Posts tagged “death”

I have a friend who always snaps at anyone who dramatically uses the word “hate”. If someone says, “I hate the layout of this website,” or, “I hate getting stuck at this traffic light,” he will respond, “No. You don’t.”

• News & Notes
  • Couple married 72 years dies holding hands — from kottke.org
  • Jason Kottke also published an epic round-up of all the best stories, comments, obituaries, collections, videos, etc. about Steve Jobs.
  • Top Ten Misused English Words — from listverse.com
  • 4 Personal Finance Principles That Would Make Your Grandfather Proud — from The Art of Manliness
  • Stellar.io is just awesome. Seriously. Trust me on this one. (Let me know if you want an invitation.)
• Apps
  • Amazing Breaker is a fun (free) breakout game.
  • Can anyone explain the difference between the Starbucks app and the Starbucks Card Mobile app?
• Tech
  • If you have an iPhone running iOS5, open the iTunes app on your phone. Click “More” in the lower right-hand corner. Choose “Tones”. You’ll see that there is now a new section of Star Wars ringtones. (I can’t understand how this wasn’t front page news.)
  • See also: How to make custom tones for your iPhone — from macworld.com
  • If I’m going to get a MacBook Air, then it looks like I’m also going to get a new Thunderbolt display. — via Shawn Blanc
  • Incredible macro photographs taken with iPhone 4S camera — from campl.us
  • Shit Siri Says Is, indeed, quite funny. (On Sunday I was upset when Siri couldn’t connect to the Internet and was unable to tell me the distance from Key West to Cuba. When I said, “Blow me!” in frustration, she said, “David! The language!”)
• Sports
  • Quote of the day: “…it’s clear that marketing people underestimated [Tim Tebow’s] intangibles and popularity.” — Tebow’s Eye Black

• Let’s go for a swim! (Don’t forget your sunscreen!)
• A friend of mine discovered what may be the most horrifying cause of death in the history of the world.
• College football season starts in just about eight weeks. Much of it is televised. You should watch.
• Driving with His Lordship would make getting lost pretty scary.
• The Rolling Stone article concludes by declaring we have no hope of winning in Afghanistan. That is 10,000 times more important than any stupid snipe by an unnamed “aide”.
• If you have an old iPhone collecting dust, you can easily convert it into an iPod Touch. Or you could simply try to let yourself be bored.
• Did you know that an astronaut on the International Space Station was tweeting photos from space? (see also)
• You Were Doing It Wrong is the best Ask.MeFi thread ever. It should be required reading for everyone on the planet. (Second best!)