The Pluto Files
Watching an interview with Neil deGrasse Tyson, called Neil deGrasse Tyson: The Pluto files on Fora.tv, I learned a few things. Along side the bits of information I picked up, I though the quote he gave at the end was very thought provoking.
Mark Twain – Patriot
“In the beginning of a change, the Patriot is a scarce man, brave, hated and scorned. When his cause succeeds, however, the timid join him, for then it costs nothing to be a Patriot.” Mark Twain
15 Signups for 48-Hour Start-Up
15 signups the first wee, for the 48-Hour Start-Up @ meetup.com
Zen coding with with Sparkup
I just started using TextMate – and I love it. Initially I wanted an editor that was lightweight, with support for Grails/Groovy programming. So, I downloaded TextMate and started playing with it. The same day I did that; I came across a tutorial on Nettuts for Sparkup and Zen Coding. Zen coding with with Sparkup is [...]
Heaven or Hell Senator?
While walking down the street one day a corrupt Senator was tragically hit by a car and died. His soul arrives in heaven and is met by St. Peter at the entrance. “Welcome to heaven,” says St. Peter. “Before you settle in, it seems there is a problem. We seldom see a high official around [...]
Tattoo…?
“Passive aggressive pretentiousness is best displayed on a t-shirt.”
Fav-Quo
Resumés reduce people to bullet points, and most people look pretty good as bullet points ~ Jason Fried
Strategic Ignorance
I Went to a debate group last night. It’s called “Socrates cafe”. It’s a debating meetup with the premise that all participants debate using the Socratic Method. The topic was, cognitive descendants. With the sub-topic, “can engaging in too many mental exercises be damaging to the body?”. I enjoyed the meetup. What I took away [...]
A Death in New Mexico
An article posted on Truecrimereport.com, titled “Brittni Carlini Burned, Beaten to Death With Baseball Bat by Friends“, posted Tuesday, Nov. 10 2009 @ 10:57AM. Brittni Carlini was a 20 year old college student from Albuquerque, New Mexico. The Truecrimereport article spoke of how she was killed. For details about that you can read the article [...]
Less Css Escape progid:DXImageTransform
By Noel Graham on May 31, 2011
This will allow you to add “.less” parameters to progid:DXImageTransform: filter:e(“progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient(startColorStr=’”)@from e(“‘,EndColorStr=’”)@to e(“‘,GradientType=0)”); For horizontal gradient: filter:e(“progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient(startColorStr=’”)@from e(“‘,EndColorStr=’”)@to e(“‘,GradientType=1)”);
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