Marklr.

"But for those tempted to once again predict the speedy collapse of his campaign, consider yourselves..."

Sat, 28 Jan 2012 16:46:16 -0800

“But for those tempted to once again predict the speedy collapse of his campaign, consider yourselves forewarned. I’ve known this guy long enough to realize that the only three species destined to survive a nuclear holocaust will be cockroaches, Cher and Newton Leroy Gingrich.”

- Joe Scarborough, “The Newt I know”, on the latest attacks on Gingrich

"Sometimes I believe in God, sometimes I don’t. I think it’s 50-50 maybe. But ever since..."

Sun, 23 Oct 2011 20:04:00 -0700

““Sometimes I believe in God, sometimes I don’t. I think it’s 50-50 maybe. But ever since I’ve had cancer, I’ve been thinking about it more. And I find myself believing a bit more. I kind of— maybe it’s ‘cause I want to believe in an afterlife. That when you die, it doesn’t just all disappear. The wisdom you’ve accumulated. Somehow it lives on.” Then he paused for a second and he said, “Yeah, but sometimes I think it’s just like an on-off switch. Click and you’re gone.” he said and paused again, and he said, “And that’s why I don’t like putting on-off switches on Apple devices.””

- Steve Jobs, as described by Walter Isaacson, on death.

"You call it murder. I call it the market regulating the brother supply."

Thu, 14 Jul 2011 18:38:07 -0700

“You call it murder. I call it the market regulating the brother supply.”

- Wyatt Cenac, on Cain murdering Abel

rosskimball: Collected Spanish textbooks today and found this...

Wed, 25 May 2011 12:47:14 -0700

rosskimball:

Collected Spanish textbooks today and found this inside one of them…..

"When asked why she had never been identified or mentioned before, Vietor responded “Well,..."

Sun, 08 May 2011 15:24:00 -0700

“When asked why she had never been identified or mentioned before, Vietor responded “Well, we’ve never killed bin Laden before.””

- Tommy Vietor, a spokesman for the NSC, on the “mystery woman” Audrey Tomason in the situation room photo of the president during the raid on Osama bin Laden’s compound

zoomar: A few years ago, the idea of a computer you could put...

Sun, 08 May 2011 13:18:49 -0700

zoomar:

A few years ago, the idea of a computer you could put in your pocket was just science fiction. - Isaac Asimov

via iheartchaos and seltzerlizard

fan•boy |ˈfanˌboi|

Sun, 10 Apr 2011 22:44:51 -0700

marco:

noun

informal derogatory: a term used to describe people who bought a product that competes with the one you bought, which is probably more popular than your choice, for reasons that you wish to discredit or diminish because you’re secretly afraid or upset that you made the wrong choice.

ORIGIN from fan + boy.

"There are not, despite my pretensions otherwise, many things I know in this world, but I do know..."

Wed, 06 Apr 2011 12:55:00 -0700

“There are not, despite my pretensions otherwise, many things I know in this world, but I do know this: I am pretty sure that God is not Tinkerbell, and that Frederich Nietzsche is still dead.”

- Jean Paul Zodeaux, “God is Not Tinkerbell”, on whether God’s existence is predicated upon belief

Ah, so Color is a Choose Your Own Adventure Game (Link to Full...

Sun, 27 Mar 2011 13:24:00 -0700

Ah, so Color is a Choose Your Own Adventure Game (Link to Full Image).

"Pivot is start-up talk for try to make something that’s at least a little less stupid than what you..."

Sun, 20 Mar 2011 02:08:00 -0700

“Pivot is start-up talk for try to make something that’s at least a little less stupid than what you originally made.”

- Mike Taylor, “Hashable is Worthless,” Betabeat

"Here’s a simple test: if you have to copy features from a competitor, you’re not the best."

Sat, 05 Mar 2011 22:19:54 -0800

“Here’s a simple test: if you have to copy features from a competitor, you’re not the best.”

- MG Siegler, “The App Wall,” TechCrunch

mrgan: Ladies and gents, fellow humans — presenting Pixelfari,...

Wed, 16 Feb 2011 17:58:15 -0800

mrgan:

Ladies and gents, fellow humans — presenting Pixelfari, a pixely, 8-bitty version of everyone’s favorite browser. Enjoy chunky fonts, blocky graphics, and a general sense of giddy inefficiency. Spearheaded by yours truly and developed by a very clever friend. Free+fun!

