Off the Grid : Eric Valli
7 days ago
amazing photos of people living off the grid. I would love to know more of their stories.
photography
offthegrid
ericvalli
7 days ago
Learn to speak vim - verbs, nouns, and modifiers!
8 days ago
An interesting way to look at the commands in VIM, certainly not something that I'm good with and something I need to work on.
vim
programming
editor
8 days ago
Wagah Dance « Now I Know Archives
16 days ago
a choreographed dance of contempt at the border between Pakistan and Indian in the city of Wagah.
danlewis
pakistan
india
border
16 days ago
Tupperware, a Tribute - YouTube
4 weeks ago
A stirring tribute to tupperware by Jalal Haddad
jalalhaddad
tupperware
humor
video
4 weeks ago
How We Nearly Lost Discovery | Wayne Hale's Blog
4 weeks ago
A very interesting story of how we nearly lost the space shuttle Discovery on it's first flight after the Columbia disaster.
space
spaceshuttle
columbia
discovery
nasa
engineering
disaster
4 weeks ago
The Case of the Coffee Smart Cover | Two Lives Left
6 weeks ago
"Simeon" at Two Lifes Left bought a tan leather smart cover so that it would eventually get that weathered look that only leather can achieve. To accelerate the process he deliberately stained his with careful application of espresso and coffee grounds.
I bought a tan leather smart cover for the same reasons.
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smartcover
ipad
leather
coffee
I bought a tan leather smart cover for the same reasons.
6 weeks ago
Michael Czysz on MotoGP: it’s lost | Hell for Leather
7 weeks ago
Michael Czysz ruminates on what he would change to make MotoGP and WSB cohesive racing series with clear progression for young or low budget teams to the upper echelons. I think there are lots of good points in here.
racing
motorcycles
michaelczysz
motoczysz
ama
motogp
wsb
7 weeks ago
Re: Moving GPG Keys Between Computers
8 weeks ago
A clear and easy way to move GPG keys between two computers
gpg
encryption
keys
cryptography
8 weeks ago
Stabyourself.net - Mari0
10 weeks ago
Two genre defining games from completely different eras: Nintendo's Super Mario Bros. and Valve's Portal. These two games managed to give Platformers and First-Person Puzzle Games a solid place in the video game world. But what if Nintendo teamed up with Valve and recreated the famous Mario game with Portal gun mechanics?
games
mario
portal
nintendo
valve
10 weeks ago
Minimal Mac | TV Is Broken
12 weeks ago
The story of the introduction of a 4 year old to TV after not having been exposed to it before. Someday this story will seem weird to all of us.
media
television
minimalmac
cable
12 weeks ago
The Business of Bookmarking
12 weeks ago
A great explanation of the differences in running a bookmarking business rather than the common models in the silicon valley.
business
web
pinboard
delicious
bookmarking
12 weeks ago
More Doctors 'Fire' Vaccine Refusers - WSJ.com
february 2012
Interesting story about doctors refusing to treat families who have refused vaccinations for their children.
vaccination
medicine
doctors
autism
february 2012
Sam Calagione, Dogfish Head, and extreme beer : The New Yorker
february 2012
A great profile of Sam Calagione, owner of Dogfish Head and promoter of craft brewing.
beer
homebrew
craftbrew
samcalagione
dogfish
from instapaper
february 2012
Cormac McCarthy's Apocalypse
february 2012
An article describing Cormac McCarthy's involvement in the Santa Fe Institute and his appreciation for the science of the end of times.
apocalypse
theroad
cormacmcarthy
santafeinstitute
sfi
february 2012
Everything That I Know About Jupiter « Thought Catalog
february 2012
A quick summary of everything the author knows about Jupiter.
humor
jupitor
astronomy
february 2012
Terry Thompson and the Zanesville Ohio Zoo Massacre: Newsmakers: GQ
february 2012
A crazy story of a man's suicide involving the sudden release of ~50 exotic pets that he owned.
suicide
gq
pets
february 2012
Brain Matter(s) - Impossible Happens
february 2012
A nice summary of a couple lessons to take from Steve Jobs. When his back was against the wall and he had to save the company he had just returned to he called "the enemy", Bill Gates to arrange a deal. Always look at the bigger picture.
