A little passive aggression from Amazon during the iPad’s launch :)
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On March 11, 1917, the city of Baghdad fell to the British. The city had been controlled by the Ottoman Empire and became an important victory for the British in the First World War. The British would have a mandate on Iraq until 1932. But when oil fields were threatened in the Second World War, British troops would occupy the city and country again. When General Maude entered the city on March 11, he gave the following statement: “Our armies do not come into your cities and lands as conquerors or enemies, but as liberators.”
Sound familiar?
John Yoo; drawing by David Levine
Whatever else you might say about John Yoo, the former Justice Department lawyer who drafted several memos in 2002 authorizing the CIA to commit torture, you have to admit that he’s not in the least embarrassed by the condemnation of his peers. On February 19, the Justice Department released a set of previously confidential reports by its Office of Professional Responsibility (OPR) excoriating Yoo’s legal work—but stopped short of referring him for professional discipline by his state bar association.This is a bit like a child coming home with an F on his report card and telling his parents that they should congratulate him for not getting suspended, or President Clinton proclaiming to Hillary that Congress’s failure to impeach him was a vindication of his affair with Monica Lewinsky.
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Imagine life as a game in which you are juggling some five balls in the air. You name them – Work, Family, Health, Friends and Spirit and you’re keeping all of these in the Air.
You will soon understand that work is a rubber ball. If you drop it, it will bounce back.
But the other four Balls – Family, Health, Friends and Spirit – are made of glass. If you drop one of these; they will be irrevocably scuffed, marked, nicked, damaged or even shattered. They will never be the same. You must understand that and strive for it.
” — Coca Cola CEO Bryan Dyson“To blame Linux because someone is so dumb as to not change the default password is kind of like blaming Honda or Ford for their car anti-thief systems for not preventing your car from being stolen if you left the doors unlocked and the key in the ignition.” — ITWorld
“The third most powerful sound is just over 10 years old, and yet it had such a profound effect on our volunteers that as soon as they hear it, they remove their headsets and check their bags for their vibrating cell phone. When we switch our phone into silent mode, we think it cannot be heard. But the vibration has its own sound, and almost immediately the test subjects stopped whatever they were doing to attend to their phones. It’s hardly surprising that the Blackberry has been dubbed a CrackBerry—even President Obama is hooked.” — The 10 Most Addictive Sounds in the World | Fast Company (via burstcollective)
“Writers tend to work early in the morning, or late at night, when brains are naturally able to focus deeply on one thought. In the middle of the day, distractions are unavoidable. I wonder if anything worthwhile has ever been written in the afternoon.” — Scott Adams: Like a Night Watchman (via marco)
