February 2012
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Stuff I will buy this co-op cycle
One of these, because my employee discount on it is insane.
A new video card and display for the Mac Pro, also using my fabulous employee discount.
A new turntable so I can actually listen to my records that I haven’t touched since the Technics died on the way back from NYC.
Stuff I will not buy this co-op cycle
Anything else. There, I’ve committed to it publicly. No speakers, no...
“These are the boys who suck up to the boss’s boss. They’re backslappers. These...”
– Some Advice for Young People | The Awl
I could have written this very article, and if I had, it would have been subtitled “Why I Left San Francisco.” The place is practically founded on an unwillingness to call bullshit. (via buzz)
Then again, New York is founded on saying “no, who the...
“Seriously, if you want to completely overload yourself with work, just spend a...”
– The Chamonix Branch Office
Can do, boss.
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Intellectual fatigue
Every cute, colorful little bubble on your phone’s home screen is a room (with hardwood floor and concrete ceiling) full of young men and women with Cinema Displays on IKEA desks sitting in fancy chairs who leverage (and often contribute to) the work of thousands of volunteers spread out all over the world, and every two weeks someone who did what they’re doing long ago and got rich...
Disgustingly racist anti-Asian Michigan campaign →
noelduan:
The 30-second ad opens with the sound of a gong and shows the Asian woman riding a bike on a narrow path lined by rice paddies.
Stopping her bike, the woman smiles into the camera and says, “Thank you, Michigan Senator Debbie Spenditnow. Debbie spends so much American money. You borrow more and more from us. Your economy get very weak. Ours get very good. We take your jobs. Thank...
“Brogrammers are mostly Silicon Valley / Harvard type douchebags who got into...”
– Zynga AmA
NATVE CODE. LEARN IT, USE IT, LOVE IT.*
*unless you’re happy forever writing code that runs slower than mine. In which case, enjoy your virtual “machine.”
_: That feeling of exhausted emptiness, when... →
Haven’t had this in a while, and I miss it. I need to work on something BIG.
inkless-pen:
That feeling of exhausted emptiness, when you’re high on adrenaline and you can’t imagine its over, when you the clapping and bright lights, the smiles and handshakes finish and you’re exiting a building you’ll never again enter - it all feels like a dream, a sprint, a crazy production where…
Ben: this made me think of you
Ben: http://www.davidslog.com/12967343392/chris-next-book-by-peter
Adam A: rofl
Adam A: funny i would've said the same thing to you
