Monthly Archives: September 2010

Six Word Stories: FGR

The R8 smashed through the guardrail.

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Masks

I’ve been playing around with Core Graphics/Quartz 2D image masks. They’re pretty neat, but a little obscure. Today I want to share a few things I wish I’d know when I started working with them.

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Definition Theatre

girl·friend (noun) 1: A woman who hasn’t yet realized that she doesn’t like you. Editorial note to friends and family: Just kidding, everyone.

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Six Word Stories: Wisdom

Offered cheaply, wisdom found no buyers.

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Self-Reliance

Our Fearless Leader was speechifying a few months ago, and he offered up this gem: It was the first Republican President, Abraham Lincoln, who said the role of government is to do for the people what they cannot do better … Continue reading

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Six Word Stories: Turns

“Turn left right here.” “Left?” “Right.”

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Metadata

Today’s project is another of those oddballs: I’m not really sure it will be interesting to anyone else, and I’m far from confident that I implemented it optimally, but it did solve a real-world problem that cropped up in one … Continue reading

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Plus Ça Change

Consider this: A conservative estimate is that about sixty-five or seventy per cent of the entire wealth of the United States is owned by two per cent of the people. Sixty-eight per cent of the whole people living in the … Continue reading

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Six Word Stories: Drive-Thru

“How are you today?” “I’m dying.” “…”

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Explainers

Over at NRO, Jonah Goldberg’s got a piece up on “Clinton Nostalgia”. Clinton, a political prodigy of the first order, loved the human side of politics. He listened to the hoi polloi more than he listened to the Harvard faculty. … Continue reading

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