October 2009
64 posts
Get vaccinated to help your friends.
jayparkinsonmd:
Equal rights for all races, genders, and sexual orientation. Do not litter. Don’t drink and drive. Give money to charity. Etc, etc, etc.
Why do these things? Because it’s the right thing to do as a society. The vast majority of us do these things because we care about other people. We want to help others. We don’t litter because it makes the world ugly. We don’t drink and drive...
“Sometimes we love people so much that we have to be numb to it. Because if we...”
– Riding in Cars with Boys (2001) (IMDB)
“If there are parties who disagree, don’t be angry with me. Be angry with...”
– Ramli Mansur, district chief, West Aceh, Indonesia
“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are...”
– Marianne Williamson (via quote-book)
Ergo
My current computing situation is about picking two one from these three:
Comfy position of arms for keyboard and mouse
Comfy position of upper torso for my legs
Comfy position of my neck/shoulder ensemble for the screen
It’s quite terrible and I’ve started acquiring some wrist pain again. I know what I need to do to fix it… I can’t afford the expected drop in...
Have you ever wondered why teachers ask the most pointless (nearly-)rhetorical questions when they’re scolding you? The sort which both sides of the conversation/monologue clearly know the answer to, and it’s nearly painful to actually answer it?
Well, I don’t actually know why, but I see that kind of thing in exam papers too!
“A man should choose a friend who is better than himself. There are plenty of...”
– Chinese proverb (via reluctantbuddha) (via quote-book)
marco:
The more I think and learn about the curious pricing of the 27” iMac, the more bizarre and incredible it seems.
It has a resolution of 2560x1440, which no other monitor in the industry seems to have (that I can find). 30” LCDs are the same width but 1600 tall. Shrinking 2560-wide into a screen that’s 3” smaller diagonally yields an impressive pixel density, especially given the panel’s...
Ninite Easy PC Setup and Multiple App Installer →
Haven’t tested this, but it looks like a great idea. For best results, combine this in your workflow with AutoPatcher and stuff…
“Close, but no cigar. “Roar” rhymes with “soar” while...”
– #939753 | MyLifeIsAverage
“Bake your baked potato before you eat it.”
– me
100 Ways to Cook an Egg | Endless Simmer - A Food... →
seriously 100. yay!
danieltenner.com — What problems does Google... →
I agree with this. The keystroke by keystroke, instantaneous everything thingy is nice and cool, but it’s the syncing behind that really matters. The ability to watch someone, like me, (repeatedly) misspell Heineken is not particularly important in the whole scheme of things.
“Invitations will not be sent immediately. We have a lot of stamps to lick. Happy...”
– Google Wave (no, not my account)
“I,...”
– Article 4A, First Schedule, Constitution of the Republic of Singapore. (emphasis added)
Enough with the bright side - The Boston Globe →
Positive thinking can be dangerous, says Barbara Ehrenreich.
“I have no patience these days with the Nietzschean cliché, ‘That which does not...”
– Dana Jennings, Pain Beyond Words (via julie911) (via quote-book) Now I understand why I’ve always strenuously disagreed with ‘character [building|development]’ via pain. Pain is awful. Scarred skin might be thicker.. but does that edify?
“There’s nothing scarier than getting what you want, cause that’s when you really...”
– (via eletheowl) (via hiten) (via evangotlib) (via jayparkinsonmd)
“Do not think that love, in order to be genuine, has to be extraordinary.
What...”
– Mother Teresa (via dekonig)
BitTorrent Power
(This was a SMS conversation I had with someone earlier this week. Quite amusing in hindsight.)
R: Hey, you got any ideas on how to distribute a 14gb file to 8 laptops running winxp, intelligently?
cflee: Portable hdd and sneakernet? What constraints do you have to work with?
R: I need speed. Usb is slow and tedious. I only have 1 harddisk.
cflee: Bittorrent locally. Will at least be faster than cifs i think. Ethernet ought to be the bottleneck if it's not GigE.
R: Hmm... Quite a good idea. Are there any drop-in implementation around?
cflee: I'm told tt utorrent can act as tracker; if it does, then it's prolly the least bloated client for windows you can find.
R: Ah, awesome idea, thanks! :)
(The next day...)
R: Amazing, bittorrent finished transferring it in 1 hour, to all 8 laptops.
“You can’t just turn on creativity like a faucet. You have to be in the right...”
– Calvin & Hobbes (via bitchville) (via quote-book)
“International Baccalaureate - Hell, ceteris paribus.”
– seen on Facebook
“The opposite of love is not hate, it’s indifference. The opposite of art is not...”
– Elie Wiesel (via quote-book)
