January 2012
35 posts
I'm asking for an intervention.
I realized that something happened, sometime in the last 8 months. Since Dash was born, basically.
I look at these design and home style magazine photo spreads. White walls. Original oak table. Three or four beautifully handmade objects scattered around.
And I have a single thought.
“These people have never had children.”
This is how it starts, doesn’t it? Be fair. Just let...
“Obama made no mention of the successful raid during his State of the Union...”
– Navy SEALs Rescue Two Aid Workers in Somalia in Daring Raid - ABC News
Force projection into probably the most dangerous area on the planet. The butcher’s bill: nine kidnappers killed, zero casualties, two aid workers released.
In 20 years, when we’re discussing the Obama legacy, his...
“In the past, workers with average skills, doing an average job, could earn an...”
– Average Is Over - NYTimes.com
“When asked about the impact of the lower-cost tablets, Apple CEO Tim Cook...”
– Apple’s Massive Numbers And Some Context | TechCrunch
Astounding if true.
Miranda July Called Before Congress To Explain... →
“The thing about accomplishment is that it is addicting, right? Mastering new...”
– Tips from a combat designer: The art of boss design
Excellent article exploring the difference between movie and game design.
“Entrepreneurship is the pursuit of opportunity without regard to resources...”
– Howard Stevenson, HBS professor, Breakthrough Entrepreneurship | What’s an Entrepreneur? The Best Answer Ever (via courtenaybird)
tedr says: not to be a jerk, but so is Crime.
(via tedr)
Crime is just another level of risk arbitrage. It is attractive because it simultaneously inhibits...
“Why can’t they just hire a lobbyist like everyone else?” this aide said.”
– Fighting Antipiracy Measure, Activist Group Posts Personal Information of Media Executives - NYTimes.com
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA
“Does the New York Times believe that the Obama administration either authorized...”
– The Stories Ex-Gitmo Detainees Tell | The Weekly Standard
24 years in the Bay Area
I spent the first 12 years of my life in Upstate New York, close to the Massachusetts border. We lived about a half mile from a dairy farm, in a rural/suburban community that seems impossibly idyllic in my memory.
In the second week of January, 1987, my mom finished up the last of the packing and got my brother and I on a plane to San Jose, California. We probably flew out of Schenectady, and I...
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December 2011
39 posts
“Donna Fountain carried her list with her everywhere, five items written out in...”
– Brooklyn woman killed in Christmas hit and run died with pocketful of dreams - NY Daily News
Fuck.
“So, the battle lines are drawn. Will it be Batman’s rugged, John Galt-ish...”
– Batlas Shrugged: Batman, Gotham’s Libertarian Hero, and his Unlikely Nemeses - Forbes
Somehow both poignant and silly.
“In its energy and complexity, football captures the spirit of America better...”
– Gerard Baker: Football Is Better Than Soccer - WSJ.com
I was reading somewhere that the average pro defensive scheme is so complex that, at any given moment, the number of viewers who might completely understand what’s going on when a play begins is around 5%.
