SpaceShipTwo Takes Off →
Yes, I know health care just passed. Yes, I know there's unrest in Jerusalem and Thailand. Yes, I know Greece is taking the world economy down with it. But this is so much cooler.
Oh, Foxtrot. Thank you.
The Secret Origin of Windows →
The history of the Windows 1.0 and 2.0 releases from the perspective of program manager Tandy Trower.
How often have I said to you that when you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth?
— Sherlock Holmes, A Study in Scarlet
Can you send that logo over in electron form, at the highest granularity you have.
— (via clientsfromhell)
How a Web Design Goes Straight to Hell →
And that's why I don't do web design for anyone but myself.
Anything that is in the world when you're born is normal and ordinary and is just a natural part of the way the world works. Anything that's invented between when you're fifteen and thirty-five is new and exciting and revolutionary and you can probably get a career in it. Anything invented after you're thirty-five is against the natural order of things.
— Douglas Adams
Things are rarely just crazy enough to work, but they're frequently crazy enough to fail hilariously.
— http://xkcd.com/580/ (hovertext)
Packing a Firearm →
A wonderful social engineering hack on how to ensure that expensive things actually get to where they're going with no additional screening when flying.
Using a Point-and-Shoot →
While DSLRs are quickly taking over the world, you can't carry them around. This article from Lifehacker has great tips for getting good shots with the camera that you actually do carry around.