July 2008
33 posts
“Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to...”
– Winston Churchill
“Armed with the knowledge of our past, we can chart a course for our future. Only...”
– Malcolm X
“Conversation is a meeting of minds with different memories and habits. When...”
– Theodore Zeldin
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“And therefore the general who understands war is the controller of his...”
– Sun Tzu, The Art of War
“In the end, it is impossible to have a great life unless it is a meaningful...”
– Jim Collins, Good to Great
Vertical Farm Project - Agriculture for the 21st... →
The time is at hand for us to learn how to safely grow our food inside environmentally controlled multistory buildings within urban centers. Really?
“I am convinced that the long-term solution to terrorism in general, and...”
– Lt. Col. Christopher Kolenda, who works on the Afghan front lines, said in an e-mail in which he raved about Mr. Mortenson’s work (as told in Three Cups of Tea).
Quote via nytimes.com - It Takes a School, Not Missiles
All these new iPhone apps installed and I have barely used any of them. My life is the same.
Software Problems Bug Apple’s Launch of New iPhone →
It’s June 29, 2007 all over again. Luckily, I learned my lesson last year. Although, it took approximately 75 minutes to download, install and reactivate my iPhone with the 2.0 upgrade early this morning. I guess I was one of the lucky ones.
I got my 2.0 upgrade. Did you?
“When the moment comes, take the top one.”
– Fortune Cookie
Save the Press →
My lament this Fourth of July is to ask readers to see newspapers as not just another casualty in the churn of business. Sure, reporters say stupid things and write idiotic stories. Everyone stumbles. But on its best days, a newspaper is a marvel of style and wit, of small-type discoveries and large-type overstatements, a diary of our deeds. We may still prove Jefferson’s preference wrong: perhaps...
“Were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without...”
– Thomas Jefferson
NYTimes.com is Hiring!
The New York Times is currently looking for the following talents to add to our growing roster:
A creative and talented software engineer to work as part of the team that builds and maintains the software that runs our site and content management systems. As part of our digital team, you will work with the applications that consume and publish the content that supports the New York Times...