Bryan Curtis on the cult of Jurassic Park Bryan Curtis, writing at Grantland. (Timely, what with my current re-read of the novel.) (tagged: jurassicpark specialeffects essay film culture ) Wall Street Isn’t Winning It’s Cheating Matt Taibbi (who else?) writing for Rolling Stone (where else?): And we hate the rich? Come on. Success is the […]
So you want to write JavaScript for a living? by Hans Brough, re-posted at NCZOnline (tagged: javascript webdev recruiting hiring ) What feature would improve the web? Great round-up by Paul Irish. (tagged: Paul_Irish webdev web_standards ) Why Occupy Wall Street Is Bigger Than Left vs. Right Ladies and gentlemen, once again: Matt Taibbi: What […]
Occupying Wall Street Tim Bray on #OWS: Street protesters’ demands work best when they’re simple enough to fit in a short declarative sentence, for example “Mubarak must go”. In this case the appropriate courses of corrective action aren’t like that, involving things like a financial-transaction tax, separation-of-concerns regulation, and eliminating institutions which are “too big […]
Making Laws About Making Babies at NYTimes.com (tagged: research politics fertility ) One-Third of Sun-Like Stars Have Earth-Like Planets In Habitable Zone And (as usual?) the comment thread from pedantic astrophysics nerds is awesome. (tagged: Astronomy Science research ) Innovation Starvation Neal Stephenson (writing at World Policy Institute) on the demise of innovation. Mandatory reading. […]
The Sass Way (tagged: Ruby css Sass blog ) Sass for Designers at SonSpring (tagged: webdev css sass ) Nanolaw with Daughter Been meaning to read this for months. Finally for around to it. So worth it. (tagged: writing scifi future history fiction ) In the privacy of our homes at Code: Flickr Developer Blog […]
Obama’s Pyrrhic Defeat, Ctd Andrew Sullivan — Debt Ceiling Reading List #2: I have to say I'm not that unhappy with this result, as I explained last night. But that's because I want serious budget cuts and don't regard our current debt as benign. I guess that is what makes me not-a-liberal. But I also […]
How to run an effective meeting by Kevin M Hoffman (writing in .net magazine) – a good piece but I would add two other pieces of advice: [1] never underestimate the value of a clock or stopwatch (e.g., “You have five minutes to explain starting… now.”); and [2] structure the meeting so you can dismiss […]
The Maisel vs Baio Incident In case you haven't been paying attention, Duncan Davidson on the court case that never was: Maisel vs. Baio: Should Jay have the right to claim the derived image isn’t fair use and ask for a cease and desist? Yes. He’s not, as many are saying, a dick for his […]
Lexadecimal (tagged: webdev design css art geek ) The People vs. Goldman Sachs Matt Taibbi should get an award or a medal or carte blanche to start kicking these guys in the balls or something: The legal definition of financial fraud may be murky and complex, but everybody knows you can't lie to Congress. It's […]
Sarah Lacy at TechCrunch writing about Peter Thiel (“We’re in a Bubble and It’s Not the Internet. It’s Higher Education.”): But, he argues, that doesn’t mean it’s not an uncomfortable elitist dynamic that we should try to change. He compares it to a world in which everyone was buying guns to stay safe. Maybe they […]