February 2012
17 posts
1 tag
“Piracy—particularly among adults with disposable income—is rarely about getting...”
– Dan Frommer, ‘Linsanity’ Is Money For MSG, And: Why Grownups Steal
1 tag
“Again, since it is apparently difficult for some people to understand: We are...”
– Hunter, Employer birth-control ‘exemptions’ are a phony issue
“I’m human, in other words, and humans often react in ways beneath them—until...”
– Brent Simmons
1 tag
“Did you know that the clitoris is a holy, sacred thing? ♪”
– “Tomorrow Is A Latter Day”, The Book Of Mormon
God I love this soundtrack so much… every time I listen it puts a smile on my face! I so cannot wait to see this show again.
“One reason radio is superior to TV is that radio has better pictures.”
– Jim Stagnitto, WNYC engineer.
Discuss!
(via wnyc)
1 tag
“Instapaper is one person and no funding. I work completely from home. I don’t...”
– Marco Arment, on the startup lifestyle
Sounds like a lack-of-a-life style. Which is exactly why I couldn’t stay in the startup world. Long hours, grueling work, the promise of possible-but-unlikely future rewards? No fun. If that’s your thing, fine. But to me, there are more important...
Planned Parenthood Saved My Life →
plannedparenthoodsavedme:
I was 24, working at a low-paying job and barely getting by. I hadn’t had a gynecological exam since I was in college. My friend T. told me to go to Planned Parenthood because they didn’t cost much, and would work with me on what I could afford. I went in, got my exam, and thought that was the end of it.
I got a call a few days later to come back into the office for...
“Apple’s approach suggests that they think “write once, run everywhere” is no...”
– John Gruber, on the Apple iBooks file format
January 2012
33 posts
I FOUND ICE CUBES 'GOOD DAY'
murkavenue:
CLUE 1:
“went to short dogs house,
they was watching Yo MTV
RAPS”
Yo MTV RAPS first aired:
Aug 6th 1988
CLUE 2:
Ice Cubes single “today was a good day” released on:
Feb 23 1993
CLUE 3:
”The Lakers beat the Super
Sonics”
Dates between Yo MTV Raps air date AUGUST 6 1988 and the release of the single FEBRUARY...
Anonymous asked: Where the hell have you been???
“Apps provide things we can’t get out of the web: better speed, offline support,...”
– Building trello.com for multiple devices - Fog Creek Blog
1 tag
“Now, you can call this class warfare all you want. But asking a billionaire to...”
– President Obama, 2012 State of the Union address
fleetfoxessing:
“Never Gonna Give You Up” by...
1 tag
“Paul was on his way to Washington, D.C. to speak at the “March for...”
– Yep.
(by Laura Clawson)
“I never make technology-buying decisions based on future promises, rumors, or...”
– Marco Arment, Great since day one
“I believe in copyright. I benefit from it. I don’t want it to go away. I love...”
– Jonathan Coulton, MegaUpload and the overblown threat of piracy
“Make good stuff, then make it easy for people to buy it. There’s your...”
– Jonathan Coulton, MegaUpload and the overblown threat of piracy
1 tag
“There is no god and that’s the simple truth. If every trace of any single...”
– Penn Jillette, God, No!: Signs You May Already Be an Atheist
1 tag
Design is about making choices
The user told the iPhone to make noise by either scheduling an alarm or initiating an obviously noise-playing feature in an app.
The user also told the iPhone to be silent with the switch on the side.
The user has issued conflicting commands, and the iPhone can’t obey both.
It’s a typical design problem: it can’t be heavy and light and big and small. Neither decision will satisfy...
Information wants to be expensive
chipotle:
I’d been working on a post about SOPA, but Franklin Veaux’s post (the quote in my last entry) says just about everything I was trying to get at. (And upon review, I’d probably be repeating myself from a post last year, anyway.) SOPA is a terrible law, yet the fundamental tension that the old “information wants to be free” quote references won’t go away. The full quote, from Stewart...
Negotiations with mobile phone carriers
Android handset makers: Here are our phones. How would you like us to change them so that you will sell them?
Microsoft: Here’s $200 million. Please sell our phones.
Apple: Here is our new phone. It comes in black or white. We will let you sell it.
(by John Gruber)
1 tag
“We have gotten past the stage, my fellow-citizens, when we are to be pardoned if...”
– (Republican) President Theodore Roosevelt, in a speech at the Grand Canyon
(via Daily Kos)
“If given the choice between expressing an opinion and being useful, or pleasing...”
– Marco Arment
1 tag
