January 2012
2 posts
December 2011
3 posts
Retreat 4 Geeks 2012 →
adactio:
As the year draws to a close, I find myself casting an eye back on the past twelve months. There are two events that stand out for me:
Mobilewood—the get-together in the woods of Tennessee that…
November 2011
4 posts
October 2011
10 posts
the understatement: Android Orphans: Visualizing a... →
understatementblog:
The announcement that Nexus One users won’t be getting upgraded to Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich led some to justifiably question Google’s support of their devices. I look at it a little differently: Nexus One owners are lucky. I’ve been researching the history of OS updates on Android phones…
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“Does anything happen to the counsel who have been inadequate in a capital case?...”
– Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, noting that incompetent lawyers on death penalty cases generally don’t face consequences when they screw up. (via officialssay)
“I kept my clothes on.”
– Elizabeth Warren, the Democratic candidate in the Massachusetts Senate race, answering a question about how she had paid for her school tuition. (Her Republican opponent, incumbent Sen. Scott Brown, had once posed nude for Cosmo.) Brown, when told of Warren’s comment, responded with “Thank God.” ...
September 2011
3 posts
Running the Rumbers →
“”If you ignore the fact that a lot of the money coming from the lottery is probably coming from people that can ill afford to pay it — and I have to sometimes force myself not to think about that — then the good is outweighing the bad. What I was not taking into account when I was against it was the good that comes from the money, and that’s scholarships. That’s the part...
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August 2011
5 posts
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Dylan Ratigan, Mad as Hell: His Epic 'Network'...
sirmitchell:
megrobertson:
We’ve got a real problem…this is a mathematical fact. Tens of trillions of dollars are being extracted from the United States of America. Democrats aren’t fixing it, Republicans aren’t stopping it — an entire integrated system, banking, trade and taxation, created by both parties over a period of two decades is at work decimating our entire country right now....
“I think it is still the rule, rather than the exception, that creative people...”
– Tasks That Matter: Why Effectiveness Demands Better Problems, Not Better Solutions - Canalside View (via extraawesome)
July 2011
5 posts
“Harry Potter is all about confronting fears, finding inner strength, and doing...”
– Stephen King (via sirmitchell)
June 2011
5 posts
Bacon Ipsum | A Meatier Lorem Ipsum Generator →
sourjayne:
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet adipisicing occaecat pork beef. Sunt pork chop commodo, occaecat magna nostrud non tongue proident elit ullamco minim excepteur irure. Qui aute sed, shankle commodo ullamco jerky cow nulla chicken sausage chuck pork loin excepteur. Esse cow sunt, eu irure qui ribeye pork cillum pariatur pork belly. Nulla non ham esse veniam, pork chop aute enim tempor sint...
May 2011
2 posts
An Open Letter to the Followers of Harold Camping
An Open Letter to the Followers of Harold Camping http://bit.ly/mOh8uE @WymanRichards via @tsudo
April 2011
7 posts
Mmmm...great bacon-inspired flavor
clientsfromhell:
Client: ”Legal has informed us that our bacon bits don’t have enough real bacon to comply with the FDA standards, so we can’t say the product has ‘bacon.’” Me: “How much real bacon does the FDA require?” Client: “2 percent. So if you could just put ‘great bacony taste’ or something, that would be perfect.”
“I can explain it for you, but I can’t understand it for you.”
– (via clientsfromhell)
That sounds like me, trying to teach math.
February 2011
3 posts
“I definitely spend way more time reading tweets than writing tweets. The first...”
– Biz Stone, NPR interview (via alextcone)
clientsfromhell:
Client: “I’ve spoken to my accountant, and he said you were too expensive, that he could find me another designer for half your price, but I want to work with you, can we renegotiate?
Me: “How much are you paying your accountant? I’m sure I can find you a cheaper one.
January 2011
6 posts
