January 2012
19 posts
“The Crowd: White people who like Stuff White People Like.”
– Wilco - Hollywood Palladium - 1-24-12 - Los Angeles Music - West Coast Sound
Jan 25th
Jan 24th
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“A man who assisted in autopsies in a big urban hospital, starting in the...”
– Sunday was the 39th anniversary of Roe v. Wade (via motherjones)
Jan 23rd
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Miranda July Called Before Congress To Explain... →
“Please, Ms. July, we’re just trying to understand!” an exasperated Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV) said at one point during the hearing when July dumped out a large shoe box full of buttons of various sizes and colors onto the Senate floor and began sorting them. Brilliant.
Jan 23rd
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Jan 17th
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“It doesn’t matter how good Money was. He needs to grow at least a Fu Manchu or...”
– Almost Amis | The New York Observer
Jan 17th
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“Accountability is something that is left when responsibility has been...”
– What Americans Keep Ignoring About Finland’s School Success - Anu Partanen - National - The Atlantic
Jan 17th
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Mother Jones magazine on Tumblr: MLK: "America,... →
motherjones: In Memphis, March 18, 1968, a few weeks before he was killed in that city: …And I come by here to say that America, too, is going to Hell, if we don’t use her wealth. If America does not use her vast resources of wealth to end poverty, to make it possible for all of God’s children to have…
Jan 17th
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Jan 15th
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Jan 15th
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Lockdown: The coming war on general-purpose... →
(via Instapaper)
Jan 15th
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Jan 14th
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Jan 13th
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“Cattle, swine, chickens and other livestock receive an estimated 80 percent of...”
– Antibiotic Use In Farm Animals Still Broadly Unaddressed Despite ‘Fanfare’ For FDA Move
Jan 9th
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“Technicalities aside, though, the ultimate goal of Boycott SOPA is to change...”
– Boycott SOPA: An Android app that terrifies publishers and politicians | ExtremeTech Brilliant development.  Taking the friction out of voting with your wallet makes all kinds of sense — but it’s easier said than done and probably needs other, more social or reward kinds of elements, to...
Jan 9th
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“Most vehicles built in the past decade carry an event data recorder that...”
– How this totaled car’s black box caught a politician speeding | Motoramic - Yahoo! Autos Really?  Anyone hack this yet?
Jan 4th
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December 2011
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Dec 31st
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“Am I going to give up listening to music and going out and seeing it? Am I going...”
– David Carr: A Media Omnivore Discusses His Diet : NPR
Dec 28th
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Dec 23rd
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“And who benefits from that first day pop? Only the best customers of the banks...”
– A VC: Some Thoughts On The IPO Market For Web Companies Too true.  I wonder what would happen to pricing if the underwriters put some restrictions on the initial shares.  This is common, for example, in speculative real estate development, for similar reasons.
Dec 22nd
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Dec 22nd
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“A strange thing happened Wednesday morning on Capitol Hill. As Rep. Stenny Hoyer...”
– Boehner’s office cuts off C-SPAN cameras as GOP takes verbal beating | The Raw Story (via wreckandsalvage) AYFKM????
Dec 22nd
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“it found that some HTC smartphones using Android violated only two claims of one...”
– Android Faces Setback in iPhone Battle - WSJ.com Are you fucking kidding me?  Court protection for features that should be best practices?
Dec 21st
Dec 21st
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Dec 21st
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Dorkulate With Steve: Angeleno-to-English... →
seanbonner: spiegelman: “I’ll be there in 5.” — It will take me 10 minutes to get there, then another 5 to 10 to find parking, plus I’m not leaving for 5 minutes. “I’m in traffic.” — I haven’t left yet. “I’m around the corner.” — I’m in traffic. “It’ll take me 20 minutes to get there.” — (irregular)… This is true. I hate it, but it’s true. In fact this might be the one single thing I...
Dec 21st
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Matt Galligan: A Speculative List of Jay-Z's 99... →
mattgalligan: Photo by NRK P3 This post is pure gold. Sometimes ‘forced’ by Beyonce to “Facetime” via iPad with in-laws; finds this excruciating; almost impossible to maintain any semblance of enthusiasm while doing so. On Steve Jobs’ bad side when he passed away. Worries about posture…
Dec 19th
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“Be honest. Be happy. We all die eventually.”
– Book: I Was Blind But Now I See
Dec 18th
Dec 15th
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Dec 15th
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Joichi Ito - Innovating by the Seat of Our Pants -... →
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Dec 14th
“The compass has replaced the map, and “rough consensus and running code” has...”
– Joichi Ito - Innovating by the Seat of Our Pants - NYTimes.com
Dec 14th
Dec 14th
House Style
inky: Wikipedia on The New Yorker’s house style: When referring to other publications that include locations in their names, it uses italics only for the “non-location” portion of the name, such as the Los Angeles Times or the Chicago Tribune. I’ve decided to try this out, so I’m italicising only the non-location portion of the New Yorker. reëblogged.
Dec 13th
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“Close the equity gap, and hiring will get a lot easier.”
– Why You Can’t Hire « Startup Boy
Dec 13th
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Dec 13th
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Dec 12th
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I Work For The Internet →
Dec 12th
“Two high level Congressional staffers who have been instrumental in creating or...”
– Masnick No one is wondering anymore. (via brycedotvc)
Dec 12th
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Dec 12th
Dec 11th
“12. All truth passes through three stages: In the first stage it’s ridiculed, in...”
– 12 absolutely incredible lessons for entrepreneurs from Bill Gross [LeWeb] | memeburn
Dec 9th
“Science adjusts its views based on what’s observed, faith is the denial of...”
– Tim Minchin (via replaceface)
Dec 8th
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Dec 8th
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“Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn.”
– Benjamin Franklin (via rahmin)
Dec 7th
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Dec 5th
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Dec 4th