May 2008
35 posts
April 2008
56 posts
Hello, treadmill my old friend. Snow’s driven me to you again.
Why, yes - it is snowing! No, we’re not in 1980’s Miami, we’re in Central New York!
clarification: the previous tweet is both a bad coke joke AND a reference to the fact that it shouldn’t be snowing in may
“Yesterday I went to a party at Robin Hanson’s. Megan McArdle, Bryan...”
– Mark Kleiman (via Andrew Sullivan)
Should PostSecret Send NBCU a DMCA Notice? →
on the failures of behavioral advertising →
“I no longer believe that deregulation has been a complete, an unqualified,...”
– —Richard Posner
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-4-27) →
“Do I really want to open a ‘93 just because it’s a Sunday?”
– A friend who shall remain nameless
Thank you caro!
caro: I have five invites to the private beta of Brightkite, a wacky little location-based mobile service that seems to think it’s going to outdo both Twitter and Dodgeball. It was getting tossed around in San Francisco last week at the Web 2.0 Expo and it seems decent. Privacy controls are more extensive than Dodgeball, which is something that I think concerned a fair number of people outside...
“And it’s only now, as we’re waking up from that collective bender, that we’re...”
– Gin, Television, and Social Surplus - Here Comes Everybody (via davemorin) Clay Shirkey’s theory of the cognitive surplus is almost as important as his assertion that technology is socially useless until it’s culturally ubiquitous.
Michael Beiruit on The Least Wanted Song In... →
“I didn’t mean to say that. That was some Charlie Rose shit.”
– Mark Ronson
I’m absurdly surprised that all the pundits haven’t been blabbering about the Bradley/Wilder Effect in PA. Afraid to bring up race, are we?
Building a Keynote deck on the usefulness of Twitter. How meta.
The Commander of Obama's Nerd Army →
Urlesque →
Online Trendspotting++ from …AOL!?!?
Neon Neon’s album Stainless Style is supposedly based on the life of John DeLorean. That could explain why I’ve been listening to it nonstop
Going to Seder #2 sick. I thought I’d shake this thing after a week - guess not.
Chairman of Legendary Pictures on production of Where The Wild Things Are: “It’s been …challenging”. Trying to get footage from event
“The goal of Paulville.org it to establish gated communities containing 100% Ron...”
– Paulville.org Seriously?!
The Stuff _______ People Like Meme has gone on far...
That said, I love the original, Shit America Needs, and just found the fantastic (and painfully accurate) Stuff Hill People Like.
Washingtonpost on Humans vs. Zombies →
When Tech Innovation Has a Social Mission - New... →
We’ve entered an era where missions aren’t just moving individuals, they’re moving entire industries. Commonfund may be the best example of this trend; a nonprofit managing billions in assets from higher education institutions, hospitals, and other mission-driven institutions.
Trying to break free of my own version of 20% time - ridiculously productive 20% of the time, only marginally so the other 80.
Riordan's Muxtape - The Mixtape (Take 2) →
Loving how easy it is to update a mix on Muxtape.
The Dino 5 - Me Too Legendary producer Prince Paul...
“Justice Scalia told a group of Virginia high school Students, “You can...”
– PolySigh: Charles Whittaker Watch Update
Lyrics Born - Hott 2 Deff (feat. Chali 2Na)...
gruen: It’s great that people blog– I just wish they’d stop saying the same thing. http://tinyurl.com/45dqwg It’s fantastic that individuals express themselves online - I only believe that it would be wonderful if there were fewer variations on the same novel concepts and if people could simplify their statements by editing and not writing like streams of consciousness prose and whatnot.
Really digging the new Tumblr features -...
WatchJake And Amir Dot Com Jake and Amir create sheer unadulterated brilliance
It’s official - I’m the king of parking ticket appeals
Hope is On The Way: New Mitch Hedburg Album This... →
Absolutely unfounded political speculation: Hill steps aside for POTUS, Bill gets SCOTUS. Flaws: If you thought this nomination was bad…
A 'West Wing' Writer Imagines the Showdown at the... →
Baucus finds Dean huddling with the convention’s parliamentarian about when to start the fourth ballot. Baucus tells Dean both candidates have to get in a room alone and work this out. Dean explains what he’s just gone through, says it’s hopeless. Baucus has a plan: Tell Hillary I want to meet with her alone in this room in ten minutes to discuss endorsing her before the next ballot. Tell Barack...
Stevie Wonder - All I Do
Been listening to Prince Paul’s Hip Hop album for kids - the Dino 5. One of the best concept albums I’ve ever heard. http://snurl.com/23y24
WatchThe Daily Show on the Second Life Congressional Hearings
Now that the Comcast Revolt on twitter story it out, I can’t wait to see the first company who bans employee use of twitter “preventatively”
Spike Lee on Obama & The Clintons in NY Magazine
NY: What do you think of Obama?
Spike: I’m riding my man Obama. I think he’s a visionary. Actually, Barack told me the first date he took Michelle to was Do the Right Thing. I said, “Thank God I made it. Otherwise you would have taken her to Soul Man. Michelle would have been like, ‘What’s wrong with this brother?’ ”
NY: Does this mean you’re down on the Clintons?
Spike: The Clintons, man, they would lie on a stack of Bibles. Snipers? That’s not misspeaking; that’s some pure bulls***. I voted for Clinton twice, but that’s over with. These old black politicians say, “Ooh, Massuh Clinton was good to us, massuh hired a lot of us, massuh was good!” Hoo! Charlie Rangel, David Dinkins—they have to understand this is a new day. People ain’t feelin’ that stuff. It’s like a tide, and the people who get in the way are just gonna get swept out into the ocean.
(via Ben Smith)
Broke my tumblr theme. That makes me a sad panda. Now this is haiku.
Reading Millennial Makeover @sanford’s suggestion. Its right that the next political shift will be driven by demographics &lified by tech