Really quite interesting (and one could say wonderously cynical) article about Apple’s pricing:
http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/sep2010/tc2010091_060916.htm
Quote: Albert Einstein
Reading, after a certain age, diverts the mind too much from its creative pursuits.
Anyone who reads too much and uses their own brain too little falls into lazy habits of thinking.
Quote: Antoine Reversat & —
IF IT CAN’T BE MySQL AND IT CAN’T BE YourSQL, THEN IT’S JUST GONNA HAVE TO BE NoSQL !!! –The Oracle
Quote: Joe Hewitt
On developing for the Android platform:
“Once a day or so it hits me that I am writing Java, and I cry a little.”
Quote: Nassim Nicholas Taleb
What is fragile should break early while it is still small.
Quote/Link: Gavin Elliott
…but again the users just wanted to use the buttons, not have sex with them.
A… charming way to say “function over form” 
From a great little article about buttons: http://www.gavinelliott.co.uk/2010/08/the-evolution-of-a-button/
Quote: Lewis Perlman
Dogma is the sacrifice of wisdom to consistency.
Link: Don’t forget the big picture. Indeed. :)
Lovely, this: http://matt.might.net/articles/phd-school-in-pictures/
Old Songs: Wah Drums, Tremor and Reegerboo
Ok, this crap is ooold. Very electronic (well, entirely, in fact), fairly uninteresting in any terms but percussion. But I have it lying around and thought I’d share. Spiffy? Spiffy shiny pants.
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