short, fun thoughts on living

Love Brands

2010-02-04T03:06:00.000-08:00

I love products that have a personal story behind them. One day, I will be able to post whatever I feel here, without questioning myself.

Eddie Izzard - Stripped

2010-02-03T21:50:00.000-08:00

"Farming is a step up on the civilization scale, but a step down on the sexiness scale."

Technology Blinds Us

2010-02-03T01:40:00.000-08:00

E-mail clients organize mail by recency, which is not really efficient. This is one example of, why we (developers) should spend time on understanding how people function.

Resistance

2010-02-01T01:45:00.000-08:00

There is a resistance within me, and it doesn't want me to be outstanding (outstandingly good or bad).

Some call it the lizard brain.

Girls Are Scary

2010-01-31T10:31:00.000-08:00

Why are little girls so scary in horror movies?

I am not afraid of little boys though... I know, I could just kick them in the nuts.

Rap – Big Sean

2010-01-31T06:08:00.001-08:00

"I gave them line, after line, after line... barcode"

Creativity

2010-01-30T10:06:00.000-08:00

Creativity is a mis- and over-used word. Creativity is the process involving the discovery of a new idea or concept, thus you have to create something that has never existed before, in order to be creative.

Pornstars

2010-01-27T11:39:00.000-08:00

"Pornstars are the unsung heroes of our era. We took something vital, like sex, and ripped it from society, so we can sell it like bottled water." – Kanye West in an interview

Scientific Thinking

2010-01-27T11:34:00.000-08:00

"Engineers are necrophiles", as one of my teachers pointed out. I can't agree more. We warship algorithms and proofs, and always forget, that science is only a language.

We are like a person, who is fluent in Spanish, English, and French, but hates to talk.

Honesty

2010-01-23T12:53:00.000-08:00

Be honest. Whenever you lie, smarter people will see right through you, while the rest will not understand.

Either way, you lose intimate relationships.

Sustainability

2010-01-17T15:44:00.000-08:00

It always feels good to do things at an unsustainable speed. At first.

Secret History of Silicon Valley

2010-01-15T16:48:00.000-08:00

This is the story of how wars became math problems. And it is pretty fascinating.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZTC_RxWN_xo

Turning Off Notifications

2010-01-08T02:29:00.000-08:00

I refuse to be Pavlov's dog. I don't need a bell or a whistle to go off, every time someone sends me an e-mail.

Avatar

2010-01-06T14:09:00.000-08:00

Khmm...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ccURwir7C_o

Digital Nomads

2010-01-06T13:34:00.000-08:00

"Digital nomad" is the wrong phrase, for a traveling geek.

If you are a "digital nomad" you can e-mail, chat, and work. Thus, digitally you are not a nomad at all.

What you are is just a nomad.

Significant Problems

2010-01-04T14:28:00.000-08:00

"The significant problems we face, cannot be solved at the same level of thinking we were at, when we created them." - Einstein

Wanting vs Liking

2010-01-02T13:26:00.000-08:00

"We typically want what we like, and like what we want, but these results suggest that wanting and liking are processed by distinct brain circuits and may not always go hand-in-hand.

[...]

The brain seems to be more stingy with mechanisms for pleasure than for desire."

SOURCE

Evaluating 2009

2010-01-02T13:07:00.000-08:00

When Santa asked me if I was a good boy, I would instantly shout "yes!" as a kid. Now that I'm older, I keep wondering what I did wrong, and what I did right on every 1st of January.

This is how I know I am an adult. I do not get any chocolate for it.