March 2012
57 posts
February 2012
65 posts
“Never half-ass two things. Whole-ass one thing.”
– Ron Swanson (via ckck)
“Suddenly the possibilities were narrowed and instead of feeling straitjacketed,...”
– Jamis Buck, Jam Tracks and Black Keys
The Everlasting Gold Bubble →
parislemon:
cdixon:
The second major category of investments involves assets that will never produce anything, but that are purchased in the buyer’s hope that someone else – who also knows that the assets will be forever unproductive – will pay more for them in the future. Tulips, of all things, briefly became a…
Fucking brilliant. In the Berkshire Hathaway 2011 annual report, Warren Buffet...
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“It is common sense to take a method and try it. If it fails, admit it frankly...”
– Franklin D. Roosevelt (via buchino)
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Clear’s UI, Replicated in HTML5 (Best Viewed on...
Very clever replication of Clear’s UI in HTML5, by Evan You. And it’s a perfect example of why I said “Good luck with that” regarding the aforelinked mobile web app store from Mozilla. This demo only works properly in Mobile Safari on iOS. Parts of it work in Android’s standard Browser app but it’s flickery as well. It works better in Chrome for Android (no flickering for example), but it...
““We don’t keep track of vacation days; we don’t keep track of hours. It doesn’t...”
– Lord of the Files: How GitHub Tamed Free Software (And More) | Wired.com
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“I don’t do uplift well. I don’t do it well myself, and I don’t respond to it...”
– Paul Krugman, Playboy Interview
“I think the choice we made, really without understanding that we were making the...”
– Paul Krugman, Playboy Interview
“Additionally, for what it’s worth, the Obama Economy and typical...”
– Adam Taxin, on the decline of Dalmatians
WTF? Why is this kind of ridiculous partisan opinion in a fluff piece about Dalmations? Way to go Examiner, ensure I can’t trust you as a news source. Excellent.
Watchkhealywu:
thedailywhat:
In Case You Missed It of the Day: Speaking of which, Amy Poehler returned to Saturday Night Live last night to reunite with former Weekend Update co-host Seth Meyers for a special birth-control segment of “Really?!?” which delved into all the wacky, anachronistic mishegas the Republicans were up to this week.
On the one hand, I hope Amy returns to Weekend Update more...
“There’s a tremendous amount of suffering. A lot of America is much worse off...”
– Paul Krugman, Playboy Interview
“At some point we have to function as a society rather than as individuals, in...”
– Michael Levi, Drawing the Line at Power Lines - NYTimes.com
“Faith is belief absent evidence, or in the presence of contradictory evidence....”
– How and why Mark Jaquith became an atheist
“That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”
– Christopher Hitchens
“Picking and choosing is the only thing one can do with the Bible. No one takes...”
– How and why Mark Jaquith became an atheist
“Why won’t God heal amputees?” Certainly an all-powerful god could heal amputees....”
– How and why Mark Jaquith became an atheist
“Science is more than a body of knowledge. It’s a way of thinking… a way of...”
– Carl Sagan
“That was a depressing thought. If our actions are predestined, and thus our...”
– How and why Mark Jaquith became an atheist
“If I could be misled on this, what else had I been misled about?”
– How and why Mark Jaquith became an atheist
“Ghoul formed in 2001 with one mission: Get a bunch of people to give them money...”
– Funny bio blurb from Ghoul’s Kickstarter project
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"Mr. Cody, hook me up wit a glue stick… I'mma cut...
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“The more I learn about designing products, the more excited I get about the mad...”
– Jason Fried, The mad dash to remove something before the deadline
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“You really don’t want to fall into looking at soaring numbers of people on...”
– Paul Krugman, Same Net, More People Falling
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“Yes, the tech and entertainment industries pretend they value digital items when...”
– Nick Bradbury, Digital Ownership and the Path to Privacy
“This strategy, at last, could address the complaints of Ghostbusters fans who...”
– Sean O’Neal, in “Dan Aykroyd now saying he’ll just recast Bill Murray’s part in Ghostbusters 3”
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“Piracy—particularly among adults with disposable income—is rarely about getting...”
– Dan Frommer, ‘Linsanity’ Is Money For MSG, And: Why Grownups Steal