April 2010
26 posts
"Your problem with Vim is that you don't grok vi." →
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March 2010
37 posts
“The celibate status of its priests is basically the Catholic church’s last...”
– The Catholic Church is a Criminal Enterprise - Matt Taibbi
“Until someone can show me the moral law and verify that it is exactly that,...”
– The Hermeneutics of Preference
“The fact that the uncertainties allow you to construct a relatively benign...”
– The clouds of unknowing
Mos Def - Shunshine (edIT remix)
idzr | hmm →
Nominee for 404 page of the year. Webkit only. (via gruber)
Health care reform, a dialogue
Republicans: “Liberal fascists! You haven’t listened to our ideas! You’ve shut us out of this whole process!”
Democrats: “Sorry, show us your proposal”
Republicans: “Smaller government”
Democrats: “That’s not very specific”
Republicans: “OK, here’s our detailed proposal—It’s our common-sense ideas we...
“There are countless areas in which America does it one way and everyone else...”
– Why This Moment Matters - Politics - The Atlantic
“In the end, perhaps the greatest thing going for this bill is the possibility...”
– E. D. Kain on the HCR bill, from Health Care Reform Reax - The Daily Dish
“We won’t matter to most. But our memories will be cataloged, indexed, made...”
– Raiding Eternity - Myspace - Gizmodo
Joel Johnson on digital life after death
Call Me Fishmeal.: TED 2010 →
Wil Shipley on attending TED 2010
“Time is the singular measure of life. It’s one of the few things you can not get...”
– The cult of busy « Scott Berkun (via atmos)
“But the villain here is just good old human ignorance, that master of disguise....”
– Scott and Scurvy
“In a sensible country, people would see Obama as a president trying to define a...”
– Op-Ed Columnist - What Obama Stands For - NYTimes.com (via mattly)
“Too-big-to-fail is not a fallback position at Berkshire. Instead, we will always...”
– Berkshire Hathaway Shareholders Letter, 2009
“Beyond that there is, as another teacher put it, a general, almost shocking,...”
– The New Digital Underclass - Forbes.com (via kirindave)
“Strive for perfection in everything you do. Take the best that exists and make...”
– Sir Henry Royce (via kari-shma)
C O P E N H A G E N S U B O R B I T A L S →
“This is a non-profit suborbital space endeavor, based entirely on sponsors and volunteers. Our mission is to launch a human being into space.”
“Chart: Comparing Health Reform Bills: Democrats and Republicans 2009,...”
– Chart: Comparing Health Reform Bills: Democrats and Republicans 2009, Republicans 1993 - Kaiser Health News
What’s the difference?
“The social value of patents was supposed to be to encourage innovation — that’s...”
– Eric Von Hippel, professor of technological innovation at MIT’s Sloan School of Management, quoted in What Apple vs. HTC Could Mean - Bits Blog - NYTimes.com
“If Apple becomes a company that uses its might to quash competition instead of...”
– Call Me Fishmeal.: An Open Letter to Steve Jobs Concerning the HTC Lawsuits.
“I’m well aware there are technical and cultural roadblocks to getting there, but...”
– Imagine There’s No YouTube : Daytime Running Lights (via atmos)
