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"Accordingly, millions of taxpayer dollars are wasted on good ideas that fail for stupid reasons, and stupid ideas that fail for good reasons, and hardly anyone is taken to task. The intrusion of politics into government pushes the city to enter long-term labor contracts it obviously can't afford, and no one is held accountable. A belief that good intentions matter more than results leads to inordinate amounts of government responsibility being shunted to nonprofits whose only documented achievement is to lobby the city for money. Meanwhile, piles of reports on how to remedy these problems go unread. There's no outrage, and nobody is disciplined, so things don't get fixed. San Francisco is the city that simply will not hold itself accountable." - Paul Buchheit from Bookmarklet

I was just saying to a friend on the ferry last night that it won't be the Next Big Earthquake that destroys San Francisco, since it's pretty much self-destructing. It's horrifying and sad to watch. - vicster is...

wow, so this is the sort of lolcat that amuses ⓞnor - j1m

kitteh is the only one *not* amused. - 'Like' robot (frɐnc)

"Programmers continue to develop iPhone apps, even though Apple continues to maltreat them. " - Duncan Hull

You can get Android Scripting Environment for Android, and even write scripts directly on the device. ... It's not super pleasant; I think you really need an external keyboard and larger screen. (what ever happened to those laser keyboards?) - Andrew C

"Engineers are the most frugal millionaires in America. They have no problem living below their means, and driving cheap cars for the sake of efficiency. Engineers account for 7.6% of millionaires but are only 2.3% of the working population. They also never pay retail. What amuses me the most about this, of course, is that engineers have a notoriously hard time attracting mates, which... more... - Jim Norris

http://www.businessinsider.com/watch-t... - Peng-Toh

any good? Worth watching? - See-ming Lee 李思明 SML

See-ming Lee, i have only heard great things about the show, but I've yet to see it. - edythe

Words of wisdom. I think the experience you get a company after a certain number of years is only how to survive at that company. Then at your next job only part of your experience is relevant. It's like having years missing from your career. But then again, at a place like Google there is plenty of different projects to work on. - Tödd Nëmët

The candles aren't lit... - Johnny Worthington from iPhone

+1 Akiva - thequark

Taibbi++ - Andrew C

I've been a fan of Taibbi since he wrote for The Exile. I didn't care for Spanking The Donkey though. - Tödd Nëmët from iPhone

Thanks to Ana and the FriendFeed team for the baby tech gear! - Louis Gray from email

the "technology generation" :) lovely baby! - HollyHobby

Gore Vidal admits that he was disappointed by Obama. - Piaw Na

beautiful! - Jason Wehmhoener from Bookmarklet

"After two albums, Shante said, she was disillusioned by the sleazy music industry and swindled by her record company. The teen mother, living in the Queensbridge Houses, recalled how her life was shattered. "Everybody was cheating with the contracts, stealing and telling lies," she said. "And to find out that I was just a commodity was heartbreaking." But Shante, then 19, remembered a clause in her Warner Music recording contract: The company would fund her education for life. She eventually cashed in, earning a Ph.D. in psychology from Cornell to the tune of $217,000 - all covered by the label. But getting Warner Music to cough up the dough was a battle. "They kept stumbling over their words, and they didn't have an exact reason why they were telling me no," Shante said. She figured Warner considered the clause a throwaway, never believing a teen mom in public housing would attend college. The company declined to comment for this story." - Derrick from Bookmarklet

Doh! So she doesn't have a PhD either? This story of the doctorate was put out years ago. She's been practicing. What??? - Michelle

"I'll come right out and say it: Star Wars has a badly-designed universe; so poorly-designed, in fact, that one can say that a significant goal of all those Star Wars novels is to rationalize and mitigate the bad design choices of the movies. Need examples? Here's ten." - Jim Norris from Bookmarklet

ha! "Add it all up and you have to wonder why stormtroopers don't just walk around naked, save for blinders and flip-flops." - Felicia Yue

"Much has changed since the legendary summer of 1969, both socially and economically. To analyze the variance in purchasing power between then and now, we have compared a number of popular consumer products by price that are still relevant today. The figures from 1969 have been adjusted for inflation to give us a better idea of what the actual cost of each item would be in today’s economy. Given the bleak financial outlook which faces us this coming summer, it does us all a bit of good to look back with nostalgia on a time of blissful optimism and free love." - A.T. from Bookmarklet

comments flame :) - Frère Noël

That makes the picture much more memorable, though. :-) - Jason, Incognito from iPhone

funny the same guy got into one of my WaterFalls shots ,, imagine that http://www.flickr.com/photos... - johnpiercy

"Backpacking across Europe is a great way to meet chicks. When guys do it solo, their girlfriends have a right to be suspicious. But, relationships take work (helped by tequila), dedication (helped by tequila) and excellent communication (not so much helped by tequila). Apparently this guy’s girlfriend wasn’t listening when he communicated the dates for his trip to Europe. This video chronicles the awkward spiral of emails she sent to him as he vacationed obliviously." - April Buchheit from Bookmarklet

Heh, funny, but shouldn't he have called his girlfriend or sent a letter at some point during the first few days of his trip? Or at least visited an internet cafe? - Stephen Mack

maybe he really wanted to get away - Chris Heath

Exactly. - EricaJoy

Agreed. - PurpleZoe

Wow, that doesn't sound crazy at all! {backs away slowly} - Andrew C

I don't get it, why would anyone want to try married life? - j1m

the or something makes the claim especially believable. Nice touch ;) - Clare Dibble

eNormicom - Jon Wiley

Miniminimini... say what! Yep it's the Press Kit - Adrian from Bookmarklet

Club Mars! LOL, let's GO! - Adrian

:) - edythe

Good show! :-) - Mathew A. Koeneker

"The startup has hired Alexander Macgillivray, deputy general counsel for products and intellectual property at Google, to be its general counsel, according to a person with knowledge of the hiring." I worked with Alex a lot at Google - an impressive hire for Twitter. - Bret Taylor from Bookmarklet

Like, for amac's career; he's a good guy. Dislike for Google. - Joel Webber