June 2010
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It’s nice to see all these big words being used in text messages thanks to the addition of spell check in iPhone’s iOS 4.
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“Let’s say you’re advising BP. What would you tell them to do?
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– ‘Reasonably High’ Chance BP Files for Bankruptcy
Remember, the business of business is business. It has nothing to do with cleaning up oil spills to make some backwards southerners happy. Certainly not to give two flying shits about the “environment.” Whatever the hell that...
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Now for an attempt at a productive day off in 3, 2, 1…
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Duck == Hairy arm
subroutine:
ted-is-a-nerd:
“A Duck: A feature added for no other reason than to draw management attention and be removed, thus avoiding unnecessary changes in other aspects of the product.”
— New Programming Jargon — Global Nerdy
I had a manager once who called this the “hairy arm” which came with this story:
There were two painters who were commissioned to do the same job; painting from...
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“Newly conventional ideas that were once unthinkable: You might have slept with...”
– Curent issue of The Atlantic p.40
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“Apple is the king of irrational brand exuberance, and it would have to do...”
– AT&T and Apple: A marriage made in hell - Jun. 16, 2010
That’s the money quote right there. I as frustrating as I am sure preordering an iPhone was for some people, they will forget about it entirely once they have the device in their hands (Assuming that making a dropped call isn’t...
RT @maxrichtermusic: awakened by the crows outside the window at 5am AGAIN…is this about royalties for “shadow Journal”? ok ok where d …
In case you missed it, check out @HannaRosin discussing “The End of Men” on The Colbert Report http://bit.ly/9KoeMF (via @TheAtlantic)
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RT @GreatDismal: If writing a book is the unpacking of something, one sometimes discovers, later, a false bottom, and beneath it…
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Saw Splice. Liked it.
Two observations (potential spoiler):
Of course whatever artificial being humans create with some of their DNA shoud be beautiful. And clearly it should embody all of their inner most desires, being Oedipal and Freudian at the same time.
Secondly, I am glad they painted the female scientist as mentally unsound due to some childhood truama. It makes me feel better.
RT @GreatDismal: RT @jwomack: World lit via Apple, sanitized for your protection: http://tinyurl.com/2brs68z
Alright, the new iPhone looks nice. I think I’m going to sit this one out for a few months though…
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