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"Go ugly early."

2007-07-28T15:38:00Z

“Go ugly early.”

– Metaphorical advice from Steve Yegge, on choosing programming languages. ⇒

"0. Back up any important software. This kernel has been

2007-07-27T21:48:00Z

“0. Back up any important software. This kernel has been
working beautifully on my machine for some time, and has never destroyed anything on my hard-disk, but you never can be too careful when it comes to using the disk directly. I’d hate to get flames like “you destroyed my entire collection of Sam Fox nude gifs (all 103 of them), I’ll hate you forever”, just because I may have done something wrong.”

– Linus: The 0.01 Release ⇒

The Tour de France died today, "at age 104, after a long illness".

2007-07-26T23:17:00Z

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The Darjeeling Limited - Trailer

2007-07-25T18:43:00Z

The Darjeeling Limited – Trailer

Wes Anderson’s latest, opens September 29th. ⇒

Punchscan.org

2007-07-24T23:56:00Z

Punchscan.org

Punchscan is a voting system invented by David Chaum that allows voters to take a piece of the ballot home with them as a receipt. This receipt does not allow voters to prove how they voted to others, but it does permit them to:

* Verify that they have properly indicated their votes to election officials (cast-as-intended).

* Verify with extremely high assurance that all votes were counted properly (counted-as-cast).

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GET READY TO PEE YOUR PANTS AT POP MONTREAL 2007 | POP Montreal

2007-07-24T18:45:00Z

GET READY TO PEE YOUR PANTS AT POP MONTREAL 2007 | POP Montreal

Patti Smith! ⇒

"I expect this news will only fuel the flames, given that, as you’ve probably already deduced, “Joe..."

2007-07-20T19:21:00Z

“I expect this news will only fuel the flames, given that, as you’ve probably already deduced, “Joe Hewitt Parakey” is an anagram of “Etjk! Where ya at, IPO?””

– Blake Ross » Facebook Goes Public (withnewsaboutitsrecentacquisitionofParakey,Inc.) ⇒

Yay Hooray | Best use of Live Journal (Official)

2007-07-19T11:49:00Z

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http://xkcd.com/chesscoaster That's right, a fucking helicopter.

2007-07-18T13:59:00Z

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A. the devil is beating his wife

2007-07-17T22:17:00Z

A. the devil is beating his wife

Q. What do you call it when rain falls while the sun is shining? And other crazy Dialect Survey Results. ⇒

Design Observer: writings about design & culture So there we were. Standing in a vast field at the Worthy Farm, the home of the Glastonbury Festival, armed with a laptop, rain pouring down, sodden jeans, welly boots welded to our feet, the ground turn

2007-07-17T03:35:00Z

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Medellín the film

2007-07-17T02:51:00Z

Medellín the film

Too bad it’s not real… ⇒

How Long Do You Need To Boil Water?

2007-07-17T01:25:00Z

How Long Do You Need To Boil Water?

The correct amount of time to boil water is 0 minutes. Thats right, zero minutes.

The fact is, with a water temperature of 165 degrees F (74 C) it takes just half an hour for all disease causing organisms to be inactivated. At 185 degrees this is cut to just a few minutes. By the time water hits its boiling point of 212 F (100 C) the water is safe. Even at high altitudes the time it takes for the water to reach a rolling boil and then cool means you can safely drink it. ⇒

"I see them time and time again being frustrated by the fact that in their imagination, they are much..."

2007-07-13T22:24:00Z

“I see them time and time again being frustrated by the fact that in their imagination, they are much better at the thing that they want to do than they are when they actually put their hands on the thing and try to do it. … You need to overcome the fact that your imagination is better at the thing than your hands and actually get in and start learning how to do something.”

– John Roderick, talking to Merlin Mann on The Merlin Show ⇒

stereogum presents...OK X: A Tribute to OK Computer - a song-by-song covers compilation.

2007-07-10T19:32:00Z

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