August 2009
“Have you ever seen a business plan with hockey stick revenue projections? It’s...”
– How Long Does it Take to Build a Technology Empire?
Video claims to show Michael Jackson alive! →
Let it begin …
volvowagon:
i knew it!
Ted Kennedy Dies of Brain Cancer at Age 77 - ABC... →
Sad, sad day…
“When I heard that JetBlue was offering a pass for unlimited flights during...”
– The 30-day Flight | Dustin Curtis
“Of course the people don’t want war. But after all, it’s the leaders...”
– Herman Goering at the Nuremberg trials
Computer Power Test →
I wonder what happens if I pull the power cord out really quick like…
AP IMPACT: New meth formula avoids anti-drug laws →
Jeez. This is crazy…
“If there is any oxygen at all in the bottle, it has a propensity to make a giant fireball,” said Sgt. Jason Clark of the Missouri State Highway Patrol’s Division of Drug and Crime Control. “You’re not dealing with rocket scientists here anyway. If they get unlucky at all, it can have a very devastating reaction.”
One little mistake,...
John Gabriel's Greater Internet Fuckwad Theory →
Foreigners Attending US Grad Schools Way Down:... →
It’s happening: Lou Dobbs’ dream come true and Silicon Valley’s worst nightmare. We’re already seeing the reverse brain drain as smart immigrants take their US educations and experience…
Foreigners Attending US Grad Schools Way Down:... →
It’s happening: Lou Dobbs’ dream come true and Silicon Valley’s worst nightmare. We’re already seeing the reverse brain drain as smart immigrants take their US educations and experience…
Hellforge | The New Battle.net Interface →
I like it. The old BNet interface was atrocious, so I am glad they are redesigning it and taking into account the past 10 years of interface development.
Jim Rice tells it like it was(n't) →
Yikes: Jim Rice’s advice to Little Leaguers: Don’t use today’s major-leaguers as role models. Speaking to players before the start of the Little League World Series, the new baseball Hall of…
Conversational UX Design | From The Head Of Zeus... →
A great example of conversational interaction design can be seen in the registration process on tumblr.com. There is no sales proposition – the first page you see beckons you to start using the tool. If you really want to, you can go see the 21 reasons why you’ll love tumblr. But you don’t have to. You can just dive in.
A is for Ajax and C is for Comet →
There’s a bit of buzz going around about the “real-time web” lately. The real-time web is about information delivered to the user as soon as it is available. Real-time notifications are exciting because it allows web pages to be more dynamic and seem more alive. These techniques also allow developers to mimic desktop applications, with their immediate user feedback, on the web.
Watchfillup:
“Apparently, a planet where a mixed-race president and a gay Jew can be considered Nazis.” Oh, snap!
the internet just got waay more serious:
omg. All the warnings mean this must be amazingly horrible.
agentmlovestacos:
I won’t watch it/search it out, but I figured ya’ll should know…
via @ghostlikeswazy:
@kylestyle913 just sent me a link to vid: 1 guy 1 cup. DO NOT WATCH THIS.
Now i assumed this would be just the most abysmal disgusting thing in the world.
Turns out it is worse. waaay worse.
Not so much ‘fucked up fetish’ as...
“Failure is a wonderful teacher. But there’s no need to seek out failure....”
– Coding Horror: The Only Truly Failed Project
Design Decisions: New signup form →
Yesterday we launched the redesign of the signup form used by Basecamp, Highrise, Backpack, and Campfire. This is one of the last phases of the marketing site redesign project we started earlier…
Trailer for James Cameron's Avatar (the real deal... →
Looks really good!
agentmlovestacos:
(via @Twyst, on a French MSN site) I dunno. It looks interesting. The CGI is pretty, but looks more like a faaaaancy cartoon than true to life. Neat, though.
[Click the title of the post. That’s the link.]
Uncomfortable Plot Summaries →
via @jkottke
My faves:
DIE HARD: Dysfunctional cop saves marriage by murdering foreign national.
FIGHT CLUB: Deranged sociopath guides yuppies to their deaths.
MY GIRL: Boy killed by female friend’s irresponsibility.
THE PASSION OF THE CHRIST: Mel Gibson fulfills fantasy of showing a Jew beaten to a bloody pulp and killed on-screen.
“As you may know, District 9 was inspired by Neill Blomkamp’s short film...”
– 5 Things You Didn’t Know About District 9 - District 9 - io9
Theodore Olson's Road to Championing Same-Sex... →
This guy is amazing. I remember reading about how the opposing lawyers of Bush v Gore were teaming up to do this case and being skeptical. Reading this, Olson sounds like a badass. And I LOVE how he made the Govenator and Jerry Brown the defendants.
fillup:
Just goes to show you that typecasting doesn’t always work. Too bad we can’t get Scalia on board with this.
“Lemonade is a documentary that exposes some of the 70,000 advertising...”
– When life gives you lemons: idsgn (a design blog)
Pine Tar Incident - Wikipedia →
This is a great game, and they replay the incident on ESPN Classic all the time. Too funny…
fillup:
Followed a @mental_floss thread today….and ended up on something interesting!
“Nowhere in Fiji Water’s glossy marketing materials will you find reference...”
– Fiji Water: Spin the Bottle
Before There Was Twitter, There Was Blogger. And... →
What were you doing in 1999? Maybe you were following the Kosovo War. Maybe you were starting to use Napster. Maybe you were entering your senior year of high school (I was). Or maybe you…
Quentin Tarantino's top 20 movies →
Quentin Tarantino talks about his 20 favorite movies that have been made since he became a director. Here’s the full list in handy text form: Battle Royale
Anything Else
Audition …
“In the 10 years or so I’ve been involved with startups, I have never seen a...”
– Chris Dixon (via entrepreneurwisdom) (via mikehudack) (via rahmin) (via hiten)
cdixon.org / Joining a startup is far less risky... →
fillup:
I am totally addicted to this blog. Thanks @fredwilson
More on Tex vs. the World →
Rob Neyer absolutely SKEWERS the “Tex the MVP” discussion.
