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"The Kindles are to Amazon what the printed catalog was to Sears a century ago."

Sun, 09 Oct 2011 23:11:49 -0400

“The Kindles are to Amazon what the printed catalog was to Sears a century ago.”

- Amazon’s New Kindles At Daring Fireball

Jobs' One More Thing…

Fri, 26 Aug 2011 21:21:46 -0400

Jobs' One More Thing…:

Best article I’ve read yet about Jobs’ resignation (at Techcrunch of all places!).

While his age and health suggest that his time running Apple should be near an end or over, his track record in recent years suggests the opposite. Jobs is retiring in his prime.

Apple just had its best quarter ever. The iPhone, released just four years ago, is now their most important product. The iPad, released just last year, is a bigger business than the Mac. Earlier this month, Apple pushed past Exxon as the most valuable company in the world. This is Sandy Koufax retiring. This is Barry Sanders retiring. This is John Elway hanging it up after winning two Super Bowls in a row. This is Rocky Marciano walking away undefeated.

TMBG covers Chumbawamba See also: The Low Anthem covers...

Sat, 20 Aug 2011 10:35:43 -0400

TMBG covers Chumbawamba

America’s Most Expensive Restaurants

Sat, 20 Aug 2011 09:50:36 -0400

America’s Most Expensive Restaurants

Metroid 25th Anniversary Tribute Medley via inman

Fri, 19 Aug 2011 12:50:06 -0400

Metroid 25th Anniversary Tribute Medley

via inman

New York Day to Night

Thu, 18 Aug 2011 18:26:05 -0400

New York Day to Night

Apple Store Challenge

Thu, 18 Aug 2011 15:36:05 -0400

Apple Store Challenge

Twice a year in Manhattan, New York, for about 20 minutes,...

Thu, 18 Aug 2011 12:49:06 -0400

Twice a year in Manhattan, New York, for about 20 minutes, the sunset aligns precisely with the city’s street grid to simultaneously illuminate both the north and south sides of every cross street.

Since Manhattanhenge’s two days happen to fall near Memorial Day and Baseball’s All Star break, some people have suggested that future anthropologists will conclude that Americans worshipped war and baseball. Funny thing is, they wouldn’t be too far off…

Tumblr's Staircar: Redis Presharding

Wed, 20 Jul 2011 15:40:05 -0400

Tumblr's Staircar: Redis Presharding:

Enter Staircar: a lightweight HTTP service to make interacting with hundreds of Redis instances look easy. We considered some nascent open source projects for the job, but found they had a lot of functionality we didn’t need, and/or struggled with response times once the number of elements in the sorted set started to grow. Thus, we ended up with our own libevent-based interface in C, which presents itself as a RESTful, JSON-speaking service.

Extensive benchmarking showed Staircar was able to handle roughly 30,000 requests a second per server.

Great stuff. Can’t wait to see some code.

You know you work with geeks when…

Wed, 20 Jul 2011 12:49:05 -0400

You know you work with geeks when…

"I really have come to understand that 90% of success is showing up. The other 10% is asking for what..."

Fri, 15 Jul 2011 23:09:00 -0400

“

I really have come to understand that 90% of success is showing up. The other 10% is asking for what you need. That doesn’t leave a lot of space for the influence of “great glass.”

Lenses trump cameras. Lighting trumps lenses. Gesture trumps lighting. A good idea, well executed wins the hand.

”

- Ranch Weather. Ranch Lenses. Texas Girl.

“Photography Poker”

Harry Potter vs. Star Wars Click through!

Fri, 15 Jul 2011 13:14:05 -0400

Harry Potter vs. Star Wars

Click through!

"[Alan] Tudyk plays the voice of a Marine in the Xbox 360 game Halo 3. He is joined by his Firefly..."

Thu, 14 Jul 2011 21:12:06 -0400

“[Alan] Tudyk plays the voice of a Marine in the Xbox 360 game Halo 3. He is joined by his Firefly co-stars Adam Baldwin and Nathan Fillion who both voice Marines. All three actors are given personalities in the game matching those of their characters from Firefly.”

- May have just found the one and only reason to buy an 360 and play Halo 3.

Bored People Quit

Thu, 14 Jul 2011 18:27:06 -0400

Bored People Quit:

I think of boredom as a clock. Every second that someone on my team is bored, a second passes on this clock. After some aggregated amount of seconds that varies for every person, they look at the time, throw up their arms, and quit.

Ocarina of Time 3D with Robin FUCKING Williams via Devour

Thu, 14 Jul 2011 15:37:05 -0400

Ocarina of Time 3D with Robin FUCKING Williams

via Devour

The Very, Very Many Varieties of Beer 89 varieties + 200...

Thu, 14 Jul 2011 12:48:05 -0400

The Very, Very Many Varieties of Beer

89 varieties + 200 representative quaffs + a dozen glassware recommendations = 6 sq. ft of beer-soaked goodness.

Photo

Wed, 13 Jul 2011 21:15:06 -0400

Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Gary Oldman, and Morgan...

Wed, 13 Jul 2011 18:26:05 -0400

Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Gary Oldman, and Morgan Freeman reprise their respective roles. Anne Hathaway joins as Selina Kyle/Catwoman, and Tom Hardy is set to play Bane.

Watermelon

Wed, 13 Jul 2011 15:37:05 -0400

Watermelon

A Whole Bunch of Amazing Stuff Pseudo Elements Can Do

Wed, 13 Jul 2011 12:49:05 -0400

A Whole Bunch of Amazing Stuff Pseudo Elements Can Do:

What it says on the tin.

via Cameron Moll

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"The Kindles are to Amazon what the printed catalog was to Sears a century ago."

Jobs' One More Thing…

TMBG covers Chumbawamba See also: The Low Anthem covers...

America’s Most Expensive Restaurants

Metroid 25th Anniversary Tribute Medley via inman

New York Day to Night

Apple Store Challenge

Twice a year in Manhattan, New York, for about 20 minutes,...

Tumblr's Staircar: Redis Presharding

You know you work with geeks when…

"I really have come to understand that 90% of success is showing up. The other 10% is asking for what..."

Harry Potter vs. Star Wars Click through!

"[Alan] Tudyk plays the voice of a Marine in the Xbox 360 game Halo 3. He is joined by his Firefly..."

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Ocarina of Time 3D with Robin FUCKING Williams via Devour

The Very, Very Many Varieties of Beer 89 varieties + 200...

Photo

Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Gary Oldman, and Morgan...

Watermelon

A Whole Bunch of Amazing Stuff Pseudo Elements Can Do

Bored People Quit