August 2009
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“My superpowers include converting food to brown, capturing photons in retina,...”
– Twitter / rstevens
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“Yep Yep”
My girlfriend is learning...
Amazon vs the Kindle →
After reading this post on Boing Boing I’ve softened my view on Amazon as a company. In many aspects they appear to conuct with great respect for their customers and their rights. It’s just their digital delivery that had some major problems.
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We'll Know When We Get There: Sincerely, John... →
This is a fantastic story about a correspondence with John Hughes that makes me think that the man was awesome. I never thought I’d say that, as I don’t care for some of his movies, but it’s true. I’ll never be able to watch his films again without thinking about this post.
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What is google and what is not?
” In general, students are willing to forfeit advanced thinking (critical thinking, in-depth research, and healthy skepticism) for the speed and quickness of Google search results. They are so programmed by standardized testing in K-12 education that finding “facts” online is deemed sufficient to meet college-level expectations. Since standardized tests rely heavily on multiple...
This doesn't travel thru your eyes, it jolts up...
like adjusting stormy rooftop antennas in old time cartoons, or a drug in the movies a faint pulse thru thousands of keyboards up ten times as many fingers, thru twice as many arms around as many rib cages to push a 1/2 pump of blood more thru pumps that need to stretch.
Pioneers! O Pioneers! - “Birds of...
HTML 5 experement →
This year I sat down and forced myself to learn the basics of HTML and CSS. As an unexpected byproduct of that I now can start to appreciate how neat sites like this are knowing that they contain no Flash.
Fake Rocks, Salami Commanders, and Just Enough to... →
At long last Merlin Mann has posted another article. This one about getting past the fear that prevents you from starting on a project. Both this, and the talk that Merlin did with John Gruber a few months ago have been a big help to me.
(via Instapaper)
"A Serious Man" trailer →
The new Cohen brothers movie.
Me: I think I would be a lot more likely to read a book by John Grishams penis than I would by John Grisham.
Girlfriend: Me too!
Me: I imagine it writing detecive stories where the main charecter is always called Dick and it's unclear if he is a person named Dick or a large walking, talking penis that solves crimes.
Girlfriend: ...
Me: On the inside back cover: "Author photo by John Grisham"
Dr. No Good: Sticks and stones may break bones, but toupees will never hurt me.
Launchpad: Uh oh! Do you have any sticks and stones?
I just ate a salad.
I have eaten under ten salads.
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