March 2008
46 posts
My Muxtape →
Beautiful and simple site to share music. Loving it.
How to Think →
“Somebody at Pure Digital must have sat through countless meetings, steadfastly...”
– [via 37signals] David Pogue reviews The Flip
less is more. it just works. simple. i like.
Watch Tracy Morgon on Clinton/Obama
“I spent a good part of the last few days calling people on Wall Street and in...”
– Can’t Grasp Credit Crisis? Join the Club - New York Times
WatchWorst Website Ever
Collector scavenges to survive in Pasadena - Los... →
Life is so rough for some people. It’s a sad story of a woman struggling to help make money for the family by digging through trash to find recyclable items 5 days a week, rain or shine.
“In fielding practice, Meacham remembered, Rodriguez would ask for grounders to...”
– Deliberate Practice:
1. Focus on technique as opposed to outcome. 2. Set specific goals. 3. Get good, prompt feedback, and use it.
“The trap of perfectionism is particularly treacherous for computer programmers,...”
– Jason Rohrer on Perfectionism
DMX is awesome
Excerpt of his interview in XXL:
Are you following the presidential race? Not at all. You’re not? You know there’s a Black guy running, Barack Obama and then there’s Hillary Clinton. His name is Barack?! Barack Obama, yeah. Barack?! Barack. What the fuck is a Barack?! Barack Obama. Where he from, Africa? Yeah, his dad is from Kenya. Barack Obama? Yeah. What the fuck?! That ain’t no fuckin’ name,...
He's no rock star, but a video 'god' - Los Angeles... →
kottke.org is ten years old today →
Kansas woman sat on toilet for two years - Los... →
WTF
“Basically, Atari’s marketing folks would negotiate a license to ship GameCorp’s...”
– Landon Dyer - “Donkey Kong and Me”
whoa. this is crazy. long story about programming donkey kong for atari in the 80’s.
Reasons It's Great To Be A Guy!
testumblrone:
1. Phone conversations last 30 seconds 2. You know useful stuff about tanks and airplanes 3. A 5 day vacation requires only one suitcase 4. Bathroom lines are 80% shorter 5. You can open all your own jars 6. Old friends don’t give you crap if you’ve lost or gained weight 7. Dry cleaners and haircutters don’t rob you blind 8. When clicking through the...
“And nothing bad has happened while I’ve been offline; the e-mail and phone...”
– [via NYT] ‘I Need a Virtual Break. No, Really.’
“What we know about incentives is that people work a lot harder to avoid losing...”
– [via NPR]
The scale definitely matters. For example, I had a gym membership that I was paying $30/month and with that in mind, I made a strong effort early on to go, so I could get my money’s worth. After a while, I just stopped going (got too busy) and the $30 went down the drain for several...
“I suspect that two little-noted factors, both of them cultural rather than...”
– Roosevelt Montás [via LAT]
Interesting take on the latino affinity for Hillary. There isn’t valid evidence that blacks and latinos simply hate each other. But, the media throws out stupid shit like that and everyone believes it to be true.
Luther Burger →
A Luther Burger, also referred to as The Luther or simply a doughnut burger, is a hamburger, specifically a bacon cheeseburger, which employs a glazed donut in place of each bun.
Master P still hustling
Hard to really look forward to USC basketball next season (Mayo, please don’t leave to the NBA yet!) with Master P in his No Limit gear showing up to every game. WSJ has a story of lil Romeo’s journey from never playing a full season at Beverly Hills HS to getting a scholarship offer at USC.
It had to a be a package deal to get Demar DeRozan (#5 prospect on scout.com) as Master P...
“For those of you who felt the earth shudder this morning, that was the sound of...”
– Mike Lee on today’s iPhone SDK annoucement
Vitamin Features » How to recreate Silverback’s... →
Awesome tutorial for the background effect used on Silverback
“Tomorrow I don’t know what I’m going to do. I think about today....”
– Jordan