links for 2007-09-23

“When I reach the end of the pack, I am left with one M&M, the strongest of the herd. Since it would make no sense to eat this one as well, I pack it neatly in an envelope and send it to M&M Mars…, along with a 3x5 card reading, “Please use this M&M for

“If people are honking, flashing their lights and shaking their fists at you perhaps you should reevaluate some of your driving habits.”

“Consumers hate their mobile phones because they are just too darn hard to use. At least they were until Apple introduced the iPhone.”

I may not call it Photowalking, but it’s what I do on Saturday mornings downtown.

I received this same recommendation — to see the film ONCE — from a friend whose judgement on such matters I trust implicitly. So, you should probably go see it too.

“One of the dirty little secrets — or rather, dirty huge non-secrets — of Wall Street is that public company accounting has been diverging further and further from cash accounting — which is to say, reality — over time.”

“All it takes is a visionary who wants to solve, in a single stroke, many of America’s geopolitical and environmental problems.”

“Those Iranians need to learn from the American example. In this country, if the clear majority of the public opposes the continuation of a war, our leaders will tell us we’re terrorist-humping idiots and do whatever they damn well please. They might even

Some really great artwork in here.

Beauty through repetition? Or repetition of beauty? Or just a cartload of iPods?

The cornering is nice. Leaping over the curb? Priceless.

“It’s the extra $5 billion that gives this story legs.” As an aside, would it freakin’ kill Wired to add the article title into their <title> tags?

“It’s the nature of things that a miracle, observed often enough, loses its power to astound. Yet the miraculous core remains. I’m grateful that these fresh sets of eyes were there to remind me of that power.”