Letters Remain

Author: Lloyd Morgan

  • Daily Snopes: An Excellent Waste of Your Time

    Daily Snopes is a news monitoring service from those professional spoilsports, Snopes. A great way to waste half an hour on a slow Friday morning.

  • Geek Posters

    At least a couple of these amazingly geeky posters are derived from projects at VisualComplexity, the site taking on the task of visualising complex relationships from all walks of life. My favourites, or at least the most interesting, are those showing the evolution of various programming languages; starting with COBOL back in the mid-1950s. There…

  • Bribing Employees to Quit

    One of those ‘Why didn’t I think of that?’ moments. An ingenuous—yet obvious—business practice from Zappos.com (a start-up company given funding by the infamous Sequoia Capital venture capital firm)… bribe your employees to quit so only the truly committed and enthusiastic are left. More at Harvard Business’ Why Zappos Pays New Employees to Quit—And You…

  • When Obama Wins

    I’ve just been reminded of the amusing micro-site When Obama Wins, created by the eminent technologist and blogger Jason Kottke. For the reasoning behind the creation of WOW, see here. My favourite? When Obama Wins… we will all shower in beer and soap will be replaced by bacon.

  • Tips on Mini-Retirements from Tim Ferriss and JD Roth

    How to Take a Mini-Retirement: Tips and Tricks from Timothy Ferriss is the first part of a two-part interview between JD Roth (of the excellent personal finance site, Get Rich Slowly) and he of 4HWW fame, Timothy Ferriss. There’s an apt quote in the interview on something I’m currently struggling with: The hardest part is…

  • The Singularity & The Meaning of Life. Again

    Last Friday I spoke of The Meaning of Life and how many believe it is highly coupled to the technological singularity. Now, in timely fashion, IEEE Spectrum has released it’s new issue, concentrating on this subject. Interesting reviews and quotes at kottke and Mind Hacks.

  • 100 Best Fiction and Non-Fiction of the 20th Century – The Modern Library

    In 1998 The Modern Library (of Random House) started a poll to find the best 100 fiction and non-fiction books of the 20th century (do you think they realised that there were still two years of the century left?). There are five lists: 100 Best Novels The Reader’s List (Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand) The…

  • Daily Dose of Imagery

    daily dose of imagery is a simple view of my day to day visual experience, or my personal photoblog. I post one photo a day on this web site. By Sam Javanrouh. The newest addition to my RSS reader.

  • Shikai Maki – The Best Looking Sushi. Ever.

    I’ve loved sushi for as long as I can remember, and since I read Carl’s Sushi: A Layered Technology a few years ago, I’ve also loved making my own sushi – improving and getting more adventurous every time. On the left, please see my next attempt: Shikai Maki, as demonstrated by myamii over at For…

  • The Meaning of Life. No, Seriously!

    This is what started it all. By bringing some interesting philosophical questions to the table, this discussion got me seriously thinking about what impact not following a structured and continuous personal and professional development plan can have on both my quality of life and that of the world directly around me. The FAQ on the…