Tasty Explosion: Archive

BBC News - The Wealth Gap - Inequality in Numbers →

Their incomes had almost trebled with rises of 275%. NO NO NO. Almost QUADRUPLED. 0% increase? No change. 100% increase? Doubled. 200% increase? Tripled. 300% increase? Take a guess.

Jan 18th

“Society is like a stew. If you don’t keep it stirred up you get a lot of scum on...”

– Edward Abbey, naturalist and author (1927-1989)

Jan 17th

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Google, what were you thinking? ← Mocality Kenya →

Jesus fuck, Google.

Jan 14th

Daring Fireball Linked List: Samsung Copying... →

Yes, John. Boom.

Jan 10th

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“What keeps him going is his vision. Nothing is going to stop him, except death.”

– Who? Steve Jobs of course The iPad, the Kindle, and the future of books - The New Yorker

Dec 27th

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Dec 20th

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“My grandfather used to say: “Life is astonishingly short. Now, in my memory, it...”

– Franz Kafka, ‘The Next Village’. This is the entire text of the story. It’s really a fragment rescued by his friend Max Brod, but like many of these it’s usually published on its own. As a paragraph in a larger work it could be funny; as a standalone piece it is haunting. (via mrgan)

Dec 20th

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Dec 20th

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Neven Mrgan's tumbl: Constant spoonerizing →

mrgan: I spoonerize words all the time. All. The. Time. Good spoonerisms and bad. In my head. (I worderize spoons all the time. Tall. The Lime. Spoon Gooderisms band ad. Hin my ed.) The earliest memory I have of doing this is in my teens, spoonerizing movie titles on posters at the nearby theatre…. I, also, am afflicted.

Dec 19th

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The Age of Mechanical Reproduction →

Dec 15th

Mind vs. Machine →

Whilst the conclusions at the end feel a bit tacked on, the issues raised by the Turing Test bear thinking about from time to time. For me, this morning was such a time.

Dec 14th

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Terence Young: James Bond's Creator? →

Who created James Bond? The obvious answer of course is Ian Fleming. But who really made the character come to life? People tend to ask this about any or all of the actors chosen to assume the Bond mantle over the 35 years since the world was introduced to James Bond on the big screen. First they point out one actors pluses versus another actors faults, but theyre missing the larger picture....

Dec 14th

On Intellectual Dishonesty (Aaron Swartz's Raw... →

Dec 14th

Lingua Franca - The Chronicle of Higher Education →

BUT

Dec 13th

A conversation between author Cormac McCarthy and... →

Great.

Dec 12th

Family Guy writer's first-person account of his... →

Disappointing.

Dec 11th

Steve Jobs: a personal remembrance →

Jay-Sir.

Dec 7th

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“Jobs usually had little interest in public self-analysis, but every so often...”

– Jason Kottke’s roundup of Steve Jobs memories

Dec 6th

St Andrews: West Sands; September 2001 | Books |... →

Nov 26th

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Nov 23rd

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★ Getting Steve Jobs Wrong →

This is what I wanted to say.

Nov 19th

“Once, he told me if he’d grown up differently, he might have become a...”

– A Sister’s Eulogy for Steve Jobs - NYTimes.com This is a lovely piece. And I like this line a lot.

Nov 2nd

Occupy Oakland: video shows police officer... →

Oct 27th

“Really, why bother? Why not just stay at home punching yourself in the face?...”

– Charlie Brooker: Nightclubs are hell | Comment is free | The Guardian

Oct 23rd

✚ iPhone 4S Review →

I think I’m gonna get one.

Oct 22nd

“The way you change the world is to create environments where other people...”

– Derek Powazek - Our Generation’s John Lennon

Oct 21st

“Q: What do you think is one of the easiest things a guy can do to improve his...”

– That response clinches the deal and solidifies this interview with Roxana of Nerd Boyfriend as my favorite interview I’ve ever read and not only because we’re lovers. Yes, lovers. Deal with it. (via lonelysandwich)

Oct 21st

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