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I think my hard drive is borked!

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 07:49:59 +0200

I think my hard drive is borked!

Father’s Day, Ford Mustang style.

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 16:46:24 +0200

Father’s Day, Ford Mustang style.

"Why do service providers have to pay the cost for failed or failing business models among the..."

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 22:45:00 +0200

““Why do service providers have to pay the cost for failed or failing business models among the copyright holders?””

- ISPs draw a line in the sand over piracy | TechCentral

"Microsoft is a different company, a better company, than when I joined 5 years ago. There are more..."

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 12:12:10 +0200

“Microsoft is a different company, a better company, than when I joined 5 years ago. There are more new people who joined Microsoft in the last 5 years than all the previous employees combined. However, laying off 5,000 people when you have $37B in cash and huge profits is not cool. But hey, thanks for pushing me on to the Next Big Thing.”

- Don Dodge on The Next Big Thing: Thanks Microsoft, Hello Google

"The problem with cashbook accounting is that it provides neither for yesterday, nor for tomorrow,”..."

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 15:57:23 +0200

““The problem with cashbook accounting is that it provides neither for yesterday, nor for tomorrow,” said Godsell, explaining that Eskom couldn’t effect meaningful long-term funding or planning, and even had to battle for short-term revenue.“We screwed up!” Godsell said at the same event. “We at Eskom need to follow the example of the new US president and simply say we screwed up.””

- The Eskom Power Crisis - Mandy de Waal

1948

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 23:30:50 +0200

I heard something this evening from Chief Rabbi Warren Goldstein that I haven’t heard before. According to the Torah, Abraham (as in one of Judaism’s - as well as Islam’s and Christianity’s - central figures) was born 1 948 years after Creation.

The State of Israel’s independence declaration took place in 1948.

There are varying accounts of Abraham’s birth (not to mention Creation’s occurrence itself) but the symmetry appeals to me and gives rise to a number of meanings and symbolisms that support Zionism and Jews’ preeminent claim to Israel.

Two very different memories of German history today

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 23:09:21 +0200

Today is the anniversary of two significant dates in German history that have impacted on the world in very different ways. CNN’s headline as I write this is the following:

The Berlin Wall’s fall was an historic day and a clear sign that the Cold War had come to an end. It’s fall was also a symbol of liberation and a nation’s unity. It is a day worth commemorating, celebrating even.

There is another day that has a much darker significance both for the world and for Jews worldwide. 9 and 10 November also mark the anniversary of Kristallnacht, a day when Nazi Germany began a new, terrible phase of its campaign against Jews in Germany and surrounding European countries culminating in the Holocaust. Contrary to the Berlin Wall’s fall, Kristallnacht is the start of a more concerted effort to persecute and, eventually, eradicate the Jews and a number of other population groups who offended the Nazis. We should remember the Berlin Wall’s demise just as we remember a far more terrifying event that preceded it and the events which led to the Berlin Wall’s construction in the first place.

"Life is not anything, but an opportunity for something."

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 12:28:17 +0200

“Life is not anything, but an opportunity for something.”

- This quote reminds me of Google Wave and Lars Rasmussen’s comments about how the Wave team is standing back, waiting to see what people do with Wave rather than prescribe what they should do with it.

Quotes about Opportunity

I feel like I am ruining this photo just by adding some text to...

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 08:48:59 +0200

I feel like I am ruining this photo just by adding some text to my re-post.

(via adriannabanana)

This is an amazing photo in so many...

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 08:33:56 +0200

This is an amazing photo in so many contexts.

adriannabanana:

This is kind of where I feel like I am right now

Something for couples to bear in mind when things are tough. ...

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 08:33:08 +0200

Something for couples to bear in mind when things are tough. Tough times do happen and it is easy to get caught up in anger, frustration and hurt feelings and to forget about the good stuff, the deep seated, enduring stuff.

adriannabanana:

I wish I knew who drew this

These bees freak me out

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 08:25:37 +0200

These bees freak me out

Do something (via furk)

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 22:32:01 +0200

Do something

(via furk)

This is a goodie (reblogged from all the people...

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 22:16:43 +0200

This is a goodie (reblogged from all the people below).

runawaytrainwreck:

brokenandwhole:

schmessica: (via furk)

#12 is one of my favorite reasons…hahahaha

Israeli forces intercepted a shipment of weapons apparently...

