White and yellow, kill a fellow. Purple and blue, good for you. Red… could be good, could be dead. Get to Know Your Edible Berries with a Simple Mnemonic [Survival]

People have a natural intuition about risk, and in many ways it’s very good. It fails at times due to a variety of cognitive biases, but for normal risks that people regularly encounter, it works surprisingly well: often better than we give it credit for. This struck me as I listened to yet another conference…

Don’t make something unless it is both necessary and useful; but if it is both necessary and useful, don’t hesitate to make it beautiful. The Shaker Design Philosophy – Bokardo

They’s a time of change, an’ when that comes, dyin’ is a piece of all dyin’, and bearin’ is a piece of all bearin’, an’ bearin’ an’ dyin’ is two pieces of the same thing. An’ then things ain’t so lonely anymore. An’ then a hurt don’t hurt so bad. John Steinbeck, The Grapes of…

I regularly break seven of those rules. How about you? Schneier on Security: Password Advice