Earth is a very interesting planet. var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www."); document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" + gaJsHost + "google-analytics.com/ga.js' type='text/javascript'%3E%3C/script%3E")); try { var pageTracker = _gat._getTracker("UA-9850296-1"); pageTracker._trackPageview(); } catch(err) {}Tumblr (3.0; @qliu)http://www.hmniq.com/<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lskcv8IzK31qearaqo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://awesomepeoplehangingouttogether.tumblr.com/post/17495557558/the-digerati-front-left-to-right-eric-schmidt">awesomepeoplehangingouttogether</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>The Digerati.</p> <p>Front, left to right: Eric Schmidt, CEO Google; Unknown; Steve Westly, former eBay executive; Steve Jobs, CEO Apple; Barack Obama, President, USA; Mark Zuckerberg, CEO Facebook; Unknown.</p> <p>Back, right to left: Dick Costello, CEO Twitter; Carol Bartz, CEO Yahoo; John Hennesy, President, Stanford; Reed Hastings, CEO Netflix; Larry Ellison, CEO Oracle; John Doerr, Partner, Kliener Perkins Caulfield & Byers; John Chambers, CEO Cisco Systems, Unknown, Art Levinson, CEO Genetech.</p> </blockquote>http://www.hmniq.com/post/17509985123http://www.hmniq.com/post/17509985123Sun, 12 Feb 2012 13:22:32 -0800<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lz5sai8SLb1qz9tv7o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>(via <a href="http://daringfireball.net/linked/2012/02/09/donuts">Daring Fireball</a>)</p>http://www.hmniq.com/post/17356489198http://www.hmniq.com/post/17356489198Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:56:41 -0800<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lz29bmoHBN1qz9tv7o1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Yeah.</p> <p>(via <a href="http://xkcd.com/1014/">xkcd: Car Problems</a>)</p>http://www.hmniq.com/post/17254396123http://www.hmniq.com/post/17254396123Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:14:10 -0800<a href="http://mclov.in/2012/02/08/path-uploads-your-entire-address-book-to-their-servers.html">Path uploads your entire iPhone address book to its servers</a>: <p>Path just earned a permanent delete. Why do I have to email them to delete information that I didn’t give permission for them to take in the first place?</p> <blockquote> <p><span>Upon inspecting closer, I noticed that my <strong>entire address book (including full names, emails and phone numbers) was being sent as a plist to Path</strong>. Now I don’t remember having given permission to Path to access my address book and send its contents to its servers, so I created a completely new “Path” and repeated the experiment and I got the same result – my address book was in Path’s hands.</span></p> </blockquote>http://www.hmniq.com/post/17228219579http://www.hmniq.com/post/17228219579Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:18:40 -0800<iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/SGxKhUuZ0Rc?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>Apple Scotland - iPhone commercial for Siri (by <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGxKhUuZ0Rc">thegavin2000</a>)</p>http://www.hmniq.com/post/16961202333http://www.hmniq.com/post/16961202333Thu, 02 Feb 2012 20:36:19 -0800<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lydadcVWMn1qz9tv7o1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>(via <a href="http://www.duelinganalogs.com/image/character-branding/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:%20DuelingAnalogs%20(Dueling%20Analogs%20Postings)">Character Branding - Dueling Analogs</a>)</p>http://www.hmniq.com/post/16472821059http://www.hmniq.com/post/16472821059Wed, 25 Jan 2012 10:36:47 -0800<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxpcfloxQu1qz9tv7o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>This one screenshot is enough evidence for me.</p> <p>(via <a href="http://searchengineland.com/examples-google-search-plus-drive-facebook-twitter-crazy-107554">Real-Life Examples Of How Google’s “Search Plus” Pushes Google Over Relevancy</a>)</p>http://www.hmniq.com/post/15734094451http://www.hmniq.com/post/15734094451Thu, 12 Jan 2012 12:18:56 -0800<a href="http://daringfireball.net/linked/2012/01/11/stock-android">U.S. Carriers Don't Want Stock Android Phones</a>: <p><span> <p>John Gruber:</p> </span></p> <blockquote> <p><span> <p>Negotiations with the carriers:</p> <p>Android handset makers: <em>Here are our phones. How would you like us to change them so that you will sell them?</em></p> <p>Microsoft: <em><a href="http://www.winsupersite.com/article/paul-thurrotts-wininfo/exclusive-microsoft-nokias-plans-marketing-windows-phone-2012-141784">Here’s $200 million</a>. Please sell our phones.</em></p> <p>Apple: <em>Here is our new phone. It comes in black or white. We will let you sell it.</em></p> </span></p> </blockquote>http://www.hmniq.com/post/15685857717http://www.hmniq.com/post/15685857717Wed, 11 Jan 2012 13:34:54 -0800<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxmj639aHo1qz9tv7o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>yellow birch leave zigzag against black shed interior | landart | kasachstan (by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/meandermind/3870081965/in/set-72157618426101057/lightbox/">doubleyou_em</a>)</p>http://www.hmniq.com/post/15663748925http://www.hmniq.com/post/15663748925Tue, 10 Jan 2012 23:51:39 -0800<a href="http://www.tricki.org/article/Dont_start_from_scratch">Don't start from scratch</a>: <p>I found some new <a href="http://www.tricki.org/tricki/map">reading material</a>.