January 2009
13 posts
“Richard R. Powell summarizes by saying “[Wabi-Sabi] nurtures all that is...”
– Wabi-sabi - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
defmacro - Taming Perfectionism →
Free Monty Python Videos on Youtube Lead to... →
An excellent reddit thread on Software Patents →
“An employee of a computer company told me once about the IBM guys coming to...”
– rtb comments on IBM patents trim()
“We experimentally demonstrate a causal link between recordkeeping and reciprocal...”
– Recordkeeping alters economic history by promoting reciprocity (via azspot)
“I don’t want to hold 13-year-olds by the ankles and shake them until their...”
– Macropayments: Why I don’t take tips for my books - Boing Boing
This presuposes a group of fairly affluent consumers who aren’t involved in contant economising, or at least a fairly large group of people, and importantly access to these people which this scheme may well provide, who...
“HENRY J.M. NOUWEN”
– Wow - when I replace all the references to God with a more Buddhist interpretation of divinity this is profound, especially the part about boundaries. Thanks.
HENRY J.M. NOUWEN
73.4 Percent of All Wikipedia Edits Are Made By... →
“…war corrupts everybody, corrupts everybody who engages in it. You start off,...”
– Howard Zinn (via azspot)
Harold Pinter - Nobel Lecture - Literature 2005 →
This is the most powerful lecture I’ve ever read. I’m lost for words.
Oh, Fine, You're Right. I'm Passive-Aggressive. -... →
Wow. Just wow.
(via bikeshed)
“Nobody should start to undertake a large project. You start with a small trivial...”
– Linus Torvalds (via azspot) (via somethingchanged)