billgates
stevejobs
apple
inspiration
february 2012
Robservatory » Blog Archive » A useless analysis of OS X release dates
february 2012
A release history of every dot update to OS X since the public betas.
apple
history
mac
osx
february 2012
In Brief: 5-year-old Analyzes Logos - Brand New
february 2012
A wonderful insight into logos as seen by a 5 year old girl.
logo
design
february 2012
Rant: I Love Photography ‹ PhotoShelter Blog
january 2012
A beautiful 'rant' about why one photographer loves photography.
photography
january 2012
MURK AVENUE, I FOUND ICE CUBES 'GOOD DAY'
january 2012
One man investigated the lyrics to determine the exact date of Ice Cube's "Good Day"
rap
music
lyrics
icecube
january 2012
Apple Outsider » Hollywood Still Hates You
january 2012
Matt Drance's entirely astute opinion of why movie piracy is up. The studios don't realize that to eliminate piracy they should make it easier to buy it legally. I would certainly pay to get access to a la carte movies and TV shows if it weren't so hard.
copyright
hollywood
movies
tv
streaming
netflix
mattdrance
appleoutsider
january 2012
The Boy Who Heard Too Much
january 2012
The story of a blind teenager with exceptional hearing who used social engineering and knowledge of telecommunications systems to harass his enemies.
phone
telecommunications
socialengineering
phreaking
january 2012
The Fox Is Black » Jaaam (The Fresh Prince Remix) by Pogo
january 2012
A lovely remix of fresh prince clips by Pogo.
foxisblack
freshprince
willsmith
remix
pogo
january 2012
Infinite Drunk Ron Swanson
january 2012
The best site on the internet.
funny
awesome
humor
ronswanson
parksandrec
tv
january 2012
swissmiss | Mondrian Sandwich
january 2012
Possibly the most artistic ham sandwich I've ever seen.
mondrian
art
sandwich
january 2012
Geometric Paper Torso with Removable Organs | Colossal
january 2012
Australian architect and paper artist Horst Kiechle recently constructed this geometric paper torso complete with modular organs including lungs, intestines, kidneys, pancreas, stomach and more. The piece was made for the Science Lab of the International School Nadi, Fiji. You should also check out some of his archisculptures. (via my modern met)
model
paper
craft
organs
body
january 2012
How Many Stephen Colberts Are There? - NYTimes.com
january 2012
Interesting details of Stephen Colbert's efforts to demonstrate the realities of Super PACs and 501(4)c groups interspersed with some biographical information as well.
stephencolbert
politics
biography
fundraising
superpac
PAC
january 2012
The illustrated guide to a Ph.D.
january 2012
A wonderful illustrated guide to what it really means to get a Ph.D.
academia
education
illustration
visualization
phd
doctorate
january 2012
Miniature Liquid Worlds by Markus Reugels | Colossal
january 2012
Fantastic images of water droplets in front of satellite images creating tiny worlds.
photography
world
water
droplets
january 2012
PayPal orders customer to destroy violin to settle dispute.
january 2012
In a dispute over the veracity of the label on a violin that was sold using PayPal, PayPal required the customer to destroy the violin in order to destroy the "counterfeit" materials.
paypal
dispute
counterfeit
violin
january 2012
A Guide to Backing Up Pinboard - Behind Companies
december 2011
A quick guide on how to back up your pinboard account to a server using curl and crontab.
It also uses ifttt and dropbox to pull the file locally, but I'm just planning on leaving it on the server and using logrotate to cycle a few copies.
backup
howto
pinboard
curl
cron
It also uses ifttt and dropbox to pull the file locally, but I'm just planning on leaving it on the server and using logrotate to cycle a few copies.
december 2011
Six To Eight Black Men - Esquire
december 2011
The story of Swarte Piet, Santa's little black-faced Dutch slave/helper.
