“Remembering that I’ll be dead soon is the most important tool
I’ve ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life.

No one wants to die. Even people who want to go to heaven
don’t want to die to get there. And yet, death is the destination we all share.

Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life…
Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice.”

2005 – Steve Jobs

The English are feeling the pinch in relation to recent events in Libya and have therefore raised their security level from “Miffed” to “Peeved.” Soon, though, security levels may be raised yet again to “Irritated” or even “A Bit Cross.” The English have not been “A Bit Cross” since the blitz in 1940 when tea supplies nearly ran out. Terrorists have been re-categorized from “Tiresome” to “A Bloody Nuisance.” The last time the British issued a “Bloody Nuisance” warning level was in 1588, when threatened by the Spanish Armada.

The Scots have raised their threat level from “Pissed Off” to “Let’s get the Bastards.” They don’t have any other levels. This is the reason they have been used on the front line of the British army for the last 300 years.

Italy has increased the alert level from “Shout Loudly and Excitedly” to “Elaborate Military Posturing.” Two more levels remain: “Ineffective Combat Operations” and “Change Sides.”

The Germans have increased their alert state from “Disdainful Arrogance” to “Dress in Uniform and Sing Marching Songs.” They also have two higher levels: “Invade a Neighbor” and “Lose.”

Belgians, on the other hand, are all on holiday as usual; the only threat they are worried about is NATO pulling out of Brussels .

The Spanish are all excited to see their new submarines ready to deploy. These beautifully designed subs have glass bottoms so the new Spanish navy can get a really good look at the old Spanish navy.

Australia, meanwhile, has raised its security level from “No worries” to “She’ll be alright, Mate.” Two more escalation levels remain: “Crikey! I think we’ll need to cancel the barbie this weekend!” and “The barbie is canceled.” So far no situation has ever warranted use of the final escalation level.

John Cleese – British writer, actor and tall person

Rosa Parks
December 1, 1955 in Montgomery, Alabama

Mahatma Gandhi

©Getty Images, 1935.
(Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Journalist: “What consumer and market research Apple had done to guide the development of the new product?“

Steve Jobs: “None, It isn’t the consumers’ job to know what they want.”

Marco Olmo

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Il Corridore (The Runner)  è un documentario di Paolo Casalis e Stefano Scarafoia sul campione di ultratrail Marco Olmo.

Per maggiori info sul dvd clicca qui.

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Angelo “Reciclarte”
Volterra

Edsger Dijkstra

“Consider again that dot. That’s here. That’s home. That’s us.

On it, everyone you love, everyone you know, everyone you’ve ever heard of…“

“As somebody once said, there’s a difference between a failure and a fiasco.

A failure is simply the non-presence of success. Any fool can accomplish failure.

But a fiasco… a fiasco is a disaster of mythic proportions.

A fiasco is a folktale told to others that makes other people feel more alive because it didn’t happen to them.”

from Elizabethtown with Orlando Bloom and Kirsten Dunst

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Newton and iPhone: ARM and ARM, originally uploaded by blakespot.