July 2009
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Eating at a French restaurant, sitting next to a table of French people. Guess that’s how you know it’s real.
Happy Birthday was sung at the opposing table. Someone said cha-cha-cha at the beat and someone cried and the rest raised their glasses.
The French were not amused.
Jeff Bezos: Regret Minimization Framework
This is fantastic.
Jeff Bezos, 2001
I went to my boss and said to him, “You know, I’m going to go do this crazy thing and I’m going to start this company selling books online.” This was something that I had already been talking to him about in a sort of more general context, but then he said, “Let’s go on a walk.” And, we went on a two hour walk in Central Park in New York City and the...
As Tom Peters says, “You can’t shrink your way to greatness,” and yet that’s...
– Seth’s Blog: Death spiral! (via soxiam)
Why America Is Addicted to Olive Garden →
The secret to success has been a combination of leading-edge technology that helps make a notoriously unpredictable business more efficient, purchasing practices out of the Wal-Mart playbook, and decentralized brand-management honed during the 15 years the company was owned by consumer-products giant General Mills. Now Otis is pushing a new tactic: no-holds-barred sharing of information between...
Daring Fireball just linked to a post on Tumblr that uses my theme. Goal: realized.
300 Things We Didn't Know About Gerard Butler →
Great piece where the interviewer is sent in not knowing anything about the guy. (via sujay)
I used the word precursor to talk about an earlier version of a cursor.
– jrach4d hahaha holy christ. (via technicolorwordvomit)
Straight from Peter’s brain. (via josh)
It’s true, I did say that.
I like that MTV show Cribs; rock stars showing off their houses. They had this...
– Todd Barry
New Staff blog theme →
Just shook hands with my favorite comedian,Todd Barry, outside of Astor Place. Yeah!
Times it is perfectly safe to stare at someone
Six Flags (amusement parks).
When two trains are travelling next to each other at the same speed.
Standing behind an artist drawing a caricature.
If you’re good at making it seem like you’re zoning out into space.
If you’re 6.
Don't like this post
It’s just one of those posts that tells you not to like it so that you like it. Don’t fall for it.
Peter: Results 1 - 100 of about 18,000,000 for i hate josh. (0.88 seconds)
Josh: 333 million for i hate peter
Josh: no fucking joke
Josh: http://www.ihateyoupeter.com/
For the past three decades, Popovich has been one of a secret tribe of big game...
– The Learjet repo man (via GMSTR)
After you read this, your job will feel slightly less significant.
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