May 2012
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“Some of this is also generational. You know, Malia and Sasha, they have friends...”
– Barack Obama
Years from now, when the next generation looks back on this period during which the United States spent so much time arguing about gay rights, they’ll be ashamed of us and how long it took for us to do the right thing as a nation. It took Obama nearly four years to announce his support...
March 2012
1 post
AUSTIN KLEON: On advertising: Banksy vs. Gossage →
austinkleon:
This Banksy quote from Cut It Out has been making the rounds:
People are taking the piss out of you everyday. They butt into your life, take a cheap shot at you and then disappear. They leer at you from tall buildings and make you feel small. They make flippant comments…
January 2012
3 posts
What is it like to have an understanding of very... →
“A price umbrella is a term used to describe the effect a dominant company can...”
– A common phenomenon that I didn’t know had a name (via Apple’s Cook determined to stay the course | Apple - CNET News)
October 2011
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September 2011
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August 2011
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May 2011
1 post
““Facebook friendship and Twitter chatter are displacing real rapport and...”
– The Twitter Trap - NYTimes.com
April 2011
11 posts
The Science of Why We Don't Believe Science |... →
… don’t lead with the facts in order to convince… lead with the values—so as to give the facts a fighting chance.
WatchStill love this Cracker Jack ad after all these years.
Rachel Maddow Issues A Warning To Her Viewers... →
McCarthyism is alive and well in Michigan. :(
The tentacles of the Kochtopus: What you need to... →
“There’s something about the Field Notes that’s equally as attractive to a...”
– Bootstrapped, Profitable, & Proud: Coudal - (37signals)
“It is very difficult to get a man to understand something when his tribal...”
– Fact-Free Science - NYTimes.com
March 2011
4 posts
WatchHow to spot a liar
“Later, I asked him why he had seemed happier with the boy than with the two...”
– Playboy Interview - Steven Jobs
February 2011
6 posts
An Open Letter to Women
streeter:
Dear Women,
For too long now we’ve misunderstood each other. We are both rational creatures—to a point—but due to our unique hormonal makeups we act in ways that baffle each other. This will never stop, of course, but we can each attempt to shed some light on our thoughts and actions in an effort to understand each other more. Speaking for men, allow me to say…
When we go out to...
“In 2011, one large segment of the population, the roughly 16% of Americans who...”
– So, does this mean that American atheists and Hindus don’t have to pay taxes? (via jimray)
Apple's Three Laws of Developers
yourhead:
A developer may not injure Apple or, through inaction, allow Apple to come to harm.
A developer must obey any orders given to it by Apple, except where such orders would conflict with the First Law.
A developer must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Law.
— I. Developer
“I just see it as ‘fans of a certain kind of attention to detail’.”
– Webstock: An interview with the Daring Fireball - Technology - NZ Herald News
January 2011
2 posts
“It’s rather easy to scoff at a helping hand when you’re a genius...”
– Michael Ford: Ayn Rand and the VIP-DIPers
November 2010
2 posts
“It turns out that there is something that can compete with free: easy.”
– The Men Who Stole the World - TimeFrames - TIME
October 2010
2 posts
“A domain name doesn’t win you a market; launching second or fifth or tenth...”
– Why Wesabe Lost to Mint - Marc Hedlund’s blog
September 2010
4 posts
““A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free...”
– The Second’s Missing Half | Mother Jones
“I’m dismayed by the cult of originality — it sets up impossible, false...”
– George Lucas Stole Chewbacca, But It’s Okay « Binary Bonsai
August 2010
3 posts
“…as the world becomes more addictive, the two senses in which one can live...”
– The Acceleration of Addictiveness
Woman Wears 6 Items Of Clothing For A Month --...
atariboy:
Interesting test in frugality and how observant humans are(‘nt).
During her experiment — something called a “shopping diet,” actually — which ended on Wednesday, Ms. Brennan made do with the following: a black blazer and pants from H & M; two button-down shirts, one black and one pink; a pair of Old Navy jeans; and one well-worn pink T-shirt.
How she settled on those items was...
July 2010
2 posts
“Subjects tested in a room with a mirror have been found to work harder, to be...”
– Basics - Mirrors Used to Explore How the Brain Interprets Information - NYTimes.com
The Atlantic :: Magazine :: Beating Obesity →
The people most vulnerable to obesity, however, do not have access to healthy food, to role models, to solid health-care and community infrastructures, to accurate information, to effective treatments, and even to the time necessary to change their relationship with food.
(via Instapaper)
June 2010
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May 2010
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