November 2008
gmail themes
txd:
I’m loving the fact that themes are available — “Steel” for me works much better than the original..
yep, i also chose “Steel”.
“Today is World Toilet Day. Go drop an absolute bomb in your toilet to celebrate.”
—deleteyourself.
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“Upon completing a CS degree, students who choose the path of science and theory can continue on to a PhD program; the vast majority who choose the applied path have nowhere to go but industry, for which they are woefully unprepared. Who do they learn the skills they actually need from? The people already working at their company; who learned those skills from their predecessors; who learned… etc.”
—Philip Greenspun’s Weblog » Improving Undergraduate Computer Science Education
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goddamn electric bill - in memory
“productivity” is often a sprawling ghetto of well-marketed nonsense for people who really just need a ritalin and a hug.”
—43 Folders: Time, Attention, and Creative Work | 43 Folders
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“Considering all the different tools that I have used in the past, my vote would be to use a Wiki, without a moment of hesitation. Seriously, why would anyone willingly choose something else without being forced to do so?”
—Architecture Documentation - Stefan Tilkov’s Random Stuff
“the first 16 presidents could have owned Barack Obama”
—dion’s Bookmarks on Delicious
“[Obama’s] got a good chance ‘cause he’s Kenyan. And you can’t beat a Kenyan at a race.”
—Chris Rock, at an Obama rally in Tampa (via tmblg)
