I’m now learning the proper terms for things I knew by rote or instinct. I’m learning to appraise images in an entirely different way, or at least to articulate what I’m seeing differently.
let’s get a few facts straight
let’s get a few facts straight
Things the Nazis said about the Jews:
1. Communist/socialists
2. Not “real”/loyal citizens
3. Had a homosexual agenda …
Programming is just language.
Programming is just language.
Why takes the science out of programming. He says: learning programming is about learning grammar. This is, very literally, language I understand.
Behind the Times, I
Behind the Times, I
I have a love-hate relationship with the NY Times’ Thursday Styles section. I read it every single week, yet it is simply so wrong that I derive endless amusement from its startling out-of-touchness with anything resembling actual fashion happening in the world.
iphone!
iphone!
I’ve only had my iPhone—has it really been just?—two weeks, and I already can’t fathom life before it. This device isn’t a luxury item, but a basic necessity for me.
brilliance
brilliance
Caring about grammar is cool!!
Or anyway, if this thing keeps cycling the web, it will be soon.
Editing Palin
Editing Palin
Vanity Fair sics an executive editor, a factchecker, and a copyeditor on Palin’s resignation speech. The result is pure art. vanity fair | palin’s resignation: the edited version
8 things that need to go away in 2009, revisited
8 things that need to go away in 2009, revisited
A mid-year check-in on my “Things that need to go away in 2009″ post, to see how much progress we’ve made as a culture.
Monday misguided cleverness
Monday misguided cleverness
Apparently TS Eliot was the first editor who rejected Animal Farm for publication. The Times Online has the text of the actual rejection letter.
Heh.
Heh.
I’m on an email list for a wonderful little local desserterie in Boston called Finale. Today, I got one of their occasional blast messages, and it gave me a good giggle. Scan the screenshot below, and see if you can spot what so amused the hell out of me. So, [...]
yes, I want this too, please
yes, I want this too, please
So, with this being a recession and all, I suppose imaginary shopping is the best way to go when it comes to luxury goods. In which case I’d shell out the big nonexistent bucks for one of these conjunctive lovelies: A deluxe carrying case for an ampersand, designed by Marc Johns.
Awesome.
Awesome.
This may be both the coolest and nerdiest video I’ve seen in a while. (I love that they’ve included punctuation!) These are totally the kids who were too uncoordinated to be on the flag squad, but it doesn’t even matter; they bring giddy geek grace.
8 things that need to go away in 2009
8 things that need to go away in 2009
In the spirit of my recent “Things that I bought that I love” tribute post, and with a nod to Arianna Huffington’s “Bye-Bye 2008: Things I Want to Forget,” here’s a list of things which all sane and rational humans should resolve to avoid in this young year. Some are altruistic, some are practical, some tongue-in-cheek. But I’m deadly serious about them all.
Google owns my soul, and I love it.
Google owns my soul, and I love it.
I just discovered the greatest Gmail trick, and it makes me absurdly happy. Go to Settings in the upper-right of your screen. Select the far-right tab, Labs. Scroll down and enable “Google Calendar gadget.” (I also added the Google Docs gadget and the Mark As Read Button.) Presto! You have [...]
