He's smart as hell and goes right at it, whatever it happens to be (in this case the above photo). I'll recommend his book wholeheartedly even though it's not even available for pre-order. Also, watch this video if you haven't yet.
Monday, August 30, 2010
Why I like Merlin Mann
He's smart as hell and goes right at it, whatever it happens to be (in this case the above photo). I'll recommend his book wholeheartedly even though it's not even available for pre-order. Also, watch this video if you haven't yet.
With a capital T and that rhymes with P . . . .
Scott Adams (Dilbert) suggests (for a good reason) that pool should be taught in school.
Friday, August 27, 2010
Wednesday, August 25, 2010
Hardest Hangman Word
Jazz.
Useful if you ever need to take down an elementary school kid who's getting too big for his britches.
Useful if you ever need to take down an elementary school kid who's getting too big for his britches.
Monday, August 23, 2010
Thank you, Mark Twain
“It ain’t what you don’t know that gets you into trouble. It’s what you know for sure that just ain’t so.”
Tuesday, August 17, 2010
Why Does Time Seem to Slow Down in Crisis?
NPR says that it's because you actually remember all the details.
Sunday, August 15, 2010
Friday, August 13, 2010
More on the dangers of success
Further to the Fred Brooks quote from a few weeks ago, this one from Pixar's Ed Catmull: "Success hides problems."
When I was growing up, my mom would say to me that I should go over the problems I got *right* as well as the ones I got wrong, because if it's wrong, I'll try to fix it, but if it's right, I might have problems I didn't see at first.
When I was growing up, my mom would say to me that I should go over the problems I got *right* as well as the ones I got wrong, because if it's wrong, I'll try to fix it, but if it's right, I might have problems I didn't see at first.
Wednesday, August 11, 2010
This answers the question once and for all
Horseracing to hot dog-eating, every single sport on earth shares three fundamental characteristics: people compete at it, computers can't do it, and aesthetics don't count. Absent any one of these criteria, and it is no sport—no matter what the NCAA and IOC try to sell you.
From The Atlantic "Why Cheerleading Isn't a Sport, but Croquet is."
From The Atlantic "Why Cheerleading Isn't a Sport, but Croquet is."
Tuesday, August 10, 2010
Learn Python the Hard Way
Why not? If I get tired of doing Project Euler problems in Java, I could switch over to Python.
Keep those telomeres long
Dr. Bill Andrews is hoping to extend the human lifespan by lengthening telomeres, a marker for aging.
Roches - Losing True - McCarter Theatre, Princeton 4-14-90
I love The Roches. Always will. Full stop.
Lyrics from metrolyrics.com
I'm losin' you
fading from view
aging and aching and raging and faking I'm
losin' you
losin' true
last time I saw you I wanted to paw you
not to destroy you now I just annoy you I'm
losin' to
accusin' you
when I first met you I failed to get you
now that I let you come through I forget who I'm
losin' out
cruisin' about
the night of shining armor doesn't do her any favors
make no mistake when mystiquing a make I'm
losin' you
choosin' to
Wednesday, August 4, 2010
Peter Norvig on Being Wrong
http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/thewrongstuff/archive/2010/08/03/error-message-google-research-director-peter-norvig-on-being-wrong.aspx
