Month: February 2013
February 5, 2013
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Browsing the 1925 Ku Klux Klan catalogue (Katalogue?).
http://www.retronaut.com/2013/02/catalogue-of-offical-robes-and-banners-by-the-ku-klux-klan/
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I like how House Of Cards solved the problem of characters texting. It’s so core to life now, so hard to show on screen.
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The Netflix-only “House Of Cards” is good. I’ve got no one to empathize with though. They’re all pretty horrible people!
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The World is Getting Better. Quickly. – Anil Dash
http://j.mp/XTy5wM
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February 4, 2013
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Vampire Weekend Announce “Modern Vampires of the City” Album and Tour Dates (Includes Toronto!)
http://pitchfork.com/news/49408-vampire-weekend-reveal-album-title-via-mysterious-new-york-times-classified-ad/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+PitchforkLatestNews+%28Pitchfork%3A+Latest+News%29
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I wasn’t very excited about a new OMD album until I saw the artwork and teaser video. Now I kinda am.
http://pitchfork.com/news/49400-orchestral-manoeuvres-in-the-dark-announce-new-album-and-tour-share-video-for-atomic-ranch/
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Michael Jackson in a Joy Division t-shirt. Photoshopped but still wonderful.
http://tsutpen.blogspot.ca/2013/02/photoshop-follies-1.html
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Google vs everyone: an epic war on many fronts — Tech News and Analysis
June, it seems, is the season for new product announcements in Silicon Valley. At its annual WWDC shindig, Apple (s AAPL) announced a slew of new products including its hot-new Macbook Pro with Retina display and iOS 6. A few days later, Microsoft (s MSFT) announced Surface, a new tablet/computer…
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America’s Alpha-Female Pop Star: Beyonce at the Superbowl : The New Yorker
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U.K. architect Will Alsop designs Yonge St. condo for North Toronto: Hume | Toronto Star
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So God Made a Farmer
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The history of Superbowl half-time shows:
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Super_Bowl_halftime_shows#section_2
February 3, 2013
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What Doesn’t Kill You Makes You Weaker | Psychology Today
Friedrich Nietzsche, the German philosopher, famously said: "That which does not kill us makes us stronger." This notion found life beyond Nietzsche’s–which is ironic, his having been rather short and miserable–and it continues to resonate within American culture. One reason is that suffering, as…
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Four Square’s “Best of” pages are brilliant. I really like Four Square.
https://foursquare.com/bestof
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Users Know: To Kill or Not to Kill
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Why Subtraction Is the Hardest Math in Product Design | Gadget Lab |
http://Wired.com
http://j.mp/XQxnjZ
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February 2, 2013
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Canada’s vanishing tech sector – The Globe and Mail
If Research in Motion Ltd. is no longer Canada’s most valuable publicly-traded high tech company, what is? The answer may surprise you. You won’t find it in the S&P/TSX information technology index. Except for its stock market listing in Toronto and the fact that it’s registered in the Yukon, it is…
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If you haven’t tried Rdio yet, you really should. I’m kenschafer over there (naturally).
http://thenextweb.com/insider/2013/01/29/rdio-launches-its-free-music-streaming-service-giving-listeners-access-to-18-million-songs-for-up-to-six-months/
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‘Django’ Untangled: the Legend of the Bad Black Man – The Chronicle Review – The Chronicle of Higher Education
http://j.mp/XPdKIY
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The End of the Web, Computers, and Search as We Know It | Wired Opinion |
http://Wired.com
http://j.mp/YqKmf0
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February 1, 2013
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When Internet Distractions Make Us More Efficient – NYTimes.com
THE Internet is a rabbit hole of distraction. It’s easy to wind up knee-deep in paparazzi photos of Beyonce’s new baby when you intended only to answer a few e-mails. But last week, I had a different experience. Stressed out, on a deadline, I was frustrated to the point of uselessness and began to…
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Pro Tip: Do not image search “red splotches on skin”.
Pro Tip 2: Or at least turn on Safe Search first.
🙁
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I’m a successful older straight white male. So at least I’ve got that going for me, which is nice.
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♫ “All Dyke Everything” ♫
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Still watching The Dick Van Dyke show.
Considering having my wardrobe furnished by Botany 500.