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“ I realized the trucking logistics business isn’t the beacon of progress or congregation of forward thinking individuals I had envisioned. ”

Chris Wanstrath gist: 6443 - GitHub

October 26, 2009
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“ I think it comes from the fact that we live in a constantly fracturing culture. You know, when I was a kid, there were three networks, and people had more in common on the streets. Let’s put it this way: We had more in common than not in common. Well, one of the things about the Internet and the culture that’s come out of the Internet is that it’s made people cluster into micro-communities. ”

on food watching as entertainment trend Alton Brown | TV | The A.V. Club

October 20, 2009   66 notes

vagile

Not what you thought, right?

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adjective • /ˈvædʒɪl/ • wandering; vagrant; free to move about.

October 19, 2009
The Perry Bible Fellowship

The Perry Bible Fellowship

October 19, 2009
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“ I don’t want to give advice to people about their religious beliefs, but I do think that it’s not smart to bet against the power of science to figure out the natural world. It used to be, a thousand years ago, that if you wanted to explain why the moon moved through the sky, you needed to invoke God. And then Galileo and Newton came along and realized that there was conservation of momentum, so things tend to keep moving. Nowadays people say, “Well, you certainly can’t explain the creation of the universe without invoking God,” and I want to say, “Don’t bet against it. ”

Mysteries of time, and the multiverse - Los Angeles Times - Page 3

October 15, 2009

“ The desire to do something well, whether it is sailing a boat or building a boat, reflects a need that was previously met in the workplace. Competence was shown on the job—holidays were for messing around. Now the situation is reversed. Technology has removed craft from most occupations. This is true in assembly-line jobs, where almost no training or experience, hence no skill, is required, as well as in most service positions (store clerks, fast-food attendants), where the only talent required is to smile and say “Have a good day. ”

The Atlantic | Aug 1991 | Waiting for the Weekend | Rybczynski - Page Two