quotes

Thu, 2008-07-24 15:45.

Thou mayst as well expect to grow stronger by always eating as wiser by always reading. Too much overcharges nature, and turns more into disease than nourishment. 'Tis thought and digestion which makes books serviceable, and gives health and vigor to the mind.

Buckminster Fuller—architect, poet, inventor, author—on moderation.

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Wed, 2008-07-16 15:41.

Steal a fish and feed yourself for a day. Steal a fisherman and never be hungry again.

Clever. George Girton's comment on design ripoff over at Zeldman.com.

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Thu, 2008-07-03 06:05.

Dear Utah Drivers, I hate you. You all suck. Love, Michelle

@Mishimmy via Twitter.

in honor of my good friend michelle, i'm posting a list of requests for utah drivers. these are in no particular order...

  1. if three or more people pass you in the right lane, you're in the wrong lane. merge right. kthx. corollary: if everyone is passing you on the right, you don't deserve to drive.
  2. please learn to use roundabouts. i don't want to see you stopping to let another driver in. if you just keep moving, it'll be a whole lot faster for everyone.
  3. when the light turns green... go! if everyone puts their foot on the gas at the same time, everyone makes it through the light. i can draw a picture if you want.
  4. on a similar note: the light at university and university in provo almost always turns into a protected left immediately after it turns red. please keep this in mind before putting your car into neutral and starting up a conversation with your bros in the back seat.
  5. stop running over scooters and motorcycles. they're here to stay, please start seeing them.
  6. if you're going 30, and i'm going 50, and i merge into your lane in front of you, don't slam on your brakes and start honking. you won't hit me. you couldn't hit me if you wanted to. promise.
  7. if there's an accident on the other side of the freeway, please pretend it's not there. we both know you can't maintain constant speed while ogling the carnage on the other side of the barrier. so just don't look, and you'll be less likely to cause a sympathy accident in this lane.
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Thu, 2008-07-03 05:24.

The value of a perk is inversely related to the expectation of that perk.

seth godin. want to convert a customer for life? be amazing in an unexpected way.

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Fri, 2008-05-23 20:51.

"Rare find" in the rental listing is actually pretty accurate. You don't see too many yurts around here.

@apelad via Twitter.

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Mon, 2008-05-12 10:00.

I just got an email asking for advice on how to rank for the keyword "google". I'm speechless.

@seocracy via Twitter.

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Thu, 2008-05-08 15:10.

I have an idea, a PDF that uses Flash to load AJAX which shows images of content! Best idea for SEO ever!

@todaywasawesome via Twitter.

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Tue, 2008-04-29 08:53.

Office chatter overheard: "Let's write a worm to install IE7! Yea, and we can use IE6 exploits to do it!"

@jeremyfrank via Twitter.

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Fri, 2008-04-25 15:05.

Who has not experienced how, on near acquaintance, plainness becomes beautified, and beauty loses its charm, exactly according to the quality of the heart and mind? And from this cause am I of opinion that the want of outward beauty never disquiets a noble nature or will be regarded as a misfortune. It never can prevent people from being amiable and beloved in the highest degree.

Fredrika Bremer, Swedish novelist.

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Tue, 2008-04-22 00:29.

New tagline for Twitter: "What are you doing... like, someday, in the past 24-48 hours, give or take, roughly?"

@factoryjoe via Twitter.

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