A shot of JD

"A program that produces incorrect results twice as fast is infinitely slower."

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 12:26:07 +0100

“A program that produces incorrect results twice as fast is infinitely slower.”

- John Osterhout, programming quotes (via inky)

The ugly singer out of Staind (via Rock and LOL Stars) Still...

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 02:00:35 +0100

The ugly singer out of Staind (via Rock and LOL Stars)

Still flogging the same old nu-metal wailing, I see.

Things I've "liked" on Tumblr recently

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 22:50:38 +0100

Things I've "liked" on Tumblr recently

"Though I know lots of nice folks at Condé Nast, they don’t seem to mimic street-level hip hop..."

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 21:27:41 +0100

“Though I know lots of nice folks at Condé Nast, they don’t seem to mimic street-level hip hop marketing as often as one might hope.”

- Anil Dash on the “beef” between Chris Anderson and Malcolm Gladwell.

"Marketing may be a challenge since porn is a private, anti-viral application."

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 21:18:04 +0100

“Marketing may be a challenge since porn is a private, anti-viral application.”

- VentureBeat on the potential of a “StumbleUpon for porn”.

Organising my RSS feeds.

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 10:37:11 +0100

Organising my RSS feeds.

Meow!

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 10:06:16 +0100

Meow!: Myspace changes its logo (very slightly). TechCrunch calls it “rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic”.

paulbradshaw: “The working class get political when it affects their jobs, the middle class get...

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 10:12:20 +0100

paulbradshaw:

“The working class get political when it affects their jobs, the middle class get political when it affects their savings, and the upper class get political when it affects their hobbies”.

Whoever said that, it’s amazing. Fox-hunting is a great example of upper class hobby politics.

From Passive-Agressive Notes

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 00:06:35 +0100

From Passive-Agressive Notes

On Twitter...

Tue, 30 Jun 2009 22:44:00 +0100

@codinghorror: out of curiosity -- how does Tumblr generate revenue?
@marcoarment: Venture capitalists! (not an official statement of Tumblr, Inc., its member companies, or subsidiaries)

Too many CAPTCHAs

Tue, 30 Jun 2009 20:13:50 +0100

If Facebook’s over-sensitive anti-spam mechanism doesn’t stop hassling me every time I try to share a link with someone, I might use e-mail instead. C’mon, this isn’t Myspace.

BBC comedy will follow rivalry between home-computer creators

Tue, 30 Jun 2009 20:05:37 +0100

BBC comedy will follow rivalry between home-computer creators:

It was pitched as “Seinfeld with BBC Micros”.

(It probably wasn’t).

"If there’s time for an emergency, why isn’t there time for brilliance, generosity or..."

Tue, 30 Jun 2009 19:40:54 +0100

“If there’s time for an emergency, why isn’t there time for brilliance, generosity or learning?”

- Seth Godin

What's the best gift you've ever received?

Tue, 30 Jun 2009 10:28:51 +0100

Serendipity. (I love the way fatmanatee appears to be looking up...

Tue, 30 Jun 2009 00:41:00 +0100

Serendipity.

(I love the way fatmanatee appears to be looking up at nikography as if to say “Shut up moaning and watch the tennis”).

"I believe Don’t Ask Don’t Tell doesn’t contribute to our national security. In fact, I believe..."

Mon, 29 Jun 2009 23:39:46 +0100

“I believe Don’t Ask Don’t Tell doesn’t contribute to our national security. In fact, I believe preventing patriotic Americans from serving their country weakens our national security.”

- President Obama (via notthatkindagay & asprettyasasong)

There’s fun stuff over at the Little World Gifts Tumblr at the moment… (Transformer USB...

Mon, 29 Jun 2009 17:56:49 +0100

There’s fun stuff over at the Little World Gifts Tumblr at the moment…

(Transformer USB sticks, sketches of teacups and chilled-out punk covers).

What would make you..?

Mon, 29 Jun 2009 13:15:00 +0100

At some point in your online travels, you must’ve been sent a link to an article, or a picture or video by a friend. (Admit it, your mum sends you LOLcats). If you got one of these in your inbox today:

What would make you really pleased (appreciative, “wow” etc) they sent it?

And/or what would make you sigh and hit delete?

Vague I know, but that’s the point! :-)

Answer via Tumblr or visit the post page to comment (with more space) via Disqus.

(Shhh…this is to do with littleworldgifts.tumblr.com)

“A former civil servant who wrote an internet blog imagining the kidnap and murder of the pop...

Mon, 29 Jun 2009 11:43:36 +0100

“A former civil servant who wrote an internet blog imagining the kidnap and murder of the pop group Girls Aloud has been cleared of obscenity”.

Michael Jackson Died in 2007, Says Google

Sun, 28 Jun 2009 23:49:35 +0100

Michael Jackson Died in 2007, Says Google