January 2012
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Make a difference.: Overheard at a cafe today; →
tahlalaliaaa:
tumblinfeminist:
“I just wanted to say to him: If its ok for you to rape me because I was dressed like a ‘slut/skank/ho/whore’; then is it ok for me to shoot/stab/maim/kill you because you are a male who looks threatening? Aren’t you asking for it?”
Seriously you guys…
August 2011
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July 2010
5 posts
untitled 2520
Did I beat the previous record?
I honestly don’t know how it gets that high. I guess it must count all opened files, because I have opened a few full directories of files in TextMate.
Still, I’m winning!
Shooting for Third: Grumpy old man here. Saw a guy... →
Grumpy old man here.
Saw a guy on a fixie today wearing cycling gloves. Apparently it’s much more important to protect your delicate little hands than it is to ride a vehicle capable of stopping in a reasonable manner so as to protect your future on this earth.
I would truly love to hear one…
“You don’t have to show respect for a club you don’t belong to. There...”
– Penn Jillette on Penn Point
April 2010
2 posts
“Taxes are the price we pay to live in a civilized and healthy society. Those of...”
– Lots of good quotes in this one: Chuck Collins: Honk If You Want To Raise Taxes on the Wealthy
March 2010
7 posts
“That’s why I believe in a constitution which separates church from state. I’ve...”
– Craig Ferguson in American on Purpose: The Improbable Adventures of an Unlikely Patriot
“Skeptics of Apple’s innovation tend to be stuck in that mode of thinking which...”
– Red Sweater Blog – Surfing In Antarctica
Overdoing the interface metaphor
marco:
DVD players don’t make fake whirring noises for five minutes before letting you eject a disc to simulate rewinding. Similarly, nobody should need to perform a full-width swipe gesture and wait two seconds for their fake page to turn in their fake book, and nobody should need to click the fake Clear button and start their calculation over because their fake calculator only has a one-line,...
“There was a time, after court-ordered integration, when readers complained about...”
– Ombudsman Blog - Readers react to photo of two men kissing
“Low self-esteem involves imagining the worst that other people can think about...”
– Roger Ebert
“Recent advice, summarized: Write your way out of a thinking block—because...”
– Merlin Mann
February 2010
10 posts
“What did one Marxist-Socialist say to another?
Like you, I also advocate a...”
– McSweeney’s Internet Tendency: Marxist-Socialists Jokes.
“The tipping point came while he was on a three-week holiday with his wife to...”
– Millionaire gives away fortune that made him miserable - Telegraph
Simplicity is hard. Let’s go shopping! [dive into... →
minimalmac:
My point, such that I have one, is that simplicity is easy to describe but difficult to achieve. Especially (though not exclusively) when there are other people in your life.
Gosh, this is so very true. A hilarious must read. (thx Jonas Wisser)
This post delighted me the way few blog posts do these days. Seriously: must-read.
“Minimalism in computing is not about how your computer looks. It’s about how you...”
– Computing Simplicity?
Report: Officers lose 243 Homeland Security guns -... →
“Other CBP and ICE officers left firearms in places such as a fast food restaurant parking lot, a bowling alley and a clothing store,” the report said.
Seems like smarter cops would be even better than stricter gun control.
“As it happens, this computer came with the BASIC programming language...”
– Mark Pilgrim
I think that almost all programmers have some version of this story from their childhood.
“let’s stop this talk of action because action comes easy it’s the...”
– Defiance Ohio, I Don’t Want Solidarity If It Means Holding Hands With You
“A fellow programmer once told me that software is never finished, it’s...”
– 20/20: Top 20 Programming Lessons I’ve Learned in 20 Years - DCS Media
“Never forget, a small group of people can change the world.
No one else ever...”
– Micah Sifry
“Most people imagine their personal paradises as something like sipping drinks on...”
– Marco.org - The computer as a burden
stevenf.com - I need to talk to you about... →
Lots and LOTS of good quotes in here. Worth a read.
“The impact of the 60 hour work week, or any rigidly defined number of hours, is...”
– Should Americans get more vacation? « Scott Berkun
“The tech industry will be in paroxysms of future shock for some time to come....”
– Fraser Speirs - Blog - Future Shock
“The reality is that not everyone can be a doctor, not everyone can be a...”
– The Death of Fiction? | Mother Jones
January 2010
23 posts
“Yes, there is much jealousy from iPhone developers at the sacks full of money...”
– Daring Fireball Linked List: Microsoft Reaction to iPad
Bad Astronomy on NASA's budget →
mrgan:
The general public public perception of NASA is that it’s an inefficient, unnecessary drain on the US budget. How bad a drain? Bad Astronomy quotes The Space Review:
In a just-completed study, we asked respondents what percentage of the national budget is allocated to NASA … NASA’s allocation, on average, was estimated to be approximately 24% of the national budget (the NASA allocation in...
“The sentences are superior to a lot of the stuff I write now, but the story...”
– James Patterson Inc., about The Thomas Berryman Number
“Old writing is like an old girlfriend: the memory is better than the reality.”
– Rands In Repose: A Creative Soundtrack
“Watching AAPL’s share price live: the moment Jobs announced the...”
– Twitter / Kurt Andersen
“When utensils were invented, the Catholic Church condemned them. And we’re...”
– Robin Morgan Founder, Sisterhood is Global (via sugaryumyum) (via letmeslipitin)
“But if you are sitting here tonight, or at home, and you’re thinking,...”
– Brian Posehn
“I am rarely happier than when spending entire day programming my computer to...”
– Douglas Adams
“The moment I walk into a bookstore I remember what I love about them. They are...”
– Rands In Repose: Up to Nothing
Fresh Start
First off, I need to apologize. I joined Tumblr in (as far as I can tell) early 2007, thought, “Sure, import my Flickr and Twitter feeds,” and then pretty much forgot about it. I won’t blame you for thinking I’m a jackass.
I find myself once again looking for something a little bit between Twitter and a full blog, and a lot of people I respect seem to use Tumblr all the...
“If a book bores you, or tells you things you already know, or is not beautiful,...”
– Ways of reading / from a working library
