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“Youth & Aging” Tales Of Mere Existence (via...

Fri, 23 Jan 2009 22:58:51 -0800

“Youth & Aging” Tales Of Mere Existence
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Obama and McCain Tax Proposals - washingtonpost.com

Wed, 10 Sep 2008 22:15:16 -0700

Obama and McCain Tax Proposals - washingtonpost.com

Micronaut - Assemblage #1 (via jwz)

Sun, 07 Sep 2008 17:27:03 -0700

Micronaut - Assemblage #1
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Big Ideas (don’t get any) (via Laughing Squid)

Sun, 08 Jun 2008 17:37:00 -0700

Big Ideas (don’t get any)
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Analogy by Jesson Yip (via The Long Now Blog)

Sun, 01 Jun 2008 13:58:00 -0700

Analogy by Jesson Yip
(via The Long Now Blog)

Sebastien Tellier - Divine (via Music for Robots)

Sun, 04 May 2008 23:27:43 -0700

Sebastien Tellier - Divine
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Sharon and Tim June VegNews (via wonderyort)

Tue, 22 Apr 2008 12:23:15 -0700

Sharon and Tim June VegNews
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The Third Plateau

Thu, 17 Apr 2008 14:54:28 -0700

dan2bit: true_gritt please illuminate the channel on the concept of the "third plateau" of intoxication
true_gritt: the theory of the third plateau arose at Mackey's one evening
true_gritt: when Hector (former tech support guy) challenged Bug to a drinking contents
true_gritt: (generally, not a good idea, esp. since Bug outweighs Hector by a good 50 lbs.)
true_gritt: it goes like this
true_gritt: you start drinking, have a beer or two, and get a slight buzz
true_gritt: you are on an slope at this point
true_gritt: then you hit a plateau -- the First Plateau -- where you can maintain a nice buzz for awhile
true_gritt: but at some point, you have that shot of jagermeister or whatever and that sets you off on another slope
true_gritt: where you get progressively more drunk
true_gritt: until at some point you reach another plateau where you are pretty shit-faced drunk, but you have not yet started to do things that you will ultimately regret the next day
true_gritt: this can be a very pleasant plateau, and a true sensei of the art of getting liquored up can maintain the Second Plateau for an extended period of time
true_gritt: but, alas, many foolish ones believe that beyond the Second Plateau is yet another plateau -- the THIRD Plateau
true_gritt: and thus they decide "I will not remain on this Second Plateau. Line me up seven shots of Cuervo and some peach schnapps to wash it down."
true_gritt: The begin another slope, seeking the Third Plateau.
true_gritt: The secret -- the one which Hector was unable to grasp, but Bug has mastered -- is
true_gritt: there is no Third Plateau
true_gritt: Beyond the Second Plateau there is naught but disaster and strife
true_gritt: and probably an ugly chick or two
true_gritt: Thus endeth the parable of the Third Plateau

Dramatic Lemur (via Troels Folmann)

Sat, 22 Mar 2008 18:28:32 -0700

Dramatic Lemur (via Troels Folmann)

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Mon, 10 Mar 2008 23:32:11 -0700

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assaf: I wouldn’t be surprised if we find out that the larger the codebase is, the more it...

Mon, 18 Feb 2008 11:36:36 -0800

assaf:

I wouldn’t be surprised if we find out that the larger the codebase is, the more it approximates a poorly done dynamic type system.

Lightning Bug Situation - Mary DeNardo (is Awake) (via...

Mon, 04 Feb 2008 23:35:00 -0800

Lightning Bug Situation - Mary DeNardo (is Awake)
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Web Design Timeline

Thu, 31 Jan 2008 09:47:21 -0800

Web Design Timeline

"The best approach to identification seems to be to give up on having the identifier try to prove its..."

Thu, 10 Jan 2008 13:30:50 -0800

“The best approach to identification seems to be to give up on having the identifier try to prove its own relationship to a “principal” (person or entity). Instead, the relationships are given as external statements made by other principals. The identifier itself can then just be a random unique number (such as a public key, which is easy to generate) with no intrinsic mnemonic value.”

- Facebook and Decentralized Identifiers — Thought Palace

"Having to opt-out of email lists is like having to decline scheduled kicks to the scrotum."

Thu, 13 Dec 2007 14:09:41 -0800

“Having to opt-out of email lists is like having to decline scheduled kicks to the scrotum.”

- Merlin Mann

FishEye (image by Charles Miller, original photo by Sharon...

Wed, 12 Dec 2007 15:51:00 -0800

FishEye

(image by Charles Miller, original photo by Sharon Troy)

Why Does a Salad Cost More Than a Big Mac? (via 37signals)

Mon, 03 Dec 2007 09:06:00 -0800

Why Does a Salad Cost More Than a Big Mac?
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Jim Henson’s Time Piece (via Long Views)

Sat, 17 Nov 2007 07:45:00 -0800

Jim Henson’s Time Piece
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Spam One-Liners, Turning Spam Into Art (via Laughing Squid)

Wed, 07 Nov 2007 09:17:26 -0800

Spam One-Liners, Turning Spam Into Art
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9 creative staircases (via deputydog)

Mon, 05 Nov 2007 19:15:02 -0800

9 creative staircases
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