February 2009
44 posts
“The United States thrives on “protecting” its citizens, and despite...”
– Bill Hicks, the black-humored articulator of doubt - Page 4 - Salon.com
“Hicks himself would have pointed out the differences, that the U.K. readers...”
– Bill Hicks, the black-humored articulator of doubt - Page 4 - Salon.com
So true.
“I got a good look. They gave me a good pass. When it left my hand it felt good...”
– Mario Chalmers, Junior, Guard On the shot to send to overtime…I post this as inspiration to those who take risks without thinking too much.
The University of Kansas Official Athletic Site
“Where the United States has too much ambition is not in Obama’s plans but...”
– The Big Test - Readers’ Comments - NYTimes.com
Matt Carpenter trail runner profiled on NYT video →
This is a 4 minute video which will give you more insight into what trail running is about, and a look at a world class high altitude runner, if you give a damn.
“I’ve seen [Chaplin] take a sound track and cut it all up and paste it back...”
– Meredith Willson, later to become well-known as creator of the 1957 musical comedy
The Great Dictator - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
I watched this last night and finished it this morning. I was amazed at how comprehensive a look at Hitler and the threat of fascism Chaplain created. I was...
“Multitasking is the art of distracting yourself from two things you’d rather not...”
– via http://www.43folders.com/2008/08/22/multitasking
This is often true for me.
“And here I want to end with what seems so utterly obvious about what we learned...”
– BBC NEWS | Africa | Viewpoint: A word of caution to Obama
A good message from Bishop Desmond Tutu.
WatchThis reminded me of a point Matt brought up about how so many companies get caught up in their own red tape and faulty technology and can’t reach out to their customers like e.g. Apple employees can walking around a Mac store.
gary:
Half pregnant with Scott Simon of NPR
Today i went and got to speak with the team at NPR weekend edition about the changing climate of Business ( Not Social...
“This G.O.P., a largely white Southern male party with talking points instead of...”
– Op-Ed Columnist - They Sure Showed That Obama - NYTimes.com
“I needed to get somewhere and decided to walk there. I wasn’t particularly early...”
– the dullest blog in the world
The evil of the unexpected 6 month breakup
A couple of years ago I was in a an open affectionate and GGG (Good, game, and giving, Savage lingo) relationship with a girl when I noticed something that bothered me. She was a bit passive aggressive and was intruding on my business a bit too much. Instead of calling it explicitely to her attention I just kind of vaguely mentioned it and then when I got fed up with it I decided to break up...
(usually barefoot) meg - Louis CK "Everything's... →
I have wanted to make a rant like this for a while. Louis CK does it a bit better.
“What is striking about Mr. Cuomo’s findings is how much money went to how few...”
– Cuomo Cites Big Bonuses for Many at Merrill - NYTimes.com
Oh but competition produces excellence. Or does it in this case? Competition for bonuses did not create excellence in the financial services business. What creates excellence in general is a shared culture of excellence enforced from the...
25 Things About Myself
1. I love being a Dad even though becoming one was one of the stupidest things I did in my whole life. And actually I don’t like it all that much, I just love Renee. 2. I am cursed with a godly heritage on both sides. 3. I think all the time I have spent at church was a waste of time. I really do. Except for the times I sat by lesbians at a Unitarian church who didn’t pretend they...
“Sometimes solving the next twenty problems is not as useful or as prudent as...”
– Getting Real: Shrink Your Time (by 37signals)
“So, give a programmer three weeks to complete a large task, and she’ll...”
– Getting Real: Shrink Your Time (by 37signals)
“I’ve never really come across a God that wasn’t ready-made and...”
– Matt Payton on the weeniesvswackos forum
“Stick to what’s truly essential. Good ideas can be tabled. Take whatever...”
– Getting Real: Half, Not Half-Assed (by 37signals)
Uhh, I haven’t seen this principle anywhere else in creative endeavors.
“Your app should take sides Some people argue software should be agnostic. They...”
– Getting Real: Make Opinionated Software (by 37signals)
This stuff is giving me such a boner. And I think this one will give Matt one as well.
“Create a great app and then worry about what to do once it’s wildly...”
– Getting Real: Scale Later (by 37signals)
Every successful person I have heard talk about their plans before they succeeded like Chris Rock, or Jordan Hasay today, or Jerry Seinfield, or Steve Jobs, always talked about their backup plan if everything completely failed. They never took success for...
“Find the core market for your application and focus solely on them The customer...”
– Getting Real: Hire the Right Customers (by 37signals)
For my app, it’s hot young introspective girls, ha.
“Don’t waste time on problems you don’t have yet Do you really need...”
– Getting Real: It’s a Problem When It’s a Problem (by 37signals)
I just was talking to somebody who works for a startup who are violating this principle. I kept thinking as he was telling me about team dynamic problems: “why do you even have such a large team anyway?” I...
“I really got over the “get into details right away” attitude after I...”
– Getting Real: Ignore Details Early On (by 37signals)
“Work from large to small. Always.”
“With Basecamp, for example, the vision was “Project management is...”
– Getting Real: What’s the Big Idea (by 37signals)
“If you’re small, you can use familiar language instead of jargon. Your...”
– Getting Real: Be Yourself (by 37signals)
“Instead of freaking out about these constraints, embrace them. Let them guide...”
– Getting Real: Embrace Constraints (by 37signals)
I am going to start posting one quote from each essay that really inspires me.
“The harder we tighten things down, the less room there is for a creative,...”
– Getting Real: Lower Your Cost of Change (by 37signals)
“One of the most rewarding things has been showing people that there’s a...”
– Happy Birthday - Basecamp Turns Five! - (37signals)
Quote of the day and a big congrats to a software company that inspires a lot of us to build great software on their 5th BD.
“Tomorrow we will be running the Tellas Rock 50k, while everyone is eating crappy...”
– Dirt Diva
This woman is one of the few people who are allowed to be a spirtitual, overly positive, hippy. Her and the woman who did Matt and Nicole’s wedding.
“They are looking beyond one vote,” Ms. Klobuchar said. “They want a new kind of...”
– On the White House - With Goodwill, and Cookies, Obama Courts Republicans - NYTimes.com
With Arnold S., it was cigars. Cookies are good too for fat fuck republicans. But best would be young intern cock.
“The older I get, the greater my tolerance and intolerance of people in general.”
– my internet is where i want you to touch
I can agree heartily already.
The Boston Gazette October 1776 | Pages from the... →
“Do not, he told them, “suffer yourselves to be wheedled out of your liberty by...”
– Back Issues: A Critic at Large: The New Yorker
And there is the quote of the day.
“Early American newspapers tend to look like one long and uninterrupted...”
– Back Issues: A Critic at Large: The New Yorker
Ok, this shit is getting good.
“Whether or not James Franklin was a hard master, he was, as a printer, bold unto...”
– Back Issues: A Critic at Large: The New Yorker
To put it like a 20 year old snowboarder: “Shit, that is hard-core”.
“The proposals for expanding broadband service offer a particularly useful case...”
– Internet Money in Fiscal Plan - Wise or Waste? - NYTimes.com
Yeah because plans that build infrastructure and take a long time to implement, like the railroads, interstate system, or the Internet, have never benefited this country.