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I am no more humble than my talents require.
— Oscar Levant
Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.
— Arthur C. Clarke
There is always some madness in love. But there is also always some reason in madness.
— Friedrich Nietzsche
When a man says he approves of something in principle, it means he hasn’t the slightest intention of putting it into practice.
— Otto von Bismarck
Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you
didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail
away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore.
Dream. Discover.
— Mark Twain
I was going to write an entire, exhaustive post about what I feel will be announced tomorrow at WWDC, but after reading John Gruber’s post at Daring Fireball, I’m convinced that he’s basically right about everything. There’s only one point I’d like to address that I’m going to directly contradict: his iPhone predictions.
It seems [...]
This week I did an unusual thing: I paid a professional to detail my car. But it gets better: I paid over $100 for his car wash.
Was it worth it? Absolutely. The detailer hand washed, waxed, and repaired the painting of my car. He used special care and compounds that only [...]
Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any one thing.
— Abraham Lincoln
To all my juniors, recent graduates of LSMSA:
I’m extremely proud of you. Good luck in your future endeavors and may the Spirit of LSMSA be always with you.
I’m in the market for a new computer, and this time I’m considering a change in venue. Here’s what I know:
Unit
Pros
Cons
Desktop
Power, expansion
Price, portability
Laptop
Price, portability
Power, expansion
Of course, portability is paramount because I’m a student. I already have a laptop that would suffice for taking notes in class; however, for my other more intensive daily [...]
I got a KOR ONE Hydration Vessel for Christmas and I’m extremely happy with it. It’s BPA-free, so it’s safe, and the spout is easily the best I’ve ever had the pleasure of putting my lips on. It also has a great design and is small enough to carry around conveniently despite its [...]
This commercial is so freaking cool; it makes me want to buy this freaking car—talk about effective marketing. The song is Shiny Toy Guns doing a cover of Major Tom (Coming Home). It was available for free download previously, but now it’s on iTunes for $0.99.
It’s always helped me to write down my goals and to look at them regularly. Of course, what better place than my blog to record them? I plan on updating these through the summer and checking them off when completed.
Build the Baton Rougean into an established hyperlocal blog.
Milestone 1: 1,000 hit day.
Milestone 2: [...]
We should be taught not to wait for inspiration to start a thing. Action always generates inspiration. Inspiration seldom generates action.
— Frank Tibolt