Killing the Cowboy: Lessons from a Pager - Jeff Hodges (by Boundary)
May 29th
April 20th
Muppet Show Pitch
(Source: youtube.com)
April 18th
“ This isn’t about startup incubators or policy positions. It’s not about “innovation in America” or which tech blog loves startups the most. This is about how Internet technology used to feel like it was really going to change so many things about our lives. Now it has and we’re all too stunned to figure out what’s next. ”
20120418 @ 1417
April 12th
I’mma just leave this here.
(Source: youtube.com)
April 3rd
“ Forget about it being entertaining, which I concede it is. It has managed to convince everyone that a passive character whose main strength is that she thinks a lot of thoughts and feels a lot of feelings, but who ultimately lets every decision be made by someone else— that is a female hero, a winner. You wouldn’t allow yourself to like a story where the woman lacks agency, so it’s clothed in a vampire story or a female Running Man so it sounds like she’s making things happen. ”
20120403 @ 0925
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The Last Psychiatrist: What’s Wrong With The Hunger Games Is What No One Noticed
This is what bugged me about the books, but I hadn’t stated it this eloquently. Things just happen to Katniss, and then she gets a chance to brood about it before more things happen to her.
March 28th
“ When programming distributed systems becomes part of your life, you go through a learning curve. This article tries to describe my current level of understanding of the field, and hopefully points out enough mistakes for you to be able follow the most optimal path to enlightenment: learning from the mistakes of others. ”
20120328 @ 1234
March 14th
“ I have a better idea: Let’s be good to one another because it is the RIGHT thing. Not out of fear of punishment or promise of a bribe. Let’s not be quick to forgive, so people will consider their actions carefully. Let’s not hope for a better life beyond this one when we can instead keep striving to make what we know exists as fair and wonderful as possible. And instead of worrying about what comes after this life, let’s keep in mind that everything we ever do will always have happened, whether anyone is around to remember those actions or not. Our decisions are eternal whether or not we are. And when it comes to ethics, let us improve them over time, and not rely on ancient traditions that claim a divine truth that can not be questioned. Religion has been used to justify torture and slavery, and today it is a reason to shame and abuse homosexuals and people of other faiths. That William Paul Young could not exert himself to overthrow these superstitions, rather than prop them, means that even his success is a failure, and I have to rate the book as such. ”
20120314 @ 2107
March 11th
“ Listen to the latte and the cappuccino foam as you fly along the avenue and coffee takes you home
hear the rush of the sugar, hear the whistle scream we’re riding through the jungle on power of caffeine ”
20120311 @ 1351
hear the rush of the sugar, hear the whistle scream we’re riding through the jungle on power of caffeine ”
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Cowboys | March 26, 2011 | A Prairie Home Companion with Garrison Keillor | American Public Media
Emmy Lou Harris singing a duet, can’t go wrong.
March 1st
“ The problem, often not discovered until late in life, is that when you look for things like love, meaning, motivation, it implies they are sitting behind a tree or under a rock. The most successful people recognize, that in life they create their own love, they manufacture their own meaning, they generate their own motivation.
For me, I am driven by two main philosophies, know more today about the world than I knew yesterday. And along the way, lessen the suffering of others. You’d be surprised how far that gets you. ”
20120301 @ 2012
For me, I am driven by two main philosophies, know more today about the world than I knew yesterday. And along the way, lessen the suffering of others. You’d be surprised how far that gets you. ”
“ If you cannot paint a better picture on the expanded canvas, somebody else likely will. That’s why Big Data matters. ”
20120301 @ 2002
