January 2008
42 posts
Simon Tatham - Symbolic logic stickers →
Simon Tatham - Symbolic logic stickers
Simon Tatham - Symbolic logic stickers →
Simon Tatham - Symbolic logic stickers
"In the late 1970s Mark Cohen, an archaeologist,... →
In the late 1970s Mark Cohen, an archaeologist, first suggested that agriculture was born of desperation, rather than inspiration. Evidence from the Fertile Crescent seems to support him. Rising human population density, combined perhaps with a cooling, drying climate, left the Natufian hunter-gatherers of the region short of acorns, gazelles and wild grass seeds. […] In times of prey...
"So my experience is that from the beginning, as... →
So my experience is that from the beginning, as an entrepreneur, we must focus entirely on making money and when we are successful in making money, we will be making meaning as well (because it is so damn obvious). But if we focus on making meaning, chances are that we won’t make any money and even if we do, everyone would still argue over what meaning is. –LoveMyTool
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The Love Mattress: Modern Sleeping Solutions for... →
The Love Mattress: Modern Sleeping Solutions for Couples
base2 - Google Code →
Lightweight library that irons out differences in JavaScript implementations. Cross-browser JavaScript 1.6+ & some ES4 features
oh nice - backup harddrive crashed and killed the... →
oh nice - backup harddrive crashed and killed the system - main drive seems to be fine. still preparing for move to new server.
hdd controler crashed. gonna be a long night... →
hdd controler crashed. gonna be a long night…
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“sliced bread was ignored for 15... →
ie7-js - Google Code →
IE7 is a JavaScript library to make Microsoft Internet Explorer behave like a standards-compliant browser. It fixes many HTML and CSS issues and makes transparent PNG work correctly under IE5 and IE6.
MONKEY ISLAND REVIVAL PARTY! Wann? Am 23. 2. 2008... →
MONKEY ISLAND REVIVAL PARTY! Wann? Am 23. 2. 2008
Wo? Im WUK-Projektraum (Wien) Weitere Infos gibt’s auf www.monkeyislandrevival.com . Neben Spielen wie
Beleidigungsfechten und Kokosnuss-Bowling wird’s auch eine Live-Band und natürlich jede Menge Flüssiges geben. Und: VERKLEIDEN ist definitiv erwünscht! YAY! Yet another pirate party. Wird Zeit! MetaIsland ist ja schon ne weile...
Richard Branson Quotes →
Business opportunities are like buses, there’s always another one coming.
Cursor*10 by nekogamesClick stairs and move. The... →
Von Hackern lernen - futurezone.ORF.at →
http://futurezone.orf.at/it/stories/247403/
"Oh, and one more thing: Making humans edit XML is... →
Oh, and one more thing: Making humans edit XML is sadistic! –Django | The Django template language: For template authors | Django Documentation
first night of group hacking on our new startup! →
first night of group hacking on our new startup!
Iowa caucus results →
Obama wins Democratic caucus, Hillary just third: Hell yeah, that’s perfect. Makes my day.
Huckabee wins Republican: His lead is higher than I’d expected (34–25), but the win is not too surprising for Iowa. I’m skeptical that it’ll last, or that he could win if he’s the nominee… let’s wait for NH. Interesting: Neither of today’s winners is part of...
Old school VXers calling it quits →
… and all of a sudden, the clueless experts of the worlds realized that the skillful hackers were not, really, the bad guys …
"Media Markt habe angekündigt, die Kosten dafür... →
Media Markt habe angekündigt, die Kosten dafür einzufordern, dass Mitarbeiter vier Tage lang Fernsehgeräte immer wieder anschalten mussten. –taz.de - Kolumne: Zappen im Media Markt
GREENHITHE, England (AFP) - A jacket with... →
GREENHITHE, England (AFP) - A jacket with sunglasses sewn into the hood, dubbed a “burkha for boys,” is shaping up as a big Christmas hit within weeks of its release in Britain.
"Declare Email Bankruptcy
Copyright wonk (and... →
Declare Email Bankruptcy Copyright wonk (and Wired columnist) Lawrence Lessig hit upon a novel tactic after spending 80 hours trying to clear out his backlogged inbox: surrender. “Bankruptcy is now my only option,” he wrote in a mass message to his correspondence creditors. Here’s how Lessig erased his debts and turned over a new leaf. 1) Collect the email addresses of everyone...
"That's what I learned at AOL: Once you have... →
That’s what I learned at AOL: Once you have critical mass you can’t help but make a fortune. An absolute idiot with 10-20M users can make a ton of money. So, get to tens of millions of users and forget about money. –The three business models that make Twitter a billion-dollar business in 12-24 months.
Slides Did you know they can actually physically... →
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Did you know they can actually physically throw you out of SIGGRAPH?
