December 2007
The #7 Album of the Year: The Cinematic Orchestra...
World War I Christmas Truce →
Fascinating read about when German and British front-line soldiers sang carols, exchanged gifts and played soccer for a day. — livejamie
“The main problem with this architecture is the physical app box in the middle....”
– Bill de hÓra
“I was on a trip to Mexico, standing on a beach, waxing my surfboard and admiring...”
– 11 “Don’t-Tell-the-Wife” Secrets All Men Keep
“I never ceased to be amazed what real, non-geek people find on the Internet....”
– Slashdot | Microsoft Wants OLPC System to Run Windows XP
“usability is hampered by constant popups (affectionately known as barkware, a...”
– 2007 Year in Review
“PETA (Peaople for the Eating of Tasty Animals)”
– Kaobanga.com Blog’as » Blog Archive » Kodėl man trūksta hipių…
“Intranet tools - Software to help businesses get their shit together internally.”
– Where did the intranets go? - (37signals)
“Whenever someone asks you which of two futures you think is more likely, your...”
– Blog future vs NYT future: none of the above! - Boing Boing
How to meet - Fight club style →
“All told, the United States has spent an estimated $500 billion to fight drugs -...”
– How America Lost the War on Drugs : Rolling Stone
“What’s the toughest question Welch has ever been asked?
“Do you...”
– Jack Welch: ‘I Fell In Love’, Jack And Suzy Welch Tell Their Story To Dan Rather - CBS News
“1999 called, they want their CGI scripts back.”
– Labnotes » DeHorrible: RESTifying SimpleDB
GETSful →
“And don’t EVER make the mistake that you can design something better than...”
– Linus Torvalds, Coding style - a non-issue -fa.linux.kernel
“pretty much, web design and all other forms of corporate jobs are empty and...”
– comment from this article.
Politics
stroan: I propose a new political system.
stroan: Instead of voting and such nonsense, all politicians have to compete in Takeshi's Castle.
stroan: Who ever gets the furthest is the new Big Man
“Men in monogamous societies imagine they would be better off under polygyny....”
– Psychology Today: Ten Politically Incorrect Truths About Human Nature
“Individuals in the twentieth century are exposed to more music in a month than...”
– Simon Reynolds’ Generation Ecstasy, page 46. (thanks, Alex)
“So… should we give thanks this holiday season that we have managed to introduce...”
– Philip Greenspun’s Weblog » Immigration and Income Distribution in the U.S.
“Because Java 5 is still a language that doesn’t easily represent lists or...”
– Steve: Developing on the Edge - Yes, WSDL really is a problem