a little nugget in the settings > about menu in the economist app for the ipad. First published in September 1843 to take part in “a severe contest between intelligence, which presses fowards, and an unworthy, timid ignorance obstructing our progress.” – the economist
a highly recommend essay by neal stephenson. ...
but the insanity and the darkness that follows is deeply disturbing. ...
about those oh so annoying window animations, make them go away: defaults write NSGlobalDomain NSAutomaticWindowAnimationsEnabled -bool NO
little dude got a cell phone. this serves primarily as a means for him to arrange his own play dates and request items that he leaves at the household for which he’s not staying during the current week. not to mention leaving me incredibly terse and cryptic (he’s still learning about asymmetric communication) SMS messages. of course he nearly immediately fixed his gaze longingly upon the nearly discarded iphone 1st generations that were sitting on the shelf and he somehow persuaded me to see about jailbreaking the phone so he could use it for an upcoming trip....