“Relying on these application files for our precious words is a mistake. Standards and preferences change. What your computer can understand today, it may not tomorrow.” I’ve got a shelf full of backed-up work that is essentially useless because the applications, file formats, and technologies I used to create the work no longer exists. What …
Monthly Archives: February 2011
Free as in Air. Free as in Dirt.
RepRap a GPL’d home factory.from Adrian Bowyer’s. The RepRap is to physical objects as WordPress is to ideas.
Fermenting: “Marley was Dead” Barleywine
“Marley was dead: to begin with. There is no doubt whatever about that. The register of his burial was signed by the clergyman, the clerk, the undertaker, and the chief mourner. Scrooge signed it: and Scrooge’s name was good upon ‘Change, for anything he chose to put his hand to. Old Marley was as dead …
Less than Beautiful
“OK, a microhelen is the unit of BEAUTY sufficient to launch one ship. Helen had ‘a face that launched one thousand ships’….” – TimKeck
Poke
“What does Facebook tell China when they ask if Facebook can be used to overthrow governments?” – Dave Winer This question – on its face – is good. Load in all the U.S. media stories about Facebook being used to organize government revolts, the value of China to the U.S. economy, Wikileaks, and Dave’s work …
Babãr
Even before the Abbey Cyser experiment I’ve been intrigued with the idea of a bragot/bracket/bragawd/bragaut [1] – a mead with a beer base. Over the weekend, I tried a bottle of Brasserie Lefebvre’s Babãr. Amazing and balanced. The honey had a presence, the ale had a presence. And despite their distinctive flavors – neither overpowered …
Writers Blocks
Imported from Detroit
Best Superbowl ad since 1984. I alternated between shouting ‘Hell Yeah!’ and crying. This is the message Chrysler needed to give, Detroit needed to give, and America needed to hear. Assisted by Eminem just underscores the point.
12 Weeks or 90 Days.
“And we have 12 weeks?” “Yes.” “Well, then we can make miracles happen.” – Timothy Ferriss, 4-Hour Body I’ll second that. In my experience 12-weeks of deliberate effort is the minimum required to do anything of significance. Those 12 weeks will change your life. But you have to change your life first to make that …