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Feb 22, 2010
Miscellaneous

John Gruber, Jackass

John Gruber: 12-word review of “A Serious Man”: So much for the Coen brothers never having made a bad movie. Where by “review” Gruber means “140 characters of obnoxious drivel.” (truth be told, I haven’t seen A Serious Man yet, but I couldn’t pa...

Sep 01, 2009
Miscellaneous

Excuse me while I pop another valium...

"Engineering is the art of modelling materials we do not wholly understand, into shapes we cannot precisely analyze so as to withstand forces we cannot properly assess, in such a way that the public has no reason to suspect the extent of our ignor...

Aug 05, 2009
Miscellaneous

Great quote

"If you want to build a ship, don't drum up the people to gather wood, divide the work, and give orders. Instead, teach them to yearn for the vast and endless sea." Antoine De Saint-Exupery found here (slide 76).