`A Dutch parent has a decidedly hairier story to relate, telling his children, "Listen, you might want to pack a few of your things together before you go to bed. The former bishop from Turkey will be coming along with six to eight black men. They might put some candy in your shoes, they might stuff you in a sack and take you to Spain, or they might just pretend to kick you. We don't know for sure, but we want you to be prepared."`
slavery
blackface
dutch
customs
culture
swartepiet
santa
christmas
from instapaper
`A Dutch parent has a decidedly hairier story to relate, telling his children, "Listen, you might want to pack a few of your things together before you go to bed. The former bishop from Turkey will be coming along with six to eight black men. They might put some candy in your shoes, they might stuff you in a sack and take you to Spain, or they might just pretend to kick you. We don't know for sure, but we want you to be prepared."`
december 2011
The Library Phantom Returns! : Krulwich Wonders... : NPR
december 2011
An anonymous sculptor placed a series of ten art pieces crafted from books into various libraries around Edinburgh, Scotland before leaving a poem announcing her retirement.
sculpture
art
books
edinburgh
scotland
anonymous
npr
december 2011
Crashed Ferrari Table | Charly Molinelli
november 2011
What else would you do with a wrecked Ferrari?
ferrari
automobiles
coffeetable
furniture
design
november 2011
The Valley: America’s First Serial Killer « The Bygone Bureau
november 2011
An interesting story of a man who may have been America's first serial killer: A peasant who witnessed the murder of six men during the US's invasion of Mexico heard a call from the Virgin of Guadalupe to remove the hearts of 600 white men
serialkiller
history
war
november 2011
Apple's Supply-Chain Secret? Hoard Lasers - BusinessWeek
november 2011
A look into the way that Apple wields its supply chain as a strategic weapon.
apple
timcook
supplychain
november 2011
Michael Winslow gets the Led out
november 2011
"There is a sense amongst my generation that Michael Winslow's best performing days are behind him. (You'll remember Winslow as Officer Sound Effects from Police Academy.) After all, we live in the age of the beatboxing flautist. You might change your tune after watching Winslow do Zeppelin's Whole Lotta Love. The first 28 seconds are like, oh, I've heard this before yawn zzzzzzzzzz WHOA, WHERE THE HELL DID THAT GUITAR NOISE COME FROM??!"
beatboxing
ledzepplin
michaelwinslow
policeacademy
november 2011
A Sister’s Eulogy for Steve Jobs - NYTimes.com
october 2011
Mona Simpson's eulogy at Steve Jobs's funeral.
funeral
apple
stevejobs
monasimpson
eulogy
october 2011
The Illusion of Asymmetric Insight « You Are Not So Smart
october 2011
A fascinating article about the Robber's Cave experiment and what that shows about asymmetric insight (parallels are drawn to Lord of the Flies).
asymmetricinsight
psychology
robberscave
sociology
october 2011
DRL Disable, in 10 minutes - Subaru Legacy Forums
october 2011
How to disable daytime running lights on a Subaru Legacy.
subaru
outback
legacy
daphne
drl
october 2011
How to Hatch a Dinosaur | Magazine
october 2011
A paleontologist with a MacArthur Genius Grant and no college degree is trying to reverse the process of evolution and bring out the hidden dinosaur characteristics of the common chicken.
dinosaur
chicken
evolution
genetics
dna
october 2011
the varieties of the BALLOON HAT experience
september 2011
A series of shots of people that you would not expect to be wearing a balloon hat.
funny
images
balloon
september 2011
An American Drug Lord in Acapulco | Rolling Stone Culture
september 2011
The story of a boy from Texas and his rise to the upper echelons of the Mexican drug cartels.
drugs
mexico
crime
america
september 2011
Soulwire » Experiments in Code
august 2011
Massively recursive algorithm with cool adjustable parameters. Creates crazy looking organic renderings.
art
code
javascript
august 2011
Huffencooper holiday card 2010 | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
august 2011
Awesome holiday card design based on the names of Santa's Reindeer.
design
holiday
rudolph
august 2011
The Greatest Customer Service Story Ever Told, Starring Morton’s Steakhouse | Peter Shankman
august 2011
A man jokes that he wants Mortons to deliver him a steak to the airport when he lands after his flight. Mortons actually delivers. A very amusing story of spectacular customer service and how they ensured they have a customer for life.
food
twitter
mortons
customerservice
august 2011
best wedding pictures ever... scroll down - mlkshk
august 2011
Awesome wedding pictures.
wedding
photography
humor
august 2011
Legal Affairs
august 2011
A horrifying story of abuse within the Amish communities of Pennsylvania and Ohio.
amish
abuse
sexuality
august 2011
Lossa Engineering's short film "Solus" on Vimeo
august 2011
A short film by Ricki Bedenbaugh for Lossa Engineering, "Solus". Lossa Engineering built Yamaha SR500, also featured on Cafe Racer TV season 1.
