October 2011
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“Nostalgia is the death of all art.”
– http://becauseiknewyouwantedtoknow.tumblr.com/post/11503061426/i-had-the-pleasure-and-honor-of-interviewing-billy
Oct 18th
June 2011
1 post
“Traveling is for people who like pretzels.”
– Can a mutant douchebag change his life? | Altucher Confidential
Jun 4th
May 2011
1 post
“If you simplify your English, you are freed from the worst follies of orthodoxy....”
– Orwell: Politics and the English Language
May 18th
December 2010
2 posts
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FORA.tv - Jesse Schell: Visions of the Gamepocalypse
Dec 30th
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DICE 2010: “Design Outside the Box” Presentation Videos - G4tv.com
Dec 30th
October 2010
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Oct 28th
August 2010
1 post
“You have to treat eggs with the assumption that they’re contaminated with...”
– Second Iowa Producer Recalls 170 Million Eggs - NYTimes.com
Aug 24th
May 2010
2 posts
May 5th
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David Gelernter on how the computing paradigm is stuck in 1984.
May 2nd
April 2010
1 post
Apr 17th
March 2010
2 posts
“Those who want to be prosperous must first make others prosperous.”
– Yogi Ginger Tea tag
Mar 14th
3 tags
GMail "Smart Folder" Tip
Matt Cutts has an old tip on his blog: the link https://mail.google.com/mail/#search/label:unread+label:inbox will take you to GMail with the two labels “unread” and “inbox” used as search terms, thus showing you only your unread items in your inbox. I wanted to use this as what would be termed a “smart folder” on the Mac. I have the GMail Labs feature Quick...
Mar 13th
February 2010
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Feb 2nd
December 2008
1 post
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Dec 23rd
September 2008
4 posts
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Saturday Night Live skit: Sarah Palin - Katie Couric interview
Sep 28th
ListenArnold Kling, an economist who has worked for...
Sep 26th
Sep 25th
ListenStiglitz Says Iraq `Surge’ Not Success That...
Sep 17th
June 2008
1 post
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A couple, both writers, spend a day no more than 15 feet apart like a couple, both Buddhists, who were profiled in the NY Times.  
Jun 3rd
May 2008
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May 2nd
April 2008
2 posts
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Clay Shirky’s talk from the Web 2.0 Expo touching on his Here Comes Everybody book.
Apr 28th
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Another good thought-provoking talk by Tim O’Reilly.
Apr 28th
February 2008
1 post
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Penn Jillette ruminates on getting famous. 
Feb 2nd
January 2008
3 posts
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Seen on New York Times Laugh Lines blog.
Jan 21st
3 tags
UC Berkeley Webcasts: The Quality of Calories:... →
A RealMedia webcast of a talk by Gary Taubes at Berkeley. It’s a nearly two-hour long talk about parts of his new book.
Jan 20th
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Jan 8th
December 2007
2 posts
Dec 17th
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Steven Pinker discusses research showing violence decreased in the progression from hunter-gather societies to our own very inter-connected time.
Dec 15th
November 2007
1 post
“What would Tom and Huck do?”
– Animal Times: Life on the Mississippi
Nov 15th
October 2007
1 post
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Oct 2nd
September 2007
3 posts
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Sep 14th
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Sep 7th
“…I would get rid of software architects and move in as many graphic...”
– Zed Shaw and Matt Pelletier Decide if Rails is Enterprise Ready
Sep 5th
August 2007
4 posts
“Living near a park makes you twice as likely to exercise”
Aug 31st
“We use the manure of herbivores, like zebras and elephants.”
– Annals of Agriculture: New York Local: Reporting & Essays: The New Yorker
Aug 31st
Aug 31st
When I win my MegaMillions →
Aug 31st