Wonderful free MP3s, written on 8-bit systems like video game consoles and old Commodore 128s. Brings me back to days of eating pita pizzas and sitting in my friend's basement playing Ultima III. Good times.
AMAZING: Try this search for "Harper's Index cultural" -- when you click on Harper's Index, the searched-for words are highlighted in the body. That's very cool.
I'll give you five reasons to visit : 1) Creepy name reminds me of "Se7en". 2) No graphics means no "Punch the Monkey" ads. 3) If you don't I might cry. 4) It's funnier than this list. 5) Any site with the word "Five" in it ROCKS!
If all the data in the world could be boiled down to three colored lights that could be on or off, bright or dim, and/or blinking, it would look a little like this . Think of it like an ultrapowerful wireless computer with a 9 pixel display.
Once again, I blog things that are interesting, as it makes me feel like someday, sometime I might actually do something with them. I won't, but still... This one's a recipe for Christmas cake.
“I’m not bitter about what happened to me as a child, and my mother was instrumental in keeping me from being so. ... She taught me to be grateful for my life regardless of what that entailed, and that’s directly related to the image of Christ on the cross and the example of sacrifice that he gave us. What she taught me is that the deliverance God offers you from pain is not no pain—it’s that the pain is actually a gift. What’s the option? God doesn’t really give you another choice.”
After over a decade of user testing, it is clear that the way we search the web is similar to the way we would search our home for valuables as it was burning to the ground. Frantically.
“We must shift the focus of companies back to the customer and away from shareholder value ... The shift necessitates a fundamental change in our prevailing theory of the firm… The current theory holds that the singular goal of the corporation should be shareholder value maximization. Instead, companies should place customers at the center of the firm and focus on delighting them, while earning an acceptable return for shareholders.”
You can scroll right easily by holding down the SHIFT key and using your scroll wheel. (Firefox users trying this will end up jumping to old Web pages until a) Firefox releases a fix, b) they change their settings like so.)