December 2007
ListenThe #7 Album of the Year: The Cinematic Orchestra...
Dec 27th
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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
Dec 26th
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“The main problem with this architecture is the physical app box in the middle....”
– Bill de hÓra
Dec 26th
“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
Dec 23rd
“I never ceased to be amazed what real, non-geek people find on the Internet....”
– Slashdot | Microsoft Wants OLPC System to Run Windows XP 
Dec 23rd
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“usability is hampered by constant popups (affectionately known as barkware, a...”
–  2007 Year in Review
Dec 23rd
“PETA (Peaople for the Eating of Tasty Animals)”
– Kaobanga.com Blog’as  » Blog Archive  » Kodėl man trūksta hipių…
Dec 23rd
Dec 22nd
“Intranet tools - Software to help businesses get their shit together internally.”
– Where did the intranets go? - (37signals)
Dec 21st
Dec 21st
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“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
Dec 21st
How to meet - Fight club style →
Dec 19th
“All told, the United States has spent an estimated $500 billion to fight drugs -...”
–  How America Lost the War on Drugs : Rolling Stone
Dec 18th
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“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
Dec 18th
Dec 17th
“1999 called, they want their CGI scripts back.”
– Labnotes  » DeHorrible: RESTifying SimpleDB
Dec 17th
GETSful →
Dec 17th
“And don’t EVER make the mistake that you can design something better than...”
– Linus Torvalds, Coding style - a non-issue -fa.linux.kernel
Dec 17th
“pretty much, web design and all other forms of corporate jobs are empty and...”
– comment from this article.
Dec 9th
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
Dec 9th
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“Men in monogamous societies imagine they would be better off under polygyny....”
– Psychology Today: Ten Politically Incorrect Truths About Human Nature
Dec 6th
“Individuals in the twentieth century are exposed to more music in a month than...”
– Simon Reynolds’ Generation Ecstasy, page 46. (thanks, Alex)
Dec 6th
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“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.
Dec 4th
“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
Dec 3rd