guardian.co.uk
I’m suffering increasing rates of leg malfunctions as I get older.
Map Envelope →
Mail from the exact location
Devotion to Duty →
Was this song an early ode to Foursquare? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQ8ViYIeH04
less http://lesscss.org/ is everything I wanted Sass to be
Being home alone for the weekend means you get boring tech-nerd tweets
kung fu grippe: 43 Simple Ways To Simplify Your... →
43 Simple Ways To Simplify Your Life
Remove your doors
Eat half of each pet
Sit on a big, thick book
Something something keyring holder
Paint clocks cheery pink
Wear discarded food
Makebelieve girlfriend chair
Sleep in liquor cabinet
Embrace hug love hug meow meow
Small room to…
dvdp →
amazing black and white
Regarding Foursquare and Please Rob Me →
The more things change… “… Anyone who wants to can see a list of all the events you are planning on attending? It’s like a stalker’s delight.” — Comment about Upcoming.org from September…
Also, there’s no one I care about less than Tiger Woods
RT @meredith_white: Congrats to @bluebirdtavern for being named as a semifinalists for the James Beard Foundation Best New Restaurant in …
Coolest thing ever http://5z8.info/IE-exploiter_q3l8_white-power-rides-upon-stallions-unstoppable … made with http://www.shadyurl.com
"In eras past, mainstream culture was blandly,... →
“In eras past, mainstream culture was blandly, blindly complacent, so underground music was angry and dissatisfied. But now, mainstream culture isn’t complacent, it’s stupid and angry; underground…
"In her 2006 book, Generation Me, Twenge notes... →
“In her 2006 book, Generation Me, Twenge notes that self-esteem in children began rising sharply around 1980, and hasn’t stopped since. By 1999, according to one survey, 91 percent of teens…
Worked out for the first time in a long time. It sucked. Being fat makes everything so much harder.
Resisting the urge to give lots of glib answers on @vark
Today I’m starting on the better-than-nothing workout plan. It will be … moderate.
A conversation I have every month or so
s4xton:
dwineman:
Me: (tries to visit a local restaurant’s website via iPhone) Restaurant website: I require Flash. Fuck off. Me: I just want to know how late you’re open. Website: Nope. Me: But I’m on my phone. Don’t you have a little “HTML Version” link up in the corner or something? Website: I’m ignoring you. Me: What if I’m on my phone because I’m out, looking for a place to eat? Didn’t...
RT @assaf: RT @atmos: Cool, Harmony can execute JavaScript through Ruby. Full integration testing here we come! http://github.com/mynyml …
On the same note: http://github.com/mynyml/holygrail
RT @diveintomark: Other than Adobe being Adobe, the larger question is this: why does the W3C allow secret objections in the first place …
“Here is your possible future,” they bark, flourishing the latest...”
– Show and Sell: The Secret to Apple’s Magic - apple tablet - Gizmodo
thedailywhat:
Google Street View Find of the Day:... →
thedailywhat:
Google Street View Find of the Day: Two scuba divers spotted lounging by the side of the road in the city of Bergen, Norway, by the Google Street View Van angrily chased it…
RT @doctorow: Example: Copyfighters don’t want open gov-data because “info wants to be free.” They want it because they paid for it with tax
Energy. Don’t forgot to talk about energy. →
Energy. Don’t forgot to talk about energy.
Just saw a Tesla racing a motorcycle on the street. The Tesla won.
Finally going to see Avatar today
The relentless search for "tell me what to... →
If you’ve ever hired or managed or taught, you know the feeling.
People are just begging to be told what to do. There are a lot of reasons for this, but I think the biggest one is: “If you tell me…
Seriously local news is the stupidest thing on TV. Makes Jersey Shore look like learned discourse.
ConversationalStories →
Here’s a common misconception about agile methods. It centers on the way user stories are created and flow through the development activity. The misconception is that the product owner (or business…
The Truth About Agave Nectar: It’s All Hype →
The Truth About Agave Nectar: It’s All Hype: If you simply must have some sweets once in a while, a small amount of agave nectar every once in a while isn’t going to kill you. Just don’t buy…
“I think I’ve just figured out why it annoys me when people trivialise the...”
– (via alexjcampbell) (via wearethedigitalkids) (via mediation) (via s4xton)
"By the end of ten years, I’d said pretty much... →
“By the end of ten years, I’d said pretty much everything I had come there to say. It’s always better to leave the party early. If I had rolled along with the strip’s popularity and repeated myself…
“Who will save book publishing?
What will save the newspapers?
What means...”
– Seth’s Blog: Who will save us?
"This is not a reason to prefer Macmillan over... →
“ This is not a reason to prefer Macmillan over Amazon. Amazon might arguably have something that is almost a monopoly on online bookselling, allowing them to de facto dictate the price of books…
Corporations Cannot Have Natural Rights… Duh →
When I first read through the Citizens United decision that essentially made it illegal to “discriminate” against corporate political speech, I found myself very torn. On the one hand, I’m an…