brendan's stuff - tagged with article http://www.brendanverse.com/feed en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Sweetcron brendan@brendancullen.com Frank Chimero — Holiday http://www.brendanverse.com/items/view/1720/frank-chimero-holiday ]]> Mon, 12 Jul 2010 10:55:00 -0400 http://www.brendanverse.com/items/view/1720/frank-chimero-holiday King Abdullah bin Al-Hussein (1882-1951) http://www.brendanverse.com/items/view/1666/king-abdullah-bin-al-hussein-1882-1951 ]]> Mon, 07 Jun 2010 18:11:00 -0400 http://www.brendanverse.com/items/view/1666/king-abdullah-bin-al-hussein-1882-1951 The Dunning-Kruger Effect « You Are Not So Smart http://www.brendanverse.com/items/view/1667/the-dunning-kruger-effect-you-are-not-so-smart ]]> Mon, 07 Jun 2010 18:02:00 -0400 http://www.brendanverse.com/items/view/1667/the-dunning-kruger-effect-you-are-not-so-smart Good Web Fonts for Online Text http://www.brendanverse.com/items/view/1664/good-web-fonts-for-online-text ]]> Mon, 07 Jun 2010 14:58:00 -0400 http://www.brendanverse.com/items/view/1664/good-web-fonts-for-online-text Become a morning person. How to end insomnia for $520.99 - humbledMBA http://www.brendanverse.com/items/view/1661/become-a-morning-person-how-to-end-insomnia-for-52099-humbledmba ]]> Mon, 07 Jun 2010 09:43:00 -0400 http://www.brendanverse.com/items/view/1661/become-a-morning-person-how-to-end-insomnia-for-52099-humbledmba Colorado Springs cuts into services considered basic by many - The Denver Post http://www.brendanverse.com/items/view/1464/colorado-springs-cuts-into-services-considered-basic-by-many-the-denver-post ]]> Mon, 22 Mar 2010 10:59:00 -0400 http://www.brendanverse.com/items/view/1464/colorado-springs-cuts-into-services-considered-basic-by-many-the-denver-post Revised Font Stack | A Way Back http://www.brendanverse.com/items/view/1329/revised-font-stack-a-way-back ]]> Thu, 11 Feb 2010 14:37:00 -0500 http://www.brendanverse.com/items/view/1329/revised-font-stack-a-way-back A Rant About Women « Clay Shirky http://www.brendanverse.com/items/view/1258/a-rant-about-women-clay-shirky

I sat in the office of someone I admired and feared, someone who was the gatekeeper for something I wanted, and I lied to his face.

]]> Tue, 19 Jan 2010 09:20:00 -0500 http://www.brendanverse.com/items/view/1258/a-rant-about-women-clay-shirky Keeping America's Edge > Publications > National Affairs http://www.brendanverse.com/items/view/1232/keeping-americas-edge-gt-publications-gt-national-affairs ]]> Sat, 09 Jan 2010 14:40:00 -0500 http://www.brendanverse.com/items/view/1232/keeping-americas-edge-gt-publications-gt-national-affairs Truthdig - Addicted to Nonsense http://www.brendanverse.com/items/view/1075/truthdig-addicted-to-nonsense ]]> Mon, 30 Nov 2009 11:09:00 -0500 http://www.brendanverse.com/items/view/1075/truthdig-addicted-to-nonsense <a href="http://www.miltonglaser.com/pages/milton/essays/es3.html" rel="external">http://www.miltonglaser.com/pages/milton/essays/es3.html</a> http://www.brendanverse.com/items/view/1052/httpwwwmiltonglasercompagesmiltonessayses3html ]]> Tue, 24 Nov 2009 10:10:00 -0500 http://www.brendanverse.com/items/view/1052/httpwwwmiltonglasercompagesmiltonessayses3html Rick Perlstein -- Birthers, Health Care Hecklers and the Rise of Right-Wing Rage http://www.brendanverse.com/items/view/1007/rick-perlstein-birthers-health-care-hecklers-and-the-rise-of-right-wing-rage ]]> Thu, 12 Nov 2009 11:45:00 -0500 http://www.brendanverse.com/items/view/1007/rick-perlstein-birthers-health-care-hecklers-and-the-rise-of-right-wing-rage Philip Greenspun’s Weblog » Cash for Clunkers http://www.brendanverse.com/items/view/1000/philip-greenspuns-weblog-cash-for-clunkers

Consider that a person who has a car worth $4500 has a limited budget for gasoline. If you give him a car that uses half as much gas per mile driven, he may simply drive twice as many miles.

