August 2011
53 posts
“After all, how can American democracy work if whichever party is most prepared...”
– The President Surrenders on Debt Ceiling - NYTimes.com
July 2011
48 posts
“the world’s largest technology company now has more cash on hand than the most...”
– U.S. balance now less than Apple cash | FP Tech Desk | Financial Post
Anyone have an idea for a project? I want to work on something but I can’t get excited about any of my ideas.
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The Amy Winehouse “tribute” mentions on Amazon and iTunes are in such bad taste. Not at all trying to capitalize on an unfortunate tragic and young death.
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Federal Offenses: As U.S. Federal Criminal Laws... →
Is violence bad? - Quora →
I asked this question on Quora and asked some really great people to answer it and I received some amazing responses.
Life After Land - NYTimes.com →
“They believe they are Gods of the New Dawn”
– The Road Not Taken - NYTimes.com
p2p.wrox.com: Archives - →
Oldest thing I can find online about me. I used to be such a noob.
I rejoined Google+, the key to success will be to not follow every single person I have ever met. I think I’ll just follow people I talk to on non-work irc a lot. Which is not a lot of people. Less than twenty people.
“In his 747 days aboard Mir, cumulative across three missions, he went...”
– Sergei Avdeyev - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
What are the most famous passages from works of... →
“What Heinz had done was come up with a condiment that pushed all five of these...”
– gladwell dot com - the ketchup conundrum
“Give a baby soup, and then soup with MSG (an amino-acid salt that is pure...”
– gladwell dot com - the ketchup conundrum
“Umami has a mild but lasting after-taste difficult to describe. It induces...”
– Umami - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
“There are five known fundamental tastes in the human palate: salty, sweet, sour,...”
– gladwell dot com - the ketchup conundrum
“Everything is easy until you get to the Byzantine Empire. It’s impossible....”
– gladwell dot com - the ketchup conundrum
the ketchup conundrum →
Sarah McLachlan – Sweet Surrender →
“Carême is often considered as one of the first, internationally renowned...”
– Marie-Antoine Carême - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
“His last words were directed toward his wife: “You are wonderful.”
– Arthur Conan Doyle - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
“The members of this movement have no sense of moral decency.”
– The Mother of All No-Brainers - NYTimes.com
“Are we actually doing this? Like, to a person?”
– There Was Definitely A Point During That Stoning Where We All Thought, ‘Is This Weird?’ | The Onion - America’s Finest News Source
I hope Google+ doesn’t find its way into everything Google like Android and Chrome because in that case it’s time to jump ship. I just want a phone and a browser, not a social network. :(
Not interested in stuff like Google+. I checked it out and then deleted my account which was actually kind of scary because it impacts your Google Account in unforeseen ways. Apparently Google+ is integrated into your Google Account in a bunch of ways that affect Gmail, Picasa, etc. Whatever, as I started dragging people into circles I was reminded about everything I hate about Facebook. If for...