February 2008
32 posts
The Language of Autism →
Are people with autism trapped in their own world? Or are the rest of us just trapped in ours?
Robin Williams Saves the Day at TED When Tech... →
Robin Williams improv at TED
It's torture no matter what George Bush calls it. →
striking ad campaign from Amnesty International.
Rick Astley would never: [pic] →
funny
Prozac, used by 40m people, does not work say... →
Prozac, the bestselling antidepressant taken by 40 million people worldwide, does not work and nor do similar drugs in the same class, according to a major review released today.
Prozac, used by 40m people, does not work say... →
wait, so the drugs don’t work? Someone page Richard Ashcroft!!!
iPhone under an electron microscope →
man puts technology to good use, to discover iPhone is made out of glass, chrome plated steel and anodized aluminum…
It's too easy to criticize hope →
“And in the end, cynicism is a lousy strategy”
Late payment legislation and the BPPG Interest... →
site that details your rights when it comes to late payment
FileVault, BitLocker and canned air →
It’s hardly a surprise that with access to the hardware, and a little patience, you can crack almost anything. But if someone wants to dip my laptop in Liquid Nitrogen to sift through my RAM for my password, they might as well just ask nicely…
tr040607.gif 500×394 pixels →
go team america!
xkcd - Advanced Technology →
oh, xkcd hits it on the head again!
Bush: 19% approval →
“Seventy-seven percent of Americans disapprove of the job he is doing, and 79 percent disapprove of his handling of the economy.”
CIA operation advocated by Obama successfully... →
“In August, Sen. Barack Obama had made the argument that, as president, he would target Al Qaeda officials in Pakistan even without the country’s acquiescence — the type of attack that, six months later, proved to be successful.” The White House had earlier criticized his position. Naive/inexperienced indeed…
AskTog: First Principles of Interaction Design →
good tips for UI design
YouTube - F-22 Supermanouverability →
does it come with a barf bag?
Yes We Can →
I’m for anything against the big G, even cheesy music videos
web economy bullshit generator →
useful to match against ad agency websites and briefs
NSEvent gets some multi-touch gesture lovin' →
Looks like the event toolbox in Cocoa just got a little more interesting, with the addition of Swipe, Magnify, Rotate and Begin/End Gesture events for the new Multi Touch trackpad in the MacBook Air.
The 5 Most Badass Presidents of All-Time →
As you prepare to spend a long weekend enjoying Presidential Savings on mattresses and used Toyotas, take a moment to acknowledge five presidents who kicked more ass than an action hero.
PicLens | Immersive Slideshows Across the Web →
Prepare to have your mind blown. This is the coolest app for the web I’ve seen in a long time…
Seth's Blog: New interactions, not just moved... →
pretty cool idea for collaborative google spreadsheets docs to auction stuff
Escape from Cubicle Nation →
Before rejecting any model, you must learn it.
"Imagine No Religion" Billboards Spark National... →
The national campaign is an effort to let Americans know that there is room for reason and clarity of thought, free from the dogma that organized religion uses to keep its flock in line; as well as donating.
Daring Fireball Linked List: February 2008 →
New York Times story about a guy who screws up his machine so bad with Vista he has to pay half its value just to get it fixed. The kicker? He’s happy about it!
Macworld | CES: Fraunhofer: HD-AAC codec 'makes... →
Expect Apple to make a *huge* deal about this when it finally rolls out
Obama Talks About Atheism →
Obama’s speech on atheist and faith may be the most important pronouncement by a Democrat on faith and politics since John F. Kennedy’s Houston speech in 1960 declaring his independence from the Vatican. Obama offers the first faith testimony I have heard from any politician that speaks honestly about the uncertainties of belief.
CIA admits waterboarding inmates →
The CIA has for the first time publicly admitted using the controversial method of “waterboarding” on terror suspects. CIA director Michael Hayden told Congress however that it had only been used on three people, and not at all for the past five years.
Lawrence Lessig on Barack Obama →
Lessig gives a 20 minute talk on why he supports Obama for president. Very lucid and informative arguments!
Rands In Repose: Out Loud →
Rands with some great advice on preparing a presentation
Cut the cord to your wireless world! →
This is the future. You saw it here first.
Microsoft offers to acquire Yahoo! for $44.6... →
Really, Ballmer had to quote Vista as a potential growth factor? Could he not have just said, “We’re Microsoft” and left it at that? Why bring Vista into it…?