October 2009
23 posts
songparts:
Can’t Hardly Wait
(Arena suprema...
Please Don't Do This, Nerds | Slog | The Stranger,... →
ampersandean:
I second Paul Constant’s plea.
At the Coop, “fiction” was on the mezzanine/2nd floor with the cafe and the magazines. Sci-fi, fantasy, romance, graphic novels, and mystery were (are, I presume, though I haven’t been by in a few years now) in the basement with the kids’ books, cooking, humor, and other smallish and oddball categories. The system (Heil B&N!) told us books...
Larry Magid’s 1984 LA Times review of 128K Mac |... →
It’s so cool to see what they found astonishing back then. I wonder what our excited tech commentary will look like to people in 30 years.
(via Instapaper)
A Natural Obsession § SEEDMAGAZINE.COM →
I really don’t get the lurch towards organic foods. I love buying food from a farmer’s market as much as anyone else, but I think it’s foolish to imagine that organic farming is anything but boutique food unsustainable for humanity as a whole. It isn’t surprising to me that it doesn’t differ nutritionally, it’s not like conventionally grown food is composed of...
GUIdebook > Screenshots > System 7.0 →
System 7.0 is the first operating system I remember. So sad that the Wild Eep is now extinct.
“Kotheimer consulted his listening notes: “Flat second, major third, perfect...”
– The Song Decoders at Pandora - NYTimes.com
Something really excites me about trying to quantify the clearly unquantifiable.
An Epidemic of Fear: How Panicked Parents Skipping... →
The anti-vaccination crowd is one of the things that make me despair for America. We can all debate things like how to structure our health-care system, or the economy, or wars. But you’d think we wouldn’t even need to debate that giving your child a little shot can prevent diseases that used to be the scourge of our child mortality rates is a good thing. But noooo; diagnosis rates for...
Is Barnes & Noble's Nook a Kindle killer? | Crave... →
Wow. This looks almost Apple-level in terms of design. I’m about 4 good reviews and a <$199 price away from buying this.
Google Wave: Not for everyone (and that's a good... →
A very good breakdown of what works about Wave. A lot of people have been coming at it from the wrong direction, people for whom most of their interactions are with small teams or between individuals. People are complaining it is too complex. What they don’t understand that it’s a vast simplification compared to communication in a corporate environment. It’s entirely routine for...
WatchCoolest GUI I’ve seen in a long time. Not so high-concept it feels unnatural. I was actually moving my hands along with it unconsciously. I would love to see this in a few years.
“‘‘He pushes himself into madness,’’ says Tomaz Kovsca, a journalist for Slovene...”
– That Which Does Not Kill Me Makes Me Stranger - New York Times
instantwatcher.com →
This site has been absolutely indispensable in my enjoyment of Netflix Instant, especially on my Xbox. The simple text interface loads fast and has all sorts of filtering functions so you can find a movie to suit you anytime. I use it all the time.
Chinese media tempted by fantasy of women-only... →
Interesting possible consequence of the disproportionate amount of men in China from the “one-child” policy.
