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How to Really Drive Across the U.S. Hitting Major Landmarks : Discovery News

Wed, 11 Mar 2015 14:56:21 +0000

So, I fired off an email to Randy and asked him if he could use his algorithmic talents to plot the optimum road trip route across the United States.

Tags: #driving #ideas #imported:pinboard #travel #vacation

Your Third Religion

Tue, 04 Oct 2011 03:18:00 +0000

"This devotion to an idea is one of the amazing things about being human, but you're not much good to the rest of us until you're on to your 3rd."

Tags: #ideas #life #religion

Locus Online Perspectives: Cory Doctorow: Cheap Facts and the Plausible Premise

Mon, 06 Jul 2009 19:42:44 +0000

"These facts were a currency in my social circle. We'd trade them like baseball cards. I'd show you my payphone trick and you'd show me your gag for turning the cellophane on a cigarette pack into a smoke-ring machine. Social capital accrued to everyone who could show or explain something that gave you power and insight into the mysterious workings of the world."

Tags: #culture #diy #hacking #ideas #invention #scifi #socialcurrency #technology #tricks

Halfbakery: Shred-o-Scan

Wed, 29 Oct 2008 18:09:57 +0000

"As the name suggests, it is a combined scanner and shredder. Basically, the scanner has "transient" memory of say, 30 seconds. If you shred something by accident, simply press the "oops" button, plug in the USB cable, and retrieve the document."

Tags: #ideas #scanners #shredders #via:vielmetti

Warren Ellis » On Teleportation

Thu, 07 Aug 2008 22:51:30 +0000

"Teleportation should be a matter of simply proving you’re somewhere else."

Tags: #ideas #research #scifi #teleportation #warrenellis #writing

ideas are just a multiplier of execution - O'Reilly ONLamp Blog

Thu, 07 Aug 2008 12:08:24 +0000

Tags: #execution #ideas

I had that idea years ago! - (37signals)

Tue, 08 Jul 2008 18:28:27 +0000

"Ideas on their own are just not that important. It’s incredibly rare that someone comes up with an idea so unique, so protectable that the success story writes itself. Most ideas are nothing without execution."

Tags: #business #execution #ideas

FreakAngels » Interlude 02

Sat, 21 Jun 2008 05:10:04 +0000

"I flood my poor ageing head with information. Any information. Lots of it. And I let it all slosh around in the back of my brain, in the part normal people use for remembering bills, thinking about sex and making appointments to wash the dishes."

Tags: #ideas #warrenellis #writing

Burst Fiction - Caution

Mon, 05 May 2008 13:58:18 +0000

"I fell for hours. This is not hyperbole. I was not in space. Not technically."

Tags: #dysonspheres #fiction #ideas #scifi

"your ideas" "subscribe to your newsletter" - Yahoo! Search Results

Fri, 29 Feb 2008 18:12:33 +0000

"Your ideas intrigue me and I wish to subscribe to your newsletter"

Tags: #ideas #intriguing #memes #newsletter

Complete Your First Book with these 9 Simple Writing Habits - Dumb Little Man

Thu, 20 Sep 2007 14:43:45 +0000

"If writing a novel or non-fiction book is something you've dreamed of, the only way to make that dream a reality is by putting it into action -- day by day."

Tags: #ideas #tips #writing

blogrium » Blog Archive » Idea sharing

Wed, 17 Jan 2007 05:36:44 +0000

"one of the most important things that can happen is to hear “that’s already been done” and get pointed to somebody that already did it."

Tags: #ideas #lazyweb

GyroQ lets you work through your interruptions (contest included!) - What's the next action

Thu, 04 Jan 2007 01:37:33 +0000

"GyroQ ... captures ideas in a few seconds. ... press a hot key, type a few words and hit Enter. ... ideas are added to a queue ... Once or twice a day, ... turn your queued-up ideas into topics that you can reorganise and plan."

Tags: #gyroq #ideas #mindmaps #outliners

DaveNet : Fractional Horsepower HTTP Servers (circa 1997)

Sat, 07 Jan 2006 05:36:06 +0000

Now this is the sort of thing for which I used to read Dave's blog: "So here's a free idea. Everything that produces output should be available in HTTP server form."

Tags: #compsci #ideas #webdev

IAwiki: CardSorting

Thu, 11 Aug 2005 14:35:30 +0000

"In brief: gather a bunch of terms for things, write onto a card each, ask some users to sort these into "like" piles, ask them to name the piles. Discover what categories exist for your information, and what goes into each category."

Tags: #cogsci #ia #ideas #informationarchitecture #informationscience