August 2010
24 posts
“The magic age is people born after 1981,” said Sam Altman in a New York Times...”
–  i’ve always said that the dividing line between internet natives and their elder generations is whether or not you had sex or the internet first. People born after 1981 have lower privacy standards (via fred-wilson) (via evangotlib) but what about sex ON the internet? (via newsweek) Why...
Aug 30th
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How to Make Justin Bieber Sound Incredible: Slow... →
It’s true, Justin Bieber sounds like a movie soundtrack when made to slow the f-down from the constant sugar rush of being 12.
Aug 30th
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itsfullofstars: A lunar transit of the Sun captured during calibration of STEREO B’s ultraviolet imaging cameras (via crookedindifference)
Aug 26th
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Aug 25th
9-Day Traffic Jam Stretches 62 Miles http://t.co/YFxTDOz Makes me feel bad for spewing all that fire and brimstone on I-95.
Aug 24th
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Aug 24th
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Could You Read This For Me?
Instapaper is slowly evolving from the greatest web application I have started using in the past year into another inbox chore. The number of saved articles I have has surpassed my ability to manage which ones I’d even like to read at this point. Someone suggested recently that long form article writing is making a comeback precisely because of these bookmarking technologies (as well as the...
Aug 24th
Aug 24th
“Don’t feel sorry for yourself. Only assholes do that.”
– Haruki Murakami, Norwegian Wood (via 52books)
Aug 19th
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Aug 18th
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Apple’s App Store Director Sells His Own Fart Apps →
Here is nice little piece of smear reporting. And who doesn’t like a little double standard being exposed? Public beatings in the media have never gone out of style. Also: Me-So-Holy? That’s brilliant.
Aug 18th
I currently have 2 extra invites to the new Digg! http://bit.ly/dvp1MA
Aug 17th
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“It is hard to tell what the relationship between the iPhone and the collapse of...”
– Gary Shteyngart’s Super Sad Blueprint for a Post-Literate Future I’m purchasing this book, asap.
Aug 12th
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Aug 8th
RT @TheAtlantic: Morning Vid: Colbert Says Fox News ‘Can’t Tell Black People Apart’: http://ow.ly/2m2T2
Aug 6th
Aug 6th
Finally watched Food Inc. and it was every bit as scary as I was informed it to be.
Aug 5th
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Aug 5th
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Aug 3rd
RT @kevinrose: Apple iOS 4.2 to show “20 signal bars”, Apple rep:”even w/crappy AT&T service you’ll have 5 bars”: http://twitpic.com/2b435g
Aug 3rd
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Aug 3rd
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Aug 2nd
Slow start to a new week. Needs caffeine. Heaven by UNKLE on @Grooveshark: http://tinysong.com/eqxe #musicmonday
Aug 2nd
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“The conclusion does ask the audience to root for the defeat of American soliders...”
– John Podhoretz reviewing the movie Avatar for the Weekly Standard (via Seattle Post Intelligencer) If you need to know more about this guy, and don’t just take my word for the fact he is a douche bag, click here.
Aug 2nd