Browsing Archive: May, 2013

Several good protections

Posted by Ira Chayut on Friday, May 31, 2013, In : Philosophy 
There are several good protections against temptation, but the surest is cowardice.
-- Mark Twain

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Easy to be down

Posted by Ira Chayut on Friday, May 31, 2013, In : Philosophy 
It is very easy to be down on what you are not up on.
-- J. Allen Hynek

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Garfield Minus Garfield:
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Society takes action

Posted by Ira Chayut on Thursday, May 30, 2013, In : Philosophy 

Society takes action only when gangrene sets in.
-- H. D. Doan

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Help solving math problems:
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Easily anesthetized

Posted by Ira Chayut on Wednesday, May 29, 2013, In : Philosophy 
People are easily anesthetized by overstatement.
-- John Maddox

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Graphing calculator:
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Greatest influence

Posted by Ira Chayut on Tuesday, May 28, 2013, In : Philosophy 
The greatest influence on a child begins with the birth of his parents.
-- Les Crane

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Synthetic biology:
http://www.synberc.org/content/resources

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Parsley farmer sued

Posted by Ira Chayut on Monday, May 27, 2013, In : Humor 
If a parsley farmer is sued, can they garnish his wages?
Steven Wright

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Share your trip:
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Four legs and ...

Posted by Ira Chayut on Sunday, May 26, 2013, In : Humor 
What has four legs and an arm? A happy pit bull.

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Track prices:
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Knowledge created problems

Posted by Ira Chayut on Saturday, May 25, 2013, In : Philosophy 
If knowledge can create problems can create problems, it is not through ignorance that we can solve them.
-- Isaac Asimov

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Not forgotten

Posted by Ira Chayut on Friday, May 24, 2013, In : Philosophy 
If you would not be forgotten as soon as you are dead, either write things worth reading or do things worth writing.
-- Benjamin Franklin

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Google Glass simulator:
http://glasssim.com/

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Information and knowledge

Posted by Ira Chayut on Wednesday, May 22, 2013, In : Philosophy 
Information is not knowledge.
-- Albert Einstein

Website 4 the day:
Factorization visualized:
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Changing zebras

Posted by Ira Chayut on Wednesday, May 22, 2013, In : Humor 
A zebra does not change its spots.
-- Al Gore

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Map of recent Wikipedia updates:
http://rcmap.hatnote.com/#en

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Not as difficult

Posted by Ira Chayut on Tuesday, May 21, 2013, In : Humor 
It is not as difficult as I thought it was, but it is harder than it is.
-- Eugene Ormandy

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Cloud-based web development tool:
http://www.microsoft.com/web/

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May not always be right

Posted by Ira Chayut on Monday, May 20, 2013, In : Philosophy 
I'm willing to admit that I may not always be right, but I am never wrong.
-- Samuel Goldwyn

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Elevator sex

Posted by Ira Chayut on Sunday, May 19, 2013, In : Humor 
Having sex in an elevator is wrong on so many levels.

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Sync and share files:
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Do every act

Posted by Ira Chayut on Saturday, May 18, 2013, In : Philosophy 
Do every act of your life as if it were your last.
-- Marcus Aurelius

(Reminds me of the C.E.D'Oh episode of The Simpsons, where in response to the suggestion to "Live each day like it was your last." Homer cries "I don't wanna die! I'm so young.")

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Homeless have 90%

Posted by Ira Chayut on Friday, May 17, 2013, In : Humor 
Where do homeless people have 90% of their accidents?
-- Steven Wright

Website 4 the day:
President Garfield's proof of the Pythagorean Theorem:
http://www.futilitycloset.com/2008/08/03/a-novel-proof/

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Never make forecasts

Posted by Ira Chayut on Thursday, May 16, 2013, In : Humor 
Never make forecasts, especially about the future.
-- Samuel Goldwyn

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After all is said and done

Posted by Ira Chayut on Wednesday, May 15, 2013, In : Philosophy 
After all is said and done, you usually find more was said than done.
-- Marshall McLuhan

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Are we offended?

Posted by Ira Chayut on Tuesday, May 14, 2013, In : Philosophy 
How often are we offended by not being offered something we do not really want?
-- Eric Hoffer

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Remove duplicate and stale bookmarks:
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Violent opposition

Posted by Ira Chayut on Monday, May 13, 2013, In : Philosophy 
Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.
-- Albert Einstein

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Short-term e-mail addresses:
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Toaster wasn't waterproof

Posted by Ira Chayut on Sunday, May 12, 2013, In : Humor 
When I found out that my toaster wasn't waterproof, I was shocked.

Website 4 the Day:
History maps overlaid on Google Maps:
http://rumsey.geogarage.com/

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Times of joy

Posted by Ira Chayut on Saturday, May 11, 2013, In : Philosophy 
In times of joy, all of us wished we possessed a tail we could wag.
-- W. H. Auden

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Learn to make a website or app:
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A smart idiot

Posted by Ira Chayut on Friday, May 10, 2013, In : Philosophy 
Give me a smart idiot over a stupid genius any day.
-- Samuel Goldwyn

Website 4 the day:
Make a fist, improve your memory:
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/259678.php

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Everybody is ignorant

Posted by Ira Chayut on Thursday, May 9, 2013, In : Philosophy 
I believe everybody is ignorant... only on different subjects.
-- Will Rogers

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http://www.youtube-mp3.org/

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Everybody wants sympathy

Posted by Ira Chayut on Wednesday, May 8, 2013, In : Philosophy 
Everybody wants sympathy but nobody wants people feeling sorry for them.
-- Beryl Pfizer

Website 4 the day:
Watch a package being mailed:
http://vimeo.com/59693471#

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How hard it is

Posted by Ira Chayut on Tuesday, May 7, 2013, In : Humor 
I know how hard it is for you to put food on your family.
-- George W. Bush

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Donate with your clicks:
http://www.wiseup.org/donate/

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Hate to take advice

Posted by Ira Chayut on Monday, May 6, 2013, In : Humor 
I hate to take advice from him. He needs it so badly himself.
-- James Dent

Website 4 the day:
Create your own newspaper:
http://www.crayon.net/scripts/login.cgi?mode=create

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Cannibals ate a missionary

Posted by Ira Chayut on Sunday, May 5, 2013, In : Humor 
When cannibals ate a missionary, they got a taste of religion.

Website 4 the Day:
Smoothing pixelized art:
http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/um/people/kopf/pixelart/paper/pixel.pdf

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Splitting of the atom

Posted by Ira Chayut on Saturday, May 4, 2013, In : Philosophy 
The splitting of the atom has changed everything except for how we think.
-- Albert Einstein

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Web debugging proxy:
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If Lincoln was alive

Posted by Ira Chayut on Friday, May 3, 2013, In : Humor 
If Lincoln was alive today, he'd roll over in his grave.
-- Gerald Ford

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Web development tutorials:
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The best of all possible worlds

Posted by Ira Chayut on Thursday, May 2, 2013, In : Philosophy 
The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds and the pessimist fears that is true.
-- James Branch Cabell

Website 4 the day:
Virtual globe trotting:
http://www.globegenie.com/

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Always insist on playing

Posted by Ira Chayut on Wednesday, May 1, 2013, In : Humor 
Why do you always insist on playing while I'm trying to conduct?
-- Eugene Ormandy

Website 4 the day:
Locate a famous grave, or that of a loved one:
http://www.findagrave.com/

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