June 2008
11 posts
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Google (Good) News →
fugue.com
I especially like “Apple announces unlocked iPhone, built-in VOIP”, and the sly “attended by President Obama and the Dalai Lama” in the China withdraws from Tibet piece, as well as the “Lucas authorizes fan reworkings of episodes 1-3.”
“No one in the developed world should criticize China without taking a hard look in the mirror. The nation has risen by making products for overseas consumption, and there’s nothing foreign about the materialistic dreams of average Chinese. An American criticizing China’s environmental record is like an addict blaming his dealer.”
—Peter Hessler, The Road Ahead. National Geographic May 2008 Special Issue: China: Inside the Dragon
“Being a small business man is learning to say no to all the multiple ways people have designed to get you to part with your money.”
—My Dad
Unconcerned Simplicity →
37signals.com
Something to aim for…I really like how this is put, as the son of a furniture and cabinet maker, and someone who enjoys making things.
