February 2009
32 posts
“The same misplaced incentives explain the ongoing problem of innocent prisoners...”
– Bruce Schneier - How Perverse Incentives Drive Bad Security Decisions
“Do we really need Personal Rapid Transit? Of course we do. If we think for just...”
– Matty Lang’s completely appropriate response to Michael Andregg’s recent PiPress editorial lamenting the decision to implement light rail in favor of PRT in Minneapolis/ St. Paul. My stance is that light rail is a positive extension of our metropolitan and regional transportation infrastructure, MPR...
“Our existence deforms the universe. That’s responsibility.”
– Neil Gaiman (The Sandman, The Kindly Ones) (via affremblequotes)
Do you experience 'Phantom Cell Phone'? →
“But the best beards are noble… [y]et one element links them all — they are...”
– Wondermark » Beards on the Rise
“Organisers of a papal-backed conference next month marking the 150th anniversary...”
– Vatican buries the hatchet with Charles Darwin
WatchSullenberger strikes me as incredibly classy guy.
Not in this clip, but seen at Newser:
“When asked if he prayed at any point, Sullenberger replied, ‘I would imagine somebody in back was taking care of that for me while I was flying the airplane.’”
via s4xton
How I'm Starring Music in iTunes
Inspired by Eric’s post on his dynamic playlists and getting fresh music on his iPhone, I’ve begun the slow process of starring my songs and setting up more playlists so that I don’t get burned out on the same tunes all the time.
Once I have more of a system in place I’ll document it a bit more, but for now I wanted to share how I’m starring music.
1 Star - Get it...
somethingofadreamer:
hannahcooper:
An SQL query walks into a bar and sees two tables. He walks up to them and says “Mind if I join you?”
ahahahaha.
The computer geeks are out in full force today!
So silly.
“When I was a kid I used to pray every night for a new bicycle. Then I realized...”
– Emo Philips (via affremblequotes)