December 2009
135 posts
“Mistakes are the portals of discovery.”
– James Joyce (roomthily)
Watch3D wireframe…virtual..sound..thing. Incredible. Especially the very end. Via Richard Devine who you should really follow on Twitter for a constant stream of cool stuff like this. (dalasverdugo)
“However vast the darkness, we must supply our own light.”
– Stanley Kubrick, 1968 Playboy Magazine interview
“Genius means little more than the faculty of perceiving in an unhabitual way.”
– William James
“I’d take the awe of understanding over the awe of ignorance any day.”
– Douglas Adams
“On cartography, rocks, and warfare: “War effort in Afghanistan hampered by...”
– foreign policy (bldgblog)
“The outcome of any serious research can only be to make two questions grow where...”
– Thorstein Veblen
“I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is a necessary ingredient...”
– Dr. Seuss (roomthily)
“only 2% of tweets overlap with search trends”
– washington post (roomthily)
“Once I measured the heavens
Now I measure earthly shadows”
– epitaph of johannes kepler who first published the law of elliptical planetary motion 400 years ago
“The interstellar medium is a fascinating place to spend one’s life. There is...”
– Donald P. Cox (roomthily)
“When you know what you’re looking for search will always be king. When you don’t...”
– Why Social Beats Search
A Higgs boson walks into a church. The priest...
navigolucky: the Higgs boson says, “But without me, how can you have mass?
“Dude, if you ever use the word incentivize around me again I swear I will get in...”
– Fake Steve Jobs calls AT&T
“only 2% of tweets overlap with search trends”
– washington post
Watchan incredible video of an octypus carrying a coconut shell - it appears to mimic a shelled animal. (michaeljameslewis)
Vimeo Sued By Capitol Records Over Lip Dubs →
I roared with a belly laugh when I read this headline in bed earlier today. Could Capitol Records truly be this misguided? Do they not realize that if you were to sort Internet brands by those most emblematic of creativity — not piracy — that Vimeo would line up at the top? Lip-dubbing is harmless and perfectly fun, and ultimately will define the aesthetic of an Internet generation. Other than for...
“Never memorize something that you can look up.”
– Albert Einstein (proofmathisbeautiful:kari-shma)
“To be outstanding - get comfortable with being uncomfortable.”
– Alrik Koudenburg (navigolucky)