July 2009
1 post
“…My dad, in particular, counseled me: “Don’t get into computers just to do...”
– DadHacker » Blog Archive » My first computer
June 2009
3 posts
“I, personally, would rather the future of the online technology community be...”
– Erik Naggum (1965-2009) RIP : programming
“I imagine that there are as many pitfalls to defining and explaining Wave as...”
– Google’s Wave of the future is genius, but will it work? :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Business
Politician as self-tracker - Bob Graham's... →
Bob Graham, ex-Governor and ex-Senator from Florida, has been keeping careful handwritten records of his daily life since 1977, when he first ran for governor. He tracks a lot of things: weight, diet, what he wears, his location (down to the room), and of course the names of the people he meets with, his questions and their answers, his promises and theirs.
May 2009
6 posts
Lunascape - Lane Navachi
“In a real dark night of the soul it is always three o’clock in the...”
– F. Scott Fitzgerald
October 2008
7 posts
Peter Wessel Zapffe →
Zapffe’s theory is that humans are born with an overdeveloped skill (understanding, self-knowledge) which does not fit into nature’s design. The human craving for justification on matters such as life and death cannot be satisfied, hence humanity has a need that nature cannot provide satisfaction for. The tragedy, following this theory, is that humans spend all their time trying not to...
The Happiest Age →
At a certain point people begin to believe that their best year is behind them. This happens at age 27-28 on average.
“One of the symptoms of an approaching nervous breakdown is the belief
that one’s...”
– Bertrand Russell (As seen on the newly awesome Trivium)
“Under the right conditions, writing software is so intensely pleasurable it...”
– Lucky to be a Programmer : Gustavo Duarte
“I sought no comfort by speaking to others of what I felt. If I had loved anyone...”
– John Stuart Mill describes depression, from a New Yorker piece on him.
September 2008
9 posts
“I want a news source that I can check once per month about what is actually...”
– evan_tech — long-term news
“Love and knowledge, so far as they were possible, led upward toward the heavens....”
– Bertrand Russell, Prologue of Autobiography
“Andy Warhol called me a pop star because he asked me what I did and I said,...”
– Q&A - Michael Stipe | Spin Magazine Online
I have that warm feeling for Michael Stipe, REM singer, that he is a good person.
Instant Origami →
is the contemporary interpretation of the traditional Japanese paper folding technique – focusing on speed and imagination rather than on the technically brilliant execution. (aniden allah belanı versin dercesine)
1001 rules for my unborn son →
August 2008
10 posts
“A wise man once said, “Never optimize before you profile.” Then he...”
– Foo Hack » Why I’m Not Working on My Startup (Yet)
Chris Wanstrath - Ruby HoeDown 2008 Keynote →
Rubyists tend to become life coaches through code.
“Along with the data processing framework, Doug Cutting also included a fault...”
– Hadoop: When grownups do open source | The Register
Yasmin Levy - La Alegri´a (Happiness)
Gypsy -...
“There is a moment when you are touching a woman, innocently, you say,...”
– Wil Shipley - There is a moment…
“When a (philosophical)zombie is poked with a sharp object, for example, it does...”
– Philosophical zombie - Wikipedia
July 2008
11 posts
“Some days, the web feels like 5 people trying to make something; 5k people...”
– Merlin Mann
“I’ve been saying for years that you can live a life involving code and hacking...”
– ZSFA — RubyFringe 2008 - Killing Floor In Toronto
“How precisely Mike Arrington continues to have a readership is a mystery, and...”
– Big Contrarian → Tacky.
WatchJim Jarmush - Stranger Than Paradise
“They said “go;” I went.”
– Cadel Evans
UK man dresses up like Darth Vader, beats up "Star... →
A UK man has confessed to dressing up like Darth Vader and attacking two men who founded a church based on Jedi teachings. He beat them with a crutch, but to be fair, they were asking for it: The victims had been playing with light sabers and filming themselves while doing so.
video of beating to death
Here's a true story about how awesome Pixar can... →
Girl who cried on Wall-E trailer(video) gets good treatment from Pixar.
June 2008
9 posts
Gates without Microsoft →
WatchBraincrack - “Most ideas kinda suck when you’re doing”
