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"…My dad, in particular, counseled me: “Don’t get into computers just to do stuff with..."

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 15:11:12 -0400

“…My dad, in particular, counseled me: “Don’t get into computers just to do stuff with computers; it’s a dead end. Do something else and use the computers as a tool.” I’m not entirely sure that was bad advice. The industry does tend to eat its children.”

- DadHacker » Blog Archive » My first computer

"I, personally, would rather the future of the online technology community be dominated by douche..."

Sun, 21 Jun 2009 10:07:36 -0400

“I, personally, would rather the future of the online technology community be dominated by douche bags who write influential code rather than flamers who drive people away from great technologies towards mediocre ones.”

- Erik Naggum (1965-2009) RIP : programming

"I imagine that there are as many pitfalls to defining and explaining Wave as Westinghouse and Edison..."

Sun, 07 Jun 2009 16:04:01 -0400

“I imagine that there are as many pitfalls to defining and explaining Wave as Westinghouse and Edison found when trying explaining the concept of the electrical grid to the masses. You plug a light bulb into the socket and the crowd oohs and aahs and assumes that Electricity is all about illumination; it’s a marvelous way of producing light without the open flames or soot of candles and oil lamps. Technically that’s true, but it misses the point.”

- Google’s Wave of the future is genius, but will it work? :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Business

Politician as self-tracker - Bob Graham's notebooks

Tue, 02 Jun 2009 09:48:00 -0400

Politician as self-tracker - Bob Graham's notebooks:

Bob Graham, ex-Governor and ex-Senator from Florida, has been keeping careful handwritten records of his daily life since 1977, when he first ran for governor. He tracks a lot of things: weight, diet, what he wears, his location (down to the room), and of course the names of the people he meets with, his questions and their answers, his promises and theirs.

Searching for Value in Ludicrous Ideas - Allison Arieff Blog -...

Thu, 28 May 2009 03:24:56 -0400

Searching for Value in Ludicrous Ideas - Allison Arieff Blog - NYTimes.com

why not?

Wed, 27 May 2009 13:58:05 -0400

why not?

Lunascape - Lane Navachi

Wed, 27 May 2009 10:30:44 -0400

Lunascape - Lane Navachi

oglaf.com NSFW, well-drawn sex comedy. hilarious.

Sun, 24 May 2009 12:57:00 -0400

oglaf.com NSFW, well-drawn sex comedy. hilarious.

WE THE ROBOTS » Fishes

Sun, 24 May 2009 12:50:39 -0400

WE THE ROBOTS » Fishes

"In a real dark night of the soul it is always three o'clock in the morning."

Sat, 23 May 2009 09:27:53 -0400

“In a real dark night of the soul it is always three o'clock in the morning.”

- F. Scott Fitzgerald

Peter Wessel Zapffe

Mon, 13 Oct 2008 18:49:37 -0400

Peter Wessel Zapffe:

Zapffe’s theory is that humans are born with an overdeveloped skill (understanding, self-knowledge) which does not fit into nature’s design. The human craving for justification on matters such as life and death cannot be satisfied, hence humanity has a need that nature cannot provide satisfaction for. The tragedy, following this theory, is that humans spend all their time trying not to be human. The human being, therefore, is a paradox.

The Happiest Age

Sat, 11 Oct 2008 15:56:13 -0400

The Happiest Age:

At a certain point people begin to believe that their best year is behind them. This happens at age 27-28 on average.

Photo

Thu, 09 Oct 2008 05:08:44 -0400

android.hardware.sensorManager

Wed, 08 Oct 2008 13:02:03 -0400

android.hardware.sensorManager

"One of the symptoms of an approaching nervous breakdown is the belief that one’s work is terribly..."

Tue, 07 Oct 2008 02:12:51 -0400

“One of the symptoms of an approaching nervous breakdown is the belief that one’s work is terribly important.”

- Bertrand Russell (As seen on the newly awesome Trivium)

"Under the right conditions, writing software is so intensely pleasurable it should be illegal."

Sat, 04 Oct 2008 00:21:34 -0400

“Under the right conditions, writing software is so intensely pleasurable it should be illegal.”

- Lucky to be a Programmer : Gustavo Duarte

"I sought no comfort by speaking to others of what I felt. If I had loved anyone sufficiently to make..."

Fri, 03 Oct 2008 02:18:15 -0400

“I sought no comfort by speaking to others of what I felt. If I had loved anyone sufficiently to make confiding my griefs a necessity, I should not have been in the condition I was.”

- John Stuart Mill describes depression, from a New Yorker piece on him.

"I want a news source that I can check once per month about what is actually worth knowing about:..."

Sat, 27 Sep 2008 16:44:22 -0400

“I want a news source that I can check once per month about what is actually worth knowing about: it’d mention Chrome but not the EULA screwup, or that there’s an iPhone app store but skip all the banned apps hubbub. 95% of news is forgotten within a day or so, but all the producers are tuned to short attention spans and shorter memories. The trick would be to be ok with being a month late, because you often need time’s perspective to decide on the worth of something. Anyone have any ideas?”

- evan_tech – long-term news

"Love and knowledge, so far as they were possible, led upward toward the heavens. But always pity..."

Fri, 26 Sep 2008 13:06:22 -0400

“Love and knowledge, so far as they were possible, led upward toward the heavens. But always pity brought me back to earth. Echoes of cries of pain reverberate in my heart. Children in famine, victims tortured by oppressors, helpless old people a burden to their sons, and the whole world of loneliness, poverty, and pain make a mockery of what human life should be. I long to alleviate this evil, but I cannot, and I too suffer.”

- Bertrand Russell, Prologue of Autobiography

Season 5 started.

Thu, 18 Sep 2008 18:14:16 -0400

Season 5 started.