February 2011
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January 2011
1 post
“Facebook runs on a very stiff, crude model of what people are like. It herds...”
– Lev Grossman’s profile on Mark Zuckerberg for Time
I think this is the best analysis of Facebook I’ve ever read. “The social equivalent of liver failure” is a genius phrase.
(via buzzandersen)
December 2010
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October 2010
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May 2010
1 post
April 2010
6 posts
larry david's awesome tip rant
Waiter: Sir, you didn't leave a tip, and usually when I've provided excellent service my customers like to tip me.
LD: Well there is an 18% tip included.. Generally I do leave an additional tip, but you know what? I'm kinda protesting the additional tip. I don't care for it.
Waiter: You're protesting --
LD: Yes. Let them charge me 20%, let them charge me 25%, I'd rather be charged a 30% tip included than have to add up 18% to 20% to 25-- whatever.
Waiter: It's not that much man, it's 2%.
LD: Eh eh, it's hard to get to 2%. I don't know..
Waiter: It's like 1%, you just move the decimal point two spots and--
LD: OK ok, you have a system. I don't have a system to get to 2%. You know-- Don't make me do math at the table.
Waiter: Sir, you're protesting math.
LD: I'm protesting math!
March 2010
4 posts
joshmohrer:
New Six13 track - “Tefillin”
A new...
Judge a Cover
Friends, I went to a bookstore the other day with one goal in mind: Buy a Great Book. After my trip to the bookstore, I can assert that, all other factors held constant, any great book that is going to be bought out of the blue MUST have a great cover. Yes, if a friend told you “YOU HAVE TO BUY THIS BOOK!”, then regardless of the cover, YOU HAVE TO BUY THIS BOOK! Yes, if you’re...
February 2010
8 posts
“Losers aren’t the people who don’t win, losers are people who are so afraid of...”
– Little Miss Sunshine
The Proverbial Awful Smell in the Fridge
I come home from work today and there is an awful smell coming from the fridge. In case my nose couldn’t take the hint, there is a note about the awful smell coming from the fridge. So I dive in and try to find the culprit. There are several likely candidates - the stale garlic bread, half-finished vegetable juice, expired yogurt, expired sour cream, you know, the usual suspects. There...
“The next time I have meat and mashed potatoes, I think I’ll put a very...”
– Jack Handy
“I never check voicemail when abroad. Never ever. But what if someone has an...”
– Timothy Ferriss, the 4-Hour Workweek
Heinz Ketchup Adopts New Packet!
Readers, please join me in exaltation of the recent decision by Heinz Ketchup Corporation to retrofit their classic ketchup packets. Long overdue, the company known for it’s indistinguishable 57 flavors of ketchup has adopted a dish-like ketchup retainer, for the first time providing consumers with a choice between dunking or squeezing.
According to Dave Ciesinski, VP of Heinz, “we...
“Fate is like a strange, unpopular restaurant filled with odd little waiters who...”
– Lemony Snicket (via kari-shma) (via quote-book)
January 2010
4 posts
“The engineers and I handle customer support. When I tell people that, they look...”
– The Way I Work: Paul English of Kayak (via mikehudack) (via brycedotvc)
December 2009
5 posts
“Herman Blume: Whats the secret, Max?
Max Fischer: The secret?
Herman Blume:...”
supercuts
I went to supercuts for a haircut the other day. I walked in, said hello to the reception girl, then she said “Hi. Is there anyone here you DON’T want cutting your hair?” It’s was a very considerate question, said very much in the nonchalant manner of “paper or plastic?” or “would you like a receipt?”
There were three answers that crossed my mind...
November 2009
12 posts
“If you are not embarrassed by the first version of your product, you’ve launched...”
– Reid Hoffman, founder of LinkedIn
“The critical ingredient is getting off your butt and doing something. It’s as...”
– Nolan Bushnell, founder of Atari and Chuck E. Cheese’s
Another Safeway Checkout Conversation
Cashier is printing the receipt for the guy in front of me in line...
Cashier: Alright Mr. Jones, you have a nice day!
Mr. Jones: Thank you... Alice... what's your last name? It's not on your name tag.
Cashier: You're right Mr. Jones, it's not.
Mr. Jones: Well, what's your last name.
Cashier: We don't do last names at Safeway, strictly first names. That's the policy.
Mr. Jones: But, you know my last name.. they say it everytime I shop here and it's printed on my receipt. Thanks anyway. (he walks off)
...
Me: You know Alice, he does have a point...
“Can I tell you something about apricots? 1 in 30 is a good one. It’s such...”
– Larry David, Curb Your Enthusiasm
Makes Me Think →
MakesMeThink.com - FML for optimists
October 2009
8 posts
“PPC (Pay-Per-Click) can be effective, but will not protect you. One of the...”
– Dharmesh Shah - http://onstartups.com/
Two Tickets, One Day
I got a speeding ticket on Sunday. 75 in a 65, going with the flow of traffic. I figured it had been a couple years, sounds about right. Then when I got home from work on Monday, there was a letter waiting for me - informing me that I got caught on camera two weeks before “running” a red light (on a right turn). For those of you who have never been graced with the ‘photo...
