November 2009
44 posts
A panda walks into a restaurant, sits down and orders a sandwich.
He eats the sandwich, pulls out a gun, and shoots the waiter dead.
As the panda stands up to leave, the manager shouts, “Hey! Where are you going? You just shot my waiter and you didn’t pay for your sandwich!”
The panda yells back at the manager, “Hey man, I’m a PANDA! Look it up!”
The manager opens his dictionary and sees...
The Art of Manliness Holiday Gift Guide 2009 | The... →
“…success in ski racing, or most sports for that matter, was only 40%...”
– The 40-30-30 Rule: Why Risk Is Worth It :: Tips :: The 99 Percent
Pseudo-Structures →
The Decline: The Geography of a Recession →
A time lapse of unemployment rates in America from January 2007 to September 2009.
“So while a tailor can make bespoke clothes, most of the time they’re fitting...”
– I’m a tailor
Did a bit of a facelift on my site today, changing the white to an architect kind of blue and swapped out Helvetica for FF Meta Web Pro. I’ll probably play with the style a bit more, but this is good for now.
“By putting so much of our emphasis on the product and not on the process, I...”
– Via Frank
Is Google Making Us Stupid? - The... →
WatchBillykirk (via Vimeo)
FlexCal →
minimalmac:
FlexCal is a simple way to get your tasks or events into your calendar quickly. Simply hit a hotkey (that you define) and a quick entry window pops up — from within any application. The first window is a task entry window. Hit the hotkey again and an event entry window appears. Type in your task or event, hit return and instantly the item is added to your iCal calendar. It’s that...
WatchNow A Daze on Vimeo (via Vimeo)
2. Find someone who’s opinion you respect and listen to them. Now listen again.
all plaidout » Blog Archive » The Results:... →
1. Never buy a book from a publisher you don’t trust.
Rules
In the same vein of Rules for my Unborn Son I’m going to start sprinkling in rules that I have for myself. They’ll be the same format, but definitely my own style.
WatchJon Skeet - Stack Overflow Dev Days London 2009 on Vimeo (via Vimeo)
“When you choose that path, you get clarity. Everything is simpler. It’s simpler...”
– How Chipotle, Pinkberry, and others win big by doing just a few things well - (37signals)
Burn | Stuff and Nonsense →
I’m not a smoker and I never will be, but Malarkey makes good sense here. In Tokoyo—where there is a smoking ban—you can’t smoke in front of buildings, and if you do you get a ticket. Instead they have covered areas with seating and ample ash containers.
Effectively the Japanese are saying we respect your right to smoke, but as we would rather you don’t do it on the street,...
Manliness: The Baby and the Bathwater | The Art of... →
What old fashioned traits of manliness do we keep and which ones do we ditch?
Erik Spiekermann | Thirty Conversations on Design →
“A lack of gratitude is often at the root of a variety of the ills that plague...”
– Importance of Showing Gratitude to Others | The Art of Manliness
“Somewhere along the way on the web, a lot of designers and developers have...”
– Creating Controversy for its own Sake (and How Humility is a Rare Bird Indeed These Days)
In Praise Of High Standards « First Today, Then... →
We didn’t just memorize the periodic table of elements, we learned how to generate it from scratch. There was no marking on a curve, there were no excuses.
The Freshman 100
Everyone jokes about the freshman 15—those 15 dreaded pounds you gain in your Freshman year of college due to eating too much and being sedentary.
Me? I had the Freshman 100. But before I get into that, a little backstory.
High School
In high school I was your typical nerd (not saying I’m still not a nerd, just not typical). I studied well, kept a fairly high GPA, attended class and...
Lessons in Manliness: Jimmy Stewart | The Art of... →
What Does It All Mean? - Dive Into HTML5 →
Why Circuit City Failed, and Why B&H Thrives,... →
George Hutchins for U.S. Congress 2010 →
Vote George Hutchins, his suckage knows no bounds.
The power of "no" →
The Way I Work: Jason Fried of 37Signals →