July 2010
43 posts
“The Narcissism of small differences is a term coined by Sigmund Freud in 1917....”
– Narcissism of small differences - Wikipedia
June 2010
47 posts
“In the interest of journalistic integrity, I went on Chatroulette this morning...”
– R.I.P. Chatroulette, 2009-2010 - Internet Culture - Salon.com
“Sure, I’ve been called a xenophobe, but the truth is, I’m not. I...”
– Kenny Powers (go USA)
Bus bunching →
bestofwikipedia:
Bus bunching is a classical theory for a causal model for irregular intervals, on the premise that a late bus tends to get later and later as it completes its run, while the bus following it tends to get earlier and earlier. (via Samudrika)
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One Day on Earth is a documentary and new media project about the amazing...
“The bill would make P2P or BitTorrent client development a criminal offense if...”
– Obama Administration Announces Massive Piracy Crackdown
“The world breaks everyone and afterward many are strong at the broken places....”
– Ernest Hemingway
A Simple Request of the 2010 Graduating Class
summerlisting:
INVENT THE FLYING HOVERBOARD. Yes. That’s right. You heard me. Invent it. Right now. Don’t look so gung ho about taking on life NOW, do you? Not when someone has given you actual work to do.
There isn’t a man on Earth who doesn’t wish he could hop on a hoverboard and McFly 1,000 feet in the air to a floating 23rd century taco stand. Hundreds of graduating classes have come and...
“I don’t know what the hell is going on. Neither do you, and neither does any one...”
– Ideas: Frank Chimero
The 50 Most Challenging Words - New York Times →
Letters of Note: Correspondence Deserving of a... →
“Ask anyone who ran or invested in a mobile app startup pre-iPhone (I invested in...”
– Steve Jobs single-handedly restructured the mobile industry cdixon.org – chris dixon’s blog
“It could even be that the Apple TV is the lynchpin of the whole operation, the...”
– lonelysandwich - iPad TV
“Many older cities rapidly expanded during the Industrial Revolution, as workers...”
– Why are the East of Cities usually Poorer?
“It started on a tablet first. I had this idea about having a glass display, a...”
– Steve Jobs
Just invented the iPhone one day. NBD.
