February 2009
9 posts
Steampunk airships in Lego - Boing Boing Gadgets →
Feb 27th
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“Using progammer’s tools to do other stuff is like using chef’s...”
– Cory Doctorow, on a podcast describing his Flashbake system for managing his written work. This just blew my mind a little bit.
Feb 24th
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“First get your facts; then you can distort them at your leisure.”
– Mark Twain
Feb 13th
Show Us Your Saints - Boing Boing →
A guest post on Boing Boing from Gareth Branwyn where he lists those teachers in his life who have wrought a huge impact—his personal saints. Branwyn’s post is thoughtful (and thought-provoking), but the comments are the truly fascinating part of this exchange.
Feb 13th
1 tag
“Whatever you are, be a good one”
– Abraham Lincoln (via a magnet my wife put on the fridge this weekend)
Feb 9th
Principles of the American Cargo Cult →
Feb 7th
“I still live in your world. In this very house even. But now I exist between two...”
– Timothy McSweeney’s Internet Tendency: Short Imagined Monologues (oldie via boing boing)
Feb 7th
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“To put it bluntly, people die. Indeed, death is arguably the single most...”
– The once and future e-book: on reading in the digital age - Ars Technica
Feb 3rd
Feb 3rd