On Aug. 15, 1977, a telescope at Ohio State University detected a strong narrowband radio signal in the constellation Sagittarius — one so unusual that astronomer Jerry Ehman marked the printout with an exclamation. The signal’s intensity rose and then fell as the beam swept past its position in the sky. That’s consistent with an extraterrestrial origin … but in 30 years and more than 100 searches, no one has been able to relocate it. Without a recurrence, there’s no way to know what Ehman’s telescope heard that night — it’s just a frustrating splash in a large, silent sea. Onwards by James Jarvis. Love the (Escher-esque) spiral staircase, the roiling thunderheads, and the Manitoba soundtrack. 
Salary vs. Performance by Ben Fry What baseball teams are spending their money well, and how does it change over the course of the season? A steep blue line means that the team is doing well for its money, which reflects well on the team’s General Manager. A steep red line implies that the team is throwing away money. The thickness of the line is proportional to the team’s salary relative to the others. 
From Jon Froehlich. The Muppets: Bohemian Rhapsody. Genius.
"In the quest for enhancement of life, let us not be usability bigots. Yes, products must be usable. But all the many factors of design must be in harmony. Marketing considerations must be accounted for, aesthetic appeal, manufacturability — all are important. The products must be affordable, functional, and pleasurable. And above all a pleasure to own, a pleasure to use. After all, attractive things work better."
Norman, D. A. (2002). Emotion and design: Atrractive things work better. Interactions Magazine, ix (4), 36-42.
For years I used Grab without realizing this shortcut takes a screenshot of your selection. So much faster…and it saves as PNG instead of the horrible TIFF favoured by Grab. Grab still has some nice features for capturing windows or full screen. 
Decisions, decisions. 
“Apparently Apple’s attitude is that developers should be more careful when they submit a new version to the App Store. They would say that. But powerful as they are, they’re not powerful enough to turn back the evolution of technology. Programmers don’t use launch-fast-and-iterate out of laziness. They use it because it yields the best results. By obstructing that process, Apple is making them do bad work, and programmers hate that as much as Apple would. How would Apple like it if when they discovered a serious bug in OS X, instead of releasing a software update immediately, they had to submit their code to an intermediary who sat on it for a month and then rejected it because it contained an icon they didn’t like?”
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Change your apps name. Not that big of a deal. Steve "
Email response from Steve Jobs to a developer asking about an Apple copyright claim. (sic) (via davidkaneda)
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