August 2008
96 posts
July 2008
71 posts
WatchMan on Wire
“We tend to overestimate the short term impact of a technology and underestimate...”
– Dr. Francis Collins - Director of the Human Genome Project. (via talby)
WatchKen Robinson says schools kill creativity
Economics of POW Camp →
(Via Get Rich Slowly)
Five Tactics for Pursuing Voluntary Simplicity
Live intentionally. Decide what’s important to you and what you want to do with your life. Set goals. Be aware of why you’re spending your money. Try to make conscious decisions, and not just react out of emotion.
Raise some capital. Personal finance isn’t all about saving, Brewer argues. It’s not all about living cheaply, either. It’s about finding a middle ground that works for you. But every...
Car-free Sundays In Seattle →
Car-free Sundays are a part of his ongoing effort to get people out of their cars and green up Seattle. Select neighborhood streets will be closed on consecutive Sundays in August and September, one neighborhood each Sunday.
“I think we all wish we could erase some dark times in our lives. But all of...”
– Luis Miguel (via thresca)
The Impending iPhone Subprime Crisis
rickyv:
Since there are no results on Google for this term, let me be the one to coin it.
The iPhone Subprime Crisis is what will happen as a result of Apple lowering the point-of-entry price of a new iPhone while increasing the overall cost of ownership over the two year term of the contract (up to $2700!).
People who thought they couldn’t afford an iPhone when they cost $400 now (falsely)...
WatchSpace Shuttle Launch As Seen From Air Canada Flight
(via 37Signals)
35W Bridge Collapse Retrospective
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Hip Hop Is Dead! Long Live Hip Hop! →
ideasarelikestars:
milkwasabadchoice:
peterwknox:
I have yet to see a Bluetooth device worn so as to not make its user look like a douchebag. They are truly the Crocs of the head accessories.
Yep. The other day I nearly ran over a man who was so busy talking on his Bluetooth that he walked straight out into the road. It inspired in me a mini-moment of road rage!
While out at the bars a while...
“There’s a difference between being honest and using ‘honesty’ as a justification...”
– Emily Gould. (via keepinganotebook)
WatchTechnological Trickery: Waterproof Gadget Coating is Invisible, Mystifying, Mind Boggling Witchcraft
Everything should be made with this! This is incredible.
“It’s sad when someone you know becomes someone you knew.”
– Henry Rollins (via thresca)
“Lawns are nature purged of sex and death. No wonder Americans like them so much.”
– Michael Pollan quoted in Turf War - Americans can’t live without their lawns—but how long can they live with them?
“Anyone can give up, it’s the easiest thing in the world to do. But to hold it...”
– Unknown. (via katiejo) (via anordinarygirl)
Werewolf, Game Theory, and Variants from Jane... →
I really, really need more Werewolf in my life.
“Love is a snowmobile racing across the tundra and then suddenly it flips over,...”
– Matt Groening (via affremblequotes)
Fourteen Passive-Aggressive Appetizers →
WatchBatman and Joker want you to remember to use sunscreen!
(via FilmDrunk.com)
Bus Snacks
A tour bus driver is driving with a bus load of seniors down a highway when he is tapped on his shoulder by a little old lady. She offers him a handful of peanuts, which he gratefully munches up. After about 15 minutes, she taps him on his shoulder again and she hands him another handful of peanuts.
She repeats this gesture about five more times.
When she is about to hand him another batch again...
Why Batman Could Exist--But Not for Long →
Just wondering
doree:
Why do you get a tax credit if you buy a hybrid car, but you get no tax credit if you don’t own a car in the first place?
“Don’t smother each other. No one can grow in the shade.”
– Leo Buscaglia (via affremblequotes)
