November 2007
7 posts
Ants and grasshoppers →
Free Rice →
FreeRice has two goals: Provide English vocabulary to everyone for free. Help end world hunger by providing rice to hungry people for free. This is made possible by the sponsors who advertise on this site. Whether you are CEO of a large corporation or a street child in a poor country, improving your vocabulary can improve your life. It is a great investment in yourself. Perhaps even greater is...
Facebook vs Opensocial
In 1995, Microsoft believed that its proprietary development tool, codenamed “Blackbird”, would be the dominant platform for creating rich online experiences. While it would eventually evolve into a tool that created reasonably standard HTML, Blackbird’s ability to make attractive and pleasing aesthetic experiences for MSN was considered a no-brainer to replace regular HTML for...
“It s amazing that the amount of news that happens in the world every day always...”
– Jerry Seinfield
“The first duty of a revolutionary is to get away with it.”
– Abbie Hoffman
Change the game →
When you destroy the barriers in an existing industry, everyone loses… except you.
October 2007
19 posts
What are the things you expect to have a logo on and what without? Would you pay more for chicken that has a logo imprinted on its thigh? Or sofa with a designer label right smack in the middle? You’ll want your diamond ring to be free of any logo yet you’ll never touch a watch with any logo. Food for thought.
“Only the shallow know themselves.”
– Oscar Wilde
“The real hero is always a hero by mistake; he dreams of being an honest coward...”
– Umberto Eco
“Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful. It’s the transition that’s...”
– Isaac Asimov
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“The cat could very well be man’s best friend but would never stoop to...”
– Doug Larson
“The world is round; it has no point.”
– Adrienne E. Gusoff
“It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man...”
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Little wonders
Let it go, Let it roll right off your shoulder Don’t you know The hardest part is over Let it in, Let your clarity define you In the end We will only just remember how it feels Our lives are made In these small hours These little wonders, These twists & turns of fate Time falls away, But these small hours, These small hours still remain Let it slide, Let your troubles fall behind you...
“At my lemonade stand I used to give the first glass away free and charge five...”
– Emo Philips
“All power corrupts, but we need the electricity.”
“Genius may have its limitations, but stupidity is not thus handicapped.”
– Elbert Hubbard
Cost of ipod nano in 55 countries compared. Want a cheap ipod? Head to Hong Kong. The CommSec iPod Index, based on October 2007 prices in U.S. dollars. 1. Brazil $369.61 2. Bulgaria $318.60 3. Argentina $317.45 4. Israel $300.80 5. Peru $294.08 6. Chile $294.06 7. Malta $293.83 8. Egypt $269.10 9. Romania $266.60 10. Uruguay $260.00 11. Turkey $256.12 12. Hungary $254.50 13....
Lies
You lie for a living. You’re not a bad person, not really, but telling the truth at your current company tends to get people fired. And you can’t afford to be fired. You’re thirty seven, you’ve got three kids, you’ve got a big house to pay for, your wife would leave you within nanoseconds if the cashflow ever dried up, and it’s been well over over a decade...
Stella Artois →
The cinematics alone is worth the visit. Not to mention the silly flash games to indulge the inner beer geek.
September 2007
61 posts
“The best doctor in the world is the veterinarian. He can’t ask his...”
– Will Rogers
“Society, my dear, is like salt water, good to swim in but hard to swallow.”
– Arthur Stringer
Extreme home DIY in NY (slideshow) →
“The main dangers in this life are the people who want to change everything - or...”
– Nancy Astor
“He who postpones the hour of living rightly is like the rustic who waits for the...”
– Horace (65 BC - 8 BC)
Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear—not absence of fear. Except a creature be part coward it is not a compliment to say it is brave; it is merely a loose misapplication of the word. Consider the flea!—incomparably the bravest of all the creatures of God, if ignorance of fear were courage. Whether you are asleep or awake he will attack you, caring nothing for the fact that...
Scroogled
The following is an excerpt from Cory Doctorow’s short story “Scroogled,” published in Radar Magazine. “Evening,” Greg said, handing the man his sweaty passport. The officer grunted and swiped it, then stared at his screen, tapping. A lot. He had a little bit of dried food at the corner of his mouth and his tongue crept out and licked at it. “Want to tell me...
“Nothing is more conducive to peace of mind than not having any opinions at all.”
– Georg Christoph Lichtenberg
“Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks...”
– Thomas A. Edison
Daffodils
I wandered lonely as a Cloud That floats on high o’er Vales and Hills, When all at once I saw a crowd, A host of golden daffodils; Beside the lake, beneath the trees, Fluttering and dancing in the breeze. Continuous as the stars that shine And twinkle on the milky way, They stretched in never-ending line Along the margin of a bay: Ten thousand saw I at a glance, Tossing their heads in...
“Don’t you wish there were a knob on the TV to turn up the intelligence?...”
“If you’re not scared or angry at the thought of a human brain being...”
– John Alejandro king
“One never notices what has been done; one can only see what remains to be done.”
– Marie Curie
Woz is so proud of his new girlfriend →
Money Quote: She says she’s never met a guy as funny as I am. Or as rich. That’s a joke. Get it? Like she’s only dating me for my money. I’ll tell you, Steve, she’s the best, seriously.
“When people are free to do as they please, they usually imitate each other.”
– Eric Hoffer
“The important work of moving the world forward does not wait to be done by...”
– George Eliot
2 kinds of 'don't know' →
