Why save time? (Ghandi + Gilbreth quotes)
1 August 2012
Had this interaction with Hunter Walk on Twitter: @hunterwalk "But what do you want to save time FOR?" "...For mumblety-peg, if that's where your heart lies." -- Frank Gilbreth— Ellen...
Tesla's Clever Brand+Product Strategy
27 July 2012
Will Oremus published a column in Slate about the Tesla S luxury sedan. The column was part tech review of the car and part cultural commentary on what it...
Like being kicked when you're down: Fireworks File Recovery
25 July 2012
Me: Hmm, it's been a little while. About time to save this Fireworks file! [CMD-S] Fireworks CS5: *CRASH* Me: Good thing there's on-crash file recovery. MacOS: BigComplicatedProjectFile.fw.png size 232...
"The promotion of superstition and belief in paranormal phenomena dulls people's minds and establishes dangerous misconceptions about reality in our society."
9 July 2012
Via Slate / New Scientist A skeptic faces possible charges for debunking Mumbai's miracle statue. Sanal Edamaruku faces a Catholic backlash after insisting that the "holy" water dripping from a...
Miss Manners on Interaction Design*
21 February 2012
"People who are deluged with information on a subject in which they have limited interest (apologies to the couple, but such is life) do not become increasingly informed. Quite the...
EPIC SQUEE: Eames Elephants
7 February 2012
According to dwr.com, "Demetrios [Eames, grandson of Charles] recently took the Elephant on Safari, creating this film for the Eames Office. For a fun twist, mute the soundtrack and...
Cow Bezoars
7 February 2012
So I'm doing this project for one of the design classes I'm taking right now, and one thing led to another, and before I knew it I was reading...
The Ambassador
22 February 2011
This recipe is courtesy of one of my dearest friends, D. Penner, via his parents. His dad is a senior official in the U.S. State Department, which apparently relies on...
Yes, I DO often want to see my email and calendar at the same time
27 January 2011
Convo in team chatroom: Ellen Beldner: Is there any way in Outlook 2011 for me to simultaneously view both my calendar and email? like, the way I'd be able to...
Statistical linguistics made possible by Google Books
16 December 2010
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn19877-googles-fossil-record-digitises-5-million-books.html Already, researchers have traced the accelerating evolution of the English language, mapped the rise and fall of various people, and uncovered patterns of censorship and suppression in Soviet Russia,...
Funny quote when I signed into my hosted webspace....
16 July 2007
Q: What do you call the money you pay to the government when you ride into the country on the back of an elephant? A: A howdah duty. I was...
iMixen
17 October 2006
The other night I made this breakup mix CD for a friend of mine whose S.O. broke up with her. Fortunately, these days, it's really easy to share with the...
Please forgive me
2 October 2006
FYI: I am super stressed and busy right now, in the middle of remodeling my condo. I expect to have no social life the next few weeks and will probably...
Electronic voting systems are corrupt, and paper is not the answer.
24 August 2006
Testimony of Clinton Eugene Curtis, a programmer, under oath before the U.S. House Judiciary Members. Electronic voting systems are corrupt. Current systems are closed, uninspectable, and their processes are so...