July 2008
72 posts
“If you want to improve, be content to be thought foolish and stupid.”
– Epictetus
It's not about surviving. It's about succeeding -...
“Murakami’s life is a routine. He rises early around 5am and goes to bed by 10pm. He declines late-night dinners and outings. He runs and works on his books daily. He achieves his magic by pushing equally every day.”
I cannot wait until the day where I can claim a personal routine that does not budge based on circumstance. That allows for even more flexibility, since no matter...
this is why i gotta love the raqsters. (talking...
Raq: he can even take you into space
Me: that would be the most romantic date in the world wait, not in this world hahha, get it
Raq: JAJAJAJAJ you are such a loser
Me: what! why?
Raq: no like a dork like me we're dorks and i love it
Me: we're hot dorks
Raq: I think you're so clever jajaja
Changemakers →
Changing the world together. One project at at time ;)
“We cannot change the cards we are dealt, just how we play the hand.”
– Randy Pausch
this is what they call information overload :) →
“The universe will go on, indifferent to our brief existence, but while we are...”
– Richard Rahl
mini-motel sounds like mini fun at the airport. →
“Ruby is really good at what it does. The problem is, for what Ruby does really...”
– Terry Chay
“Talk is cheap. Show me the code.”
– Linus Torvalds (Linux)
The economics of love. →
“High-quality bonds consistently yield more return than junk, and so it is with high-quality love. As for the returns on bonds, I know that my comment will come as a surprise to people who have been brainwashed into thinking that junk bonds are free money. They aren’t. The data from the maven of bond research, W. Braddock Hickman, shows that junk debt outperforms high quality only in rare...
The 20 Healthiest Foods for Under $1 →
(via xcelsior)
This is great, thank you!
Wikifying...the history of humanity now lies in... →
Wikipedia is amazing. Google is amazing. Now that vertical search engines are starting to sprout up, it’s only a matter of time for vertical wikis to do the same.
4:26am...and it keeps getting better.
Rich: if you go to sleep first, you take out the trash
Me: what? whatever.
Rich: no whatever. its waiting by the door
Me: you mean take it out tomorrow morning
Rich: no before you sleep
Me: no
i'm going to get shot
What SOW ("scope of work") means at 4am.
Me: did my widget SOW make sense
Rich: it SOW did ha! get it!
Me: you are a freak of nature
“Make no little plans, they have no magic to stir mens blood.”
– Daniel Burnham
“We are in the business of making things better.”
– RT
Aw, I can't believe we won't be living in the same...
Me: are you seriously online?
Me: where are you??
Me: or did someone kidnap you and are pretending to be you
Me: in a hostel somewhere
Me: please dont kill me
Dre: tbilisi, georgia... if you loved one must pay 1 million larni for release of hostage
Me: oh darn.
Me: i only have 999,999 larni.
Me: negotiate?
Dre: ice cream?
Me: YES!!!
“It’s not who you are underneath, it’s what you do that defines you.”
Warren Buffett’s 7 Secrets for Living a Happy and... →
beenthinking:
(via ryanjpointer)
Love: Secret # 2 Find happiness in simple pleasures.
“I have simple pleasures. I play bridge online for 12 hours a week. Bill and I play, he’s ‘chalengr’ and I’m ‘tbone’. “- Warren Buffett
Tap-dancing to work sounds like fun! But these days, it’s more about rolling off the couch and going to the kitchen table… ;)
W.B. is a smart man. But, even...
Hah, and we are a tech company...
Dave: What is this? a tablet?
Rich: No.. it's a macbook. It's just broken.
Me: and floppy.
WatchI’m not one to look forward to things too much, but…I can’t wait! I can’t wait! (especially after spending 20 minutes on fandango being rejected by ‘sold out’ showings)
“When you program in machine language, you are controlling the computer at its...”
– Hiro Protagonist
Uh, dream.
The book I’m currently reading has me completely mesmerized. I’m halfway done after the second day, and I dreamt about it last night. The dream itself wasn’t nearly as creative as the book, but it was eerily similar in feel. It was one of those dreams where you’re half awake and know that you’re dreaming, but you’re so intrigued that you keep it going. Well, all...
WatchTower jumping looks awesome!
“Always is broken leg or broken head.”
Well, that sounds like a sport I want to try ;)
Where are the honey bees? →