January 2011
23 posts
Interview: Marco Arment →
“Right now my ideal laptop would be: Take a 13″ Macbook Pro, replace the HD with...”
– http://ejohn.org/blog/google-cr-48-for-coding/
“No, shut up. Not a single person on Earth wakes up in the morning worried about...”
– http://www.quora.com/Dropbox/Why-is-Dropbox-more-popular-than-other-tools-with-similar-functionality/answer/Michael-Wolfe
How we made an API for BoingBoing in an evening →
“Method names are case sensitive. But since Firefox uppercases method names it...”
– XMLHttpRequest.cpp, line 420
Where Do All the Cabs Go in the Late Afternoon? →
Ever feel as if you can’t get a cab around 5 o’clock? Now there’s scientific proof that you’re right.
There is new data to confirm what generations of New Yorkers have long known in their bones: just as the afternoon rush is about to begin, the taxicabs disappear by the hundreds.
From 4 to 5 p.m., the traditional hour for cabs to change shifts, the number of active taxicabs on the streets...
“So far in 2011, I’ve written consecutively for 14 days. That’s the...”
– http://interconnected.org/home/2011/01/14/being_boring (via adewale)
New on Rdio: Merge Records →
An email from Amazon.com:
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“I’m not big on predictions, but I do have one for 2011: HTML5 will continue to...”
– http://diveintomark.org/archives/2011/01/09/dive-into-2010
From Abe To Zinc →
It costs 1.62 cents to mint and distribute a penny… Jarden Zinc, as of 2007, is the sole supplier of zinc-based “penny blanks” used to mint the one cent piece (an odd monopoly, to say the least)… Nickels, which are 75% copper and 25% nickel, are also produced at a loss: the five-cent coin requires 5.79 cents to manufacture and distribute.
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MOG Fusion →
APIs to bring MOG’s unlimited streaming to cars and home audio devices. If this works, its an awesome vision! Reminds me of Rhapsody’s DNA and APIs for a new generation.
“A now-retracted British study that linked autism to childhood vaccines was an...”
– http://edition.cnn.com/2011/HEALTH/01/05/autism.vaccines/
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“So, if most tweets are too ephemeral to reach their full potential as ideas,...”
– http://dashes.com/anil/2011/01/if-you-didnt-blog-it-it-didnt-happen.html
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WatchThis album always reminds me of winter and the new year.
List of films that most frequently use the word... →