Category — clippings
slaughterhouse90210: “Part of me loves and respects men so…

“Part of me loves and respects men so desperately, and part of me thinks they are so embarrassingly incompetent at life and in love. You have to teach them the very basics of emotional literacy.”
— Anne Lamott, Operating Instructions
March 3, 2010 Comments
"A small miracle. And sometimes I think the small ones are the best."
“A small miracle. And sometimes I think the small ones are the best.”
February 24, 2010 Comments
"With that in mind, your estimation question is this: “How many times has Mario died in all of the…"
“With that in mind, your estimation question is this: “How many times has Mario died in all of the videogames ever played?””
February 24, 2010 Comments
"But I for one am betting that the future is “the mobile web” not the “the mobile app.” There will…"
“But I for one am betting that the future is “the mobile web” not the “the mobile app.” There will always be some apps that have reasons to be native on devices but I am betting that serious innovation will happen on mobile browsers and that the future will so most apps folded into the cloud. We’ve already seen it once in the PC era. It’s the best thing for our health. We can build for one primary browser (like we do for Firefox on the desktop today) and then figure out how to get the rest working with whatever Microsoft builds.”
February 19, 2010 Comments
"Canadian men looking inexplicably sad is usually a hockey thing."
“Canadian men looking inexplicably sad is usually a hockey thing.”
February 14, 2010 Comments
slaughterhouse90210: “I was a normal eighteen-year-old:…

“I was a normal eighteen-year-old: shuttered, self-conscious, untraveled and sneering; violently educated, socially crass, emotionally blurting.”
— Julian Barnes, A History of the World in 10 ½ Chapters
February 14, 2010 Comments
"RWW uses Facebook Connect for comments, so these lost souls clicked the Facebook button and logged…"
“RWW uses Facebook Connect for comments, so these lost souls clicked the Facebook button and logged in, but instead of being at Facebook, they were now ready to comment on the RWW post. And comment they did…”
– Facebook users think Read/Write Web blog is Facebook. Hilarity ensues. – ryankuder’s posterous
February 12, 2010 Comments
"If Buzz isn’t for you, you can turn it off it by clicking the turn off buzz link at the bottom…"
“If Buzz isn’t for you, you can turn it off it by clicking the turn off buzz link at the bottom of your Gmail (it’s near the basic HTML link).”
February 10, 2010 Comments
"This is already WAY BETTER than FriendFeed. Why? Not because of the features. It isn’t as good…"
“This is already WAY BETTER than FriendFeed. Why? Not because of the features. It isn’t as good there. Not because of the layout. I like FriendFeed better. But because of the people. I’m seeing people I respect a lot who never showed up in FriendFeed. That’s the power of Google. Oh, and so far, the conversations have been a lot more interesting than the average FriendFeed conversation. I have some theories as to why that is, but mostly it’s because of the Gmail integration.”
February 10, 2010 Comments
"Under the covers, though, this major product was built by a team of people taking a radical new…"
“Under the covers, though, this major product was built by a team of people taking a radical new approach to online publishing: Buzz is all about open, standardized user data.”
February 9, 2010 Comments
Google Buzz for mobile
February 9, 2010 Comments
"I don’t know about you, but to me the scarf aesthetically is not worth $300. I mean, come on, for…"
“I don’t know about you, but to me the scarf aesthetically is not worth $300. I mean, come on, for $200 more I could get an iPad.”
February 5, 2010 Comments
"Google Guys: You know you have a lot to offer, but the Silicon Valley social scene is just not…"
“Google Guys:
You know you have a lot to offer, but the Silicon Valley social scene is just not working for you. Well, you’re in luck, because we’ve built a dating community just for you. Here you’ll find women looking for Googlers, women who value brains and accomplishment, and they’re here in a high female/male ratio.”
February 3, 2010 Comments
Emily the Strange Comics labels on a Jones Soda Limited Jones:…
February 3, 2010 Comments
"It’s not generally realized that geeks (male and female) are the best catches. Americans focus on…"
“It’s not generally realized that geeks (male and female) are the best catches. Americans focus on the glamour of the good-looking, the male jock and the statuesque female, and tend to make fun of second banana characters like Urkel. Yet, geeks (a.k.a. nerds, etc.) provide the opportunity to have much longer, more stable, and happy relationships.”
February 3, 2010 Comments
"All hybrids are not created equal. Going from a conventional Toyota Matrix to a Prius reduces global…"
“All hybrids are not created equal. Going from a conventional Toyota Matrix to a Prius reduces global warming emissions a whopping 44 percent. That’s like trading in a Hummer H3 for a Mini Cooper. By contrast, going from a Saturn Aura to an Aura Hybrid only reduces emissions 10 percent, the equivalent of trading in the Hummer H3 for a 3.7-liter Jeep Grand Cherokee.”
– Hybrid Scorecard — Findings: Advice for Consumers, Lessons for Automakers
February 2, 2010 Comments
"Now he discovered that secret from which one never quite recovers, that even in the most perfect…"
““Now he discovered that secret from which one never quite recovers, that even in the most perfect love one person loves less profoundly than the other. There may be two equally good, equally gifted, equally beautiful, but there may never be two that love one another equally well.” — Thornton Wilder, The Bridge of San Luis Rey”
– Slaughterhouse 90210 – “Now he discovered that secret from which one…
January 31, 2010 Comments
"At very least, add “do nothing” and “go insane” as choices."
“At very least, add “do nothing” and “go insane” as choices.”
January 28, 2010 Comments
"without doubt he is an idiot, an idiot of the 33rd degree, and scion of an ancestral procession of…"
“without doubt he is an idiot, an idiot of the 33rd degree, and scion of an ancestral procession of idiots stretching back to the Missing Link”
January 28, 2010 Comments
"Estamos HARTOS del anti-arte. Partiendo de una idea jocosa de Duchamp en determinado momento…"
“Estamos HARTOS del anti-arte. Partiendo de una idea jocosa de Duchamp en determinado momento histórico, el anti-arte ha llegado a ser el nuevo academicismo, el nuevo arte oficial. Justo el enemigo contra el que se acuñó el término. El propio Duchamp rechazaba que sus Ready-Made se tomasen como arte… nosotros preferimos creer a Duchamp que a sus exégetas.”
January 28, 2010 Comments
"All those moments will be lost in time; like tears in rain. Time to die."
“All those moments will be lost in time; like tears in rain. Time to die.”
January 27, 2010 Comments
"Creditors are checking out what you post to your Facebook and Twitter accounts. They’re…"
“Creditors are checking out what you post to your Facebook and Twitter accounts. They’re checking out who your friends are and who the people are in your networks”
– Creditworthy? Lenders delve into your social networks – wtop.com
January 22, 2010 Comments
Internet 2009 in numbers | Royal Pingdom
January 22, 2010 Comments
"Re-use of server heat: A portion of the excess heat created by the computer servers will be captured…"
“Re-use of server heat: A portion of the excess heat created by the computer servers will be captured and used to heat office space in the facility during the colder months.”
– Facebook | Breaking Ground on Our First Custom Data Center
January 21, 2010 Comments
Diesel Be Stupid
January 21, 2010 Comments




