October 2008
16 posts
WatchThis is video of Larry Ellison taking a CNBC reporter for a ride on his Russian made MiG 29 fighter jet.
“Late bloomers’ stories are invariably love stories, and this may be why we...”
– Malcolm Gladwell beautifully tackles the subject of Late Bloomers in his essay in the latest issue of The New Yorker.
Sell A Used CD, Go To Jail...?
Excerpt from “Damn The Man!” The Ability To Sell Second-Hand CDs on thelegality.com:
The music industry, it seems, is foregoing lawsuits in favor of promoting preventative legislation. Recent legislation in Florida, Utah, Wisconsin, and Rhode Island has made it more difficult to sell used CDs in those states than it is to get a driver’s license.
In Florida, for example, anyone attempting to sell...
The Bee Gees Know What the Hell They're Doing
This article and tidbit struck me today:
U.S. doctors have found the Bee Gees 1977 disco anthem “Stayin’ Alive” provides an ideal beat to follow while performing chest compressions as part of CPR on a heart attack victim.
The American Heart Association calls for chest compressions to be given at a rate of 100 per minute in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR)....
“In the end, by refusing to allow market forces to work their cure, our economy...”
– Cheery tidings from the guy who predicted this thing over two years ago. Peter Schiff lays it all out in his latest entry from the economic front.
“There are 10^11 stars in the galaxy. That used to be a huge number. But...”
– Richard Feynman states the (not so) obvious
A Personal Library Like No Other
Jay Walker has possibly the most amazing personal library in the world. So much cool stuff in this article, go and read about it.
And yes, that is a Sputnik hanging from the ceiling. Other artifacts include: a 1665 Bills of Mortality chronicle of London (you can track plague fatalities by week), the instruction manual for the Saturn V rocket (which launched the Apollo 11 capsule to the...
12 Tools To Increase Website Speed →
Boy, do I need to take a look at this stuff sometime soon.
So much other stuff to do right now in the way of dev, but you heard it here first: I vow to run through one or four of these upon our next beta.
“Sort of like starting to ski while the snow storm is still blowing instead of...”
– Albert Wenger - Startups and Recession (via fred-wilson)
Pot of Gold Found!
Amazing, isn’t it?
I remember crossing the border into Canada way back when on my cross country trip after college graduation. Just a few yards over the line and there it was… The Beer Store!
I had heard about them, but never thought I’d ever have the pleasure of being a customer. I walked in and was amazed by the brazen display of efficiency: no shelves, no shopping carts,...
“The simplest questions are the most profound. Where were you born? Where is your...”
– Richard Bach
Good Advice For Musicians, Software Developers,...
Daniel James from gaming company Three Rings knows that the days of charging for bits outright are completely over. Why record companies don’t get this is beyond me.
In the process, he has penned some advice that software developers and website operators should allow to sink in. Specifically, these creators need to place LOVE above everything else in their product:
Our mission at Three...
“The Web isn’t just real estate. It’s a habitat, an environment, an...”
– Doc Searls Weblog · The Live Web (via fred-wilson)
Map of a Route I Know Well
What a cool, vintage map of a route I know all too well.
I believe this is a railway map, but it sure seems to mirror the Interstate 80 route.
Thanks to PJACTION for gifting this to me long ago.