Month: March 2012
March 7, 2012
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Thank you global warming.
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Supporting #Kony2012 and wanting Joseph Kony gone are different things. Make an informed choice:
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I just bought: ‘I’m Starved for You (Kindle Single)’ by Margaret Atwood via @amazonkindle
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BBC News – Earworms: Why songs get stuck in our heads
http://j.mp/zav03a
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March 6, 2012
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Fox News Explains Why Presidents Can’t Control Gas Prices, In 2008 (Video):
http://www.treehugger.com/fossil-fuels/fox-news-explains-why-presidents-cant-control-gas-prices-2008-video.html
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This #KONY2012 thing is amazingly well done. Watch the video (the whole thing).
http://www.kony2012.com/
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I can’t think of a good reason for CNN using three shades of red (and a purple) to map the GOP primary results.
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Haters be hatin’.
RT @#039;s”>Wendys Dubstep sounds like a broken Frosty machine.
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RIM, Maker of BlackBerry, Debates Its Target Market for PlayBook Tablet – WSJ.com
As Research In Motion Ltd. executives prepared early this year for the launch of their first tablet, the PlayBook, one big question loomed: Who was the device for? Some executives, like RIM’s technical visionary and co-chief executive Mike Lazaridis, saw the gadget as an extension of the BlackBerry,…
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The Making Of “Homer At The Bat,” The Episode That Conquered Prime Time 20 Years Ago Tonight
http://j.mp/wKDWj3
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March 5, 2012
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Doh! “The SimpsonS”
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LOL. The NYT used a Tumblr video player to show a rip of Global’s airing of The Simpson:
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“Omar comin’!”
I feel bad for Ziggy going up against Omar in Grantland’s “The Wire” bracket.
http://www.grantland.com/story/_/id/7646862/smacketology-#8212-tournament-determine-wire-greatest-character
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Congrats! RT @NPsteve Hey now! We won an SND digital design award for Forty Fords!
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I watched every Steven Soderbergh movie. – By Dan Kois – Slate Magazine
Matt Damon in Contagion On Nov. 5, 1988, the aspiring director Steven Soderbergh stood in line at the Cinerama Dome in Hollywood for a screening of his favorite film. He was still editing his first feature, Sex, Lies, and Videotape and had just barely made the Nov. 1 deadline to submit a rough cut…
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Rick Santorum vs. Mitt Romney: Can the G.O.P. save itself? : The New Yorker
http://j.mp/ySxwlN
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March 4, 2012
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Let’s open “The Husky Hipster”. RT @rhh: there isn’t a single menswear store on Queen W that serves customers with a waist larger than 30.
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Why Reed Hastings should be applauded for Netflix split – Term Sheet
By now you’ve probably heard that Netflix NFLX is splitting its business into two parts: Its digital streaming business (retains the name Netflix) and its DVD mailing business, which was its original business (to be called Qwikster). If you haven’t read Reed’s explanation of this split make sure you…
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The news forecast (Wired UK)
http://j.mp/viEFRW
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Pauline Kael, Film Critic, Contrarian : The New Yorker
http://j.mp/oUbuMV
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Paris Review – Mistaken Identity, Jenny Hendrix
http://j.mp/xyv5ri
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Why You Should Keep Your Goals Secret
http://rdd.me/efwcercw
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On Order from Chaos and Purpose from Principle: Holovaty, Victor and Connections
http://j.mp/wQpW0m
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March 3, 2012
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“The Lifespan of a Fact,” by John D’Agata and Jim Fingal
http://instapaper.com/zjuh6784L
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Overdiagnosis as a Flaw in Health Care –
http://NYTimes.com
http://j.mp/zCsLec
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That “Despicable Me 2” trailer made me think of Plastic Bertrand:
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This made my day. I’ve hit “Watch Again” three times now:
http://trailers.apple.com/trailers/universal/despicableme2/