January 2011
You should change your Amazon password →
The problem is with the way Amazon stores the password. The system first converts all of the letters to upper-case which makes “MyPaSsWd123” the same as “mypasswd123” or “MYPAsswd123.” Next, it strips off everything after the eighth character. What this means is that “MyPaSsWd123” is simply stored as “MYPASSWD” in Amazon’s systems. Knowing this information makes attacking the password a much...
Anecdotal Evidence Spells Epic Doom for Android;... →
Anecdotal evidence #1:
A little while ago I conducted two polls among my Twitter followers, asking the same question—what their phone model, operating system and carrier is—but separating my U.S….
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Archive, a button for Apple Mail →
Perfect for the Inbox Zero™ fanatics, and just plain useful for anyone who uses Apple Mail (I do). Short URL: http://farukat.es/p493
Alfred, the first Quicksilver Alternative →
I’ve been a steady Quicksilver user since getting my first Mac, so I was sad when development on it ended and the project was essentially left for dead. I’d tried alternatives such as LaunchBar, but…
Leading Innovation… Off a Cliff →
Toshiba unveiled their new Tablet’s promotional website, which, if viewed on an iOS device without Flash, attempts to pique your interest in the device by insulting you for your previous…
Yours Truly on The Daily Edition →
Dan Benjamin and I talk about the life and culture at Apple, Google, the Experience Disparity of the Android Platform, and more on 5by5 Studios’ The Daily Edition. If you enjoy this talk and would…
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Because bitches love recipes
(post title ever-so-coolly provided by The Girl)
I’m starting a new “trend” for myself, because for the longest time I’ve been unable to do something effective for myself to get into cooking healthy meals at home more regularly. The main reason: I fail to remember recipes, most of the time, so now I’m starting a new thing wherein I simply write down every meal I or my mom and I cook at home here,...
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The Experience Disparity →
“Android shows up on a car, you’re gonna see the same kinds of improvements, the same design philosophy, the same usability improvements, the same new paradigms, new tools… they’re all gonna be a…
“Buttering the bottom slice”
“A three-day-old human embryo is a collection of 150 cells called a blastocyst....”
– Sam Harris, on stem cell research. (via inherhipstheresrevolutions)
Also, this.
Albert Einstein on capitalism and democracy
lessthan1:
“Private capital tends to become concentrated in few hands, partly because of competition amongst the capitalists, and partly because technological development and the increasing division of labour encourage the formation of larger units of production at the expense of the smaller ones.
The result of these developments is an oligarchy of private capital the enormous power of which...
“Love is the feeling we have for those we care deeply about and hold in high...”
– Sugar, The Rumpus
My absolute favorite quote of the piece is the closing line, which doesn’t convey anything about what the entire piece is about but which is so awesome I’m adding it here separately:
“We’re all going to die, Johnny. Hit the iron bell like it’s dinnertime.”
I want that on a...
“The Guardian is relatively small—it’s merely the 10th-largest national newspaper...”
– The Man Who Spilled the Secrets | Politics | Vanity Fair (via iamdanw)
Filed under: things I had no idea about. (I always saw the Guardian as the only read-worthy newspaper and thus figured it was the NYT of England. Something something assumptions and my arse?)
