By inky.Tumblr (3.0; @xn--22h)http://xn--22h.boxofjunk.ws/<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l7527hvs1N1qzjno5o1_250.png"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://carlos.bueno.org/2009/12/soul-of-portable-machine.html">The Soul of a Portable Machine</a></p> <blockquote> <p>Instead of lugging a laptop around, why not carry just the bits? I don’t mean keeping your files on a USB key, or even booting from an external drive. I mean storing the entire “soul”: the applications, data, OS <em>and RAM image</em> as a virtual machine you carry around on a portable drive. You could plug it into any sufficiently powerful host and resume your work without interruption.</p> <p>So, I tried it. My primary “computer” is a $25 USB flash drive that I plug into $2,500 dumb terminals…</p> </blockquote>http://xn--22h.boxofjunk.ws/post/953531796http://xn--22h.boxofjunk.ws/post/953531796Sat, 14 Aug 2010 20:24:45 +0100“A screenshot of the TextMate interface is like a photograph of snow.”<br/><br/> - <em><a href="http://www.zeldman.com/2010/08/13/how-to-use-textmate/">Zeldman</a></em>http://xn--22h.boxofjunk.ws/post/952888399http://xn--22h.boxofjunk.ws/post/952888399Sat, 14 Aug 2010 17:24:06 +0100<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l6s52iZt9a1qzjno5o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://minimalissimo.com/2010/08/minimalist-house/">Minimalist House</a></p>http://xn--22h.boxofjunk.ws/post/922384317http://xn--22h.boxofjunk.ws/post/922384317Sun, 08 Aug 2010 15:00:45 +0100<a href="http://www.ydnar.com/2009/12/inbox-unicorns-with-gmail-imap.html">Inbox Unicorns With Gmail & IMAP</a>: <blockquote> <p>It’s possible to bend Gmail, IMAP and Apple Mail to your will. The following steps describe how to configure things so that Delete <em>acts like</em> Archive: one click (or keypress) archives messages in Apple mail on the desktop and the iPhone.</p> </blockquote>http://xn--22h.boxofjunk.ws/post/828011092http://xn--22h.boxofjunk.ws/post/828011092Sun, 18 Jul 2010 15:58:05 +0100<a href="http://thestonesoup.com/blog/start-here/">stonesoup</a>: <blockquote> <p>a blog that helps people become better home cooks by using a minimalist approach in the kitchen.</p> </blockquote>http://xn--22h.boxofjunk.ws/post/663295974http://xn--22h.boxofjunk.ws/post/663295974Fri, 04 Jun 2010 14:15:54 +0100<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l2zw81f6ls1qzjno5o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>KHANATE’s <em>Things Viral</em> – minimal, extreme doom metal.</p>http://xn--22h.boxofjunk.ws/post/632312043http://xn--22h.boxofjunk.ws/post/632312043Tue, 25 May 2010 22:40:00 +0100<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l14lxefJou1qz8uvvo1_r1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>(via <a href="http://ummhello.tumblr.com/" class="tumblr_blog">ummhello</a>)</p>http://xn--22h.boxofjunk.ws/post/535809258http://xn--22h.boxofjunk.ws/post/535809258Tue, 20 Apr 2010 15:02:47 +0100<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l0u3c6oQVS1qzjno5o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://minimalissimo.com/2010/04/about-blank/">About Blank</a></p> <blockquote> <p>No logo, no web address, no other identifiers on the cover. The notebook doesn’t even have a pre-determined front or back, top or bottom.</p> </blockquote>http://xn--22h.boxofjunk.ws/post/520866685http://xn--22h.boxofjunk.ws/post/520866685Wed, 14 Apr 2010 15:04:42 +0100“C is not a big language, and it is not well served by a big book.”<br/><br/> - <em><a href="http://reprog.wordpress.com/2010/04/06/programming-books-part-4-the-c-programming-language/">K&R</a></em>http://xn--22h.boxofjunk.ws/post/501572348http://xn--22h.boxofjunk.ws/post/501572348Tue, 06 Apr 2010 23:02:44 +0100<a href="http://www.google.com/corporate/tenthings.html">Google: ‘Our Philosophy’</a>: <p><ol><li>Focus on the user and all else will follow.</li> <li>It’s best to do one thing really, really well.</li> <li>Fast is better than slow.</li> <li>Democracy on the web works.</li> <li>You don’t need to be at your desk to need an answer.</li> <li>You can make money without doing evil.</li> <li>There’s always more information out there.