October 2010
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December 2009
2 posts
October 2009
1 post
Jennifer Lee Hunts for General Tso →
If you are at all a fan of American-Chinese food, you should probably watch this. Very interesting TED talk.
A few choice tidbits:
- There are more Chinese restaurants in America than McDonalds, Burger Kings, Wendys, and KFCs combined.
- Fortune cookies originated in Japan but were made famous by the Chinese because we locked up Japanese immigrants during World War II
- Chop Suey translates to...
September 2009
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August 2009
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“Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere”
– Martin Luther King Jr.
July 2009
2 posts
Steve Jobs Puts Chrome OS Into Perspective →
Hilarious. Some choice quotes:
On Chrome OS initially targeting netbooks: “Frankly, if the entire netbook market caught fire, I wouldn’t piss on it to put it out. But that’s just me”
On competing directly with Microsoft: “…take it from someone who has spent the past 10 years selling a superior operating system and getting only 4 percent market share — as...
June 2009
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“We’ve been making amends with a lot of the members and having some really...”
– The Mars Volta’s Cedric Bixler-Zavala, teasing us all with the possibility of an At the Drive-In reunion (Drowned in Sound via Rolling Stone)
Oh my god!
May 2009
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Justice! →
Some guy found the phone numbers for the company doing the “Your car warranty is about to expire” calls. I’m not sure if any of you get these calls, but I get many every single week and know a lot of other people who do too. If you feel the need to return justice…
800-499-5711
I plan on harassing them all day. The reddit comments also detail how to get to the different...
April 2009
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I'm an R rated individual →
yym:
Here’s why we need to change the “traditional” relationship between parents and children, bosses and employees, teachers and students:
I’ve found that the fewer masks I try to wear, the better. This means less division between the personality that’s talking to my close personal friends, socializing with my colleagues, and interacting with my hobby or business worlds.
I’ve made a...
March 2009
2 posts
February 2009
3 posts
January 2009
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December 2008
2 posts
A Christmas Miracle
Two weeks ago I experienced a party foul in the form of cosmopolitan being spilled onto my beloved Apple bluetooth keyboard. The poor struggling keyboard was then no longer able to consistently stay paired with my iMac, and even while it was paired every key that I pressed would either do nothing or act as if I was pressing enter. I was crushed.
So I decided to give the dishwasher urban legend a...
My apartment's wifi was down for the past three...
And I finally finished two books I have been reading forever and am now well into another. Hmm.. surely this is just coincidence. It’s good to be back, internets.
November 2008
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September 2008
3 posts
Umbrella Today? →
Love this. A simple solution to a simple (and incredibly common) problem. Ever since last year I’ve been keeping a list on my computer of various problems/frustrations I run into throughout the course of my day that there doesn’t seem to be a decent solution to. This growing document has become great to read through from time to time for potential business idea inspirations. After all,...
August 2008
5 posts
Why Safe Kids Are Becoming Fat Kids →
What America is doing to our children is terrible. When I was little, my day was not complete until my knees were scraped and I had thrown a dodgeball at some kid’s face. Taking little elementary school risks is part of growing up; my future children will not be raised in a bubble.
“When you don’t create things, you become defined by your tastes rather...”
What I Learned Buying a Rug in Turkey →
This article details an encounter the author had in Turkey with an incredibly impressive rug salesperson. Sales may not be something that you are particularly interested in but the skills involved in it are undeniably useful for many things in life. Check it.
Top 10 Richest People of All Time →
Very interesting article, I found this excerpt especially badass:
Vanderbilt was ruthless in business. He once wrote a short (and now famous) letter to Charles Morgan and C.K. Garrison of the Morgan & Garrison company. The two men manipulated his steamship company’s stock in his absence and took it over. The letter read “Gentlemen: you have undertaken to cheat me. I won’t...
July 2008
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“Don’t worry about what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive and do...”
– Howard Thurman