That math suggests that the royalty rate decision … is in the in the ballpark of 100% or more of total revenues
—Kurt Hanson, on the RIAA’s idiotic internet radio royalty decision, which will effectively kill indie internet radio. Fuck a duck, this pisses me off.
It took me six weeks to choose the exact shade of Daring Fireball’s background color
—John Gruber. Reminds me of this bit of Steve Jobs history where he (allegedly) agonized over the shade of gray paint at the NeXT factory (search for “gray paint”).
dude, i love coming in at 9am on a weekend on my day off to surf myspace at the office
—Elizabeth, over IM
Jorm dances to Arcade Fire [via colin]
In order to believe bringing Christianity back into public schools would increase the morality of kids, you have to believe two equally false things: First, that being Christian makes someone moral, and secondly, that non-Christians are inherently immoral.
—from the Evansville Courier Press [via]
Fake Steve really nails the idiocy of modern patent litigation