Month: July 2012
July 16, 2012
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Scenes from “The Shining”: Jack Nicholson as Jack Torrance; a sanguine river from an elevator; Danny Lloyd as Jack’s haunted son. Warner Brothers Pictures Burbank, Calif. WHEN “The Shining” was released in 1980, many viewers, including the critic Pauline Kael, left theaters mystified by what they…
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ICS update for Ting Samsung Galaxy SII owners:
http://j.mp/NwS3Mc
July 15, 2012
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Skylar needs to say something like, “Who do you think I am, Carmella Soprano?”
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“Yeah bitch! Magnets!”
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I liked “Somebody That I Used To Know” the first THOUSAND times.
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I get that mobile is important but I don’t really understand “Mobile Only” apps like @brewsterapp. I don’t need contacts on my Mac?
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“Checkout Usability: Don’t Use “Apply” Buttons (72% Get it Wrong)”
http://j.mp/NBDkMW
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The Ting Tings and that difficult second album | Music | The Observer
Katie White and Jules de Martino, the Ting Tings, photographed in Salford. Photograph: Suki Dhanda for the Observer M uster what positive thoughts you can about the music industry, pool all good feeling, then draw a mental picture of a record label boss. You’ve still conjured a crook, I bet, if…
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” Autism: Epidemic or awareness?”
http://j.mp/OHkKUM
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“Overheard at Comic-Con: The new Community showrunners promise not to ruin the show”
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BANG!
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Announcing an audacious proposal by Dalton Caldwell
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What Twitter could have been by Dalton Caldwell
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Anyone have a suggestion for best (non-conspiracy) 9-11 documentary?
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RT @coreymintz Torontonians respond to deputy Mayor’s hateful comments about raising families in the city.
http://downtownkids.tumblr.com/
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Ratings should work like this:
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The lack of a “like” option on @Rdio seems like a huge oversight. It’s so obviously needed there MUST be a reason it’s not there.
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Do we really need Ed Sheeran AND James Blunt AND Chris de Burgh?
July 14, 2012
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I’m rewatching Breaking Bad 4 in advance of Season 5. I feel bad for Jessie’s Roomba.
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“Global Warming Has Stopped”? How to Fool People Using “Cherry-Picked” Climate Data – Forbes
The current favorite argument of those who argue that climate changes isn’t happening, or a problem, or worth dealing with, is that global warming has stopped. Therefore (they conclude) scientists must be wrong when they say that climate change is caused by humans, worsening, and ultimately a…
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Also, accurate infographics are better than pretty accurate infographics.
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Pro Tip: Pretty infographics aren’t as good as accurate, pretty infographics:
July 13, 2012
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Rands In Repose: When the Sky Falls
A few years ago I wrote a piece that romanticized the state of the sky falling. The article is not about fixing disasters, it’s about preventing them, but no matter how much you prepare, disasters happen. The romance surrounding disasters is history speaking. When the disaster shows up and you see…
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Taking the girls to the Flight 93 Memorial shortly, then Frank Lloyd Wright’s Fallingwater. Very excited.
July 12, 2012
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Deep in the heart of America. (@ Denny’s)
http://4sq.com/LjfmKT
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Lana del Rey, Internet Meme – Technology – The Atlantic
The ecstasy and the agony of the Internet celebrity Lana del Rey has postponed her planned album tour , bringing to an end, for the moment, an experiment that had brought Internet culture into the mainstream and back again. Even before her infamously awkward appearance on Saturday Night Live two…
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Leaving the Ace Hotel. We quite enjoyed our stay. (@ Ace Hotel w/ 3 others)
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July 11, 2012
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Outstanding! Congrats! RT @nejsnave Wow. Wow!! We won! We won SAP startup forum!! Wow. Kind of speechless.
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The Social Graph as Crude Oil (Go Ahead, Build that YASN!) – Forbes
One of the most fascinating things I learned from reading the biography of John D. Rockefeller recently was that Standard Oil rose to prominence via kerosene, not gasoline. Kerosene was the dominant illuminant fuel for a few decades between the decline of whale oil and the rise of electricity.…
July 10, 2012
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From Logins to Seamless Identity, a new paradigm for the web • Intense Minimalism
Try to imagine a day in your life. You walk out of your home and meet your neighbour. You have to show her your passport before she even acknowledges you with a nod. You reach a bar. The barman is the same fellow you’ve been chatting with every morning for 3 years. Before he can even cheer you and…