Every year since 2000, the Dev Shed Forums have been the first to wish me a happy birthday each May 15th. I keep meaning to close that old account but I’ve come to appreciate the familiar, cordial message at exactly 12:00AM on 5/15 every year. They’ve been wishing me a happy birthday before everyone else—including my own mother—for over a decade.
The Making of the Leica M9-P Hermès Edition
Some of this is also generational. You know, Malia and Sasha, they have friends whose parents are same-sex couples. There have been times where Michelle and I have been sitting around the dinner table and we’re talking about their friends and their parents. And Malia and Sasha, it wouldn’t dawn on them that somehow their friends’ parents would be treated differently. It doesn’t make sense to them, and frankly, that’s the kind of thing that prompts a change in perspective.
Years from now, when the next generation looks back on this period during which the United States spent so much time arguing about gay rights, they’ll be ashamed of us and how long it took for us to do the right thing as a nation. It took Obama nearly four years to announce his support of gay marriage, but at least he had the guts to finally do it.
swaggasaurus-r-e-x asked:
Would you recommend buying AppleCare for any Apple product?
For computers, absolutely, especially if you intend to keep them for longer than two years. AppleCare mostly depends on your intended use-case. Would I buy AppleCare for an iPhone? Definitely not. But that’s because I know once a year I will buy a new iPhone. So why bother covering it at 1/4 its purchase price when I know I’ll just be buying a new one in 12 months? But some people will keep an iPhone for five years—those people should buy AppleCare.
Anonymous asked:
What is your preferred web browser?
I’m still using Safari these days as my primary web browser, although Chrome gets quite at bit of use as well. I don’t have Adobe Flash installed on any of my Macs, so I use Chrome whenever I need to view Flash content. Thankfully, this is becoming rarer and rarer. More than anything, I think I’m used to the way Safari functions and that’s what’s keeping me using it, since Chrome is excellent and could very well be my full-time browser.
Three things bother me about Chrome:
In a recent Fast Company Co.Design article, good friend and all-around smart guy Sean Madden describes exactly what makes Amazon so great with customer service–they collect useful information about you and know when and just how much of it is appropriate to use when giving you support.
Anonymous asked:
Where do you get your furniture from, you guys always seem to have really nice stuff in your places?
It’s a decent mixture when you look at the apartment on a whole, though Anthropologie is probably the biggest single contributor. We have a couch from Anthropologie (as well as a few chairs), a couch from Restoration Hardware and a futon in the office from CB2 (I’m aware that saying we have three couches makes our apartment seem insane, but it makes sense if you see it). Most of the furniture in the office is modern and comes from Herman Miller, CB2, DWR and Room & Board. The bedroom is mostly Anthropologie (the bed, mirrors, dresser) as well as some vintage stuff. In the living room and sitting room we have more stuff from Anthropologie and more stuff from vintage stores.
Stacey has an amazing knack for interior design—she could probably do it for a living—and she’s always finding interesting pieces and wall decorations to add to the mix. The only thing I’ve had anything to do with in the apartment is the office, everything else is her doing.
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