April 2010
31 posts
“Innovation is almost insane by definition: most people view any truly innovative...”
– Ben Horowitz (via entrepreneurwisdom) (via caterpillarcowboy)
Apr 29th
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Apr 28th
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“When you start to die … don’t.”
– Advice from America’s last living WWI vet, Frank Buckles, when asked about the secret of his long life.
Apr 26th
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We recently found our Prodigal iPod Touch, so I now have my own. One of the benefits is that “Nursery Rhymes” and Jim Weiss (a storyteller) will stop showing up in my Last.fm toplist.
Apr 26th
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-4-25) →
Jim Weiss (72) Architecture in Helsinki (60) Nursery Rhymes (58) Imogen Heap (25) French Letter (7) Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Apr 26th
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Apr 23rd
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How to Build Your Own Treadmill Desk →
A pretty sweet setup. I wonder if I’d be able to walk / program at the same time. Also: where to put it?
Apr 23rd
Apr 22nd
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This is some excellent copywriting: Our Bullard Field Pant is far more than a pair of khakis, it’s a lifetime experience. At its core is our 10.2 ounce Bullard Twill that has been aggressively washed to a familiar state of softness and comfort. Fabric of this weight and construction has little or no practical use in an age of planned obsolescence. Not only will these khakis endure the...
Apr 22nd
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“Many women who do not dress modestly … lead young men astray, corrupt their...”
– (via gothamgalry) (via fred-wilson) Charlie says: There comes a time in every young man’s life — it’s rare, and should be acted on as quickly as possible — when the appropriate response actually goes something like “in your PANTS!”
Apr 20th
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“In shopping mall design, the Gruen transfer refers to the moment when a consumer...”
– Gruen transfer - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (via kevintwohy)
Apr 20th
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Apr 20th
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I like the name, logo, treatment, etc. of the pharmaceutical company Gilead: It’s especially nice, when you consider that their original name was the hard-to-choke-out “Oligogen, Inc.” “Gilead,” by the way, is a reference to the “balm of Gilead”, which was a salve in the ancient Near East, referenced in the Old Testament as a curative, and alluded to...
Apr 20th
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-4-18) →
The Mountain Goats (53) Imogen Heap (44) Jim Weiss (33) The Walkmen (31) Nursery Rhymes (25) Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-4-11) →
Doctor Octoroc (32) Jim Weiss (18) Andrew Bird (10) Animal Collective (5) Norwegian Recycling (3) Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Apr 15th
I'm quitting the Internet. Will I be liberated or... →
Via Hiten.
Apr 14th
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“My entire abdominal cavity throbbed as though Saruman had set up a supplemental...”
– Alan Jacobs
Apr 9th
“If your success depends on sickening the poorest and least educated portion of...”
– Seth Godin
Apr 9th
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-4-4) →
Tanya Morgan (27) Phish (23) Trevor Pinnock: The English Concert (20) Norwegian Recycling (17) Reinhard Goebel: Musica Antiqua Köln (15) Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by…
Apr 9th
How to merge changes from a remote github... →
Easy as pie. Thanks, Stack Overflow!
Apr 1st
You know … I always thought the Apple patents were a little creepy. I had no idea they were grounded in reality. I keed, Apple hand model! Please don’t kill me!
Apr 1st