“This idea of perpetual happiness is crazy and overrated, because those dark moments fuel you for the next bright moments; each one helps you appreciate the other,” he said. “We are all searching for meaning in our lives, love and betterment for ourselves and those around us.”
TODAY Entertainment - Brad Pitt interview
“If this potential for unselfish joy is widely and methodically encouraged and developed, starting with the Buddhist child (or, for that matter, with any child) and continued with adults (individuals and Buddhist groups, including the Sangha), the seed of mudita can grow into a strong plant which will blossom forth and find fruition in many other virtues, as a kind of beneficial “chain reaction”: magnanimity, tolerance, generosity (of both heart and purse), friendliness, and compassion. When unselfish joy grows, many noxious weeds in the human heart will die a natural death (or will, at least, shrink): jealousy and envy, ill will in various degrees and manifestations, cold-heartedness, miserliness (also in one’s concern for others), and so forth. Unselfish joy can, indeed, act as a powerful agent in releasing dormant forces of the Good in the human heart.”
Mudita: The Buddha’s Teaching on Unselfish Joy
“Most data center temperatures are a legacy of the days when computer equipment was sensitive to even moderate heat and computer rooms were routinely chilled to the 60s. “I was recently in a mid-size data center that was so cold the operators were wearing sweaters when they were inside,” says Rich Fichera, a vice president and principal analyst at market research firm Forrester Research.”
World’s Data Centers Refuse to Exit Ice Age | Wired Enterprise | Wired.com
“One of the lessons learned from Sprouter, Snyder said, was that “if you’re doing something ‘clever,” you’re probably doing it wrong.” At the same time, he admits, he and the others at Etsy today are probably making architectural decisions that others will look back with hindsight at and find fault with.”
Interesting! When “clever” goes wrong: how Etsy overcame poor architectural choices
“What is wrong with these people??? — Republican Debate Audience Boos Gay Soldier Stephen Hill After DADT Repeal Question (VIDEO)”
Republican Debate Audience Boos Gay Soldier Stephen Hill After DADT Repeal Question (VIDEO)
Steve Chapman: Why Obama should withdraw - Chicago Tribune
I am ready for Hillary 2012
“Get ready, America, because by Christmas 2012 you will have an Apple TV in your living room. I don’t mean the cute little box now called “Apple TV” that plugs into your set to stream Netflix (NFLX), but the real deal—a flat-panel Apple (AAPL) television set tied to the company’s online ecosystem and designed as only Apple can do it.”
Here Comes Apple’s Real TV - BusinessWeek
“Why is it that so many smart, ambitious professionals are less productive and satisfied than they should or could be? Why do so many of them find their upward trajectories flattening into a plateau? In our experience—Tom’s as a business school professor and consultant and Sara’s as a psychiatrist—high achievers often let anxiety about their performance compromise their progress. Because they’re used to having things come easily to them, they tend to shy away from assignments that will truly test them and require them to learn new skills. They have successful images to preserve, so instead of embracing risk, they hunker down and lock themselves into routines—at the expense of personal growth.”
Managing Yourself: The Paradox of Excellence - Harvard Business Review
“Barry Ramsay, who owns a small manufacturing company here between two mountains, remembers the day his Internet connection crashed for several hours. Work crews had to ride up in snowmobiles to discover the problem. “They said that bears had been rubbing against the towers,” Mr. Ramsay said.”
Downloads Are Slowest in Idaho, Study Finds - NYTimes.com
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