December 2009
14 posts
File this Under: Inappropriate Historical...
The simple fact is that the constant comparison of President Obama to Mao, Stalin and Hitler is deeply offensive; hundreds of millions of people suffered and died under totalitarian regimes, and it does a gross disservice to their memory to trivialize their deaths by using “totalitarianism” as a blunt criticism for moderate, incremental domestic policy you happen not to like. via...
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Photographers and their cameras
via flickr.com Nifty flickr thread with photos of many photographers with their many cameras.
“Some of the world’s best interaction designers have refined the standard...”
– Top-10 Application-Design Mistakes (Jakob Nielsen’s Alertbox)
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World's shortest explanation of Gödel's theorem →
I get it now! Sort of.
“Sales of vinyl albums have been climbing steadily for several years, tromping on...”
– Vinyl Record Albums and Turntables Are Gaining Sales - NYTimes.com
“I feel a strong urge to purchase the new device. Owning the new device will...”
– New Device Desirable, Old Device Undesirable | The Onion
The Evolution of the Hipster 2000-2009 :: Paste →
Seems like they’ve nailed it.
“At home, I prefer CD or vinyl, partly because they sound a little better in a...”
– Dithering: Jonny Greenwood : The New Yorker
“ The several hundred people Steve Jobs cut ahead of on the liver transplant...”
– Davenetics* : 10 Things You Didn’t Know Were in the Health Bill (and aren’t)
“I cannot support a movement that holds that purely religious doctrine should...”
– Leaving the Right - By Andrew Sullivan