Subversion for Designers. Nice article, but will need to be rewritten soon to take into account the Git onslaught.

I recently upgraded from the original 2 GHz Core Duo MacBook Pro with 2 GB of RAM and a 100GB 5200 RPM hard drive to a new 2.5 GHz Core 2 Duo with 4 GB RAM and a 200GB 7200 RPM drive. The machine looks nearly identical, but it’s not identical. It’s faster. Much faster. The screen is bright and beautiful and just “snaps” to life. Did I mention that it’s faster?

Another great video from the commoncraft folks. Twitter in Plain English

Busy vs. Productive “The busy outnumber the productive by a wide margin.” And please see the Busy vs. Productive table. Yep.

DHH writes a piece I can agree with whole-heartedly.All code will eventually go stale Here’s something I don’t say often: Suck It Up. If you work on more than a few projects, they can’t all smell like today’s fresh linens. It doesn’t mean you’re a bad programmer. It simply means that you’re prioritizing. Yes, yes, you should clean up around you when you dive in to those older applications, but beware the lure of a full Spring cleaning.

Ken Rockwell says Your Camera Doesn’t Matter Mike Reichmann responds, and says Your Camera Does Matter They’re both wrong.

I seem to have a weak spot for rude British humour. I lost nearly an hour laughing uncontrollably watching Death at a Funeral. It’s probably not that funny, but who cares, it felt great anyway.

Michael Pollan: Don’t Eat Anything That Doesn’t Rot: " Lengthy interview with the author of The Omnivore’s Dilemma and In Defense of Food Don’t eat any food that’s incapable of rotting. If the food can’t rot eventually, there’s something wrong.

The Darjeeling Limited Precious. Too precious. Kept waiting for there to be a story. Never happened. Skip it. I’ve officially lost interest in Wes Anderson movies.

merkley??? “The Inept take meetings as the Adept take naps.” Interesting fella, that merkley. Good photographer as well.

The assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford Beautiful, but boring. Not “casually paced.” Not “drawn slowly.” Just boring.

And a damn funny one, at that. In view of your failure to elect a competent President and thus to govern yourselves, we hereby give notice of the revocation of your independence, effective immediately. You will learn to resolve personal issues without using guns, lawyers or therapists. The fact that you need so many lawyers and therapists shows that you’re not adult enough to be independent. Guns should only be handled by adults.