April 2009
33 posts
“Nobody knows the age of the human race, but everybody agrees that it is old...”
You go, Arlen!
AP MSNBC NYT TPM (This one has the official statement.)
So Long, GeoCities: We Forgot You Still Existed -... →
GeoCities, a free Web hosting service that achieved fame in the mid-90s, died Thursday at the Yahoo headquarters in Silicon Valley. GeoCities was 15 years old.
Thank you, Republicans.
langer:
We’re all a little distracted by a global economic meltdown right now, and if it weren’t for your friendly reminders we’d probably all forget that our biggest threats are actually homosexuals and Mexicans.
“Today’s problems cannot be solved if we still think the way we thought...”
– Albert Einstein
Here’s a big problem.
Here’s a 12-part series on the problem.
358. If you have to make more than one...
(via rulesformyunbornson)
“I finally figured out the only reason to be alive is to enjoy it.”
– Rita Mae Brown
Hey look! You can leave comments now!
Clicky on the comments link to leave me some love. Good for ANY post! :)
V
“You know that children are growing up when they start asking questions that have...”
– John J. Plomp
285. Sleep with the window open.
(via rulesformyunbornson)
“All that is human must retrograde if it does not advance.”
– Edward Gibbon
Report: Iran Less Than 10 Years Away From 2016 |... →
WASHINGTON, DC—According to an alarming new Department of Defense report combining civilian, military, and calendric evidence, Iran may be as few as nine years away from the year 2016. “Every day they get one day closer,” Defense Secretary Robert Gates said during a White House press conference Tuesday. “At the rate they’re going, they will reach 2016 at the same time as...
Don't Judge a Book... →
Design is how it works.
langer:
Our local Bank of America branch installed new ATMs three or four weeks back. Since then they’ve had a team of associates stationed in the lobby to assist customers using the new machines.
I think this anecdote is an instructive lesson in accessible design: if you can’t trust that your user will be able to make sense of your interface without someone holding his or her hand, then you...
“A boy can learn a lot from a dog: obedience, loyalty, and the importance of...”
– Robert Benchley
“Democracy is a process by which the people are free to choose the man who will...”
– Laurence J. Peter
“Don’t you wish there was a knob on the TV to turn up the intelligence? There’s one marked ‘Brightness,’ but it doesn’t work.”
- Gallagher
“There are 10^11 stars in the galaxy. That used to be a huge number. But...”
– Richard Feynman
What does one TRILLION dollars look like? →
“For a list of all the ways technology has failed to improve the quality of life, please press three.”
- Alice Kahn
Obama Depressed, Distant Since 'Battlestar... →
You and me, both, Pres.