October 2009
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“Let’s be honest. Everybody knows why you buy [Baby Einstein] videos. You...”
– Fake Steve Jobs
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Get your Baby Einstein refund →
I’ve watched these videos, and I’ll put it short and sweet: if your kid has any risk - any! - of mental issues or schizophrenia, and they’ve watched one of these awful videos, you need to fear for his or her safety. “Baby Einstein” videos are created by demented sadists in the hopes of pacifying our children and raising a giant sloth army to enslave the Earth. ...
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“It’s not always obvious when you’re working. And believe me - when...”
– Merlin Mann, in a video that you should watch to the 23:50 mark when he talks about the butcher.
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More Macs and more iPhones than, um, ever →
As Gruber says, “More Macs and more iPhones than in any previous quarter in history. In a worldwide recession. With the holiday quarter still to come. Yowza.”
I’m watching my AAPL stock crest $200/share. It’s like watching your Keno ticket hit the Kicker.
Looks like I’ll be buying that new iMac after all.
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Sportsmen Against Hunger
According to the Michigan League for Human Services, one in eight families in Michigan receives assistance through the USDA food stamp program…
Last year, almost 23,000 pounds of venison was provided to local charities by hunters who were participating in the [Michigan Sportsmen Against Hunger] program.
What a cool friggin’ program. And there’s no better meat than that which is...
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“Reporter: “What do you say to parents who think the Wild Things film may...”
– Maurice Sendak, original author of ‘Where the Wild Things Are,’ on the upcoming movie.
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The One True Way
Which brings us, finally, to the One True Way to get a lot of traffic on the web. It’s pretty simple, and I’m going to give it to you here, for free:
Make something great. Tell people about it. Do it again.
That’s it. Make something you believe in. Make it beautiful, confident, and real. Sweat every detail. If it’s not getting traffic, maybe it wasn’t good enough. Try again.
Then tell people...
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“It is golden not to have any rule at all.”
– Henry David Thoreau
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On the promise of optimism
To be honest, I do not feel that I deserve to be in the company of so many of the transformative figures who’ve been honored by this prize — men and women who’ve inspired me and inspired the entire world through their courageous pursuit of peace.
But I also know that this prize reflects the kind of world that those men and women, and all Americans, want to build — a world...
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Storage units = the downfall of humanity
Self storage is like diet food for material goods. It fools the mind by fooling the eye. If your clutter isn’t visible in your house, do you really have a spending problem?
…Whether they are nostalgic artifacts from the past or wishful self-help tools for the future, none of these objects relate to the present day lives of their former owners, which is probably why they were put into...
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“So, um, yeah. That open letter to Apple? All that stuff about how you’re...”
– The Secret Diary of Steve Jobs | Dear U.S. Chamber of Commerce: You are totally full of shit
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“I believe in the Scottish proverb: “Hard work never killed a man.” Men die of...”
– ‘Ogilvy on Advertising’, via Footnotes of Mad Men.
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“It had been two years of hidden feelings and flirty games since he confessed his...”
– A long time coming | It Was Love When
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“The solution is simple, especially when youíre young and have the freedom and...”
– Via The Simple Dollar.
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Apocalypse When →
It’s the end of the world as we know it, and Salon.com has a wrap-up of theories/predictions.
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“You know what? Like it or not, the whole goddamn world is going to shift away...”
– Fake Steve Jobs on how we’re going to miss the chance to be leaders in green tech.