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 15:32:25 +0200

Israeli forces intercepted a shipment of weapons apparently heading for Hezbollah for use against Israel. Thank goodness someone is doing something about Iranian backed terrorism. The world community doesn’t seem to be paying much attention.

(via AssociatedPress)

An observed Shabbos’ appeal to me is largely the...

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 22:26:00 +0200

An observed Shabbos’ appeal to me is largely the obligation to unplug completely from anything resembling work. It probably isn’t the best way to think about it but I like the idea of unplugging totally for a day a week and spending time with my family.

The morning prayer, Shaharit, on the way to Israel, 1949 (via The Jewish Agency for Israel)

"NOW you can start to connect your own servers: Google Wave open for federation http://bit.ly/2FvzLb"

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 21:48:22 +0200

“NOW you can start to connect your own servers: Google Wave open for federation http://bit.ly/2FvzLb”

- JesseNewhart

Poor Equipment for Pro Contact Sports

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 21:03:16 +0200

THE MAN HAS A POINT

merlin:

Now Up–to–Date & Contact [April 1997]

It’s mind-boggling to me that both Gmail Contacts and OS X’s Address Book application lack many of the basic features that have been available in equivalent apps for 10 or more years.

Back in the day, I was a big fan of the pairing of Now Contact and Now Up-To-Date. Starting around 1993 or so (?), and as the administrator of a small Mac/LocalTalk network, I finally badgered my boss into buying copies of the Now stuff for anyone in our office who wanted it. And it worked like a charm. People loved it.

Sure, the workgroup features weren’t exactly at the level of today’s Exchange, CalDAV, or Google Calendar stuff, but man. As a basic PIM? It was bullet-proof. And really pretty, to boot — the very clear antecedent of swell old-is-new apps like today’s wonderful BusyCal.

But, wow, the functionality. These were the salad days. Brace yourself. Now Contact would let you associate “people” with a “company.” Imagine! Even semantically! Which, of course, neither Gmail Contacts nor Address Book lets you do.

For Google and Apple, contacts are a drawer with slots. Companies are a field. Names are a field. Addresses are a field. The fields are, whatever, there. You can, you know, search or whatever.

Jesus, OS X’s Address Book doesn’t even have freaking autocomplete. Autocomplete! Jiminy, a ten-year-old kid with jQuery, a Mountain Dew, and an hour to kill before school can add autocomplete to any website with ease. Me? I still have to manually find and maintain 1,400 little islands of humanity with only the flimsiest manual associations and zero in the way of semantic relationships or automatic normalization. It’s. Wow. And don’t get me started on the syncing. Last time I checked I had six seoulbrothers and twelve Jason Santa Santa Santa Santa Santa Santa Santa Santa Santa Marias.¹

It’s staggering to think that either one of these Giant Companies expects their apps to be taken seriously by other Giant Companies who do business with other Giant Companies. Because in Giant Companies, it becomes really important to know exactly who the employees are in your Giant Company as well as in other Giant Companies. And that’s the kind of thing you really don’t want a lot of people having to maintain separately and by hand. It’s one of those things that a computer is just unarguably better at doing for you.

So, yeah, go ahead. Take the Now suite’s tour.

It’s April of 1997. Bill Clinton is in his second term, Jewel is meant for you, and Seinfeld is, regrettably, starting to suck. But, yes, since it’s 1997, you can do things with your address book application that simply won’t be possible twelve years hence. Enjoy it while you can.

1997: “When entering new contacts, just type a few letters and the company address will be filled in.”

1997: ‘To get Now Contact to recognize two first names—for example, John & Mary—type “John [Option-Space] & [Option-Space] Mary.”’

1997: “You can change a zip code and, with a single click, change all your other contacts at that company or at that address.”

1997: “To attach a document to a contact, drag the document from the Finder and drop it on the contact.”

Well. At least Jewell’s not around as much any more. So, 2009’s not all bad.

Yes, that’s what happens when Google and Apple contact syncing argue over what part of a name means. Semantics. Look it up. ↩

Easily one of the best Halloween costumes ever! wezzo: I never...

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 19:58:59 +0200

Easily one of the best Halloween costumes ever!

wezzo:

I never thought you could better than this Halloween costume, turns out our was severely wrong.

[via justojusto]

wezzo: Pixar Intro Parody Excellent!

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 10:41:25 +0200

wezzo:

Pixar Intro Parody

Excellent!