August 2009
58 posts
“Deconstruction works because words are slippery. Reading is like trying to hold...”
– Deconstruction - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Buttstroke - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia →
“Lucky and Flo are a pair of black labrador retrievers, notable for being the...”
– Lucky and Flo - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
“General remark: It’s not about population density per se. It’s...”
– Marginal Revolution: A cost-benefit analysis of high-speed rail
But Tyler Cowen, why couldn’t we expect these conveniences to migrate towards the rail line as they do in Europe, Japan, and even Beaverton? This is the entire idea, yes?
Apple can't stop reviewing iPhone apps
marco:
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If any iPhone application is malicious, destructive, or in extremely poor taste, it will generate bad press. Even if Apple stopped reviewing apps completely, they would still be blamed in the press for the effects of problematic apps.
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I’ve been confused about this for some time. What makes mobile software different from desktop software?
Bare assertion fallacy - Wikipedia, the free... →
Thought-terminating cliché - Wikipedia, the free... →
# non-political examples
“When anybody reminds him of this, the craigslist founder says there is nothing...”
– Why Craigslist Is Such a Mess
“Coming from anyone else such gusto would seem absurd, but Pestridge is qualified...”
– Nike: Just do digital | Digital Marketing | Revolution
Alarm Clock 2 by Robbie Hanson →
If you ever use your mac as an alarm clock or timer, this is the greatest. And it’s free.
Does Tumblr still do that thing where images in...
Bummer.
“I’m married to DAAP until 2012. It’s an abusive relationship.”
– Allison
The Drones Take Over →
azspot:
The United States Air Force will reach a milestone this year: for the first time it will train more pilots for unmanned aircraft than for manned aircraft. A decade ago unmanned aircraft were hardly known. Now they dominate the Air Force’s pilot training system and it is very unlikely this trend will ever reverse. In fact, it is not hard to imagine that within another decade unmanned...
“I explained again that I knew it was out of warranty and didn’t claim any...”
– Pink Air: Bad service 2.0
My friend Allison asked me for ideas for yuppie granola electronics. This is what I want:
I want a cheap laptop in a cardboard case that i can own, hack, and maybe send back to the company for upgrades. Make cool cardboard cases and sell blank ones for people to print on and play with. It should have the simplicity, weight and cost of netbooks with a comfortable keyboard and screen. (If I...
“The Internet Archive contains about 3 petabytes of data, and is growing at the...”
– Petabyte - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
“The U.S. Library of Congress Web Capture team has claimed that “As of May...”
– Terabyte - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
It seems funny to me that I could go pick up storage for that much data in a few runs to Costco.
Official Internet Explorer blog on people who... →
marco:
Some of the ‘regular people’ surveyed there were not interested in upgrading. Seventeen percent of respondents to the Digg IE6 survey indicated that they “don’t feel a need to upgrade.”
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As engineers, we want people to upgrade to the latest version. We make it as easy as possible for them to upgrade. Ultimately, the choice to upgrade belongs to the person responsible for the PC.
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“Quite a few scientists and inventors, and many outside of science, are repulsed...”
– The Technium (via azspot) (via 2020)
“I want to remain submerged in its bottomless abundance. To stay. To be wrapped...”
– Kevin Kelly
“‘Can you believe they are putting $6 million of pork into Homeland...”
– Stephen Moore Interviews John McCain - WSJ.com
Oh, John McCain.
The last Radiolab was pretty good. It’s...