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listening to "Goldfrapp - Lovely head"

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 15:12:32 -0600

listening to "Goldfrapp - Lovely head":

Creepy sultry Goldfrapp is sublime. #MusicMonday

listening to "Mono - Life in Mono"

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:28:34 -0600

listening to "Mono - Life in Mono":

Reminds me of the 1998 production of “Great Expectations”, and my trip hop obsession of 2000-2002.

listening to "Eels - Novocaine for the Soul"

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 09:37:01 -0600

listening to "Eels - Novocaine for the Soul":

This song makes me think of a friend who is gone.

Tankening

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 13:32:42 -0600

Tankening

"When the limestone of imperative programming is worn away, the granite of functional programming..."

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 08:28:18 -0500

“When the limestone of imperative programming is worn away, the granite of functional programming will be observed.”

- Simon Peyton Jones in Coders at Work

"Never trust a computer you can’t throw out a window."

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 11:31:40 -0500

“Never trust a computer you can’t throw out a window.”

- Steve Wozniak (via minimalmac)

"We don’t get a chance to do that many things, and every one should be really excellent. Because this..."

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 22:30:47 -0500

“

We don’t get a chance to do that many things, and every one should be really excellent. Because this is our life.

Life is brief, and then you die, you know?

And we’ve all chosen to do this with our lives. So it better be damn good. It better be worth it.

”

- Steve Jobs (via minimalmac)

"To live content with small means; to seek elegance rather than luxury, and refinement rather than..."

Fri, 09 Oct 2009 07:38:09 -0500

“To live content with small means; to seek elegance rather than luxury, and refinement rather than fashion; to be worthy, not respectable, and wealthy, not, rich; to listen to stars and birds, babes and sages, with open heart; to study hard; to think quietly, act frankly, talk gently, await occasions, hurry never; in a word, to let the spiritual, unbidden and unconscious, grow up through the common—this is my symphony.”

- William Henry Channing (via minimalmac, who posts far too much awesomeness for me not to reblog it.)

"Half our life is spent trying to find something to do with the time we have rushed through life..."

Thu, 08 Oct 2009 12:43:09 -0500

“Half our life is spent trying to find something to do with the time we have rushed through life trying to save.”

- Will Rogers (via minimalmac)

this is the coolest picture you’ll see all day - WWdN: In...

Fri, 02 Oct 2009 18:09:54 -0500

this is the coolest picture you’ll see all day - WWdN: In Exile

"Coveting possessions is unhealthy. Here’s how I look at it: All of the computers on Ebay are mine...."

Wed, 30 Sep 2009 08:23:37 -0500

“

Coveting possessions is unhealthy. Here’s how I look at it:

All of the computers on Ebay are mine. In fact, everything on Ebay is already mine. All of those things are just in long term storage that I pay nothing for. Storage is free.

When I want to take something out of storage, I just pay the for the storage costs for that particular thing up to that point, plus a nominal shipping fee, and my things are delivered to me so I can use them. When I am done with them, I return them to storage via Craigslist or Ebay, and I am given a fee as compensation for freeing up the storage facilities resources.

This is also the case with all of my stuff that Amazon and Walmart are holding for me. I have antiques, priceless art, cars, estates, and jewels beyond the dreams of avarice.

The world is my museum, displaying my collections on loan. The James Savages of the world are merely curators.

As I am the curator of their things, and thus together we all share the world.

”

- A fine comment from one Pastabagel on Collect ‘em all! (via Code for Something w/ a fist-bump for Johanna) (via jackcheng)

Love the idea of this. The idea that, even that thing you “need” today may become “good to have” tomorrow and that it is OK to release it to someone that has a need then. The idea that all of this stuff the world produces for our consumption are things we already, in some small way, own – or own us.

(via minimalmac)

"I’m as proud of what we don’t do as I am of what we do."

Fri, 25 Sep 2009 11:13:53 -0500

“I’m as proud of what we don’t do as I am of what we do.”

- Steve Jobs

"Pretty much, Apple and Dell are the only ones in this industry making money. They make it by being..."

Sat, 22 Aug 2009 07:38:43 -0500

“Pretty much, Apple and Dell are the only ones in this industry making money. They make it by being Wal-Mart. We make it by innovation.”

- Steve Jobs, who, as I like to think of it, is describing what we believe in vs. not what we believe in. (via minimalmac)

"The reason it’s important that the Pre succeeds is so the mobile market doesn’t wind up like the..."

Fri, 26 Jun 2009 12:12:21 -0500

“The reason it’s important that the Pre succeeds is so the mobile market doesn’t wind up like the desktop market — with just one single great experience, alone in a sea of crap.”

- J ohn Gruber

I wish this is how we’d handle these situations at work.

Thu, 14 May 2009 09:42:31 -0500

I wish this is how we’d handle these situations at work.

"It is trite to observe that hackers don’t like fancy clothes. Avi has learned that good..."

Thu, 14 May 2009 08:57:45 -0500

“It is trite to observe that hackers don’t like fancy clothes. Avi has learned that good clothes can actually be comfortable—the slacks that go with a business suit, for example, are really much more comfortable than blue jeans. And he has spent enough time with hackers to obtain the insight that it is not wearing suits that they object to, so much as getting them on. Which includes not only the donning process per se but also picking them out, maintaining them, and worrying whether they are still in style—this last being especially difficult for men who wear suits once every five years.”

- Neal Stephenson, Cryptonomicon

The Amazon Kindling Holds 120 Words

Wed, 13 May 2009 14:04:44 -0500

The Amazon Kindling Holds 120 Words

"George R.R. Martin is not your bitch."

Wed, 13 May 2009 07:35:27 -0500

“George R.R. Martin is not your bitch.”

- Neil Gaiman [one of my favorite authors defending another one of my favorite authors]

"According to the U.S. Census Bureau, a family is defined as two or more people living together who..."

Thu, 07 May 2009 10:15:21 -0500

“According to the U.S. Census Bureau, a family is defined as two or more people living together who are related by birth, marriage, or adoption. In other words, the U.S. Census Bureau is run by radical leftists.”

- Stephen Colbert

People killed this month

Wed, 06 May 2009 14:55:33 -0500

People killed this month