jhm's quotes

Belief
jhm – Mon, 2010 – 07 – 05 20:26

At the core of all well-founded belief lies belief that is unfounded

— Wittgenstein

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Ontology vs. Tags
jhm – Thu, 2010 – 05 – 13 11:39

Does the world make sense, or do we make sense of the world

— unknown

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why do we have an <img> element?
jhm – Sun, 2010 – 02 – 21 18:56

But none of this answers the original question: why do we have an <img> element? Why not an <icon> element? Or an <include> element? Why not a hyperlink with an include attribute, or some combination of rel values? Why an <img> element? Quite simply, because Marc Andreessen shipped one, and shipping code wins.

— Mark Pilgrim

Dive into HTML5

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Innocence
jhm – Wed, 2009 – 12 – 23 16:22

The innocence of the creatures is in inverse proportion to the immorality of the Master

— Pynchon

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Genius
jhm – Sat, 2008 – 07 – 19 13:58

The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits

— Albert Einstein

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Politics is the entertainment branch of industry.
jhm – Mon, 2007 – 06 – 18 08:57

Politics is the entertainment branch of industry.

— Frank Zappa

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Idle Hands
jhm – Mon, 2006 – 03 – 13 11:31

Idle hands are the developers workshop

— JHM

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Norm
jhm – Thu, 2005 – 12 – 08 07:53

Without deviation from the norm, 'progress' is not possible

— Frank Zappa

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Mindup
jhm – Thu, 2005 – 12 – 08 07:30

Don't mind your make-up, you'd better make your mind up

— Frank Zappa

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Blackness
jhm – Thu, 2005 – 12 – 08 07:29

I'm not black, but there's a whole lot of times I wish I could say I'm not white.

— Frank Zappa

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