So much more. Wow, that man could play a harp. They didn’t call him Harpo for nothing! [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4NtCy9MfYk&w=480&h=360]
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Theorem & Corollary of Decreasing Parental Coolness by Their Children
Theorem I have a theorem that cool parents with children will never be cool to our own children. In mathematics, a theorem is a statement that has been proven on the basis of previously established statements, such as other theorems, and previously accepted statements, such as axioms. —Wikipedia entry for Theorem (link) Between 5 and …
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Apple passes BeOS for NeXT 15 years ago
John Gruber’s recent post marking the 15-year anniversary of Apple’s acquisition of NeXT sent me down memory lane. Gruber simply said: Apple acquired NeXT. Not a bad move. (Good thing I wasn’t then yet writing DF, or I’d have to eat some claim chowder about their not choosing Be.) I agree with John, because BeOS …
Mayans (not) in Georgia
Mark Williams, the archaeologist mentioned in the articles and member of Facebook, has outed this story as a hoax. Oh well, it was fun while it lasted! I’m going to go back to reading about how Christopher Columbus lost Alaska in a bet with Leonardo di Vinci and brought pepper to the Andes.
Mayans in north Georgia
This morning, @rascouet retweeted @alexanderchee’s link to a “Raw Story” article titled 1,100-year-old Mayan ruins found in North Georgia, which referenced a longer piece published by Examiner.com titled Massive 1,100+ year old Maya site discovered in Georgia’s mountains. Fascinating! The Mayan site near Brasstown Bald in Blairsville, Ga., is roughly 119 road miles east of …
Email from Marked.app & Keyboard Maestro
I use the amazing Brett Terpstra’s Marked.app to preview most of my Markdown-formatted text. Marked makes writing for the web using any text editor and a cinch. A simple Cmd-Shift-C copies the previewed content in HTML ready to publish online. You can also save straight to an HTML file or a PDF if you’re into …
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A man, a ball, a hoop, a bench (and an alleged thread)… TELLER! – Las Vegas Weekly
A man, a ball, a hoop, a bench (and an alleged thread)… TELLER! – Las Vegas Weekly: “I am never bored. I never understand people who say they are bored. I wish they could just wrap up those hours and give them to me.” Count me in this camp, too. I’ll take all of the …
Journaling with Day One, via MacSparky
MacSparky aka David Sparks (of MacPowerUsers fame along with partner Katie Floyd) has pledged to record at least one sentence every day using the ubiquitous Day One. I say ubiquitous because the app is available for Mac and as a universal iOS app for iPhone and iPad. With ready access from anywhere, there is no …
Why I Love Simplenote — Still « Macdrifter
Why I Love Simplenote — Still « Macdrifter: I consistently return to Simplenote for the majority of my needs. Simplenote is not a Dropbox text editor. It’s a service and an app. Like Dropbox it provides continuous and automatic note syncing. Unlike Dropbox, it is not file based. It exists for notes and nothing else. …
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