September 2011
2 posts
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August 2011
2 posts
4 tags
July 2011
2 posts
“It often requires more courage to dare to do right than to fear to do wrong.”
– Abraham Lincoln (via secondaryartifacts)
June 2011
1 post
“A gentleman is one who puts more into the world than he takes out.”
– George Bernard Shaw (via theimpossiblecool)
April 2011
1 post
“The secret of success turns out to be so incredibly simple: Work your ass off....”
– Wil Shipley
March 2011
2 posts
“Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.”
– Leonardo da Vinci (via secondaryartifacts, misswallflower)
January 2011
1 post
December 2010
3 posts
“Our goal is to help make texting while driving as socially unacceptable as...”
– Video Shows That Texting and Driving Don’t Mix - NYTimes.com
amen.
(via bijan)
“You’re sitting with some guys, and you’re playing and you go, “Ooh, yeah!” That...”
– Keith Richards, Life (via newspeedwayboogie)
November 2010
3 posts
“Sometimes you have to play for a long time, to play like yourself.”
– Miles Davis (via @berkun)
October 2010
1 post
September 2010
3 posts
“Reservationists Google all customers who make a reservation, which is why you...”
– How French Laundry’s Chefs Reach For The Stars (via joelaz)
WatchThe Syphon Project - an up close look at brewing coffee in a syphon.
July 2010
3 posts
Early bird lessons →
bobulate:
New research shows that morning people are more successful professionals:
See also: Some aphorisms, for early risers
When it comes to business success, morning people hold the important cards. [T]hey tend to get better grades in school, which gets them into better colleges, which then leads to better job opportunities. Morning people also anticipate problems and try to minimize them....
June 2010
2 posts
The 101 Best Sandwiches in New York →
via Kottke.
May 2010
3 posts
Homemade Pizza That Is the Opposite of Fast Food →
Some great tips on mastering the most difficult part of great homemade pizza…the dough.
Last Exit to Nowhere →
Op-Ed Contributor - Flying with the Dragon Lady -... →
April 2010
1 post
March 2010
1 post
February 2010
1 post
Panasonic Lumix GF1 Field Test — 16 Days in the... →
Great camera review + photo essay.
January 2010
3 posts
100 things we didn't know last year →
For Friday afternoon.
1 tag
December 2009
5 posts
The world's best pancake recipe →
via Kottke.
Best New Year's Resolution? →
For the “undisciplined”.
“Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.”
– Leonardo da Vinci (via theimpossiblecool)
October 2009
3 posts
“The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to...”
– Kerouac (via newspeedwayboogie)
August 2009
4 posts
1 tag
Jimi Hendrix - Hear My Train A Comin’
For...
99 classical mp3s for $8 →
Kottke’s list of inexpensive classical music from amazon.com.
July 2009
2 posts
Jeff Bezos: Regret Minimization Framework
bijan:
This is fantastic.
via Jeff Bezos, 2001
I went to my boss and said to him, “You know, I’m going to go do this crazy thing and I’m going to start this company selling books online.” This was something that I had already been talking to him about in a sort of more general context, but then he said, “Let’s go on a walk.” And, we went on a two hour walk in Central Park in New York City and...
June 2009
3 posts
The Zappos Way of Managing →