Jul 29, 2010
What’s with the _snowman tag in Rails?

What’s with the _snowman tag in Rails?

Jul 29, 2010
Genius from dwineman: His thumbs danced across the onscreen keyboard, paying no attention to spelling — there was AutoCorrect for that — or proper capitalization. This was his one chance. “Make it count,” he said aloud as he typed out the exclamation point, the question mark, the second exclamation point, the second question mark, the third, the fourth, the fifth. No. That’s too many. Backspace. Just right. Make sure you read it all.

Genius from dwineman:

His thumbs danced across the onscreen keyboard, paying no attention to spelling — there was AutoCorrect for that — or proper capitalization. This was his one chance. “Make it count,” he said aloud as he typed out the exclamation point, the question mark, the second exclamation point, the second question mark, the third, the fourth, the fifth. No. That’s too many. Backspace. Just right.

Make sure you read it all.

Jul 29, 2010
katmichelle shares some excellent “daytime bokeh:” The turquoise waters of Boracay beach at high noon.

katmichelle shares some excellent “daytime bokeh:”

The turquoise waters of Boracay beach at high noon.

Jul 28, 2010
It’s hard to do a really good job on anything you don’t think about in the shower.

Paul Graham, via Startup Quote

 
Jul 28, 2010

 
User-Agent: *
Disallow: /music?
Disallow: /widgets/radio?
Disallow: /show_ads.php

Disallow: /affiliate/
Disallow: /affiliate_redirect.php
Disallow: /affiliate_sendto.php
Disallow: /affiliatelink.php
Disallow: /campaignlink.php
Disallow: /delivery.php

Disallow: /music/+noredirect/

Disallow: /harming/humans
Disallow: /ignoring/human/orders
Disallow: /harm/to/self

Allow: /

The robots.txt file for last.fm encompasses Asimov’s laws.

Jul 27, 2010

Tab Candy: Making Firefox Tabs Sweet

Aza Raskin demonstrates the first exposé-like system for browser tabs that actually looks useful. Entirely implemented in web technology, of course.

Jul 27, 2010
When you stand and work away from your desk you enter into shared space. You’re more approachable and open to feedback
Bryan Zmijewski: Design Standing Up
Jul 26, 2010
youmightfindyourself: Graphic Adventures (Editor’s note: This was jr. high for me. I never finished Grim Fandango. I must go back.) Do want.

youmightfindyourself:

Graphic Adventures (Editor’s note: This was jr. high for me. I never finished Grim Fandango. I must go back.)

Do want.

Jul 26, 2010

When your first child arrives, there’s a perfectly valid argument that you should hunker down in your job and emphasize stability. But I started to see it the other way: I started imagining what it would be like to stay in my job for years while also contending with all of my frustrated ambitions. And I realized that I’d be coming home at the end of every workday still bearing those frustrations as they slowly chipped away at my sense of self-worth and my happiness.

Were I to do that, I realized what a terrible example I’d be setting for my child. Plenty of parents make heroic sacrifices for their children, staying in whatever imperfect jobs are available to them so their children can lead better lives. But to stay in a job simply for stability when I knew I had the skill and more importantly the opportunity to try something different seemed like cowardice. I just couldn’t square the idea of the uninhibited woman that I wanted Thuy to grow up to be with the daily lesson I’d be giving her in suppressing one’s dreams. And I just didn’t think I’d be able to hide any of those feelings from her, no matter how brave a face I could put on.

Khoi Vinh - This One Goes to Eleven (and Up)
Jul 23, 2010
The first version of the SydJS site is pretty slick. Watch it breathe. It’s open source, too. 

The first version of the SydJS site is pretty slick. Watch it breathe. It’s open source, too. 

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