July 2008
37 posts
Hear My Train a Comin’ (acoustic) - Jimi...
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Boop Boop Boop Be-Doop Be-Doop Boop —...
“1. Never use a metaphor, simile, or other figure of speech which you are used to...”
– George Orwell
taphead.muxtape.com →
Are You Really Ready For Black Power?
Linking to muxtape tracks
Just found you can pass the Tumblr audio player a link to a Muxtape track. There are numerous ways floating around to get the track URL, but probably the most reliable is via the “Net” panel of the Firebug plugin for Firefox. It takes a minute to figure out how. When you’ve got the URL, just paste it into the external audio box of your Tumblr post and you’re good to go. Disclaimer: I’d recommend...
Klaxons - No Diggity
Kurt Vonnegut on Writing Better
The seven points, in all:
Find a subject you care about
Do not ramble, though
Keep it simple
Have guts to cut
Sound like yourself
Say what you mean
Pity the readers
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Five reasons to avoid iPhone 3G [Free Software... →
When your business depends on people paying for the privilege of being locked up, the prison better look and feel luxurious, and the bars better not be too visible.”
Nick Holder - Untitled
From this weeks Deviation
“In the broadband age, marketing is distribution.”
– Gerd Leonhard
TWiT Live →
The future of TV. Probably tuning in too often…
Copyright Regime vs. Civil Liberties - Rick...
McFly
Current Bid: US $1,025.00
Happy Birthday Mum
“The time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time.”
– Bertrand Russell (via angad)
“[you] acknowledges and agrees that if [you] uses [tumblr] to contribute...”
– Terms of Service | Tumblr
Does “under all of [your] intellectual property rights” mean I retain ownership, and can choose e.g. to CC licence my work?
Linus Torvalds on git →
Github now makes a bit more sense
“If today were the last day of my life, would I want to do what I am about to do...”
– Steve Jobs
Bored With Web 2.0? Demand Change →
The ycombinator comments are also worth reading