November 2009
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“When I was a boy 20 years ago, I heard someone on NPR point out that the reason...”
– Reader e-mail from Daring Fireball: Switching Is Afoot.
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The Simple Dollar » Should I Save for Something or... →
All of us have a few key central passions. Once you know what those passions are, it’s completely fine to spend a little more on it, provided you can afford it and can save for it.
The problem with overspending comes in when we begin to overspend on areas that are less important to us.Amen. Trent’s example is if you’re a big audiophile, spending a little extra on a good stereo makes...
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Leggo my Eggo! →
Kellogg Co. says there will be a nationwide shortage of its popular Eggo frozen waffles until next summer because of interruptions in production at two of the four plants that make them.This is interesting, because I started to see little signs at Meijer informing shoppers about the shortage. I’m a Meijer-brand waffle guy myself (blueberry, with peanut button on them - it’s amazingly...
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Fraidy Cats →
John Gruber of best-blog-ever Daring Fireball calls out those who afraid of the terrorists. Great stuff. To think one guy makes so many people piss their pants is hilarious.
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“Because time after time, blogs are simply beating the shit out of the...”
– Fake Steve Jobs on TechCrunch beating the New York Times on those stupid FarmVille developers and their scam ads.
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“I’ve got everything I have on my own. It’s made me immune to those who complain...”
– Fake Conrad Hilton, Mad Men, s03e13 (via merlin)
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“A standalone monitor with the new iMac’s panel would be perfectly reasonably...”
– Marco Arment on the new, I’d-have-sex-with-it 27” iMac.
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“It’s dangerous to always think with exclamation points instead of question...”
– Marty Beckerman, a reformed raging-lunatic Republican.
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On the coming comic book apocalypse
By my last not-so-official count, I have about 1,000 comic books sitting in five or six boxes - stacked by publisher, character, or team.
Now, I don’t want them anymore. Not all of them, anyway.
So for the past few months, I’ve been thinking about what the heck to do with several thousand dollars worth of pulp paper and mylar bags. A bit of reading has helped, too, but in the...
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“While the press and rivals obsess over market share, Apple quietly comes in and...”
– TechCrunch: While Rivals Jockey For Market Share, Apple Bathes In Profits. They don’t want to sell the most. They want to sell the best.
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“The first world war was the first time war was seen and understood by writers,...”
– Alastair Harper at The Guardian. I’m forever indebted to Dr. Hennigfeld’s WWI Lit seminar for opening my eyes to the Great War.
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On savings
On payday, this Friday, my savings level will reach a peak. Never in my life has this amount of my money been sitting in one place, fully accessible, and all at once.
It doesn’t matter how much, or how I got it, only that over time I’ve minded my manners and tracked my spending and saving enough that I have a tidy sum set away for emergencies or big projects.
That kind of thing...
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“Following 50k people is an effective way to bulid relationships with anyone...”
– Merlin Mann, from Twitter, on Twitter.
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Watch Glenn Beck, ACORN, and three herbs and spices.
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“But he’s never been motivated by money. Once we were hiking, and Steve...”
– Larry Ellison, Oracle CEO, on Steve Jobs. Jobs was named “CEO of the Decade” by Fortune.
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On being an advanced beginner
There was a time when I could hear a song on the radio, pick up my guitar, and strum it out until I got the hang of the song’s chord progression or riff.
In high school, after I picked up my first guitar for $100, I could sit for hours and learn my favorite songs. Over time, I built up a competency for guitar playing. No, I couldn’t hammer out solos like my friends. I...
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