theatlantic.com
Rumsfeld had intelligence, wit, dash, and endless faith in himself. Unlike McNamara, he never expressed a quiver of regret. He must have died in the secure knowledge that he had been right all along.
I’ve never forgot those days as long as I live, and how hard many of us vehemently opposed what was going on, both verbally and in the streets.
poorlydrawnlines.com
allenpike.com
Honestly, even just being thoughtful about when I’m doing something for the sake of doing it has been nice. I walk a little slower when I’m just going for a walk, I’m a bit less focused on finishing games, and I’ve been getting better at enjoying the parts of my job that I really enjoy – in the afternoons, once I’ve checked off the thing that really needs doing.
It’s amazing.
For me, I’ve found that after losing a spouse or, at a smaller but still very impactful scale, experiencing the past year of COVID, wildfires, record-breaking deadly heat, and a medical scare, I’m so much more appreciative of little atelic activities and just being present.
manton.micro.blog
As a next step, all the native apps for iOS and macOS are now open source, available on GitHub.
Walking the walk.
evoniuk.github.io
Crane used a single byte to represent the layout of the current room. That may seem incredible given all that’s going on in any given room, but it’s actually quite simple.
turtlespaces.org
But obviously, while desirable it’s not practical for each child to have an adult giving them feedback on everything they do until they understand it. The world just doesn’t (and probably will never have) a 1:1 student to teacher ratio. This was a problem Piaget and Papert simply couldn’t surmount.
But in the early 1960s, a new technology was emerging, one that Papert realized could remove his roadblock – the computer.
Computers did not tire, they did not lose patience.
theverge.com
Fun stroll through past gadgets. I recently picked up a TRS-80 Model 100 like Walt’s for cheap and it’s an incredible machine. I hope to write more about it soon.
jeffwidener.com
When I arrived at the AP office the next day, Liu came up to me and joked “Oh you have some very bad messages from New York”. I answered “what in the hell did I do wrong now”? Liu then added “You are probably going to win the f … ing Pulitzer”. On the clipboard were messages of congratulations from bureaus all over the world. London said I was fronting all major UK newspapers half pages. The picture which would become known as “Tank Man” was on the front page of the International Herald Tribune, New York Times, USA Today and would later end up on the cover of Time Magazine and appear two pages in Life Magazine.
github.com
A digital trombone for your web browser
nytimes.com
If you remember two things about her, it’s that she vaulted to fame with that enduring close-up in the video for her version of “Nothing Compares 2 U” — and then, that she stared down a “Saturday Night Live” camera, tore up a photo of Pope John Paul II and killed her career.
But O’Connor doesn’t see it that way. In fact, the opposite feels true. Now she has written a memoir, “Rememberings,” that recasts the story from her perspective. “I feel that having a No. 1 record derailed my career,” she writes, “and my tearing the photo put me back on the right track.”