April 2011
“Draculin is the anticoagulant factor in vampire bat saliva. It is a large...”
– Molecules with silly or unusual names
“e-books and apps are here to stay and I’m in favor of all forms of books. So...”
– Stanley Mows the Lawn for the iPad!
“One day Suzuki Roshi said, “Life is basically impossible.” Then he got up and...”
– Life is basically impossible « Prickly Goo
“Nobody tells this to people who are beginners, I wish someone told me. All of us...”
– Your taste is why your own work disappoints you
Space Quotations: Looking Back at the Earth Quotes →
You develop an instant global consciousness, a people orientation, an intense dissatisfaction with the state of the world, and a compulsion to do something about it. From out there on the moon, international politics look so petty. You want to grab a politician by the scruff of the neck and drag him a quarter of a million miles out and say, “Look at that, you son of a bitch
“we revised Boromir’s long speech about Mordor at the last minute and only got it...”
– Easter Break - The Hobbit Blog | The Hobbit Blog
Rape Tape – far from harmless banter →
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Working Best at Coffee Shops - Conor Friedersdorf... →
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This Bacteria is Violating Copyright | tor.com |... →
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AppCode – the answer to my IDE woes. - Synaptic... →
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We’re hiring: Do you love to make stuff, inform... →
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Data and a sense of self - O'Reilly Radar →
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The Hackers Who Keep the Washington Post Running -... →
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Few entries, no consensus, no Pulitzer Prize for... →
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Social media to the rescue →
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The newsonomics of WaPo’s reader dashboard 1.0 »... →
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Quantum trading! And tunnels through the Earth! -... →
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