January 2012
16 posts
I Got Ol' Dirty Bastard's FBI File - Gun.io →
shortformblog:
BEST. FOIA. REQUEST. EVER. Does this include the Big Baby Jesus period?
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Bile
parislemon:
@parislemon you are missing out on a rich experience by dissing comments, commenters, and the dialog that results. parislemon.com/post/152882106…
— Fred Wilson (@fredwilson) January 4, 2012
Last night I came home after watching Michigan’s most excellent Sugar Bowl win and read Matt Gemmell’s follow-up on why he turned commenting off on his blog a month ago. “It was definitely the...
The Spirited Traveler: Bootlegging in Minneapolis →
stuffaboutminneapolis:
(Reuters) - Perhaps Minneapolis never quite got over the Prohibition era of the 1930s. How else to explain the popularity of its iconic cocktail, The Bootleg?
The city’s signature drink - heard of by few outside of Minnesota - is a relatively homely one, a fizzy, sweet-and-sour concoction akin to a Tom Collins goosed with mint.
Everyone seems to have their own...
Fire in the Library - Technology Review →
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The best American wall map: David Imus’ “The... →
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Google's Jaw-Dropping Sponsored Post Campaign For... →
bigboxcar:
This is interesting:
Google, the company that has been fighting against paid links and “thin” content, seems to be behind a campaign that’s generating both on behalf of its Chrome browser. File this under “what were they thinking.”
Looking forward to the response to this one.
"Clopen"
parislemon:
This is a great post by Danny Sullivan. For those of us caught up in the iOS vs. Android battle, it can be easy to lose sight of the simple, bigger picture.
Android may be “open” in the fact that other companies can use the source code and users who so desire (and know how) can root it. But from a pure consumer perspective, the Android phone ecosystem is often anything but open....
December 2011
9 posts
The Woman Who Knew Too Much | Politics | Vanity... →
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Elizabeth Warren’s unorthodox career - Ideas - The... →
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Does Airport Security Really Make Us Safer? |... →
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ShortFormBlog: Tweet drama: Company sues former... →
shortformblog:
$340k the amount the tech company PhoneDog sued a former employee for after he held onto a Twitter account post-employment
17k the number of followers Noah Kravitz built up; after he left the job, he promised to continue tweeting about the company
$2.50 the cost per follower per month…
Twitter followers as a proprietary customer list?
ShortFormBlog: Sprint, amid controversy, plans to... →
shortformblog:
26 million number of phones Sprint had sold that used Carrier IQ’s software, the company revealed Thursday
zero number of phones that will have the feature enabled from here on out, the company said Friday source
» Killing a major headache: With public scrutiny going against them,…
This should be a no-brainer for all carriers: don’t be creepy.
Big Money: Debunking the myth of the... →
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Winter solstice - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia →
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November 2011
7 posts
Good Ideas: 'A Public Thing' sparks conversations... →
goodworkgroup:
Good Work Group is incredibly excited to be involved with A Public Thing, an ongoing space for conversations and inspiration in-person, in print, and online.
Here’s a little bit about the project, a collaboration with Works Progress, Sarah Peters, Good Work Group, Sam Gould…
This looks like it was awesome. I’m totally bummed I missed it.
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ShortFormBlog: Sadly, this kind of stuff actually... →
shortformblog:
Today’s awful story of sexual predation: Did you know that sex offenders on probation, under California state law, can’t light their houses up on Halloween? Well, they can’t, and when authorities in Los Angeles conducted a four-day sweep of 251 houses occupied by sex offenders, they found…
Yuck.
Iced Coffee How-To - Imbibe Magazine →
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Lawrence Lessig on How Money Corrupts Congress -... →
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Jack Abramoff’s guide to buying congressmen - The... →
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laughinghieroglyphic:
Mike Tyson as Herman Cain in his campaign promises video.
Perfect.
We have nothing to add. Nothing.
Dear Funny or Die: Please make a series of these videos.
If you don’t like this I don’t like you.
October 2011
5 posts
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The Times's Paul Krugman on the Occupy Wall Street... →
shortformblog:
Great column by Paul.
Word.
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September 2011
7 posts
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“Bottles of Madeira wine should be stored in an upright position. A small gas...”
– Vintage Direct - The Madeira Wine Guide
This is just wonderful. (via felixsalmon)
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“Readers who type “Central Basin Municipal Water District” into Google News get a...”
– LA Times, Water district taps Google for good coverage (via markcoatney)
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“A group of district parents who are closely allied with the family council...”
– From the New York Times article, In Suburb, Battle Goes Public on Bullying of Gay Students, about 8 student suicides in Anoka, MN, where homosexuality may not be “endorsed” by educators. For example, they may not state or imply that having gay parents is “normal.”
The...
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“Here’s why I find it impossible to be a Republican: any crowd that instantly...”
– Andrew Sullivan on the debate crowd’s positive response to the large number of executions that Perry resided over while governor of Texas. (via liberal-life)
The audience at the debate may not be a fair sample of the party, but this kind of behavior should be condemned by the party, if not.
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August 2011
5 posts
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My First Ukulele
I finally bought a ukulele, something I have wanted for a long time (hey, Warren Buffett thinks the ukulele could even solve our economic problems). The Mahalo ukulele I bought even comes in orange—and was only $20! For $20, I should have gotten a uke a long time ago!
(I also got a set of quality ukulele strings, since several reviewers mentioned that the cheap plastic strings that come...
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Results (so far) of posting "at the hospital,...
Facebook (586 friends): 19 likes, 10 comments, 2 wall posts
Twitter (1,890 followers): 6 replies
Google+ (shared with ~65 people): 1 +1
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July 2011
9 posts
