April 2012
3 posts
“To the man who only has a hammer, everything he encounters begins to look like a...”
– Abraham Maslow
“The world is a dangerous place, not because of those who do evil, but because of...”
– Albert Einstein
February 2012
1 post
October 2011
2 posts
Some food for thought →
curiositycounts:
“Let’s understand through a simple example. Let’s say you go into a restaurant and hate the wallpaper. You can complain and try to persuade the owner to change it. If he doesn’t change it, you can decide not to go back. But if you break in, take money out of the cash register, buy paint, and cover the wallpaper yourself, you will be charged with criminal wrongdoing and perhaps go...
“The definition of insanity is continuing to do the same thing over and over, and...”
– Albert Einstein
August 2011
1 post
“And let’s face it, Google isn’t making us stupider, it’s...”
– Douglas Coupland (http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/jul/20/marshall-mcluhan-chilling-vision)
May 2011
1 post
“Lead, follow, or get out of the way”
– Thomas Paine
April 2011
1 post
“Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks...”
– Thomas A. Edison
March 2011
2 posts
“What is the use of a book,” thought Alice, “without pictures or conversations?”
– Alice in Wonderland - Lewis Carroll
Apogee Jam - Studio quality guitar input for iPad,... →
I like this
December 2010
6 posts
Wikileaks and the Long Haul « Clay Shirky →
BBC News - Cloud computing 'could give EU... →
Always a good thing
“An optimist is simply a pessimist with no job experience.”
– Dilbert
November 2010
9 posts
ongoing by Tim Bray · What Android Is →
“Work is the curse of the drinking classes.”
– Oscar Wilde
“All bad art is the result of good intentions”
– Oscar Wilde (in The Picture of Dorian Gray)
The Royal Society's lost women scientists |... →
Ireland in talks over multi-billion loan - Europe,... →
NASA and DARPA Plan ‘Hundred-Year Starship’ To... →
October 2010
13 posts
Watch
Buttonwood: Old-age tension | The Economist →
“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do...”
– Mark Twain (via daringventure)
7 things you really don't need to take a photo of... →
Wow, With Windows Phone 7, Did Microsoft Actually... →
Zero History by William Gibson | Book review |... →
“A man is never more truthful than when he acknowledges himself a liar.”
– Samuel Langhorne Clemens bka Mark Twain - (November 30, 1835 – April 21, 1910)
BBC News - Wiliam Gibson says the future is right... →
Google creates new inflation measure | Business |... →
A radical pessimist's guide to the next 10 years -... →
Don’t read this if you are having a bad day … It will only get worse.
Let's raise £500k for the Analytical Engine | John... →
Call This Urban Speaker Tomorrow and Broadcast... →
Are You a Social Media Schizophrenic or Simpleton?... →
September 2010
1 post
“Good advice helps you find the solution to your problem. Great advice helps you...”
– http://twitter.com/hotdogsladies/status/22645561013
August 2010
1 post
“Avoid strong drink. It can cause you to shoot at tax collectors…and miss!...”
July 2010
1 post
All my friends are dead →
This one is good
June 2010
3 posts
listening to The Funeral by band of horses - http://ping.fm/kj2vF
Linkbait Generator →
50 Top StartUps - Symbaloo →
May 2010
3 posts
Kickstarter - Decentralize the web with Diaspora →
Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood official details |... →
Looking forward to this
Tax the Hell Out of Wall Street and Give it to... →
Very interesting read
April 2010
2 posts
“Doing what you like is freedom.
Liking what you do is happiness.
—...”
– http://twitter.com/zappos/status/12989038575
Loving the Google April fools joke : http://ping.fm/mRo9A