February 2010
21 posts
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What Peepcode are talking about here is really interesting and a great showcase for some new technologies/techniques.
“As a general strategy, for sure. As a dogma: no.”
– monolake interview – producing an album with no compression
Would be a great response to many questions.
“Fast food combination meals in Canada often have the option of getting french...”
– Why haven’t I been to Canada yet?
Poutine - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
“Most people would pay a substantial share of their wealth — much more,...”
– Economic View - Fighting Global Warming - A Small Price for a Large Benefit - NYTimes.com
venomous porridge: A conversation I have every... →
Me: (tries to visit a local restaurant’s website via iPhone) Restaurant website: I require Flash. Fuck off. Me: I just want to know how late you’re open. Website: Nope. Me: But I’m on my phone. Don’t you have a little “HTML Version” link up in the corner or something? Website: I’m ignoring…
I have this conversation regularly too. About 8 years ago most hotels and restaurants seemed to...
Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than... →
bobulate:
The Dunning–Kruger effect:
A cognitive bias in which “people reach erroneous conclusions and make unfortunate choices but their incompetence robs them of the metacognitive ability to realize it”. The unskilled therefore suffer from illusory superiority, rating their own ability as above average, much higher than in actuality; by contrast the highly skilled underrate their abilities,...
On pride and Pringles →
bobulate:
The pride in products:
Fredric Baur invented the crush-resistant canister in 1966 and was so proud that he said he’d like to be buried in one. It remained a family joke for years, but when Baur died last year after a battle with Alzheimer’s, his children stopped at a Walgreen’s on their way to the funeral home, bought a can of Pringles, and buried a portion of their father’s ashes in...
Sydney vs Melbourne on My City vs. Your City →
This little app from Music Hack Day Stockholm shows that Sydney and Melbourne argue a lot because they’re similar, not different. Looking at the Berlin comparison my move makes much more sense.
January 2010
46 posts
