June 2009
32 posts
On Chart Integrity: How the Hype Machine deals... →
Get a FreeBSD Machine in Single User mode onto the...
So you’ve got a broken FreeBSD machine, with some boot disk errors that’s refusing to boot into multiuser mode. Because of disk block errors, you also can’t usefully run “fsck -y -f” in single user mode since it fails to check or save corrected data onto the disk. Add to this the fact that all you have are some remote hands that you can’t ask to do too many...
The internet is the greatest generation gap since rock and roll.
– Bruce Schneier (via heather-rivers / mikehudack)
Boing Boing Video premieres the “Ssshhh” by Hess is More. This one is done by Ari and Scott of missing pieces. Love their work!
Why would anyone be against love?
Clearly no one can be against love. Love has...
– Laura Kipnis
Yes, we all know that Good Marriages Take Work: we’ve been well tutored in...
– From an excerpt of Laura Kipnis’ Against Love. Also see the interview with her.
Reading a bit of (and about) this book makes one think of ruffled feathers, heated arguments and a quest for relationship and sexuality dynamics more fitting to the fast-paced urban lifestyle. I also wonder if...
I had expected that the time away [from the internet] would allow to
forget...
– On disconnectedness: Alone in the woods (via Mike)
The rise of illegal downloading has been good for... →
That takes some balls to say, go Fleet Foxes! (via Mike)
Lilly Sold Drug for Dementia Knowing It Didn’t... →
A fresh bucket of evil (via Alex)
China defends screening software →
China is the new Russia but scarier and bigger
The Onion does not disappoint.
Cities and Ambition →
Lately, I’ve found myself thinking tons about the idea of cities sending messages and making statements. This piece by Paul Graham is great, even if you ignore the valley-centric bits.
To squeeze the absolute best data, you can’t rely on automation....
– Amy Hoy writes about the making of the SXSW/Internet Week NY/Twitter Zeitgeist
Very much off the beaten path and insightful!