February 2010
13 posts
New World Computing →
Yes on all fronts, in particular the three major (but achievable) things which need to happen for this model to displace the Old World: A way to share data between applications. Not “files”—data. A way to share data between devices. A way to (controllably) run applications in the background. The other thing they must do, where I realize Apple currently falls (very) short, is...
Feb 1st
January 2010
19 posts
Jan 31st
278 notes
“There will never be another voice like his.” Which is exactly the lousy...”
– The Onion: Bunch Of Phonies Mourn J.D. Salinger
Jan 31st
Another day, another dangerously awesome Aviation
(Glass thanks to @minrk.)
Jan 29th
“The thing that bothers me most about the iPad is this: if I had an iPad rather...”
– Alex Payne, on my deepest fears which have grown since the iPhone SDK launch in 2008.
Jan 29th
Listen to me, Barry!
[superpoop] My hands are HUUGE.
Jan 28th
Stop hitting yourself!
[married to the sea]
Jan 28th
1 note
Not bad for a Monday night
Aviation, Last Word, Manhattan, and a brilliant Whiskey Cocktail remix with aged rum: 2 oz Appleton Estate 12yr aged rum¼ oz gum syrup1 dash each of Regan’s Orange and Peychaud’s bittersStirred with ice, served over one rock+ lemon twist All extremely satisfying.
Jan 27th
““The words derived from Latin are the enemy—they will strangle and...”
– [via]
Jan 23rd
Free Speech, Corporate Speech, and Corporate money
squashed: I can’t relaly bring myself to care about today’s Supreme Court ruling. Sure, it weakens campaign finance laws, but the campaign finance laws were broken to begin with. They were more like a string of fenceposts rather than an actual fence. They won’t stop much—but might make you slow down enough to check you didn’t accidently run into a pole. And maybe, once in a while, somebody...
Jan 23rd
140 notes
“Democrats in the Senate, with White House backing, could be changing customs to...”
– Theda Skocpol, writing for NYTimes.com
Jan 20th
Stemming the tide
and you can too: http://bit.ly/4rDnUG
Jan 19th
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Jan 18th
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Listenazizisbored: Jay-Z feat. Aziz Ansari and Kanye...
Jan 17th
548 notes
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Song of the Moment: Al Green - Love and Happiness
Love And Happiness by Al Green   (11939 KB) Listen on posterous
Jan 10th
Just in time for the SIGGRAPH crunch #FML
(although I have to admit, these people all look pretty excited about it.)
Jan 7th
Jan 5th
I can't believe we ate the whole thing
Jan 1st