October 2010
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NASA rates the average long-term power output for a male adult at 75 watts,...
– The human powered home - via The velomobile: high-tech bike or low-tech car?
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I believe in equality for everyone except reporters and photographers. I detest...
– Mahatma Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi - “Foreign News: Landing Gandhi” Time, Monday, Sep. 21, 1931
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Every single empire in its official discourse has said that it is not like all...
– Edward Said, in the Preface to Orientalism (via trastorn)
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Advertising is not a sprint. It’s a marathon.
– ascribed to Mike Hughes
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Nobody should start to undertake a large project. You start with a small trivial...
– Linus Torvalds @ Linux Times (2004-10-25).
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Finnish definition of talkative
- You don’t really talk much, do you?
- Yeah, no, I’m Finnish…
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Did you want to talk about the weather or were you just making chitchat?
– Phil from Groundhog Day (1993)
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Foreigner’s Guide to Finland →
sunday:
Finland is called “Suomi” in our native language. It comes from the verb “suomia”, which means to scold or to lash. Basically, we’ve been dealt a bum card in life, and are forced to live in the most depressive, cold and miserable place on Earth. Do not be fooled by the Newsweek article about Finland being the “best country in the world”. That was written by an american, and what...
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I want it to roar like lion. Like a digital lion.. Actually, let’s add a lion...
– Client sells home insurance. (via clientsfromhell)
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