February 2012
12 posts
"That was your Holy Book? My bad." →
NY Times: “Koran Burning in NATO Error Incites Afghans for 2nd Day”
How was this a “NATO error”? Unless I’m missing something, the article doesn’t seem to answer that question.
“There is another important topic to communicate about a procedure—how it handles...”
– Kent Beck, Smalltalk Best Practice Patterns, “Method Comment”, p. 41
(Emphasis mine.)
@brynary's Law of `lib/` →
Also known henceforth as The MyTurtleFaceSpace Rule
I recommend any code that is not specific to the domain of the application goes in lib/. Now the issue is how to define “specific to the domain”. I apply a litmus test that almost always provides a clear answer:
If instead of my app, I were building a social networking site for pet turtles (let’s call it MyTurtleFaceSpace) is there a...
“Parents may worry that their infant may be more prone to injury at the...”
– Wikipedia, you just made me feel so much better about having a kid someday.
“And if you can stand me sounding even crazier, here is this: making money from...”
– Jonathan Coulton on the MegaUpload takedown
January 2012
12 posts
How to use Aperture.
Frasier Speirs shares his Aperture workflow:
Once I’ve been through all the images and rated them One Star or Reject, I’ll do another pass asking myself “Does this image deserve to be a Two Star or stay a One Star?”. Having done that, I’ll be looking at some images rated One Star and some Two Star. What I do next is have Aperture hide all the One Star images by...
December 2011
14 posts
“There is no catching up. There is only catching on.”
– David Allen, quoted in The way out is through on GTD Times.
ChaCha: "What affects does wd 40 have on plastic?"
OPANA ER (extended release) 40 milligrams contains Oxymorphone Hydrochloride, which is a morphine-like opioid agonist and a Schedule II controlled substance, with an abuse liability similar to other opioid analgesics. No plastic ingredient specified.
How did we ever live before ChaCha?
“At first the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office denied their application for a...”
– Edible underwear - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
NearlyFreeSpeech.NET: Welcome SOPA Refugees →
NearlyFreeSpeech.NET, my favorite web host and (unadvertised) domain registrar maintains its position: “SOPA sucks”. Because of that, they’re getting a lot of new business this week. Despite that, they’re playing it cool and sticking to their principles of straightforward honesty:
There does seem to be a current of “sign up with us to show your support for SOPA!”...
"The Tyrrany of the Urgent" →
Raganwald:
Bad software doesn’t really start with bad developers. It starts with good, decent people who make decisions that seem right on the day but in aggregate, considered over longer timeframes, are indefensible. This is a great paradox.
How did Bonobos get past their epic fail on Cyber... →
Jon Schlossberg, UX Lead at Bonobos:
I’d like to reiterate that this is purely my opinion and I haven’t vetted it with anyone else here, but I believe the success in our handling of the situation is due to one reason and one reason only:
We’re very good at hiring.
November 2011
2 posts
Holly of The Pervocracy: Strong Woman
The misconception is: “Feminism is the idea that women are strong.”
No. Feminism is the idea that women are as strong as men, but no stronger. […] Feminism is the idea that a woman shouldn’t have to be exceptionally strong to get by. Feminism makes no predictions on whether a particular woman can survive slings and arrows, bullying and belittling, mistrust and...
October 2011
8 posts
I miss Sculley
In 1987, Apple released this concept video for Knowledge Navigator, a voice-based assistant combined with a touchscreen tablet computer.
Based on the dates mentioned in the Knowledge Navigator video, it takes place on September 16, 2011. The date on the professor’s calendar is September 16, and he’s looking for a 2006 paper written “about five years ago,” setting...
“Unstructured playtime is more valuable for the developing brain than any...”
– No TV for Children Under 2, Doctors’ Group Urges - NYTimes.com
The implication is that unstructured playtime is important for children. Could it have the same effect for adults? And if it did, would we have any evidence?
Feminism: you're doing it wrong.
thiswayforeyeway:
batnap:
hollywoodoverthrow:
teammedea:
Inside this month’s issue of Cosmo, like every month, there is a “Sexy vs. Skanky” article, in which behaviors and clothing that have been recently demonstrated by celebrities are compared.
This time, it says “Sexy: Girl Power. Skanky: Slut-shaming.”
Cosmo, I don’t know if you noticed, but calling behavior that you deem...
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September 2011
12 posts
“When there is no “normal,” there’s no reason to take pride in...”
– The Pervocracy: The end of normal.
Holly has this way of saying deep important things that matter a lot to me but I haven’t managed to put into words.
Every. Goddamn. Post.
