January 2010
35 posts
Future Shock →
This guy gets it. I’m not wanting an iPad to make movies or to get tons of work done. I’m wanting an iPad to make my non-work computing life more enjoyable.
“The Real Work is teaching the child, healing the patient, selling the house, logging the road defects, fixing the car at the roadside, capturing the table’s order, designing the house and organising the party.”
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“If you announce a good idea a year before you can implement it, you had better...”
– Matt Deatherage, with an excellent point that I’d say is also critically important for the iPhone’s success now that there are some “good enough” Android smartphones for Verizon’s network. (via marco)
Watch“It’s not enough to question authority. You have to speak with it too.” (via Brian Luke)
Also, check out Abraham Piper’s response.
What We Learned About Apple Yesterday →
“Could it be that one powerful device is not as good as several less powerful, but more focused ones?”
Norm Asymmetry
- Richard Thaler, Will More Borrowers Walk Away From Their Mortgages?
A family that financed the entire purchase of a $600,000 home in 2006 could now find itself still owing most of that mortgage, even though the home is now worth only $300,000. The family could rent a similar home for much less than its monthly mortgage payment, saving thousands of dollars a year and hundreds of thousands over...
Watch32 Hours: The Church in Haiti. If you haven’t watched it, you should.
You can also download the ISO for you community group. Which you should.
The Decline of Male Space →
jeremyo asked: At what temperature should ale be enjoyed?
WatchEspresso, Intelligentsia
Cool film. Love the shots (video and espresso).
(via Vimeo)
The Sun Stops Shining
We’re reading through The Jesus Storybook Bible as a family and I just got done reading the crucifixion and resurrection story to the girls. It was the first time we’ve read it out of that book and it felt like the first time I heard it. I wept while I read these lines;
“If you were really the Son of God, you could just climb down off that cross! they said.
And of course they...
Who's Having A Baby? →
thejesse:
Testing out posting from Tweetie via the Tumblr API.
I guess I got it to work
Ask Me A Question →
Now you can do this. Just played with Tumblr a bit this afternoon and am trying out some of their new features.
Where Did All The Comments Go?
I took off comments since most people either use Twitter or Facebook to respond to my posts. If you don’t use one of those, let me know in the… oh shoot.
“Until the official launch announcement comes, I would rather not hear another...”
– Anticipating the Apple Tablet: When journalism becomes fanfiction
(ht @dustindk)
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“Why is the globe rolling in outer space but we can’t feel it?”
– Evelyn (my 4 year old)
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-1-3) →
Blind Pilot (15)
Black Kids (3)
Chromeo (2)
Phoenix (2)
The Pogues (1)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
“And there’s a hand, my trusty fiere!
and gie’s a hand o’ thine!
And...”
– http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auld_Lang_Syne