March 2009
9 posts
“Why should I schedule my life around the work hours of a 19th century illiterate...”
– Comment on Hacker News
I'm not sure
Each week Critic Magazine asks a 5 students a bunch of questions, a straw poll of sorts (I think, really should look up that term). This week the students were asked about two big issues:
Team Israel or Team Palestine?
Human-induced climate change: pressing problem or big rip-off?
It doesn’t matter which choice they chose, what I’m interested in is if they knew the answers. They...
The big reveal
As I’ve alluded to previously I’ve been building a website. It’s finally ready. Cooked.co.nz Cooked is a place to learn to cook and then show off your cooking skills. My aim with Cooked was to learn how to build a web service. I didn’t just want to learn Ruby on Rails or CSS, I wanted to learn everything. This is still ongoing, many challenges lie ahead. As I discovered with StationaryStationery...
Dave Days - Miley I can’t wait to see you
Outliers: The Story of Success
Yesterday I read Outliers: The Story of Success by Malcolm Gladwell. Gladwell is a master storyteller, no doubt about it. I first discovered his work when I saw this video and got really excited when I read his first book The Tipping Point. It’s not a long book, I read it in about 4 hours. The important part is the thinking that the book triggers. I’ve started reading my favourite...
New theme (again)
This is a theme I coded mid 2008 but decided not to use. I rediscovered it a couple of weeks ago while tidying up my filesystem, made a few adjustments and here it is. I like it now. It’s more a blog than a tumblelog. There’s also a new, more narcissistic, about me page coming soon. Enjoy. Comments are gone again, I’m still making up my mind about them. For now you can email me...
A friend of mine was planning to move to Los Angeles with the hope of connecting with the music industry. He was a musician and songwriter, and it was time for him to follow his aspirations. Katagiri Roshi said to him, “Well, if you’ve really decided to go, let’s see what your attitude is.” “Well, I’ll try my best. I figure I have to give it a shot, and if it doesn’t work, it doesn’t work. I’ll...