Sam Stephenson
Creator of prototype.js / Developer at 37signals
Programmer, 37signals; creator of the Prototype JavaScript framework
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There are some real psych gems here, particularly #22: http://www.beko-dsl.com/
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I’m probably late to the party, but this post is very insightful: http://bit.ly/bH6HCv
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I have a Rancilio Silvia, but it’s not about the machine. It’s the ritual and the repeated iteration towards the perfect cup of coffee.
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I’ve made plenty of bad decisions in the last five years but investing in a good espresso rig wasn’t one of them.
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Desperately need to make time and find motivation for my open-source obligations.
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Google’s Nexus banner ads are a riot. One of them pitches “the Nexus One, with live wallpaper.” Another just says “800 x 480.”
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Drive-by critique: a new way of working.
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It looks cool but they didn't make me want it yet.
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Pipe Ars Technica's live Apple event coverage into a Campfire room: http://gist.github.com/287704
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A lesson learned the hard way: every single time I thought I was “in it for the long haul,” I’ve been wrong.
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Campfire users: you can now set a nickname to be shown instead of your first name and last initial while chatting. See the “My info” page.
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Beautiful handmade bicycles at http://www.bbici.com/ — I especially like the handlebar on this one: http://bit.ly/2gl3By
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“Scientists estimate that 8.3 percent of the human genome can be traced back to retrovirus infections.” http://bit.ly/7bo551
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I miss the days when something as complicated and frustrating as Rails' Bundler would have been deemed Too Much Software.
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“Wisdom is learned / Through a costly process of success and failure.” — Laetitia Sadier
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“There can be no beauty of form, no perfect proportion or arrangement of lines, which does not produce repose.” — Owen Jones
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"It's clear that you do not need nucleic acid (DNA or RNA) for the process of evolution." http://bit.ly/8rxzcY
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Let me out of this.
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Getting the lowdown on coffee roasting from my cousin: http://twitpic.com/uqnei
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Again, at the end.
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X-Runtime: 5 (ms). Aww yeah.
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I missed the news that Filter is returning to Milwaukee Ave: http://twitpic.com/sti3z
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Campfire now has an official API: http://developer.37signals.com/campfire/ (with streaming support, too).
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Amazon, what are you trying to tell me. http://twitpic.com/rcb41
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@al3x I have large hands and find it comfortable. Did you try holding it between your fingers like this? http://twitpic.com/qwnhv
