Vulgar, educated, and hilarious, all at once (via smbc, of course)
Random thoughts from a random technology guy
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Period
The story of eliminating the period at the end of The New York Times logo:
Dropping the period caused much consternation and soul-searching at the Times, until finally the production manager came up with the calculation that eliminating the period would save some $600 a year in ink! That saved the day. The actual redrawing of the letters prompted no consternation at all.
h/t Kottke
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New Orleans Beauty
We just finished the annual Origami Risk Colleague Conference, where we bring the entire company together for a few days. This year it was in New Orleans. Everyone thinks about Bourbon Street first, but I got to do an afternoon biking/kayaking outing one afternoon in City Park.
The kayaking was delightful with wonderful sculptures along the way. A tower of cellos…
I’m not sure what to call this one…
Perhaps “delightful” isn’t the right word for this one, but amusing…
Biking through the park you pass a million wonderful oak trees…
And it was a great conference. It’s hard to believe this company was once only four people.
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Matrix Ice
With a h/t to Seth Godin, this video is insanely well done…
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Tucker Carlson Claims Secret Service Texts Were Deleted by Hillary Clinton
It says this is satire, but I’m not so sure…
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Money Can’t Buy…
This is a good post on the many things money can’t buy (87 of them). Some highlights farther down the list:
- 33: The spontaneous, unplanned happenings (which become the best stories and memories) that result from being with the right people at the right time.
- 53: A bond with your dog.
- 68: People who actually want to listen to your advice.
- 69: Advice actually worth listening to.
- 75: Wit.
- 83: A bias towards action.
It’s a good list.
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Invent the Universe
This SMBC totally cracks me up. Maybe that says something about me…
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Slow…
But was is a strike? A funny way to end a great weekend of Yankees baseball…
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Traveling Again
I haven’t posted this in a while, but in March I was traveling again. Both for work and family fun. Masks mostly limited to the airports and taxis:
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