July 2011
20 posts
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“A ‘Fucking A’ trade is one that causes everyone else in the...”
– Billy Beane, as quoted in Moneyball
Jul 30th
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“Specialization is for insects.”
– Robert Heinlein, Time Enough for Love
Jul 28th
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Jul 26th
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Jul 25th
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Jul 25th
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Jul 23rd
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“The Mac user interface, with its menus, radio buttons, checkboxes, windows,...”
– John Siracusa, perfectly summing up the Big Philosophical Problem I have with porting iOS touchy-feely interaction to the desktop OS.  Mac OS X 10.7 Lion: the Ars Technica review
Jul 21st
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Jul 19th
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“It’s hard to talk to a person when they have millions, man, because there...”
– Hall of Fame cornerback Deion Sanders in an interview with an Atlanta radio station, on cutting ties with troubled Dallas Cowboys wide receiver Dez Bryant, whom he once mentored.
Jul 19th
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Jul 18th
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Jul 18th
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Jul 18th
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The Antlers and Neon Indian - Rolled Together Is there a name for this type of music? Because I think it is now my favorite type of music.
Jul 13th
“Don’t be a Google bitch, don’t be a Facebook bitch, and don’t be a Twitter...”
– Fred Wilson, noted tech investor. 
Jul 10th
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Jul 8th
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Jul 7th
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Jul 6th
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Jul 4th
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Wugazi. Of course. 
Jul 3rd
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perpetua: Beyoncé “Year of 4” The most amusing moment of this EPK is when Beyoncé, seeming slightly confused, notes that “Countdown” is “every hipster’s favorite song” in the bit where she’s discussing which songs to put on 4. Also, I really enjoy the sequence where she’s working with choreographers and dancers to nail the dance created for “Run the World (Girls).” I love how seriously she...
Jul 2nd
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