January 2009
24 posts
Ma.gnolia Suffers Major Data Loss, Site Taken... →
Yet another website folk relied on to keep their data goes dark.
WatchFireball - The John Gruber Story
The YLNT guys are at it again. Here’s an...
The Words On The Wall →
Went to see this concert last night. The music was fantastic and the twitter/text element was amusing when it was working. Will likely be uploading videos and photos of the event in a bit.
Etymology of "get the gist" →
Tweaker →
electronic music which I’m not instantly bored by.
“the New York State Department of Transportation estimates that 60,000-70,000...”
– http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/pda/2009/jan/30/google-digitalmedia
“… customers are spending $400 less each month than they were a year ago,
...”
– Aaron Patzer, CEO of Mint.com
Lego Turing Machine →
Twitter →
I’ve been using twitter for at least 6 months now, but in the past month it’s managed to get itself everywhere. Picking up the metro, only to find they’re regurgitating something Jonathan Ross had…
Grow Tower →
I managed this in less than 10 attempts which suggests that maybe they’re getting easier.
“After gazing out at all the wolfoids he had fucked up, Grimm Shado wondered if...”
– L.H.Franzibald
I heartily recommend the whole Further Songs of Sorcelation arc which starts here
Turns out, there can be more than one. →
Sounds like the backstory to a Carpenter movie. I’d watch it.
“Let’s face it: society is bored, and technology is boring.
If you want...”
– The future is… boring
Meaningless, meaningless, everything is meaningless?
Dicks
It feels like the internet is growing tired of being a dick. Maybe it’ll blow over and we’ll be ripping into each other without a moments thought again by the end of the week. However, I think a lot of people are starting to realise that too often it’s just the easy option. Make an inflamatory comment about someone and you get attention, regardless of its merit. Others have...
Paul Carr proposes some rules for not being a dick... →
http://antoniocangiano.com/2009/01/28/lets-all-grow... →
Michael Arrington gets spat on and has a bit of a... →
“What you have witnessed is a year long proof that programmers will usually
only...”
– Zed Shaw
John Gabriel's Greater Internet Dickwad Theory →