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Jan 21

Started Things, the use of which I have discontinued. Phew.

Started Things, the use of which I have discontinued. Phew.

Jan 19

18milesperhour:

IT’S GREAT TO BE ALIVE?
…so long as you don’t dare ride a bicycle!
A hearty thanks-for-nothing to this 1950’s safety manual for scaring the bejesus out of the youth of America.
And we didn’t even include the pages about the dangers of hiding in leaf piles and flying kites. No, we’re not joking.

18milesperhour:

IT’S GREAT TO BE ALIVE?

…so long as you don’t dare ride a bicycle!

A hearty thanks-for-nothing to this 1950’s safety manual for scaring the bejesus out of the youth of America.

And we didn’t even include the pages about the dangers of hiding in leaf piles and flying kites. No, we’re not joking.

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Jan 14

The future, as predicted in 1911 by “the most learned and conservative minds in America.”

The future, as predicted in 1911 by “the most learned and conservative minds in America.”

Dec 18

Little Big Details: long press on podcast  to show the complete title.

Little Big Details: long press on podcast to show the complete title.

Dec 13

Technical Writing

Engineers employ technical writing, which is very different from the literary writing you learn in most English classes. Consider this passage:

    Helen, thy beuty is to me
      Like thos Nicèan barks of yore
    That gently, o'er a perfumed sea,
      The weary way-worn wanderer bore
      To his own native shore.
                    
                       Edgar Allan Poe

To express these ideas in technical writing, we would simpy say

    He thinks Helen is beautiful.

As seen in an engineering textbook.

Check out the slides from SI 658 - a lot of good stuff in there!

Check out the slides from SI 658 - a lot of good stuff in there!

Dec 12

TextMate 2.0, please get released.

TextMate 2.0, please get released.

Joys of the iOS 5 notification center: six days of rain.

Joys of the iOS 5 notification center: six days of rain.

Dec 11

I thought I’d write a note proclaiming the second coming of this blog. Hm.

I thought I’d write a note proclaiming the second coming of this blog. Hm.