May 2008
35 posts
Ted Koppel - Gin and Juice
The Church of Google →
I bet they can undercut the Universal Life Church by making ministerships ad supported.
My First Brush with the Music Industry →
Honestly? | Ali Lohan Channeling Blair Waldorf →
caro: What would Blair say? Probably: “Nice try, Little Lo. Too bad you can’t style away your Long Island accent.”
“you are symmetrical”
– RanaJune
Sigur Ros - Gobbledigook The first track off of...
Wale - The Perfect Plan It’s the perfect...
SurveyUSA » You Wouldn’t Get This From Any Other... →
SurveyUSA estimates that at least 18 million Americans have now been “Rickrolled,” according to this latest national poll
R Kelly's Lawyer Uses "The Little Man" Defense
azizisbored: Your honor, I’d like to call Shawn and Marlon Wayans to the stand… paulscheer: [R. Kelly’s attorney], in an attempt to suggest that Kelly’s head could have been superimposed onto somebody else’s body in the sex tape, asked [gal on witness stand] whether she had seen the Wayans brothers’ movie “Little Man.” [Attorney] said, “They put the head of Marlon Wayans on a midget and it...
WatchSpank Rock Salad Dressing - seriously (via stereogum)
Malcolm Gladwell: Who says big ideas are rare? →
Who says big ideas are rare?
Roger Ebert's Journal: Hillary and Bill: The movie →
But where is the story? Hearing for the first time notes of exhaustion and discouragement in Clinton’s voice, I wondered what it had been like for her, month after month, state after state, pumping out the same policies, the same optimism, while she was running on empty. Hotel after hotel, early morning show after late-night show, schools, union meetings, church events, potluck dinners,...
Art Brodsky: Why The 'Right' Gets Net Neutrality... →
Brodsky presents the issue perfectly - it’s a question of to whom individual freedom should be more directly applied: to people or to companies.
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-5-4) →
statistics and government organizations
jeh: while digging up some numbers for my previous post i came across some interesting government organizations related to statistics. given that science is measurement, let’s take a look at some government organizations that aggregate measurements. in the eu, there’s eurostat, whose focus is on pulling together these entities from across their member states. in the uk, last month saw the...
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Supercharge Your Camera with Open-Source CHDK... →
I’ve been playing with CHDK all day and using it to generate HDR photos. Incredible hack, incredible photos.
Want Ad: Beautiful Minds →
jeh: zachklein: Met Brad Grossman this morning (profiled in above New Yorker piece) who up until three weeks ago was Brian Grazer’s cultural attaché, a job concept that he and Grazer apparently popularized in Hollywood. Basically, Brad was responsible for keeping Brian informed of any and everything, from organic chemistry to the outcome of the World Series, as well as arrange for him to meet...
Earlier today, I received a Facebook message from an old high school friend, Andrew Hoover, an incredible blues musician who’s career is taking off right now. He remembered my old web design business and wanted to know if I could point him in the right direction for a new site. I responded with an overview of how to leverage social networking and build a personal brand.
Great to hear from you...
About to make a much needed caffeine run.
I forgot just how deep my disdain for bad live pop-punk runs
Will Lawrence Lessig and the Free Culture movement become a political liability?
Ever since Lawrence Lessig emerged into the public sphere, there have been whispers among fringe critics that his ideology is just info-communism, but it looks like the innovators over at Red State have managed to create a new charge against Lessig: anti-christian.
It all started with a Keynote. As part of...
Social Media Case Studies →
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Everything interesting is happening over on my Tumblr, Magic Schoolbus, and that’s no accident.
I haven’t posted any updates to my DaveRiordan blog since early January (there are about 7 others sitting in various levels of draft form and will likely never see the light of day). When I initially started writing online several years ago, on sites which I’ve since taken down because I found my...
Rev. Wright grew Trinity United Church from 87 to 8000. Could this make Obama the first President to have regularly attended a Megachurch?
Watchdavemorin: jessicabigarel: betterthancupcakes: Social Networking Wars from Current TV I seriously don’t think I’ve laughed this hard sitting in a room by myself in a long time. I used to be afraid Myspace was going to come after me too. “Dude, forget the skanks; you’ve got a Fun Wall.” Via Laughing Squid