Download Pixelfari 1.0

copycats: All Of The Lights - Portland Cello Projectoriginally...

Fri, 11 Feb 2011 10:54:27 -0800

copycats:

All Of The Lights - Portland Cello Project
originally by Kanye West
(posted by sometimesagreatnotion)

jafo: And now: Michael Jackson and Paul McCartney doing...

Fri, 07 Jan 2011 14:37:36 -0800

jafo:

And now: Michael Jackson and Paul McCartney doing dishes.

(Your argument is invalid.)

"God is the only comfort, He is also the supreme terror: the thing we most need and the thing we most..."

Wed, 29 Dec 2010 15:59:10 -0800

“God is the only comfort, He is also the supreme terror: the thing we most need and the thing we most want to hide from. He is our only possible ally, and we have made ourselves His enemies. Some people talk as if meeting the gaze of absolute goodness would be fun. They need to think again.”

- C.S. Lewis, Mere Christianity

chrisnixon: Zombie Identification Chart

Wed, 29 Dec 2010 10:34:21 -0800

chrisnixon:

Zombie Identification Chart

"Show me someone who likes their meat overcooked and I will show you a picky eater, someone who..."

Sun, 19 Dec 2010 13:13:56 -0800

“Show me someone who likes their meat overcooked and I will show you a picky eater, someone who regards meal times as a set of challenges and insults to be negotiated… The well done steak is not simply a personal foible, like preferring pepperoni pizza to a margarita. It is a mark of a life unlived, of a childish world view retained. Of a distinct fearfulness. Talk to someone who insists on having their meat incinerated and eventually they will mutter about contagion and sickness, as if eating was a game of Russian roulette… Perhaps you still can’t stomach the idea. Maybe the sight of pink flesh makes you heave. In which case you really shouldn’t be eating meat at all. You don’t deserve it.”

- Jay Rayner, “A well-done steak isn’t a food choice: it’s a crime,” The Observer (Dec. 12, 2010). (via nbr)

dailyseinfeld: Estelle: Latvian Orthodox? Why are you doing...

Fri, 17 Dec 2010 11:32:20 -0800

dailyseinfeld:

Estelle: Latvian Orthodox? Why are you doing this?
George: For a woman.
Frank: A woman? What are you out of your mind?
Estelle: Why can’t you do anything like a normal person?
Frank: Wait. Is this the group that goes around mutilating squirrels?
George: No it’s a regular religion.
Frank: I’m calling my lawyer. It might not be too late to get out of this.
George: I don’t want to get out of it.
Estelle: George, you don’t know what you’re saying. You’re under their control.
Frank: What, they brainwashed you?
George: No no.
Frank: You’re not performing any rituals in this house.
Estelle: Go back to the psychiatrist. I beg you.
Frank: And stay away from those squirrels.

(via The Conversion)

"To deny or arbitrarily restrict [religious] freedom is to foster a reductive vision of the human..."

Thu, 16 Dec 2010 12:32:00 -0800

“To deny or arbitrarily restrict [religious] freedom is to foster a reductive vision of the human person; to eclipse the public role of religion is to create a society which is unjust, inasmuch as it fails to take account of the true nature of the human person; it is to stifle the growth of the authentic and lasting peace of the whole human family.”

- Pope Benedict, in Message for the World Day of Peace, Jan 1, 2011

"So examining this man—for I need not call him by name, but it was one of the public men with regard..."

Wed, 08 Dec 2010 21:40:49 -0800

“

So examining this man—for I need not call him by name, but it was one of the public men with regard to whom I had this kind of experience, men of Athens—and conversing with him, this man seemed to me to seem to be wise to many other people and especially to himself, but not to be so; and then I tried to show him that he thought he was wise, but was not.

As a result, I became hateful to him and to many of those present; and so, as I went away, I thought to myself, “I am wiser than this man; for neither of us really knows anything fine and good, but this man thinks he knows something when he does not, whereas I, as I do not know anything, do not think I do either. I seem, then, in just this little thing to be wiser than this man at any rate, that what I do not know I do not think I know either.”

”

- Plato, Apology, 21c-d