</li> <li>The need for information crosses all borders.</li> <li>You can be serious without a suit.</li> <li>Great just isn’t good enough.</li> </ol></p>http://xn--22h.boxofjunk.ws/post/463197353http://xn--22h.boxofjunk.ws/post/463197353Sun, 21 Mar 2010 13:27:12 +0000<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kwexqoqnSS1qzjno5o1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://minimalissimo.com/2010/01/townhouse/">Townhouse</a></p>http://xn--22h.boxofjunk.ws/post/339779489http://xn--22h.boxofjunk.ws/post/339779489Sun, 17 Jan 2010 22:42:23 +0000<a href="http://asserttrue.blogspot.com/2009/03/how-to-write-fast-code.html">How to write fast code</a>: <blockquote> <p>“The CPU,” he said, “runs at a certain speed. It can execute a fixed number of instructions per second, and no more. There is a finite limit to how many instructions per second it can execute. Right?”</p> <p>“Right,” I said.</p> <p>“So there is no way, really, to make code go faster, because there is no way to make instructions execute faster. There is only such a thing as making the machine <em>do less.”</em></p> <p>He paused for emphasis.</p> <p>“To go fast,” he said slowly, “do less.”</p> </blockquote>http://xn--22h.boxofjunk.ws/post/264788131http://xn--22h.boxofjunk.ws/post/264788131Tue, 01 Dec 2009 11:18:36 +0000<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ktxdubJDHa1qzjno5o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.aisleone.net/2009/design/myths-misconceptions-about-grid-systems/">Myths & Misconceptions About Grid Systems</a></p>http://xn--22h.boxofjunk.ws/post/263496879http://xn--22h.boxofjunk.ws/post/263496879Mon, 30 Nov 2009 14:06:10 +0000“Be conservative in what you do; be liberal in what you accept from others.”<br/><br/> - <em>The <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robustness_principle">robustness principle</a> (re: <a href="http://www.crummy.com/software/BeautifulSoup/">Beautiful Soup</a>)</em>http://xn--22h.boxofjunk.ws/post/246113632http://xn--22h.boxofjunk.ws/post/246113632Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:08:00 +0000<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kt2d49p1U71qzjno5o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://lovelypackage.com/pravda-vodka/">Pravda Vodka</a></p>http://xn--22h.boxofjunk.ws/post/242833364http://xn--22h.boxofjunk.ws/post/242833364Fri, 13 Nov 2009 20:04:56 +0000“The secret of happiness, you see, is not found in seeking more, but in developing the capacity to enjoy less.”<br/><br/> - <em><a href="http://mnmlist.com/learn-to-love-less/">Socrates</a> (via <a href="http://mnmal.tumblr.com/post/240184891/learn-to-love-less-mnmlist">mnmal</a>)</em>http://xn--22h.boxofjunk.ws/post/240207857http://xn--22h.boxofjunk.ws/post/240207857Wed, 11 Nov 2009 11:57:52 +0000<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ksx1m7rsrs1qzjno5o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.rknl.com/collection/Coffeetable20.html">Coffee table 20</a></p>http://xn--22h.boxofjunk.ws/post/239561768http://xn--22h.boxofjunk.ws/post/239561768Tue, 10 Nov 2009 23:08:30 +0000<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ksv5dbZdx81qzjno5o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://unclutterer.com/2009/11/09/the-fictional-extreme-minimalist-future/">The fictional extreme-minimalist future</a></p> <blockquote> <p>In the effort to portray simple, they err on the side of antiseptic.</p> </blockquote>http://xn--22h.boxofjunk.ws/post/238457896http://xn--22h.boxofjunk.ws/post/238457896Mon, 09 Nov 2009 22:34:41 +0000<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ksqvrdiZFe1qzjno5o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://priscilla-world.deviantart.com/art/h-r-s-17073921">h.r.s</a></p>http://xn--22h.boxofjunk.ws/post/236154955http://xn--22h.boxofjunk.ws/post/236154955Sat, 07 Nov 2009 18:30:00 +0000<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ksfl5tf5We1qzjno5o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.dezeen.com/2008/06/12/watches-by-denis-guidone/">Watches by Denis Guidone</a></p>http://xn--22h.boxofjunk.ws/post/229698451http://xn--22h.boxofjunk.ws/post/229698451Sun, 01 Nov 2009 12:53:52 +0000