Confuse

I have found that behaving properly is one of the most Machiavellian tactics of all if you want to confuse your enemies. And besides, doing good deserves at least one guilty pleasure.



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‘the only one who does what I do’.

I do not merely want to be considered ‘the best of the best’. I want to be considered ‘the only one who does what I do’.



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leading a team that built the first all-transistor computer.

Writing in Slate, Thomas Goetz on how the Beatles caused the health care crisis.

And saved a bunch of lives.

And in 1962, on the recommendation of EMI recording executive George Martin, the company signed a new group called the Beatles to a recording contract. Over the next decade the company earned millions of dollars from the Fab Four. It was so much money that EMI almost didn’t know what to do with it. Meanwhile, a middle-aged bachelor engineer named Godfrey Hounsfield was working at EMI’s less glamorous electronics business. Hounsfield was a skilled, unassuming scientist, quietly leading a team that built the first all-transistor computer. Flush with money broken out of teenagers’ piggy banks, EMI let Hounsfield pursue independent research.



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Intimate Friendships

I shared a conversation with a person who I believe we share an intimate friendship.

An intimate friendship is one that:

* is characterized by deep mutual respect and trust.

* offers support and encouragement to both friends.

* does not leave either friend feeling that he or she has been the only “giver” in the relationship.

* is so desirable that each party looks forward to the next time they can be together.

I quote from one of the few treasured books on my bookshelf.

“Piglet sidled up to Pooh from behind.
“Pooh!” he whispered.
“Yes, Piglet?”
“Nothing,” said Piglet, taking Pooh’s paw,
“I just wanted to be sure of you.”
~A.A. Milne



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Talk is cheap

Talk is cheap, because supply always exceeds demand.



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Midnight Club new producer and director available!

Midnight Club canceled at beleaguered Rockstar San Diego?

Source: A blog posted to game-industry news site Gamasutra.

BitterPartyOfMany also claims that Rockstar dismantled the San Diego studio’s Midnight Club team. “Please, someone explain why the profitable and very functional Midnight Club team was ripped apart, their technology thrown away (after Midnight Club Los Angeles), and everyone who wasn’t fired or quit was shoved onto a project that has been struggling for well over 4 years?” the posting states.

To the owners of Rockstar, as an avid Midnight Club gamer, if you can’t get your shit together and produce and direct another successful Midnight Club turn the project over to my team and we will split the profits.



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Readability

Recently I’ve come across Readability, which can then convert my saved reading into a more readable format. Here’s how Readability works:

Again, it’s a new FREE! button that changes stuff you’re reading online into clear, simple, old-school text, getting rid of pop-up ads and annoying eyeball clutter.

  • Install the Readability button. Seriously it’s one step.
  • Actually it’s two. Once installed, you then adjust your preferences. You can choose between “newspaper”, “novel”, “ebook” and “terminal”. And change the font size and column width. Journalists will love that you can convert to a newspaper format. I read mine like this. Newspapers and magazines were designed to have the best type of font (serif) and column width (narrow enough such that your eye can flick quickly from one line to the next) to make for simple, elegant, fast reading. Just so you know.
  • When you’re reading something online, just press the readability bookmarklet on your toolbar and it converts the text into a far happier format. A treat for sore eyes!

Is it just the Capricorn in me, or are these really nifty?

Sarah as another Capricorn I definitely agree.

This a quote from a guest post by Sarah Wilson

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from Write to Done by Mary Jaksch



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