August 2008
17 posts
“Multitasking is the art of distracting yourself from two things you’d rather not...”
– Quote of the Week: On Multitasking | 43 Folders
Aug 22nd
Aug 20th
Engrish Funny: Engrish Pictures That Is Your Funny... →
Um, yeah. I love Engrish.
Aug 19th
Op-Ed Contributor - Wine in a Box Protects the... →
YAY BOXED WINE!
Aug 18th
“. “I believe voters elect their leaders based on their experience and judgment —...”
– The Long Run - Response to 9/11 Offers Outline of McCain Doctrine - Series - NYTimes.com GREAT article on the NY Times. Wonder why this isn’t getting more press…
Aug 18th
Task Times, The Planning Fallacy, and a Magical... →
Aug 13th
“Oh. What a pity. You have no one. How terribly sad. I hope you find a lover one...”
–  One is the loneliest SIM card that you’ll ever do - Boing Boing Gadgets
Aug 13th
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'Milestone' Microsoft service pack staples .NET's... →
Interesting article on the “success” of the .NET Framework(s), and how fragmented and schizo .NET development is getting.
Aug 12th
Download details: Visual Studio 2008 Service Pack... →
And just like that, Visual Stuido 2008 SP1 hits the airwaves. Now, leave me alone so I can get SQL 2008 installed.
Aug 11th
Why Jargon Feeds on Lazy Minds - Scott Berkun →
From 43folders: a short, excellent post from Scott Berkun. And yay George Orwell!
Aug 11th
Visual Studio 2008 SP1 may be required for SQL... →
HA! Too bad Visual Studio 2008 SP1 isn’t released yet!
Aug 8th
Spaceflight's not easy: Space X loses "Scotty"... →
Well, damn. Scotty won’t make it into space after all. One of my favorite college memories was drinking with James Doohan at the College, after he spoke there. Good times, and he could drink like a fish.
Aug 4th
A Metric Leading to Agility →
Good stuff.
Aug 3rd
Amazon.com: A Survey of Radial Velocities in the... →
Yes, THAT Brian May. And yes, found this on /., but WOW. Brian May, PhD. in Astrophysics. Can he and MC Hawking form a band?
Aug 3rd
Apartment Therapy The Kitchn | Flickr Find: Clean... →
Neat. I’ll have to try this next time, instead of the ball-of-aluminum-foil trick I’ve been doing.
Aug 1st
The Beginner’s Guide to Zen Habits - A Guided Tour... →
Aug 1st
The Long Tail: The time/money formula of free →
Good article by Chris Anderson, much better than the article he wrote in Wired, IMO.
Aug 1st