September 2009
12 posts
Forty-Two
I just realised I’m following 42 people here on Tumblr. Do you know what that means? It means I will have to selectively delete people if I choose to follow any new sources.
I’ve also been pondering the significance of my exiting the bus to work shortly after it has changed route numbers—to 42.
Why?
If you really have to ask, obviously you haven’t read enough Douglas Adams in...
moustache:
Yim Yames – Long, Long, Long
Cover...
The trouble with the world is that the stupid are...
As said Bertrand Russell. Then again, perhaps that is why they are what they are. Intelligence requires the questioning that often leads to self-doubt, and the stupid usually end up that way because they are certain that they are right, to the point that they ignore the evidence that would damn their position if they were to notice anything but the volume of their voice.
OneBusAway releases a native iPhone app →
jimray:
If you live in Seattle and ride the bus, you want this app. It’s kind of magic how well it works, providing real time data about when your bus is going to actually show up, instead of just when it’s…
“Mint was a key leader of the next generation of game changers. And now it’s...”
– Jason Fried on Intuit’s acquisition of Mint.com, and bend-over-and-take-it-for-the-money attitude of newer tech startups.
“Are you really a man?, you sure look like it and that might explain some mental...”
– Some nutball on Dooce’s new blog, Monetizing the Hate. Genius, really, as she’s surrounding the complete insanity of hate-mail from the easily offended with the highest monetizing CPM out there.
Makes me wish I had hate-mail and some name-brand recognition.
Google acquires reCAPTCHA →
jimray:
Seems like a somewhat natural fit with Google’s “digitize the world” mission
Exactly. When I see a reCAPTCHA, it is essentially the only time I’m glad I ran into a CAPTCHA.
WatchMy hastily made screencast on making a quick and easy color picker app for your Mac.
Screenr is pretty damn rad.
“When Van Jones called the Republicans assholes, he was paying them a compliment....”
– Bill Maher: New Rule: Float Like Obama, Sting Like Ali
