July 2009
41 posts
What Would a Fair-Labor iPod Cost? – Umair Haque –... →
“But, as the world itself implies, a universe of mere objects is objectionable....”
– Perhaps a bit long as a quote, but this page from Alan Watts’ Tao: The Watercourse Way was too good not to put up (via hv23)
Twitter’s New Search Centric Home Page →
How to Run External Commands Without Leaving Vim →
Bash Script to Cron for Deleting Old Log Files →
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-7-26) →
The Rolling Stones (160)
Daft Punk (42)
Nirvana (30)
The Byrds (30)
Frank Sinatra (29)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
I Want “Read Flare” — Plugins for Sharing in... →
“Piracy is essentially the consumer’s wish to have everything on demand. It’s not...”
– Daniel Ek - founder of Spotify
Slipstream - Streaming Services May Soothe the Music Industry - NYTimes.com
(via fred-wilson)
Why I am Paying for Gmail (Gmail Insurance) →
“Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.”
– Leonardo da Vinci (via affremblequotes)
jayparkinsonmd:
I was in Silicon Valley yesterday. I’m so happy I live in New York City.
kortina’s bit: Agreed.
New Twitter Feature: DM Email Responses
thegongshow:
I’ve had a pet peeve with Twitter for awhile, and I know it can be fixed via an app that implements the Twitter API. So, I’m going to outline the app here in hopes that one of you all out there gets inspired (or is bored enough) to write it. But, if no one steps up, then I’m sure I’ll get around to hacking it together myself.
Whenever I receive a Direct Message (DM) email...
Django snippets: Middleware to detect visitors who... →
“The co-founder of Gilt Groupe, Kevin Ryan, is also a co-founder of SAI. In fact,...”
– Gilt Groupe Raising $40 Million At A Huge Valuation http://bit.ly/wIqPB
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-7-19) →
Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band (27)
Dave Matthews Band (26)
Cream (24)
Bob Dylan (22)
Herbie Hancock (20)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Summary of Emerging Technology by Ray Kurzweil →
Workout of The Day 2.0 iPhone App Reviews Glow →
KISS Recipe: Sauteed Broccoli →
Please Stay Lazy →
rules of a web app
rafer:
Image by Bob.Fornal via Flickr
hiten:
peterclark:
simple
public over private
personal vanity
internet is global
permalinks
one important item per page
don’t break the browser
don’t wanker in technology
a medium is not a grande
break convention for your users
no useless widgets
nobody changes the defaults
level up
invaluable tool
use it yourself
make it a game
make...
Rushkoff on Currency →
Screencasting, Video Demos, and Youtube →
Address Bar Hack to View Mobile Friendly Version... →
Python All Day
if trackdata:
parsed_trackdata = TrackdataParser(trackdata)
logging.debug(parsed_trackdata)
Self Experimentation, Trying New Software, and the... →
How To Make a Fixed Link to Twitter That’s Always... →
Dmitry Orlov Video on Preparing for Collapse →
Understanding Direct Traffic as Traffic from... →
Quick Add to Google Calendar via SMS →
Simple Coffee Aesthetic →
Suppress “The application ___ quit unexpectedly”... →
What Interests Hackers?
anything that gratifies one’s intellectual curiosity
I liked this definition of hacker by interest, via http://bit.ly/RJrq0
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“Oatmeal for cardiovascular health is a total fraud. The fiber might be useful,...”
– via http://bit.ly/4tUMg
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Excerpts from an Apocalyptic Essay
Whatever green thing the marketers and advertisers throw at you, buy it, toss it, and buy another one straight away. Repeat until they are out of product, you are out of money, and the landfills are full of green rubbish. That should stimulate the economy. Market research shows that there is a great reservoir of pent-up eco-guilt out there for marketers and advertisers to exploit. Industrial...
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Natural Link Structure
My friend Jack told me last week that Google much prefers natural link structure—paths to deep pages that are easily navigable from your index page—over sitemap style navigation. Noted.