"Running a startup is NOT about revenue... →
Running a startup is NOT about revenue anymore—it’s about critical mass. It’s about scale. When you’re playing in the big leagues with unlimited access to capital you shouldn’t worry about revenue BEFORE you have critical mass. –The three business models that make Twitter a billion-dollar business in 12-24 months.
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"Arbeitslosigkeit ist kein Problem. Die meisten... →
Arbeitslosigkeit ist kein Problem. Die meisten Menschen können auf Arbeit verzichten. Was sie behalten möchten, ist die Bezahlung. –Sten Nadolny in Ein Gott der Frechheit
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Lambdacats →
http://arcanux.org/lambdacats.html
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""The primary function of negative dreams is... →
“The primary function of negative dreams is rehearsal for similar real events, so that threat recognition and avoidance happens faster and more automatically in comparable real situations.” –Psychology Today: Dreams: Night School
"Das Londoner West End bleibt der mit Abstand... →
Das Londoner West End bleibt der mit Abstand teuerste Bürostandort der Welt. Die Kosten liegen um 82 Prozent höher als in der Londoner City. Büro-Bruttomiete: 207,14 Euro pro Quadratmeter im Monat –Wirtschaft « DiePresse.com
"Aus Angst vor chinesischen Produktpiraten... →
Aus Angst vor chinesischen Produktpiraten verzichten Unternehmen zunehmend auf den Patentschutz. –Patente: „Geheimhaltung ist oft der bessere Weg“ « DiePresse.com
"Cities are bastions of environmentalism. ...... →
Cities are bastions of environmentalism. … While rural towns might look green, their per-capita rates of consumption and pollution are significantly higher. … Efficiency scales with the size of the population. –Jonah Lehrer: “The Living City” Seed Magazine, August 2007
Drawing lessons - illustrated lesson notes for... →
This is a free drawing lesson site for students who need to learn to draw and teachers who require practical lesson notes. We aim for improved visual literacy and begin here with the basics
"[The creator of the first climate-controlled... →
[The creator of the first climate-controlled shopping mall] arrived in America as a refugee from Nazi-occupied Vienna.
[The mall] was supposed to evoke a European city centre … Shoppers were expected to sit and debate over cups of coffee, just as they do in the Piazza San Marco or the Place Dauphine. Gruen exiled cars, which he thought noisy and anti-social, to the outside of his mall....
'Snowdrift' game tops 'Prisoner's Dilemma' in... →
http://www.physorg.com/news111145481.html
"THIS AMAZING CALENDAR FEATURES: 12 absolutely... →
THIS AMAZING CALENDAR FEATURES: 12 absolutely stunning date grids; Jawdropping numeric characters to separate one day from another; Beautifully typeset Month Names such as “February” –Lala Pinup Calendar
"Dr. Tiki: Have you seen Caligula?
Johnny... →
Dr. Tiki: Have you seen Caligula?
Johnny Johnny: It’s like Caligula for kids.
Dr. Tiki: The dialogue is mostly haiku. –Tiki Bar TV Holiday Special
December 2007
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"In common law countries, habeas corpus (/ˈhabiəs... →
In common law countries, habeas corpus (/ˈhabiəs ˈkɔɹpəs/) (Latin: [We command] that you have the body) [1] is the name of a legal action, or writ, through which a person can seek relief from unlawful detention of themselves or another person –Habeas corpus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"Anatol Rapoport was an early developer of social... →
Anatol Rapoport was an early developer of social network analysis. His original work was that you could measure large networks by profiling traces of flows through them. This enables learning about the speed of the distribution of resources, including information, and what speeds or impedes these flows — such as race, gender, socioeconomic status,proximity and kinship. –Anatol Rapoport -...
"Anatol Rapoport was an early developer of social... →
Anatol Rapoport was an early developer of social network analysis. His original work was that you could measure large networks by profiling traces of flows through them. This enables learning about the speed of the distribution of resources, including information, and what speeds or impedes these flows — such as race, gender, socioeconomic status,proximity and kinship. –Anatol Rapoport -...
"Progressive libertarianism is a political... →
Progressive libertarianism is a political philosophy whose adherents promote social change through voluntarism rather than government laws and regulation. Progressive libertarians feel that people should help take care of those that are less fortunate than themselves, but only if they desire to do so. As such, they encourage the formation of private charities but oppose the provision of charitable...
"In anderen Gesellschaften verbringen Jugendliche... →
In anderen Gesellschaften verbringen Jugendliche die meiste Zeit mit Erwachsenen statt vorwiegend mit Gleichaltrigen und bekommen schon früh Verantwortung übertragen. Der Aufruhr, der bei westlichen Jugendlichen zu beobachten ist, sei das Ergebnis einer künstlichen Verlängerung der Kindheit bis weit über das Einsetzen der Pubertät hinaus. –Teenager: “Eine Erfindung der Moderne”...