Link: iFixit: Do-it-yourself Mac & iPod Repair

All their guides are now free to download and CC licensed. Nice! Their guides are so well documented and illustrated, there’s really no point looking anywhere else for Mac repair stuff.

Link: There is no page fold

I still dislike long scrolls, but I really hate people who write shit like “after the jump” and worse, “below the fold” online.

Link: 5 myths about homeownership - Joseph Gyourko in the WaPo

Once again, long-term data disproves cherished myths of mine… 1: Housing is a great long-term investment 2: The homebuyer tax credit makes buying a house more affordable 3: Homeownership is good for society because owners make better citizens 4: It’s safe to buy a house with a very low down payment 5: Owning a home is cheaper than renting one because you save on rent

Link: Crisis as an educational tool

Dan Meyer: “Creating crisis” as a way to teach. Basically, he’s suggesting (and saying that the Head First books do this really well) that you need to give students a reason to learn what you want to teach. Escalating levels of complexity and crisis in a multi-step problem does tend to be an effective (and common) teaching tool, but it’s nice to put a name to it.

Link: How I Hire Programmers (Aaron Swartz’s Raw Thought)

Are they smart? Can they do the job? Can you work with them?

Link: YNAB 3

Good looking software. It’s a shame that the Mac version will be AIR instead of a native app, but it is a good way to get cross-platform for “free”…

Link: Disinvesting In the USA

Tim Bray lays out his reasons for not investing in the US economy, including circumstances that would make him jump back in: “I’d promptly reinvest in an America where there was fact-based dialogue between sane Left and Right factions and which had a Chinese trading partner interested in a sustainable relationship. I’m not holding my breath.”

Anybody who could write a good application on a 128K Mac deserves a medal. —Bill Gates

Jan. 1984: How critics reviewed the Mac - Apple 2.0 - Fortune Brainstorm Tech

via www.morenewmath.com

Link: Tax Myths » Contexts

Interesting stuff. Explores some myths about taxation and its place in a global economy.