A Conversation With Randall Munroe, the Creator of XKCD
»"What if, when it rains, the rain came down in one drop?" And I was like, "Well, how big would that drop be?" I know a little bit about meteorology, and then, before I knew it, I had spent four hours...
View ArticleSafari is released to the world
»There’s nothing that can fill your underwear faster than seeing your product fail during a Steve Jobs demo.« Love these stories... on donmelton.com · the article page · donmelton.com on QUOTE.fm
View ArticleRolls-Royce rings up best-ever sales year
»The US retook its crown as the greatest consumers of Rolls-Royces, snagging it back from China.« Well that's a plus. on www.autoblog.com · the article page · www.autoblog.com on QUOTE.fm
View Article12 Letters That Didn't Make the Alphabet
»So you’d have “w, x, y, z, and, per se, and.” Over time, the last bit morphed into “ampersand,” and it stuck even after we quit teaching it as part of the alphabet« Cool! Who knew... on...
View ArticleTenth Grade Tech Trends
»My takeaway: I’m getting old.« on medium.com · the article page · medium.com on QUOTE.fm
View ArticleOne week with Android: There is a setting for that.
»I would be able to live without my iPhone, I would get around with Android and some things actually are awesome but at the moment there are several things that just aren’t tolerable.« It's got the...
View ArticleWhy We Took Cocaine Out of Soda
»By 1903, [then-manager of Coca-Cola Asa Griggs] Candler had bowed to white fears (and a wave of anti-narcotics legislation), removing the cocaine and adding more sugar and caffeine.« Cocaine removed...
View ArticleCBS Bans SodaStream Ad. Where's The Outrage?
»CBS banned SodaStream’s Super Bowl spot because, apparently, it was too much of a direct hit to two of its biggest sponsors, Coke and Pepsi.« disruption is never taken easily. if coke/pepsi were...
View ArticleWhy Breaking Bad Has The Best Cars On Television Right Now
»I have trouble deciding who I like less on this show — Skyler or her sister, Marie. Both are real pieces of work. Marie's New Beetle is extremely fitting: She's petty, jealous, insecure, petulant,...
View ArticleApple Doesn’t Care, That’s Why It’s Winning
»The biggest lie Cook told today was that “Apple has skills in software”. Judging by Google’s invasion of our homescreens, Apple’s software skill is sorely lacking.« Good article except for the quote...
View ArticleThe Fall TV Lineup May Include Apple Dominating Gaming
»We all know the current Apple TV is already running iOS (even if Apple dances around directly stating it). And we know that the Apple TV is running on the same type of hardware stack that...
View ArticleAngry senator dubs electronics ban during takeoff, landing “preposterous”
»“I am concerned that relying on the Aviation Rulemaking Committee (ARC) to drive change on this issue creates the potential for the process to drag on indefinitely,” she wrote.« This needs to happen....
View ArticleWhy I like DST
»I like Daylight Saving Time, and the advantages it brings more than make up for the slight disruption in my schedule. In fact, the most annoying thing to me about the DST changeovers is hearing...
View ArticleFor Louis C. K., the Joke’s on Him
»Another reason I was willing to do it there was because I had told them I have to be able to sell it on my site. At first HBO was like, “We can’t do that.” And I said, “Well, let’s not do it then.”...
View ArticleFrom rotary to Siri: How the phone numbering system came and went
»I love Hayes' last paragraph (remember, this was written in 1992), where he predicts the future:« Great read on phone numbers. on www.treehugger.com · the article page · www.treehugger.com on QUOTE.fm
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