January 2009
29 posts
Court: No right to shout "douchebag" in a crowded... →
A federal court has rejected a former student’s First Amendment suit against school officials who punished her for calling them “douchebags” in a Live Journal post. Administrators are entitled to qualified immunity from suit unless they are clearly violating an established right, the court held; and the scope of student rights to online speech is anything but clear.
WatchWing-Tastraphe in Fairfield, CT
“Once again, as the general public tries to share music and construct miniature...”
– Sasha Frere-Jones (via aprilini) (via artistspaid) (via catbird)
My Girls sounds like Lil Jon and Pharrell decided...
Watchrobhuebel:
Bush tours America to survey damage caused by his disastrous Presidency.
Libertarianism Attempts To Divide By Zero →
“If we make a dinner appointment at 7pm, then you should be there at 7pm. If you...”
– Mike Bloomberg explaining why he opposes the 5 minute grace period on parking tickets (via fred-wilson)
“If you run for an office with a term limit you should-” Oh. Right.
(via markcoatney)
(via frangry)
LA Times Online Revenue Covers Cost Of Whole... →
I never thought it possible. I thought the CSM was smoking crack when they announced they were going web-only. I WAS WRONG AND COULDN’T BE HAPPIER
(via catbird)
It's times like this I miss DC
N: we're finally going to see the TARP contracts!
Me: WHOA!
N: Carl Levin drafted a subpoena
N: he chairs the Subcommittee on Whatever Carl Levin Wants
Watchyoulooknicetoday:
“Credits: The Outtakening”
In a sequence cut from “The Noises Rest” for time, the team assembled by the Silent Film Institute reads from their impressive if not entirely watchable CV.
Also available in High Definition.
“I’ll be honest with you. I don’t think journalists should be anywhere allowed...”
– Samuel Joseph Wurzelbacher (via ThinkProgress) , aka “Joe the Plumber”.
Reblogged from vruz, and edited to include the whole quote for its sheer insanity.
And as a friend of mine noted, “Shouldn’t he mean banished?”
Joe the Plumber: ‘I think media should be... →
vruz:
—via Think Progress
Samuel Joseph Wurzelbacher, aka “Joe the Plumber,” is currently in Israel covering the war for the conservative site PJTV.com. When asked what he has learned from his new experiences as a journalist, Wurzelbacher said that he believes the media shouldn’t be allowed to do “reporting” on wars:
vruz: John McCain has an awful lot to answer for.
43folders:
“It perfectly fills the gap between browsing the internet and reading a book, and is the only way I’ve been able to read longer pieces on my iPhone.”
— Scott Simpson on Instapaper, which is also my favorite iPhone app. Unless you’re a legitimately illiterate imbecile, Instapaper means you no longer have an excuse to moan, “TL;DR.”
Instapaper Pro is now my preferred...
Chipotle Mobile Ordering Comes to iPhone →
Chipotle (aka: Build-a-Burrito Workshop) has just launched the first mobile foodstuff ordering app for the iPhone.
Chipotle has always had a way with easy ordering. First they had a standardized fax order form (which you could easily reuse for standard orders). Then they launched their Online Ordering site, but unlike that boring Seamlessweb or Dominos, it replicated the in-restaurant ordering...
Why Tumblr Works
seantice:
Tumblr’s effective because I’m exposed to ideas from people I don’t know, and otherwise wouldn’t cross paths with.
There are plenty of simple blogging tools, but its exposure to others ideas and findings that make Tumblr so different & great.
I’ve never heard it put so succinctly.
