May 2011
2 posts
November 2010
2 posts
October 2010
1 post
In the Life of 'The Wire' →
mrgan:
The New York Review of Books has a really long and really good piece on The Wire. Excellent reading.
This truly is one of the best TV shows of all time. I just added it to my Netflix queue to watch again.
July 2010
1 post
WatchBrahms auf Vuvuzela
June 2010
2 posts
Ghoti →
bestofwikipedia:
Ghoti is a word constructed to illustrate the irregularities of written English. It is pronounced “fish”; the gh is pronounced as in “tough”, o as in “women”, and ti as in “nation”. Often attributed to George Bernard Shaw, the actual origin of the word is unknown.
May 2010
3 posts
WatchNike Write The Future (by Wieden + Kennedy London)
April 2010
3 posts
“In multitasking, if you see a task manager… they blew it. Users...”
– Steve Jobs, talking about multitasking in iPhone OS 4
Summer Express: 101 Simple Meals Ready in 10... →
anniehinton:
Some solid quick and delicious sounding recipes.
(I know someone I follow just posted this but I can’t remember who and now I am reblogging without an orignal source, sorrrrry)
March 2010
4 posts
Preview: Instapaper on iPad →
Now this just makes me want an iPad.
“Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.”
– Carl Sagan
“I like it when competitors copy me because it means they aren’t about to...”
– Wil Shipley (via David Chartier) (via marco)
February 2010
8 posts
Watch“She can’t run in those little high heels”
“I’m not afraid of blowing out. A lot of guys are. If they blow out, it...”
– Bode Miller
WatchAn intriguing video of a potential Wired iPad app.
“The problem is, in hardware you can’t build a computer that’s twice as good as...”
– Steve Jobs in 1994 (via marco)
Speculation The Grand Theory Of Lost →
Some interesting thoughts about the last season of Lost.
brilliantcrank:
!!! Achtung: The following content contains possible spoilers
January 2010
7 posts
“If you can’t explain it simply, you don’t understand it well enough.”
– Albert Einstein via 33 of the Smartest Things Ever Said About Business and Life | Exectweets (via jnunemaker)
“Congratulations, Conan, on finally securing your place as permanent host of The...”
– Norm Macdonald, in his congratulations card to Conan from June, 2009, which he forgot to give Conan until tonight (via maniacalrage)
“Text “Haiti” to 90999 to donate. 100% of your $10 donation passes thru to...”
– As posted by the American Red Cross (via brilliantcrank)
CAN SOMEONE TELL ME WHAT'S GOING ON WITH LOPEZ... →
(via azizisbored)
December 2009
3 posts
“Normal people do have one thing figured out that we geeks don’t: sometimes, it’s...”
– nrbd (via marco)
November 2009
5 posts
Client on 'Flash'
clientsfromhell:
At my old company, we met with a [elderly] client to discuss what we would add to his website. We asked him if he wanted flash on the webpage which seemed to shock him a bit… we later found out that he thought flash meant a naked man would run across the screen when people visited.
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“Look again at that dot. That’s here. That’s home. That’s us....”
– Carl Sagan (This is the full version of quote on the image I reblogged earlier)
October 2009
8 posts
“We have to continue to move forward. To stop in space is to surrender.”
– Gene Kranz - Former NASA Flight Director (Gemini and Apollo)
September 2009
11 posts
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