by Nadya Arnaoot on November 23, 2008
The number that is floating around my universe right now is 10,000– I hear this is the number of hours it takes to become good at something. I’ve been thinking about that number a lot over the last few weeks.
If you’re doing something as your full-time job, it will take you about 5 years to [...]
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by Nadya Arnaoot on October 22, 2008
By way of my friend Lori’s baby shower, I have discovered the best working album in the history of time. I’m listening to it now– glockenspiel covers of Cure songs. I was dubious when I heard about this album, but one listen and I was hooked.
In a way this reminds me of mash-ups, and [...]
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by Nadya Arnaoot on October 6, 2008
My brother is still in Syria. He’s an artist, and has told me for years that I should be watching Flickr to see what he’s up to– but I’ve never really gotten into watching other people’s photos on Flickr. Until now.
Google’s free screen saver can be hooked up to photostreams. By default, it shows pretty [...]
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by Nadya Arnaoot on May 23, 2008
Hi everybody,
I’ve just finished up version 1.0 of Salome, a theme which allows you to run a magazine website using WordPress. I’m pretty excited about it; I love the format of blogs, but there are different advantages that magazines provide. Years ago I used to help produce an online magazine, and we needed to code [...]
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by Nadya Arnaoot on December 20, 2007
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photo.jpg, originally uploaded by n0tapplicable.
More pictures of the unboxing on my flickr.
Here it is!
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by Nadya Arnaoot on December 20, 2007
This is a very exciting day- I’m writing this post on my new xo laptop! It arrived tonight; I just opened it up and put a bunch of photos on my flickr. The adorability factor is intense; tiny green keys, bright little screen, and charming UI.
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