December 2010
24 posts
RIM Thought the iPhone Was Impossible and Apple... →
RIM had a complete internal panic when Apple unveiled the iPhone in 2007, a former employee revealed this weekend. The BlackBerry maker is now known to have held multiple all-hands meetings on January 10 that year, a day after the iPhone was on stage, and to have made outlandish claims about its features. Apple was effectively accused of lying as it was supposedly impossible that a device could...
“Put simply, our minds are not designed to allow us to have more than a very...”
– Robin Dunbar (via tenones)
“What would happen if a clutch of big banks decided that a particularly irksome...”
– New York Times editorial on banks shutting down financial services for WikiLeaks (via soupsoup)
QFE
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“Do unto others…” is a good rule of thumb. I live by that. Forgiveness is...”
– This paragraph captures exactly what it is about organized religion that has rubbed me the wrong way since I was a child.
A Holiday Message from Ricky Gervais: Why I’m An Atheist - Speakeasy - WSJ (via zeb)
I’m Deist, but this quote still holds true.
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Lovecraftian School-board Member Wants More... →
Now that’s a school board member I’d vote for!
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I love that moment. When you're on a long car...
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Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal →
I wish I could show my old Metaphyscs Professor this…
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The Little Black Book for iPhone and iPod by... →
I’d totally use this case…I’m not sure how well it would work for an iPhone though. iTouch? Maybe.
A Favor: Fill out form letter about Section 127 →
soupsoup:
embrenn:
As you may or may not know, I work full time for a university and go to grad school at night.
I am able to do this largely in part due to my tuition benefit being considered non-taxable income. This means the government sees my “free” tuition as additional salary from my employer and that cannot be taxed until the tuition amount “added” to my salary goes over $5,000. This...
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