May 2013
Matthew Rosenberg: What's the shrewdest, smartest... →
matthewerosenberg:
Herbert Dow founded Dow Chemical in Midland, Michigan when he invented a way to produce bromine cheaply. He sold the chemical for industrial purposes all over the US for 36 cents per pound at the turn of the 20th Century. He couldn’t go overseas, however, because the international market was…
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programming is terrible: A lifetime of terrible... →
programmingisterrible:
Although many entries posted here are far from optimistic, and often glib criticism dressed up in technical jargon, they don’t always come from a position of arrogance. It is not that my code is devoid of mistakes, but understanding the mistakes of others has given me a perspective I wouldn’t be…
WHEN AMY'S BAKING COMPANY BAKERY BOUTIQUE & BISTRO...
whatshouldwecallsocialmedia:
OMG THIS IS THE BEST THING I’VE EVER SEEN.
Facebook page here.
Article here.
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99% Invisible: Episode 78- No Armed Bandit →
99percentinvisible:
Americans now spend more money on slot machines than movies, baseball, and theme parks combined.
(Credit: Natasha Dow Schüll)
Americans have always had an uneasy relationship with gambling. To circumvent anti-gambling laws in the US, early slot machines masqueraded as…
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April 2013
“A master in the art of living draws no sharp distinction between his work and...”
– François-René de Chateaubriand (via stoweboyd)
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Bijan Sabet: Picking up our own tab →
bijan:
In the earliest days of a company the most critical things are team & product development. Founders energy needs to be primarily focused on those two things. Everything else is often a distraction.
Raising capital for startup companies also requires a big effort. Choosing the right investors that…
Tumblr Engineering: TMCache: fast object caching... →
great find by officiallyrad
engineering:
A simple write-through cache can be a powerful optimization for any system needing fast, frequent access to the same resource (i.e., almost everything ever). It’s especially true for a limited memory environment like iOS, which is also partially bound by processor and bandwidth constraints….
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UPSTATE! (Shot with Cameo)
Had a fun day today with Ali
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And here’s Cameo!
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Cameo. What I've been working on the past year
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“As I write this, our recent stock performance has been positive, but we...”
– Jeff Bezos, in his letter to shareholders. (via parislemon)
The Pragmatist: Support ticket #1534453 →
pragmatist-theme:
Finally got the (telling non-)answer to really the most important question in terms of whether or not it’s worth one’s while to make themes for Tumblr. The problem with The Pragmatist, according to whomever is the “theme garden lead,” is that “the aesthetics did not match what Tumblr is looking…
The Pragmatist: Support ticket #1534453 →
nostrich:
So here’s something dumb. My internet pal Geoff made a gorgeous Tumblr theme and submitted it to the Theme Garden, but they’re refusing to accept it because “the aesthetics did not match what Tumblr is looking for.” We are talking about the basic Theme Garden here, not the Premium section (which you are also not allowed to ever submit themes to unless you’re Metalab). Apparently Tumblr...
March 2013
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February 2013
January 2013
Dumply Blog: Why node.js streams are awesome →
dumply0:
tl;dr: You should compose your web app with IO streams On dump.ly, one of our most loved features is the download button, which creates a zip file with all the original images in an album. The original solution was hacked up very quickly (ie was pretty ghetto). It simply downloaded each file…
