January 2012
67 posts
Coughlin Goes by the Book, and Wins →
How the U.S. Lost Out on iPhone Work →
“We sell iPhones in over a hundred countries,” a current Apple executive said. “We don’t have an obligation to solve America’s problems. Our only obligation is making the best product possible.”
Teach for America: The Hidden Curriculum of... →
Steve Ballmer Reboots →
Neat shots of climbers in urban settings →
Carbo-loading: Is it key the day before a... →
Selling a 300-Year-Old Cello →
Particularly interesting in light of this recent study that showed no correlation between cost and preference of instruments. Still, not all of the value is in the performance of a Strad.
The software engineering behind Apollo 11 →
Designing the Windows Store user experience →
WatchJon Stewart on SOPA
Some fun with the Nikon V1's crop factor →
The equivalent of a 3250mm lens!
Former Texas A&M Coach Mike Sherman’s letter to... →
For you coaches out there.
Hilarious review of VS2010's achievements →
'My Teacher Is a Lesbian': Coming Out at School →
Farewell, Paper Books →
Fraser Speirs on paring down his library:
Rule 1: If it’s a rare or very expensive book, keep it.
Rule 2: if it’s available on Kindle, dispose of it - with the understanding that, if the book is ever wanted again, we’ll re-buy electronically.
Rule 3: if the book has been superseded by the web or an iOS app, dispose of it.
Rule 4: If the book is still relevant,...
Waterproof Smartphones →
Pretty impressive tech!
Bill Walsh and Joe Montana on the fundamentals of... →
Neat CLI tips →
Influence The Future Of Science Fiction For A Mere... →
I didn’t know that anyone could nominate/vote for the Hugo awards!
Lessons from a long career at Microsoft
Sent by a coworker:
Computers will always get faster, compilers will get smarter, but build times will always get longer.
The debugger will never be good enough.
You cannot succeed at Microsoft until you come up with three letter acronym, like OLE, RTF, or GFX. My three letter acronym is BYB: Before You were Born. It is especially relevant as the Office source code approaches its 25th...
A Muscular Empathy →
That mediocrity is oft-exemplified by the claim that though we are unremarkable in this easy world, something about enslavement, degradation and poverty would make us exemplary. We can barely throw a left hook—but surely we would have beaten Mike Tyson.
Everyone thinks that they’re special.
Two Articles from Guantánamo Detainees
My Guantánamo Nightmare and Notes From a Guantánamo Survivor
Harder for Americans to Rise From Lower Rungs →
John Carmack on Static Code Analysis →
Between the Lines →
Neat article on cities and parking requirements.
Recommendation: Spring Hill fried chicken
On Monday, Lott convinced me to join his party for fried chicken at Spring Hill. With a two month wait for reservations, it wasn’t a particularly hard sell. As expected, the chicken (we had the original and Chinese (tangy mustard)) was indeed delicious. The sides weren’t shabby either, and I especially appreciated the spam musubi and kimchi. Macaroni salad was among the better that...
“The department of agriculture projects that our meat and poultry consumption...”
Old, million-dollar violins don't play better than... →
Seattle Magazine's 25 best burgers in Seattle →
My favorite, hands-down, is from Quinn’s. (Seattle Magazine has it in the “yuppie burger” section.) It’s an unassuming simple bacon cheeseburger, but each component is high-quality and the whole is greater than the sum of its parts.
English Pronunciation →
Amusing poem. I can get most of these pronunciations, I think.
The Fat Trap →
As always, I find research into this area fascinating.
NFL Coaches Admit It Sucks When You Have To Punt →
Cosplay photos from 1980 →
How Yoga Can Wreck Your Body →
TOP SECRET: Your Briefing on the CIA's Cold-War... →
A pretty amazing look at previously-classified spy satellites during the Cold War.
Sex Education Gets Directly to Youths, via Text →
WatchTED Talk: 9 life lessons from rock climbing
Showing static on digital TVs →