January 2010
21 posts
“When you can’t tell your friends from you enemies, it’s time to go.”
– http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0830515/quotes
December 2009
48 posts
What happened to October 1852? (and good god,... →
“Consider spending less time talking, and more time prototyping, especially if...”
– Paul Buchheit
“Humor is a delivery mechanism for truth”
– Biz Stone
Alex Roy has a crazy dream: to beat the legendary... →
I'm going to go comatose for a few hours,... →
People who pull numbers out of thin air need to... →
“On the planned test profile, we entered a programmed 35-deg. bank turn to the...”
– Mach 3.18 Break Up of an SR-71 Black Bird
“Forget about shortcuts. Run a business as if it’s forever.”
– Norm Brodsky
“‘Would you tell me please which way I ought to walk from here?’...”
– Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland
“The problem with defending the purity of the English language is that English is...”
– James Nicoll
“I think the surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere is that none of...”
– Calvin and Hobbes
George Orwell’s 5 Rules for Effective Writing
1. Never use a metaphor, simile, or other figure of speech which you are used to seeing in print.
2. Never use a long word where a short one will do.
3. If it is possible to cut a word out, always cut it out.
4. Never use the passive where you can use the active.
5. Never use a foreign phrase, a scientific word, or a jargon word if you can think of an everyday English equivalent.
6. Break any...
“NEUTRAL: Item shipped promptly and in good condition, but I should not have to...”
– Unusual ebay feedback
“When I was in grade school, they told me to write down what I wanted to be when...”
– Unknown (to me)
