Month: May 2013
May 20, 2013
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“Lucky that my breasts are small and humble, So you don’t confuse them with mountains.”
/cc @DougSaunders
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Remember when our mayor was caught on video smoking crack? I wonder whatever happened with that.
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I don’t understand Keurig cup size settings. It’s the same packet. Am I just picking more, weaker coffee?
/cc @jameskoole
May 19, 2013
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Identity checks coming to Whois | DomainIncite – Domain Name News & Opinion
Identity checks coming to Whois Kevin Murphy ,September 25, 2012, 11:13:19 (UTC), Domain Registrars Pretty soon, if you want to register a domain name in a gTLD you’ll have to verify your email address and/or phone number or risk having your domain turned off. That’s the latest to come out of talks…
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Pretty much every non-corporate tumblog I’ve seen is at least partially NSFW. It’s part of Tumblr culture.
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I’m guessing Yahoo! has a “no porn” policy.
That means half Tumblr’s content gets deleted.
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100,000,000 teens gasp as they wake to the news that Yahoo! now owns Tumblr.
http://www.engadget.com/2013/05/19/yahoo-to-acquire-tumblr/
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Spinning some vinyl to start the day right.
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Spinning some vinyl to start the day right.
May 18, 2013
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Why Apple made the right decision with iOS 6 Maps
There is no shortage of problems with iOS 6 Maps. The Amazing iOS 6 Maps Tumblr Imagine you are Apple CEO Tim Cook. You control the single most profitable phone on the market, the iPhone. You have full control over your mobile OS — iOS — and the applications that run on it. Except that’s not…
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Humans are endlessly inventive!
RT @JpHubbard: Just when you think you’ve seen it all… Cat beards. pic.twitter.com/Xf4HKQBZEY
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Patton Oswalt’s Parks & Rec filibuster gets animated thereby making it awesomerer:
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Kanye’s always had interesting samples:
http://www.whosampled.com/artist/Kanye%20West/?ob=4
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The end of Kanye’s “New Slaves” (where he does the falsetto) samples this Hungarian track:
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I really like Vampire Weekend but seriously, “Diane Young” needs to get out of my brain now.
May 17, 2013
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I’m starting to think some of you people think I’m actually spending the long weekend watching those god-awful Bill Murray movies.
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A VC: Cross Network Utility and Networks
We see a lot of startups who want to build networks but they start by connecting with existing networks and providing utility that is cross network. Aggregation is a very common example of this. Cross posting is another. I am certain that these cross network utilities can become good businesses but…
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Starting my annual Victoria Day Weekend Bill Murray Marathon:
Space Jam
Quick Change
Ghostbusters II
Osmosis Jones
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Previously on “Rob Ford’s Crazy Mayor or Craziest Mayor”…
http://www.thegridto.com/city/politics/rob-ford-newsmaker/
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@petenanacsik You’re safe Pete. You can go back to sleep now. There are no monsters under your bed.
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@petenanacsik It was a nice one. The whole condo sways. Of course if you’re close to the epicenter, not so nice.
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Earthquake!
May 16, 2013
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Stoked! (@ Sony Centre for the Performing Arts for Vampire Weekend and Haim w/ @zoeschafer)
http://4sq.com/149g1VS
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Alexandria 2.0: One Millionaire’s Quest to Build the Biggest Library on Earth | Threat Level | Wired.com
Here’s the problem with libraries. They catch on fire really easily . As such, they were the prized targets of the invading hordes of antiquity – the model collections of knowledge of their times, whose only fault was their inherent flammability. They were one-man, one-torch jobs. But the hordes…
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“Skeuominimalism” – I like that.
RT @andrewchen: Skeuomorphic vs. Flat vs. Skeuominimalism
http://bit.ly/19qRFHv
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The amount of french bread you can eat is directly proportional to the amount of french bread available.
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I get so much more work done when I take a day off. I should always take days off.
May 15, 2013
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OKC fans look like a giant carton of eggs. pic.twitter.com/y3oIHKEWXv
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Why Waiting in Line Is Torture – NYTimes.com
Bendik Kaltenborn SOME years ago, executives at a Houston airport faced a troubling customer-relations issue. Passengers were lodging an inordinate number of complaints about the long waits at baggage claim. In response, the executives increased the number of baggage handlers working that shift. The…