February 2012
2 posts
Artists - Treefort Music Fest →
Looking good.
January 2012
4 posts
“Why is pop music the only art form that still inspires such arrantly stupid...”
– Lana Del Rey’s Image on “Born to Die” : The New Yorker
“There is a hole in my heart dug deep by advertising and envy and a desire to see...”
– Fever Dream of a Guilt-Ridden Gadget Reporter
Men Shop in Bulk - NYTimes.com →
The Best Times to Buy Anything in 2011 →
I have often wondered this but didn’t want to research.
December 2011
10 posts
“A wise man once said, ‘the skill in attending a party is knowing when...”
– R.E.M. Breaks Up (Everybody Cries) | Art Beat | PBS NewsHour | PBS
the impossible cool. →
I am digging this Tumblr.
“Paying your debts is, as a rule, a good thing. But the double standard here is...”
– American Airlines, Bankruptcy, and the Housing Bubble : The New Yorker
“Maybe all the music made in 2010 is total crap! Maybe we should still be trying...”
– Top 10 Reasons I Hate Year-End Top-10 Lists | The Long Winters
“Maybe we’re like Led Zeppelin— but maybe we’re Rush....”
– The Black Keys’ Patrick Carney Talks El Camino, BlakRoc, Black Eyed Peas | News | Pitchfork
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Disclaimer Clarity
I want to be sure I put this out there often and clearly, above and beyond the “click here” link so it’s clear.
I am thinking quarterly notification? Would monthly be overkill to make sure clear intent is communicated?
To clarify:
This is my site, and my opinions, and those are unrelated to employer.
I like employer and want them to exist and succeed.
I am not the official...
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November 2011
11 posts
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“Planned obsolescence or built-in obsolescence[2] in industrial design is a...”
– Planned obsolescence - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Wowza. →
So, 24 years ago, Apple predicted a complex natural-language voice assistant built into a touchscreen Apple device, and was less than a month off.
via waxy.org
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“He literally walks 2 blocks. (!)”
– via Big Week
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Drake - The Real Her (Feat Lil Wayne & Andre 3000)... →
Now that both of us are colorblind, cause the other side looks greener Which leaves your turf in a Boise State, can’t see a play or the team.
“Minds that break free, that are compelled to wander, can sometimes achieve more...”
– Leonardo’s To-Do List : Krulwich Wonders… : NPR
Amen.
The 75 Best LIFE Covers of All Time - Photo... →
Enjoyed looking through these. How pretty did actresses used to be? So lovely.
You used hashtags in an email. - Welcome To... →
#guilty
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Built to Spill Gear Up for Next Record | Music... →
#builttospill
#dougmartsch
#SXSW
#awesome
“This is a woman who is literally a famous walking derriere, and there is...”
– Kim Kardashian Is Not The Boss Of Me, And Other Reassuring Truths : Monkey See : NPR
October 2011
4 posts
“The biggest problem with Econ 101 management, though, is that it’s not...”
– The Econ 101 Management Method - Joel on Software
indiebride: Invitations => Poly-Amorous Invite? →
Awesome.
“One of his favorite metaphors is the existential vacuum. If meaning is what we...”
– Viktor Frankl
September 2011
3 posts
“Yale’s bright, articulate Bayless Manning, 41, rolled into Palo Alto last...”
– Law Schools: Stanford’s Shiny Fish - TIME
Rest in peace, Bayless. Honored to have known you.
“Rick Perry wasn’t around, but that didn’t preclude a constant discussion of him,...”
– Adrift in Iowa - Tired Rituals in Tough Times - NYTimes.com
“The thing that surprises people is that some of the most free-thinking people in...”
– What People Don’t Get About My Job: From A(rmy Soldier) to Z(ookeeper) - Derek Thompson - Business - The Atlantic
August 2011
5 posts
“Every generation gets the self-help guru that it deserves.”
– Timothy Ferriss, Silicon Valley’s Self-Help Guru : The New Yorker
“By promoting a gauge it called “acsoi” (for adjusted consolidated segment...”
– Silicon Valley Booms but Worries About a New Bust - NYTimes.com
Ah, “mindshare”.
“we live in a time in which introverts can regularly mask their introversion if...”
– 4 Ways Technology Can Enable Your Inner Introvert - Philip Bump - Technology - The Atlantic
July 2011
5 posts
The Horrors And Pleasures Of The Columbia House... →
This is dead on for me, 1993 to 1996 in a small, small town.
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“In this scenario one sunny day you’re working on low-level NoSQL projects...”
– Ftrain.com
Paul Ford is one of my favorite writers.
June 2011
7 posts
“A year later, Altfest and Ross had a prototype, which they called Project TACT,...”
– Online Dating: Sex, Love, and Loneliness : The New Yorker
1965! That is rather amazing.
The Humble Origins of Instant Ramen: From Ending... →
I love ramen!
““I just realized I’ve only showered in ONE of my FIVE showers since...”
– Harris Wittels on the greatest Humblebraggers of all time - Grantland
