Alex Beaudet

To whoever made this… thank you. (via davidbedard)

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:53:00 -0500

To whoever made this… thank you.

"Viaweb we started very explicitly to make money. I was sick of living from one freelance project to..."

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 21:11:57 -0500

“Viaweb we started very explicitly to make money. I was sick of living from one freelance project to the next, and decided to just work as hard as I could till I’d made enough to solve the problem once and for all. Viaweb was sometimes fun, but it wasn’t designed for fun, and mostly it wasn’t. I’d be surprised if any startup is. All startups are mostly schleps.”

- Paul Graham

"I don’t read fiction. I find it a waste of time. There are so many amazing things that are real; I..."

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 14:32:25 -0500

“I don’t read fiction. I find it a waste of time. There are so many amazing things that are real; I don’t need to spend any time on a made-up story.”

- Jason Fried

maniacalrage:

This makes me sad. I appreciate Fried’s frankness, his passion and his ideas, but I will never understand someone who can simply swear off fiction so easily. Does he not watch films? Plays? Read poetry? Has he sworn off television and radio shows? Or is his anti-fiction stance limited only to books?

Can he not appreciate both true and fictional stories? Does he feel great novelists or playwrights or screenwriters have all wasted their lives?

Sometimes “getting real” can go too far.

I don’t disagree with the sentiment that “getting real” can go a little too far, but Jason does clarify a bit in this Hacker News thread. Essentially he says that he does watch TV shows and movies, but that he’s a slow reader, and if he’s going to invest dozens and dozens of hours into reading, he’d rather read non-fiction. I still have no idea how you can find reading fiction a universal waste of time, though - too far, indeed.

Wisconsin woman Mary Strey calls 911 to report herself as a...

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 16:04:06 -0500

Wisconsin woman Mary Strey calls 911 to report herself as a drunk driver.

Man dressed as Breathalyzer arrested for DUI on Halloween

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 14:50:14 -0500

Man dressed as Breathalyzer arrested for DUI on Halloween

A touching testimony delivered by Philip Spooner in support of...

Thu, 22 Oct 2009 01:44:40 -0400

A touching testimony delivered by Philip Spooner in support of marriage equality in Maine.

The Google scanners caught one of their page-turning elves hard...

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 14:40:00 -0400

The Google scanners caught one of their page-turning elves hard at work.

(via kottke)

Single Ladies covered by Pomplamoose

Wed, 14 Oct 2009 00:47:39 -0400

Single Ladies covered by Pomplamoose

Cover Friday: Lily Allen (The Kooks) - Naïve I’m not...

Fri, 09 Oct 2009 13:08:00 -0400

Cover Friday:

Lily Allen (The Kooks) - Naïve

I’m not saying it was your fault,
Although you could have done more.
Oh you’re so naive yet so…
How could this be done
By such a smiling sweetheart?

A woman found an injured owl on the side of the road, managed to...

Wed, 07 Oct 2009 21:35:25 -0400

A woman found an injured owl on the side of the road, managed to get him in a box, and take him to an animal rescue group. The pictures are incredible.

(via guy)

"Programming is an exercise in overcoming how wrong you’ve been in the past. At first you’ll overcome..."

Wed, 07 Oct 2009 21:08:49 -0400

“Programming is an exercise in overcoming how wrong you’ve been in the past. At first you’ll overcome the syntax errors, then you’ll overcome the structural errors, and then you’ll come to align your code with the standards of a greater community and you’ll feel safe and like you’ve made it. You haven’t – you’re still wrong because you’re always wrong. You are playing a game you cannot win. And let’s face it – if it was a game you could win you’d not be playing at all.”

- Guy English (via tedroden)

Carla Bruni - Quelqu’un m’a dit Que tu...

Wed, 07 Oct 2009 16:25:34 -0400

Carla Bruni - Quelqu’un m’a dit

Que tu m’aimais encore,
C’est quelqu’un qui m’a dit que tu m’aimais encore.
Serait ce possible alors?

Oh hey, Montréal.

Thu, 01 Oct 2009 17:19:00 -0400

Oh hey, Montréal.

How Minority Report is this?

Thu, 01 Oct 2009 15:01:00 -0400

How Minority Report is this?

"I’m not afraid of storms, for I’m learning how to sail my ship."

Thu, 01 Oct 2009 08:12:00 -0400

“I’m not afraid of storms, for I’m learning how to sail my ship.”

- Louisa May Alcott

A funny Hansaplast condom ad created by...

Wed, 30 Sep 2009 19:01:00 -0400

A funny Hansaplast condom ad created by TBWA\FRANCE.

They’re also responsible for this and this.

Ha. Just found this.

Wed, 30 Sep 2009 18:32:39 -0400

Ha. Just found this.

Sophie Blackall has some wonderful illustrations of Missed...

Wed, 30 Sep 2009 13:57:00 -0400

Sophie Blackall has some wonderful illustrations of Missed Connections in NYC.

Jet Beetle

Wed, 30 Sep 2009 11:09:00 -0400

Jet Beetle

How a Differential Gear Works As the video indicates, you can...

Wed, 30 Sep 2009 05:45:56 -0400

How a Differential Gear Works

As the video indicates, you can skip to the 1:50 mark.