Chad Kurzawski

Nebula Award winners announced - Boing Boing

Tue, 29 May 2012 22:14:42 -0700

Nebula Award winners announced - Boing Boing:

This is the first time I’ve read a Nebula winner before it won. Among Others by Jo Walton was pretty great.

Quarterly Co.™

Tue, 29 May 2012 22:06:30 -0700

Quarterly Co.™:

A subscription service that surprises.

Daring Fireball: A Few Words About The Talk Show

Tue, 29 May 2012 22:00:58 -0700

Daring Fireball: A Few Words About The Talk Show:

I like it better…

breakfast - Wendy’s breakfast burrito lunch -...

Tue, 29 May 2012 21:59:04 -0700

breakfast - Wendy’s breakfast burrito

lunch - leftovers

dinner - Papa John’s

Breakfast - green chile stew with eggs Lunch - salad (spinach,...

Mon, 28 May 2012 18:58:35 -0700

Breakfast - green chile stew with eggs

Lunch - salad (spinach, turkey)

Dinner - grilled veggies, steak, pasta, homemade bloomin’ onion

Remarks by Aaron Sorkin '83 at Syracuse University's 158th Commencement and the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry's 115th Commencement

Thu, 17 May 2012 05:48:28 -0700

Remarks by Aaron Sorkin '83 at Syracuse University's 158th Commencement and the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry's 115th Commencement :

So great :

Today is May 13th and today you graduate and the rules are about to change, and one of them is this: Decisions are made by those who show up. Don’t ever forget that you’re a citizen of this world.

Don’t ever forget that you’re a citizen of this world, and there are things you can do to lift the human spirit, things that are easy, things that are free, things that you can do every day. Civility, respect, kindness, character. You’re too good for schadenfreude, you’re too good for gossip and snark, you’re too good for intolerance—and since you’re walking into the middle of a presidential election, it’s worth mentioning that you’re too good to think people who disagree with you are your enemy. Unless they went to Georgetown, in which case, they can go to hell. (Laughter)

Don’t ever forget that a small group of thoughtful people can change the world. It’s the only thing that ever has.

Best teacher appreciation gift ever.

Tue, 15 May 2012 20:51:15 -0700

Best teacher appreciation gift ever.

Seattle library hides 1,000 books around town for young people to find - Boing Boing

Sat, 12 May 2012 09:31:30 -0700

Seattle library hides 1,000 books around town for young people to find - Boing Boing:

Neat

Patagonia's Founder is America's Most Unlikely Business Guru - WSJ.com

Fri, 11 May 2012 06:19:35 -0700

Patagonia's Founder is America's Most Unlikely Business Guru - WSJ.com:

This is how you build something people will appreciate.

Arizona Kids Think USA - Camp Wamatochick of Arizona

Fri, 04 May 2012 12:04:23 -0700

Arizona Kids Think USA - Camp Wamatochick of Arizona:

Looking forward to taking 18 middle school students on a leadership retreat this weekend. Especially looking forward to the archery activity — my students assure me they have Katniss-Everdeen-level skills.

http://assets.sbnation.com/assets/1074301/Valve_Handbook_LowRes.pdf

Sun, 29 Apr 2012 20:22:33 -0700

http://assets.sbnation.com/assets/1074301/Valve_Handbook_LowRes.pdf:

If I were ever to open a charter school…

Clicky Keyboards — Shawn Blanc

Wed, 25 Apr 2012 19:42:50 -0700

Clicky Keyboards — Shawn Blanc:

Geeky and fun

Fanfare for the Comma Man - NYTimes.com

Thu, 12 Apr 2012 20:57:56 -0700

Fanfare for the Comma Man - NYTimes.com:

Love it. Love, love, love it.

A Book Apart, Design Is a Job

Tue, 10 Apr 2012 21:46:36 -0700

A Book Apart, Design Is a Job:

Buy it. MM is a straight shooter, and his views on design work can be applied to all work.

MAKE -- concrete coffee table

Sat, 07 Apr 2012 10:57:31 -0700

MAKE -- concrete coffee table:

Summer project?

The Silence of Mike Daisey by sippey on SoundCloud - Create, record and share your sounds for free

Wed, 21 Mar 2012 21:38:36 -0700

The Silence of Mike Daisey by sippey on SoundCloud - Create, record and share your sounds for free:

Caught in lies, unsure of what to do next.

Why Cycling Works in the Netherlands | timbuk2 blog

Sun, 18 Mar 2012 15:19:30 -0700

Why Cycling Works in the Netherlands | timbuk2 blog

Mass Effect 3

Sat, 17 Mar 2012 21:18:26 -0700

Mass Effect 3:

There are so many reasons I’m displeased with the Mass Effect 3 ending; here are some well-thought-out arguments against the let-‘em-wonder ending —

“Walters’ notes scrawled across loose leaf disappointed me. The ideas are clearly not fleshed out at all, strictly drawing board material, the execution we see in game is indicative of that. ” Lots of speculation from everyone” is somewhat repulsive, as if providing an unclear, poorly planned ending that leaves your audience unsatisfied and grasping at straws for answers is somehow good storytelling. It gives me the inclination that the ending really was just for publicity.”

My Daughter's School Assignment: Dinner for 4 @ $4 - General Chowhounding Topics - Chowhound

Sat, 17 Mar 2012 21:06:54 -0700

My Daughter's School Assignment: Dinner for 4 @ $4 - General Chowhounding Topics - Chowhound:

If you’re willing to spend this much energy and thought helping your children with their homework, you’re doing right by them.

On knitting 50 life-sized bees - Boing Boing

Sat, 17 Mar 2012 20:47:55 -0700

On knitting 50 life-sized bees - Boing Boing:

I’d like 1,000 of these in a jar.