February 2012
20 posts
“Don’t fall for the slick, dandified cake eater—the unpolished gold of a...”
– Lists of Note: The Anti-Flirt Club (via)
“Sometimes, you agonize over how something should be designed. And then you come...”
– ignore the code: Please Steal These webOS Features
I can’t speak to the dev side, but as a user, webOS was nearly perfect.
“Barbie was conceived as the all-American girl. In truth, she never was: at her...”
– The Box: How the Shipping Container Made the World Smaller and the World Economy Bigger
This book is as fascinating as it is nerdy.
“He can use without irony, as he does in ‘The 4-Hour Body,’ lines...”
– Timothy Ferriss - ‘The 4-Hour Body’ - Review - NYTimes.com
“By and large, whenever individual investors buy or sell a stock they buy and...”
– Quick Study: Daniel Kahneman on economic decision-making: Can we ever trust instinct? | The Economist
“The soulless careerists, though: they get where they are because social training...”
– Some Advice for Young People | The Awl
“Don’t get upset if your plans get scheduled by his assistant. Even though, it is...”
– How to Date a Wall Street Man - CNBC
Not the Onion
“A year ago, Ohio ranked 48th in job creation. We trailed only Michigan and...”
– Ohio Gov. John Kasich, in his 2012 State of the State address. (via officialssay)
cc Caci
“The Justice Department now seems to be saying that prison rape accounted for the...”
– “Fight Or Fuck” - The Dish | By Andrew Sullivan - The Daily Beast
Related: private prisons are a multi-billion dollar industry.
“Foreign policy is like hitting a baseball: if you fail 70 percent of the time,...”
– Not Fade Away: Against the Myth of American Decline - Brookings Institution