February 2012
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January 2012
7 posts
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“A lot of my songwriting in the Hold Steady has to do with this place in your...”
– Hold Steady frontman Craig Finn talks to us about his unflinching new solo album. (via pitchfork)
December 2011
11 posts
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Views.fm | Facebook →
viewsfm:
We have a Facebook page now, if you’re into that sort of thing.
Give us your likes, now. All of them. Give us your goddamn likes!
“I do think Andersen’s central point is a good one, though, which is that...”
– Bike Snob NYC
BSNYC breaks down that Andersen Vanity Fair article on the self-interested state of popular culture
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“Following decriminalization, Portugal has the lowest rate of lifetime marijuana...”
– While I’m sure you’re all happily enjoying some ‘Christmas medicine’ this week, as I am, it is good to reflect on the fact that many people are regularly incarcerated needlessly for drug related crimes, and there is still, in fact, a ‘war on drugs’. Happy...
Twitter / @dhh: Who said VCs aren't evil? ... →
“to steal from someone and not feel bad, you either have to be a sociopath or...”
– Hi I’m Louis C.K. and this is a thing : IAmA
Really awesome IAmA with Louis CK about his new special. Going to buy the damn thing instead of using bit torrent.
“We seem to have trapped ourselves in a vicious cycle—economic progress and...”
– You Say You Want a Devolution? | Style | Vanity Fair
“Music service Grooveshark’s Chairman Sina Simantob sent this email to another...”
– Be careful what you put in an email « OmLinks
Great strategy, Grooveshark. Just, great job.
WatchGreat job, CNN.
faketv:
OMFG
newsweek:
futurejournalismproject:
Stephen Colbert on CNN’s firing of approximately 50 journalists after the network completed a study on the quality of user generated content it was receiving via platforms such as iReport.
Colbert nails it. You savvy kids and your social tumblin’ are gonna be the death of us all.
November 2011
12 posts
Low vitamin D linked to heart disease, death |... →
Actually just had a physical and routine blood tests – the only aberration was that my Vitamin D was very low. Physician wasn’t too worried though, apparently this is a common ailment for Americans, probably even more so for New Yorkers with office jobs.
I wasn’t made aware this put me at risk for diabetes, heart disease, and death though. I’m gonna be running to the drug store...
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This just made my day.
kryptoniterazor:
The Startup: A Less Productive Alternative to Unemployment
Oh man, I would kill for a whole TV series of this.
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8tracks - Android Market →
This is the first Android app I’ve designed. I think it turned out pretty well. Garth did an incredible job building this thing pretty much single-handedly. Looking forward to getting back to iOS land, though.
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“If you made a Venn diagram of self-promotion, the phenomenon of humblebragging...”
– The New Inquiry: Consider the Humblebrag
To me this is the most pathetic form of expression. I can’t even stand to follow my friends who post shit like this. Oddly, it seems most pathologically maniacal people that are driven to succeed never indulge in humblebragging.
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October 2011
25 posts
“This is what I learned: he was working at this, too. Death didn’t happen to...”
– A Sister’s Eulogy for Steve Jobs - NYTimes.com
A lovely idea - death as something to be earned, living the phrase ‘when I’m dead I’ll rest.’
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iPad Svpplies
Gordon:
hmmm
we should just get this instead
http: //www.iphone-my.com/ipad/ivictrola-giant-megaphone-ipad/
Matthew:
haha
we could convert an actual victrola for less
Gordon:
let me see if i can find some even more dumb ipad speakers
there are undoubtedly some great options there
svpply, here we come!
success!
http: //svpply.com/item/844228/Angry_Birds_Speaker_Docks_Coming
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“What can I say? It’s a saw. It saws stuff. The best thing about it was the...”
– Amazon.com: Stanley 15-265 Rubber Grip Hacksaw, Fits 8-Inch, 10-Inch and 12-Inch Blades: Home Improvement
Ordering tools from Amazon is the best.
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“In other words, while it’s refreshing to hear people in higher ed finally...”
– Hacker News | An open letter to Peter Thiel
As much as I think Thiel is a bit of a libertarian lunatic, I love the dialogue he’s inspiring around higher education.
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bijan sabet: Finding new music →
Yeah I hear there are all kinds of sites that don’t use algorithms and your browsing history to tell you about what music you might like, but actually use this new thing called a ‘social network’ to show what people are writing about and even let them put music into their own ‘digital mixtapes’ – and you don’t even have to install a browser extension!
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“2. Pay for your own bailouts. A tax of 0.1 percent on all trades of stocks and...”
– My Advice to the Occupy Wall Street Protesters | Politics News | Rolling Stone
Matt Taibbi’s list of priorities for OWS is, of course, practical and on point. I’d love to see him and Grayson take some action with this.
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Jaded Future - Birdy Nam Nam
These guys never...
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Late night thoughts
Sometimes when I find myself compiling a build of a previous torrent client release through screen sharing to get back on my private tracker whitelist so I can download some obscure french electronic album on a Sunday morning at 2:23 AM I ask myself: what the hell am I doing?
IAMA Sociopath, AMA. Especially for advice! : IAmA →
Fascinating how fascinated Reddit is by this. Reading through it, one feels as though empathy is a vestigial trait in our society these days. I imagine the system will correct itself, though, much like an organism coming up with a new defense for a virus.
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“In order to create the next revolution in digital music I believe that you must...”
– Sean Parker ‘s Email to Spotify’s Daniel Ek
Sorry Sean, but you’re high on your own stash. Bittorrent is eons beyond Napster’s conceptual model if equally problematic in licensing. Spotify, while a fairly nice experience, fails to address a number of important issues for...