]]> Wed, 11 Nov 2009 11:03:00 -0500 http://www.brendanverse.com/items/view/1000/philip-greenspuns-weblog-cash-for-clunkers The day Pat Robertson’s bodyguard pulled a gun on me (part 1) | Dan Casey's blog: Roanoke Times metro columnist writes what's on his mind - Roanoke.com http://www.brendanverse.com/items/view/986/the-day-pat-robertsons-bodyguard-pulled-a-gun-on-me-part-1-dan-caseys-blog-roanoke-times-metro-columnist-writes-whats-on-his-mind-roanokecom ]]> Sat, 07 Nov 2009 17:31:00 -0500 http://www.brendanverse.com/items/view/986/the-day-pat-robertsons-bodyguard-pulled-a-gun-on-me-part-1-dan-caseys-blog-roanoke-times-metro-columnist-writes-whats-on-his-mind-roanokecom Google Redefines Disruption: The “Less Than Free” Business Model « abovethecrowd.com http://www.brendanverse.com/items/view/951/google-redefines-disruption-the-less-than-free-business-model-abovethecrowdcom ]]> Sun, 01 Nov 2009 17:17:00 -0500 http://www.brendanverse.com/items/view/951/google-redefines-disruption-the-less-than-free-business-model-abovethecrowdcom Boing Boing Redesign Uncovers Web Font Ignorance | Phinney on Fonts http://www.brendanverse.com/items/view/934/boing-boing-redesign-uncovers-web-font-ignorance-phinney-on-fonts

The “dirty little secret” of the font world is this: Windows GDI rendering of OpenType CFF and “PostScript” Type 1 fonts on screen just sucks, compared to its rendering of TrueType fonts.

]]> Tue, 27 Oct 2009 09:42:00 -0400 http://www.brendanverse.com/items/view/934/boing-boing-redesign-uncovers-web-font-ignorance-phinney-on-fonts Feral Houses | sweet juniper! http://www.brendanverse.com/items/view/929/feral-houses-sweet-juniper ]]> Mon, 26 Oct 2009 17:26:00 -0400 http://www.brendanverse.com/items/view/929/feral-houses-sweet-juniper Experimental Theology: The Bait and Switch of Contemporary Christianity http://www.brendanverse.com/items/view/924/experimental-theology-the-bait-and-switch-of-contemporary-christianity ]]> Sun, 25 Oct 2009 15:13:00 -0400 http://www.brendanverse.com/items/view/924/experimental-theology-the-bait-and-switch-of-contemporary-christianity Lexington: Still crazy after all these years | The Economist http://www.brendanverse.com/items/view/908/lexington-still-crazy-after-all-these-years-the-economist

Belief in conspiracy theories can be comforting. If everything that goes wrong is the fault of a secret cabal, that relieves you of the tedious necessity of trying to understand how a complex world really works.

]]> Mon, 19 Oct 2009 09:45:00 -0400 http://www.brendanverse.com/items/view/908/lexington-still-crazy-after-all-these-years-the-economist AppleInsider | Microsoft's Sidekick/Pink problems blamed on dogfooding and sabotage http://www.brendanverse.com/items/view/892/appleinsider-microsofts-sidekickpink-problems-blamed-on-dogfooding-and-sabotage

no one really grasps how dysfunctional Microsoft has become. Yes Microsoft did spend half a billion dollars for, as near as anyone can tell, absolutely nothing. Not exactly the first time. Asserting that it's a ridiculous supposition is in no way disproving it.

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