sr500
yamaha
solus
lossaengineering
caferacer
motorcycles
august 2011
Guts and Glory: A Review of the MacBook Air — Shawn Blanc
august 2011
"A few years from now, I believe we’ll look back and say the 12-inch PowerBook was the best laptop we ever owned until our MacBook Airs. The MacBook Air is the new 12-inch PowerBook — the new blend of power and portability that also invokes a fondness that few Macs in the lineup can."
macbookair
review
shawnblanc
august 2011
A VC: The "Fred Wilson School Of Blogging"
august 2011
Fred Wilson's thoughts regarding how to create a long term and valuable internet presence. I believe in many of these tenants, but I struggle with the division of the short form from the long term. I think a single presence works better, and unifies the location. I had no idea that Fred Wilson has a Tumblr, yet I subscribe to his blog.
blogging
fredwilson
identity
socialmedia
august 2011
Around The World and Back Again: Violated: A traveler’s lost faith, a difficult lesson learned
august 2011
A horrible story of one person's experience with AirBNB and the traveler that destroyed, vandalized, and stole her property in her absence.
crime
travel
airbnb
august 2011
Font Squirrel | Create Your Own @font-face Kits
august 2011
Generates zip files with everything you need (including code) to implement @font-face on your site.
css
fonts
typography
webdev
august 2011
Improving the Scrolling Experience in Lion | Jettison Canopy
august 2011
A proposal to fix the inability to determine if there is material outside the current view when using Lion with the default of the scroll bars being disabled
lion
osx
scrollbars
ui
ux
design
august 2011
- B. HOCKEY J. - 13
july 2011
A very cool message from a father to a son on his thirteenth birthday.
inspiration
parenting
writing
adolescence
july 2011
Discovery: A Visual Eulogy » ISO50 Blog – The Blog of Scott Hansen (Tycho / ISO50)
july 2011
I've never seen photos of a shuttle like this. It's interesting to see the textures and the almost paper mâché look that it has. In a world of plastic models of the shuttle, it's good to be reminded of the age in which it was designed and the exotic materials it required.
Shuttle
space
eulogy
NASA
photography
july 2011
Katie Lewis
july 2011
Beautiful art installations based on carefully charting bodily phenomena then removing any description of the phenomena or graphing axes
art
science
charting
infographic
july 2011
We Made This Ltd
july 2011
An interesting detailing of cattle brands that has some tidbits about lettering and type that I didn't know cattle brands had.
cattle
brands
americana
typography
lettering
july 2011
Mystery prisoner has Utah jail authorities stumped - Yahoo! News
july 2011
A prisoner in Utah refuses to give up his identity preventing Police from charging or releasing him.
from twitter
july 2011
Subtraction.com: The Wayback Machine for Apps
july 2011
The Wayback Machine for apps. Wouldnt it be cool in a few years to see how apps have evolved along with their platforms?
from twitter
july 2011
A visualization of US Debt in 100 dollar bills
july 2011
A cool visualization of the US debt.
from twitter
july 2011
Deploying Sinatra on Dreamhost With Passenger // RailsTips by John Nunemaker
july 2011
Hosting sinatra apps on Dreamhost is possible.
ruby
sinatra
dreamhost
webdev
webhosting
july 2011
Reddit, what is the drunkest photo ever taken of you? : AskReddit
july 2011
The drunkest photo ever taken.
photos
funny
humor
july 2011
Edward Tufte’s “Slopegraphs”
july 2011
An interesting, succinct, and under utilized way to present data.
visualization
design
infographic
chart
july 2011
McSweeney’s Internet Tendency: Sweet Opportunity in the State of Denmark!
july 2011
If a scammer wrote me this, I just might hand over all my money.
from twitter
july 2011
Twitpic - Share photos and videos on Twitter
july 2011
One of my favorite Apple Store details: manufacturing custom, integrated power+security/alarm cables. So clean. So Jobs.
from twitter_favs
july 2011
Fact or Fluke? | LIMITER
july 2011
Does rear brake line routing correspond with dyno curves? @Iconmotosports investigates
from twitter_favs
july 2011
yfrog Photo : http://yfrog.com/h3kq5rp Shared by darrenrovell
july 2011
Awesome 4th of July cake -
from twitter_favs
july 2011
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