The SpiteShow

"Imagine life as a game in which you are juggling some five balls in the air. You name them – Work,..."

Mon, 01 Mar 2010 16:26:02 -0500

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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.

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- Coca Cola CEO Bryan Dyson

"To blame Linux because someone is so dumb as to not change the default password is kind of like..."

Wed, 24 Feb 2010 16:01:20 -0500

“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..."

Tue, 23 Feb 2010 17:56:45 -0500

“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..."

Mon, 22 Feb 2010 17:50:40 -0500

“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)

maniacalrage: Left-Handed Toons: Slippery by Justin This is...

Fri, 12 Feb 2010 15:48:16 -0500

maniacalrage:

Left-Handed Toons: Slippery by Justin

This is my favorite LHT to date. It’s rare that comics make me laugh out loud—this one did it.

More American Psycho Movie Quotes

Thu, 11 Feb 2010 12:13:49 -0500

Patrick Bateman: Do you know what Ed Gein said about women?
David Van Patten: The maitre 'd at Canal Bar?
Patrick Bateman: No, serial killer, Wisconsin, the '50s.
Craig McDermott: So what did he say?
Patrick Bateman: When I see a pretty girl walking down the street, I think two things. One part wants me to take her out, talk to her, be real nice and sweet and treat her right.
David Van Patten: And what did the other part think?
Patrick Bateman: What her head would look like on a stick...
[laughs]

Patrick Bateman: I'm on a diet.

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 12:27:00 -0500

Patrick Bateman: I'm on a diet.
Jean: What, you're kidding, right? You look great... so fit... and thin.
Patrick Bateman: Well, you can always be thinner... look better.
Jean: Then maybe we shouldn't go out to dinner. I wouldn't want you to lose your willpower.
Patrick Bateman: That's okay. I'm not very good at controlling it anyway.

Rachel: It's been SO long since I've gotten a tattoo.

Sat, 06 Feb 2010 16:52:13 -0500

Rachel: It's been SO long since I've gotten a tattoo.
David: I want a tattoo!
Rachel: Of what?
David: You know those orange glowing things on their arms in Mass Effect?
Rachel: You want a hologram?
David: And an iPad.
Rachel: Those aren't tattoos...

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Fri, 05 Feb 2010 18:00:12 -0500

"Just before Apple announced the iPad and the agency deal for ebooks, Amazon pre-empted by announcing..."

Mon, 01 Feb 2010 14:48:40 -0500

“Just before Apple announced the iPad and the agency deal for ebooks, Amazon pre-empted by announcing an option for publishing ebooks in which they would graciously reduce their cut from 70% to 30%, ‘same as Apple’. From a distance this looks competitive, but the devil is in the small print; to get the 30% rate, you have to agree that Amazon is a publisher, license your rights to Amazon to publish through the Kindle platform, guarantee that you will not allow other ebook editions to sell for less than the Kindle price, and let Amazon set that price, with a ceiling of $9.99. In other words, Amazon choose how much to pay you, while using your books to undercut any possible rivals (including the paper editions you still sell). It shouldn’t surprise anyone that the major publishers don’t think very highly of this offer.”

- Amazon, Macmillan: an outsider’s guide to the fight (via marco)

hellaposer: androidshepherd: Today’s accidentally awesome...

Mon, 01 Feb 2010 14:33:06 -0500

hellaposer:

androidshepherd:

Today’s accidentally awesome captcha brought to you by indiebound.org.

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Mon, 01 Feb 2010 12:33:09 -0500

david: via thedailywhat and reddit

Thu, 28 Jan 2010 10:23:03 -0500

david:

via thedailywhat and reddit

hellaposer: dubliner: evangotlib:adamiss: My favorite pic...

Thu, 28 Jan 2010 10:22:53 -0500

hellaposer:

dubliner:

evangotlib:adamiss:

My favorite pic so far, from the comments of Engadget’s 8 things that suck about the iPad.

"Life is like a typographical error: we’re constantly writing and rewriting things over each..."

Mon, 25 Jan 2010 12:56:56 -0500

““Life is like a typographical error: we’re constantly writing and rewriting things over each other.””

- Bret Easton Ellis (The Rules of Attraction)

"…any legislative moves with this Democratic party and this Republican party are close to hopeless...."

Wed, 20 Jan 2010 15:45:26 -0500

“…any legislative moves with this Democratic party and this Republican party are close to hopeless. The Democrats are a clapped out, gut-free lobbyist machine. The Republicans are insane. The system is therefore paralyzed beyond repair.”

- Andrew Sullivan (via azspot, dalasverdugo) (via marco)

Pearl Jam - Brain of J It’s a Pearl Jam kind of day

Mon, 18 Jan 2010 15:58:00 -0500

Pearl Jam - Brain of J

It’s a Pearl Jam kind of day

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Wed, 13 Jan 2010 12:01:14 -0500

maniacalrage: I’m with Coco by Mike Mitchell (via jb) Fuck...

Tue, 12 Jan 2010 23:40:55 -0500

maniacalrage:

I’m with Coco by Mike Mitchell (via jb)

Fuck yes.

"A lot of the people who read a bestselling novel, for example, do not read much other fiction. By..."

Wed, 06 Jan 2010 17:49:43 -0500

“A lot of the people who read a bestselling novel, for example, do not read much other fiction. By contrast, the audience for an obscure novel is largely composed of people who read a lot. That means the least popular books are judged by people who have the highest standards, while the most popular are judged by people who literally do not know any better. An American who read just one book this year was disproportionately likely to have read ‘The Lost Symbol’, by Dan Brown. He almost certainly liked it.”

- The Economist (via mudd up, peterwknox) (via marco)