January 2012
10 posts
“Nothing is more satisfying than using your own tools to Get Things Done.”
– How I Develop Things and Why
“If someone comes in and asks where to find the historical fiction, they’re...”
– 25 Things I Learned From Opening a Bookstore - jlsathre - Open Salon
“…having popped in for their regular glimpse and whiff of the...”
– Kurt Andersen: From Fashion to Housewares, Are We in a Decades-Long Design Rut?
“Some facts (years, dates) are probably wrong in this press release. The reason...”
– https://static.thepiratebay.org/legal/sopa.txt?
“although people sometimes have a hard time deciding whether or not something is...”
– Finding It at the Movies by Louis Menand | The New York Review of Books
December 2011
8 posts
“Many screwball comedies are based on the audience enjoyment of the humorous...”
– The Awful Truth
November 2011
18 posts
“After two men wearing suits were allowed to pass through a police barricade at...”
– Protesters and Officers Clash Near Wall Street - NYTimes.com
“This obsession with modeling has led us into a social version of the Uncanny...”
– The Social Graph is Neither
also, mad props for sneaking an arnell pepsi reference in there. solid.
“If you wire it randomly, it will still have preconceptions of how to play. But...”
– Marvin Minsky
“Are we really doing this?” he asked. “We have a guy talking about anchor babies,...”
– Jon Stewart in Brian Williams on ‘Rock Center’
October 2011
16 posts
“If I cut out the middleman and flood the market with my information, the...”
– Giving the F.B.I. What It Wants
“Conceptual art, as we now know, is about conveying meaning through a vehicular...”
– Conceptual Art at the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy/Fall 2008 Edition
wild at heart (1990)
Sailor: Did I ever tell ya that this here jacket represents a symbol of my individuality, and my belief in personal freedom?
Lula: About fifty thousand times.
“Currently, the most practical use case for the deblur technology we have seen...”
– “Let’s Enhance”, via blogs.adobe.com
“Connoisseurs turn surplus into innovation by giving the most skilled artisans...”
– Seth’s Blog » Blog Archive » Willat Effect Experiments With Tea
The Secret Life of the Overlooked →
autumndewilde:
How to find the hidden spots in your town.
North American video game crash of 1983 →
The North American video game crash was an event that brought an abrupt end to what is considered the second generation of console video gaming in North America.
“And this is the essential broader point—as a programmer you must have a...”
– Rethrick Construction