1. Here comes Yahoo's own Web browser: Axis →

    Intriguing.

  2. (via The future is here.)

  3. Regarding The Talk Show →

    Thanks Dan. The Talk Show was one of my favorite podcast. I listen to it every time it was on air. If I missed a show, I’d be sure to listen to it as I walk my dog in the evenings. The abrupt ending left me with confusion and a sense of betrayal. All I needed was an explanation to transition away from the sad fact, both Dan and John are moving on.

    What Dan said about the podcast as being an intimate part of your life is true. When Adam Carolla and Dr. Drew ended their Loveline days, I was sad, but understood. Radio and podcasts enter listeners lives in a very special way. It’s intimate and cathartic to me. I work in a job I don’t enjoy. I question my path daily. But people like Merlin, Dan, Gruber, and family at 5by5 helpt refresh me. They make it all okay.

    I respect Gruber and Monterio. Hell I got a Daring Fireball shirt and Design is a Job book because I trust them and want to support their craft. For whatever reason Gruber decided to move on, it’s his business. But what’s in the listeners’ interest is a proper goodbye. Dan provided great empathy in doing a special regarding the Talk Show and saying thanks. As a result, I am at peace with this change. I hope you all who are fans can feel the same. Thanks again Dan.

  4. (via Washington DC - The Color Run)

    Be there or be square.

  5. Beastie Boys - Sabotage / MCA tribute (by James Winters)

  6. The rumored thin 15” MacBook Pro with Retina, USB 3 – Marco.org →

    Marco on the Retina Display for rumored 15” Macbook Pro:

    I’m not sure I’d want a Retina MacBook Pro yet. I suspect that adoption of Retina assets among Mac apps will be slower than we saw with Retina iOS devices, and more importantly, Retina graphics for websites will likely take significantly longer.

    Since non-Retina graphics look worse on Retina screens than on older screens, Retina MacBook users would have significantly worse-looking web browsing for a while — probably years, not months. So I don’t think I’d rush out to get a Retina Mac, but I wouldn’t necessarily avoid a Retina screen when it comes time to upgrade for other reasons.

    Exactly.

  7. Well You Sent Us Here  →

    Fareed Zakaria on Europe’s financial crisis and democracy:

    Many Germans and northern Europeans I have talked to do seem to understand that, economically, the smart thing to do might be to spend now and to cut later. But many in Europe, especially in Germany, believe that later will never come.

    In reality, governments spend in bad times and then spend more in good times. So the disagreement may not really be over economics, but over politics.

    This is a sad state of affairs because what many people are worrying about, at root, is whether democracy has become part of the problem. After all, politicians have gotten elected over the last four decades in the West by promising voters more benefits, more pensions and more health care. The question is, can they get elected offering less?

    We have something very similar, here in the States. It is clear we want entitlements: social security, medicare, and medicaid. It is also clear that we do not want to pay taxes for it: Bush-Obama tax cuts, tax holidays, no tax increases, etc. We enjoy both things: a smaller government with generous entitlements. But there’s a real problem in paying for entitlements.

    We pay for entitlements by depending more and more on deficit spending and easy credit. With T-Bonds being so cheap, why not? People bought more T-Bonds despite a demotion in our credit rating. The market ignored the demotion and provided us with more cheap credit. Is it really an economic problem, though?

    Farreed’s insight is excellent, in that it is not about economics, but of politics. We spend during bad times to encourage growth, but we spend more during good times. We promise to get through the hump and deal with spending later. There is no later because we send representatives to our Capitol who promise the people that they will enjoy more benefits, and more tax cuts. This is a real problem between wishing for what should be and what is.

  8. Made my day. That’s why I love my dog.

  9. 'Where the Wild Things Are' Author Maurice Sendak Dead at 83  →

    I enjoyed this guy. I’ll miss him.

  10. WordPress to make money this year →

    That’s good news.

    Can someone again tell me how 30 million non-paying users translates to $1 billion acquisition?