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A tumblelog by Bill Israel.

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And my effective abandonment of this blog turns 2 this summer.

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All I want to say is, people lighten up. The style guide can't solve all your problems. You are never going to have all code compliant. Use the style guide when it helps, ignore it when it's in the way.

the ever-reasonable [Guido van Rossum](http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2010-November/105681.html)

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The [yewknee.com](http://yewknee.com/) 2011 [Summer Mix Series](http://summermixseries.com/) has begun. As if you needed another reason to love summer.

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What I'm drinking tonight: a Bitter Mai Tai. And it's every bit as delicious as it looks...maybe more.

Bitter Mai Tai (via Jeremy Oertel at Dram in Brooklyn, NY)

1.5oz Campari

1oz freshly squeezed lime juice

0.75oz Jamaican rum (substitute aged Caribbean rum, if necessary)

0.75oz orgeat

0.5oz orange curaçao

Shake, strain.

Glass: old fashioned Ice: crushed Garnish: fresh mint sprig

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I love Buddy Holly’s music. His music is simple, charming, innocent, light-hearted, and a litany of other adjectives that all add up to “great”. As a tribute, the Concord Music Group has put together a collection of covers that do what so many of these albums fail to do: pay proper homage to the artist without simply parroting the original records.

The line-up on the album is an impressive list of artists that includes The Black Keys, Modest Mouse, Julian Casablancas, Paul McCartney, and more, but if you ask me, the album is worth listening to for Patti Smith’s cover of “Words of Love” alone. It’s just fantastic.

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I have a pretty bad jones for Holly's music, and I'm loving this. Definitely on the to-buy list.

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Andy Baio recounts his legal trouble (and defends himself in the court of public opinion) over the cover art for Kind of Bloop (an excellent chiptune interpretation of the jazz classic, for those who don't know). It's an interesting, unfortunate story and a sad reminder that just because something likely falls under "fair use" (however poorly defined that term is) doesn't mean you can afford to defend yourself.

While the album is still available for sale, it's now without the (original, perfect) cover art. If you buy the album and want the proper cover art, please send me an email. Whatever "non-infringing" cover art Andy chooses, it won't be as good as the original.

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As someone who's butchered his fair share of scotch pronunciations in front of people who know better, I wish I'd had a list like this a long time ago.

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I can honestly say that this ad never gets old.

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Visit Original Link

[Bon Iver](http://www.boniver.org/) - "Michicant" _Spoiler Alert_: the [new album](http://www.boniver.org/) is phenomenal.

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I don't make a habit of sharing my desktops (because let's be honest, who cares what I'm looking at), but this one makes me particularly happy. _Related_: may I interest anyone in a drink?

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Design is never as easy as it looks from the outside.

Lukas Mathis

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"Central Park, NYC" by (and ©) Michael Magill

So calm.

(via yewknee)

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When a nerd says, 'We can build it better,' he’s saying, 'I have not devoted the necessary time to understand the existing solution and it’s more fun to build than to investigate someone else’s crap.'

Rands [understands](http://www.randsinrepose.com/archives/2011/01/17/managing_nerds.html) [Not Invented Here Syndrome](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Not_Invented_Here).

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Heady stuff...

One of the most respected, senior and widely published professors of psychology, Daryl Bem of Cornell, has just published an article (pdf link) that suggests that people — ordinary people — can be altered by experiences they haven't had yet. Time, he suggests, is leaking. The Future has slipped, unannounced, into the Present. And he thinks he can prove it.

(via yewknee)

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"Champagne Extinguisher" by diddo

In may 2009 I was inspired the Jim Morrison quote: “I just want to get my kicks before the whole shit house goes up in flames.”

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> The concept of intellectual property – the idea that an idea can be owned – is a child of the European Enlightenment. It was only when people began to believe that knowledge came from the human mind working upon the senses–rather than through divine revelation, assisted by the study of ancient texts–that it became possible to imagine humans as creators, and hence owners, of new ideas rather than as mere transmitters of eternal verities. Intellectual property is one of those things I have a nerdy interest in, especially as it pertains to code/software patents/music copyrights. If you're at all interested in intellectual property, this article is a good, quick intro into its history.

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"Structures: Informal, Formal, Active, Visible"

(via this 24ways article)