April 2010
53 posts
Just to make sure I’m prepared for April Fool’s Day, every year I never believe anything. Ever.
March 2010
52 posts
WatchThis is a jam.
skyrog:
The Notorious XX: Biggie vs. The XX
Best. Ever. ( via )
“The best part of the new bill is where we all get to buy health insurance from...”
– via: Health Reform Passes, But I Still Don’t Feel So Good
Can some of the people who are excited about the ‘HCR’ bill explain to me why this is wrong? (I am, in case you can’t tell by my inflection, genuinely curious and not, at the current moment, being a sarcastic...
“In 1996, distribution for musicians sucked. The only way to get your music sold...”
– Flip the stick | Derek Sivers
I am a grassroots marketing representative for an... →
“I like my job. I’m good at it. We basically find events where 14-25 year olds are hanging out, then go there with our cooler truck, and encourage them to try our brand of drink. We are real marketers. We don’t just sit back and pray that something goes viral on the internet. To really promote a brand, we have to take it to the people. This is authentic marketing. Roll up your sleeves and...
“The Toynbee tiles (also called Toynbee plaques) are messages of mysterious...”
– Toynbee tiles - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
“Any word you have to hunt for in a thesaurus is the wrong word. There are no...”
– Stephen King (via rulesformyunbornson)
Perelman declines $1 million prize: "I have... →
“Figuring out how to make good on our promise to stop censoring search on...”
– Official Google Blog: A new approach to China: an update
Crazy how this terribly complex solution just occurred to Google in the middle of the night :)
“1. A simple system can generate complex, interesting outcomes.
2. A system...”
– Serendipity makes software fun (and powerful) — UX Hero
“a. Make it look and feel like magic.
b. Work flawlessly in the first 10...”
– Rands’ rules of design.
…and to paraphrase an implied fourth principle, “be smart when I’m dumb.”
While his first principle regards magic, his last is about trust. Practical magic is scary unless you trust the magician.
(via jkestner)
(via slantback)
Swing, swing
It always cracks me up to hear the explanations of swing voters who mysteriously change their stance at the 11th hour when the White House wants to get a bill passed. What happened to your principled objections to ‘specific language’ in the legislation?
Usually the story involves having been given ‘assurances’ by the President and ‘senior officials’ —...
The Machine Stops - E.M. Forster →
This is one of the most strikingly prescient pieces of literature I’ve ever read - so relevant that it’s hard to believe it was written over a century ago. It’s worth the time it takes to read.
Richard Feynman and The Connection Machine →
Read this. Thanks.
First Clay Mathematics Institute Millennium Prize... →
“The Clay Mathematics Institute (CMI) announces today that Dr. Grigoriy Perelman of St. Petersburg, Russia, is the recipient of the Millennium Prize for resolution of the Poincaré conjecture. The citation for the award reads:
The Clay Mathematics Institute hereby awards the Millennium Prize for resolution of the Poincaré conjecture to Grigoriy Perelman.
The Poincaré conjecture is one of...
“The English language has a number of words for indefinite and fictitious numbers...”
– Indefinite and fictitious numbers - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Watch…holy shit. Watch this and immediately feel like you’re on drugs. (via)
“Once his concept was selected, Ota worked with the Japanese fire safety...”
– The big red word, the little green man, and the international war over exit signs.
The Complete List | TIME Magazine - The 100 Best... →
I’ve read 26 of these. 74 to go.
“I could try and get more legitimate mural work, but scaling a drainpipe is still...”
– Banksy (via dpstyles)
Shit
I completely missed Black History Month.