Claude Schrader's Random Links

Feb 11

Heaven? (Taken with Instagram at Cantina Dos Segundos)

Heaven? (Taken with Instagram at Cantina Dos Segundos)

“Owning a Maserati [Quattroporte] is like owning a two year old. You hate it most of the time, but if someone tried to take it away from you, you’d kill them”
Jeremy Clarkson”

Feb 10

The scale of the Universe -

if I had kids, I’d make them play with this today

Feb 09

“here’s the thing: Instagram subleases its space from another company. Instagram isn’t in Twitter’s old office, it’s in Twitter’s old conference room. The entire company is nothing more than a collection of desks arranged bullpen-style in a room that is smaller than most two-car garages.” — Inside Instagram: How Slowing Its Roll Put the Little Startup in the Fast Lane

Path: We are sorry. -

thepersonalnetwork:

We made a mistake. Over the last couple of days users brought to light an issue concerning how we handle your personal information on Path, specifically the transmission and storage of your phone contacts.

Feb 08

“We’re actually publishing, on average, roughly one-third fewer posts on Salon than we were a year ago (from 848 to 572 in December; 943 to 602 in January). So: 33 percent fewer posts; 40 percent greater traffic.” — Hit record - Kerry Lauerman - Open Salon

Samsung hits it out of the park again! Buy why so small?(via Picture: Galaxy Note next to iPhone 4S)

Samsung hits it out of the park again! Buy why so small?

(via Picture: Galaxy Note next to iPhone 4S)

Feb 07

Water Droplets in 0 gravity. this is pretty cool

Feb 03

AAPL Orchard: Not Everyone Copies Apple -

aaplorchard:

Apple: {best, world, delight, proud} vs. Sony: {growth, businesses, accelerate, domains}

Feb 02

“SOPA brought it to our attention that Hollywood is dying. They must be dying if they’re resorting to such tactics. If movies and TV were growing rapidly, that growth would take up all their attention.” — YCRFS 9: Kill Hollywood

Feb 01

“See? Those Drexel kids have real initiative, they really know how to work for things.” — philebrity.com » Blog Archive » Tell The Truth: You Had No Idea That LSD Was Even Manufactured Anymore

Jan 31

“If you do things well one at a time, you end up in a really good place. Don’t get ahead of yourself. Control the things you can” — Business & Technology | AP Interview: JC Penney CEO talks about the chain | Seattle Times Newspaper

Jan 26

“What’s satisfying about Apple’s current success is that it’s proof that you can succeed wildly by focusing first and foremost on making great products. That design does matter.” — Daring Fireball Linked List: Watching Apple Win the World

Jan 25

“Fidel Castro lambasted the Republican presidential race as the greatest competition of “idiocy and ignorance” the world has ever seen” — RealClearPolitics - Politics - Jan 25, 2012 - Castro lambasts US Republican primary as idiotic

Louis CK’s Shameful Dirty Comedy

viafrank:

All the greats had their focus: Richard Pryor and Chris Rock had race, George Carlin had absurdity, and I think Louis has hit on some sort of subterranean undercurrent of emotion that I didn’t realize might be swelling until I listened more closely: shame.

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