Lots of excitment around the news of Liam, Apple’s super secret 29-armed robot that tears down your iPhone. As an Apple product lover and shareholder I am thrilled with their continued environmental initiatives.

For years people have been writing these types of posts. Having just sold my 7th Generation iPod Classic (160 GB!) I figured I would run the numbers myself.

“I live simply. I hate waste and excess. I have a good apartment, a good laptop, and a few other basics. But the less I own, the happier I am. The lack of possessions gives me the priceless freedom to live anywhere anytime.” — Very inspiring story on why Derek Sivers, founder of CD Baby, gave away his company to charity

“Usually, things are done the way they’re done for good reasons. But sometimes, they’re only done that way because nobody has questioned it recently” Marco Arment on launching The Magazine.

“The telephone was an aberration in human development. It was a 70 year or so period where for some reason humans decided it was socially acceptable to ring a loud bell in someone else’s life and they were expected to come running, like dogs. This was the equivalent of thinking it was okay to walk into someone’s living room and start shouting. It was never okay.” — Rick Webb