November 2011
2 posts
Steve Jobs’s Real Genius : The New Yorker →
I don’t often share Steve Jobs stuff, but I always read it, and this is my favorite that I’ve come across so far
“Stories about aging have traditionally focused on the need for graceful...”
– The Fable of the Dragon-Tyrant, by Nick Bostrom
Journal of Medical Ethics, 2005, Vol. 31, No. 5, pp 273-277
October 2011
1 post
September 2011
4 posts
The Nine Billion names of God by Arthur C. Clarke →
August 2011
1 post
“…I feel something start within me, something that leaves its resting-place...”
– The Cookie
July 2011
2 posts
NYTimes interview with Marc Andressen
After hearing a story about Foursquare’s co-founder, Dennis Crowley, walking into a press event in athletic wear and eating a banana, I developed a theory that bubbles might be predicted by fashion: when tech founders can’t be bothered to appear businesslike, the power has shifted too much in their favor.
Believe it or not, this goes deep into the interior mentality of the engineer, which is...
June 2011
3 posts
Why Work Doesn't Happen at Work →
This is my favorite TED talk so far. It’s about how incredibly destructive meetings are.
“Dr. House: Words have set meanings for a reason. If you see an animal like Bill...”
– House, M.D. ep 3x10, ”Merry Little Christmas”
May 2011
3 posts
2 tags
"France, armée, tête d'armée, Joséphine."
It’s a little known fact that Stanley Kubrick had a lifelong fascination with Napoleon, and attempted several times to turn his life into a movie. He once explained to a colleague: “it’s impossible to tell you what I’m going to do except to say that I expect to make the best movie ever made.”
The movie was obviously never made, but he got as far as writing a complete screenplay,...
April 2011
6 posts
1 tag
“As a side note, data caps are actually a very poor way to manage demand and...”
– Netflix, Inc. Form 8-K filed Apr-25-2011
“For over a thousand years Roman conquerors returning from the wars enjoyed the...”
– Gen. George C. Patton
IT IS YOUR BIRTHDAY. →
March 2011
12 posts
“This is the essential mix on Radio 1, a program designed to keep the party...”
– Pete Tong
Daft Punk Essential Mix
March 2, 1997
“Will Charczuk 3:27 PM
(me)(having sex)
that is a venn diagram
of people that...”
"0wnz0red" →
This might be hands-down my favorite short story, conceptually speaking, and I blame reading it in high school for my various random obsessions with everything that combines medicine and technology.
TL:DR - what if the human body had an API.
To Do List →
I wish.
Justin Bieber - One Time (Diplo VS Skrillex VIP... →
I hear it, and I don’t care. Diplo + anything = gold.
Bass kicks at 3:46.
February 2011
12 posts
If all stories were written like science fiction... →
To celebrate my sci-fi story kick I seem to be on.
The Last Question by Isaac Asimov →
One of my favorite short stories.
Or maybe it could be put more simply like this: How can the net amount of entropy of the universe be massively decreased?
Multivac fell dead and silent. The slow flashing of lights ceased, the distant sounds of clicking relays ended.
Then, just as the frightened technicians felt they could hold their breath no longer, there was a sudden springing to life of...
Yuri Milner pays $150k YCombinator investments by... →
“One night he just shows up with three strippers, four bottles of vodka and a duffel bag full of 20s,” said Harris. “He yells out, ‘Let’s do this, bitches!’ and before we know it, we’re completely smashed and dancing to really bad techno.”
Steelers’ Coach Takes a Quiet Route to Brilliance →
Real Men of Genius Volume 1
"Tk Tk Tk" →
The story is about a penniless human salesman trying to sell software on an alien planet populated by giant, intelligent, impersonal (yet very humble) insects, many light years from Earth. The main character, Walker, has trouble with everything from his ability to sell his computer systems and gadgets, to paying for his hotel and participating in the local religious holiday. In the end he finds...
Infographics of the Day: A Son Honors His Father's... →
Packers, Steelers Find A Bunch Of Fucked-Up Shit... →
The Hedgehog's Dilemma →
January 2011
4 posts
