March 2011
40 posts
I have Scottish, Irish, and Maori ancestry. I was adopted by a white Australian...
– Memo to Bolt: race runs deeper than skin colour | Crikey
Real advanced technology—on-the-edge sophisticated technology—issues not from...
– Matt Jones quoting W. Brian Arthur.
W. Brian Arthur Vs Silicon Roundabout, ‘Start-Up Britain’ and other shake-and-bake approaches « Magical Nihilism
I would think that the most immoral thing one can do is to have ambitions for...
– Robert Irwin (via mavenist)
I would think that the most immoral thing one can do is to have ambitions for...
– Robert Irwin (via mavenist)
Facebook runs on a very stiff, crude model of what people are like. It herds...
– Lev Grossman’s profile on Mark Zuckerberg for Time
I think this is the best analysis of Facebook I’ve ever read. “The social equivalent of liver failure” is a genius phrase. (via buzzandersen)
Facebook may have a huge installed base, but it’s dead to me. I...
– Scripting News: Twitter’s new developer roadmap
The Internet remains the best place to develop because it is the Platform With...
– Scripting News: Twitter’s new developer roadmap
The audience’s standing ovation was ecstatic, rapturous, genuine. Here, in this...
– Eleven very short stories about SXSW
Site now at http://tonyfuckingabbott.com . Tell Your Friends! Have a laugh! Call...
– Best. Copy. Ever.
https://twitter.com/#!/lstoll/status/50520021209853952
But Hideaki Akaiwa isn’t a regular guy. He’s a fucking insane...
– Badass of the Week: Hideaki Akaiwa
We think the shit on the left, is really just the con in the middle, and that we...
– Programming, Motherfucker
With just half a dozen close friends online, she has a strict regimen to remain...
– Is This The Girl That Hacked HBGary? - Parmy Olson - Disruptors - Forbes
You could probably fairly describe my life project as the reclamation of power...
– Power « Adam Greenfield’s Speedbird
Good work is not done by ‘humble’ men. It is one of the first duties of a...
– Good work, not done by the humble - Laughing Meme
There is no profit margin on mediocre. While every company including ours has...
– Our Lean Startup | | WordPress Hosting Blog | Page.lyWordPress Hosting Blog | Page.ly
For me, relationship status is a minefield of potential misunderstanding,...
– The Case Against Drop-down Identities | Smarterware
The problem with specialization is that cultural literacy is starting to...
– WatsonsBitch comments on IAmA 74-time Jeopardy! champion, Ken Jennings. I will not be answering in the form of a question.
Letter March: Photos of A have been recovered! →
lettermarch:
It is with mondo, tremendous, abundant gratitude to Raul Gutierrez that I present these photos of my first letter. I thought I had lost them while uploading, but in fact nothing is ever erased in this digital world, and Raul recovered them from my camera. Not to mention he is also teaching me…
Ten Sexy Ladies: Apple Cider Vinegar →
tensexyladies:
My brother sets down the shot glass he bought with 500 skee-ball tickets. It says Drink ‘Til He’s Cute. He pours a generous amount of apple cider vinegar and slides the glass over to me. “Drink it,” he hisses. “That is vinegar,” I say. “That is for jellyfish stings and vaginal irrigation.” “Oh…
once the Earth’s helium is depleted, the cheapest way to get more helium is to...
– Helium Reserves, Cutting Spending, and Prudence
February 2011
117 posts
For years, one of the telltale signs of not getting it has been using Flash as a...
– Chris Shiflett: JavaScript and URLs