January 2010
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“It doesn’t fucking matter! I happen to write in Emacs. I also code in...”
– Mark Pilgrim wants to run the same computer for 20 years. And he doesn’t care what word processor you use.
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Beyond the Time Vortex
Alan Maxwell: Do you have a god?
Alien: Explain.
Alan Maxwell: An all-powerful being--a force underlying everything.
Alien: Electromagnetic forces underlie all...
Alan Maxwell: No, I mean, an intelligent force.
Alien: Electromagnetic force is intelligent. Matter, space, time. All the same.
Alan Maxwell: ... All the same.
Alien: All the same.
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“For every Apple iPad Dock sold, three third party ‘landscape’ docks...”
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“border: 1px solid Gainsboro;”
– WOW… That’s hardcore.
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Say it out loud: iPad
Adam Lisagor:
I’ve spent 14 hours with it floating around in my head now, this revolutionary new thing with an unfamiliar official new name where before there existed a perfectly respectable hypothetical one. And I’ve made up my mind: Apple should be as embarrassed with their decision as I am for them.
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“We want to kick off 2010 by introducing a magical and revolutionary product.”
– Steve Jobs (via paulstraw)
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“I got my fade — everybody had braids /
And now they switchin’ to fades /...”
– This line from Nelly’s song, “Pimp Juice,” obviously comes to mind when thinking about the rumored Apple Tablet:
Microsoft released what they called “Tablet PC” in 2001. It was a flop.
In 2009, when rumors of a new Apple product started up again using the word...
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johnzanussi:
jstn:
Led Zeppelin - No Quarter...
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“I want my sites to look Safari in Safari, and Safari in every other major...”
– Noah Stokes
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“Ext JS was superior and was the champion.”
– Ext JS vs Dojo – Using a Grid for Demos (via extjs)
De-optimizing
viafrank:
If the 20th century was about optimizing everything, I bet the 21st is about de-optimizing certain things. By de-optimizing, I mean making decisions about what is important, what is useful, and what is a distraction. Then, making the distractions less accessible, harder to get to, and more difficult to embrace. Think of it as a digital Walden. You optimize the important stuff, and...
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Commands I wish Voice Control on iPhone would...
mrgan:
“What time is it?”
“Rate song three stars.”
“What’s the weather?”
“Notifications!” (“You have one unread message and two unread emails.”)
“Redial.”
“New voice memo…”
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Two Gentlemen of Lebowski →
mrgan:
Adam Bertocci imagines my generation’s defining movie, The Big Lebowski, as written by Shakespeare:
WALTER Indeed, a rug of value; an estimable rug, an honour’d rug; O unhappy rug, that should live to cover such days! DONALD Of what dost thou speak, that tied the room together, Knave? Take pains, for I would well hear of that which tied the room together. WALTER Didst thou attend the...