</p> <blockquote> <p>A common mistake people make when trying to answer a mathematical question is to work from first principles: it is almost always easier to modify something you already know. This article illustrates the point with examples that range from simple arithmetic to the forefront of research.</p> </blockquote>http://www.hmniq.com/post/15381070201http://www.hmniq.com/post/15381070201Thu, 05 Jan 2012 19:37:42 -0800<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lx9cszFLsZ1qz9tv7o1_500.gif"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://whattheduck.net/home?page=0,0">What The Duck</a></p>http://www.hmniq.com/post/15281438019http://www.hmniq.com/post/15281438019Tue, 03 Jan 2012 21:05:23 -0800<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lx6vredbeZ1qz9tv7o1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Reach For The Stars (by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/aimish_boy/6227404442/in/set-72157627690302812/">AimishBoy</a>)</p>http://www.hmniq.com/post/15199800352http://www.hmniq.com/post/15199800352Mon, 02 Jan 2012 13:02:02 -0800<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lwm2595QNZ1qj6juso1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lwm2595QNZ1qj6juso2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lwm2595QNZ1qj6juso3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://gaksdesigns.tumblr.com/post/14631335396/polish-artist-known-as-calabarte-makes-amazing">gaksdesigns</a>:</p> <blockquote> <blockquote> <div></div> </blockquote> </blockquote> <div> <blockquote> <p>Polish artist known as <a href="http://www.calabarte.com/">Calabarte</a> makes amazing table lamps out of hollowed and dried skin of the gourd fruit.</p> </blockquote> </div> <blockquote> <blockquote> <div></div> </blockquote> </blockquote>http://www.hmniq.com/post/15072068617http://www.hmniq.com/post/15072068617Fri, 30 Dec 2011 23:04:09 -0800<iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/nzw3HOG0Od8?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>Pretty nice gamepad. Design could be refined a bit, but if this becomes a standard, it would be huge for iOS games.</p> <p>60beat GamePad for iOS devices (via <a href="http://www.macstories.net/iphone/60beat-has-a-gamepad-for-your-ios-devices-it-just-needs-games/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+macstoriesnet+%28MacStories%29">MacStories</a>)</p>http://www.hmniq.com/post/15066718788http://www.hmniq.com/post/15066718788Fri, 30 Dec 2011 21:07:56 -0800<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lx19peHf1M1qz9tv7o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>(via <a href="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2010/04/photogalleries/100427-oil-slick-mars-ice-space-shuttle-pictures-92/">National Geographic</a>)</p>http://www.hmniq.com/post/15040805783http://www.hmniq.com/post/15040805783Fri, 30 Dec 2011 12:17:38 -0800<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lx0bbgBZOr1qz9tv7o1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Brilliant idea.</p> <p><a href="http://xkcd.com/993/">xkcd: Brand Identity</a></p>http://www.hmniq.com/post/15040215360http://www.hmniq.com/post/15040215360Fri, 30 Dec 2011 12:01:06 -0800<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lwua83oQ3b1qz9qbfo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://jingc.tumblr.com/post/14837638986/it-looks-almost-like-a-painting-but-this-is">jingc</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>It looks almost like a painting, but this is actually a photo of the Dead Sea salt formations. More aerial photos from Boing Boing <a href="http://boingboing.net/2011/12/26/dead-sea-salt-formations-gall.html">here</a>.</p> </blockquote>http://www.hmniq.com/post/15017927922http://www.hmniq.com/post/15017927922Thu, 29 Dec 2011 23:52:44 -0800<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lwgurmscpl1qz7908o1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://rickwebb.tumblr.com/post/14467269283/god-i-am-getting-so-fed-up-with-google-this-is">rickwebb</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>God. I am getting so fed up with Google. This is this morning’s comparison. I experience this at least once a day now for a variety of things. </p> <p>I may not be done with Google yet, but I can see the day I will be on the horizon, and I am looking forward to it. </p> </blockquote>http://www.hmniq.com/post/15017782993http://www.hmniq.com/post/15017782993Thu, 29 Dec 2011 23:48:14 -0800<a href="http://daringfireball.net/2011/12/merry">Daring Fireball: Merry</a>: <p>“How much then, for one day with what my family has right now? How much? Everything.”</p>http://www.hmniq.com/post/14966610456http://www.hmniq.com/post/14966610456Thu, 29 Dec 2011 00:25:11 -0800<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lwc1mlDFmz1qz9tv7o1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Apple’s forecasted and actual earnings per share (via <a href="http://www.asymco.com/2011/12/16/on-being-reasonable/">asymco</a>)</p>http://www.hmniq.com/post/14342621816http://www.hmniq.com/post/14342621816Fri, 16 Dec 2011 21:23:09 -0800