Month: May 2013
May 15, 2013
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I predict an Amy & Samy reality show.
May 14, 2013
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Parallax is the new Blink Tag.
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Do You Suffer From Decision Fatigue? – NYTimes.com
Three men doing time in Israeli prisons recently appeared before a parole board consisting of a judge, a criminologist and a social worker. The three prisoners had completed at least two-thirds of their sentences, but the parole board granted freedom to only one of them. Guess which one: Case 1…
May 13, 2013
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I predict a riot.
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Warren Ellis » How To See The Future
This is the raw text of the keynote I gave at Improving Reality on Thursday. Thanks again to Honor and her crew for being so wonderful, and for so kindly inviting me. HOW TO SEE THE FUTURE Warren Ellis The concept of calling an event Improving Reality is one of those great science fiction ideas.…
May 12, 2013
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My Mom and me about 30 years ago. pic.twitter.com/1RZX2lPrzM
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“Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it Jerry! Repeat it I tell ya!”
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A Year of Rdio | Rob Weychert
A Year of Rdio I have long been skeptical of music subscription services like Spotify and Rdio . What serious music fan would pay a monthly fee to have a remote, fallible gatekeeper between himself and a woefully incomplete music catalog? To forsake my personal collection in favor of that system…
May 11, 2013
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“Rural Juror”
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Microsoft’s New Logo and Digital Authenticity
Imprint: Print Magazine’s Design Blog Imprint is Print’s design blog and community, with a rich daily selection of stories and opinion from the likes of Steven Heller, Seymour Chwast, Paula Scher, Rick Poynor, Debbie Millman, Paul Shaw and many others. It’s the best design blog for news, commentary,…
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True Fact: Seat placement in the Oracle Center was determined by tracking the path of 50 drunk squirrels let loose in the arena.
May 10, 2013
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I’m done like Donkey Kong.
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I always had a soft spot for dance shows. Here’s TO’s Electric Circus:
Bonus: Nick from Hi Bias!
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Here, watch the “Beta Love” video. It will make you happy.
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I’d just like to point out I was sending around that Ryan Gosling link YESTERDAY.
Step up your game people.
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How To Copy Apple – FINCH
The day after an Apple announcement is full of articles that are office chair quarterbacking the company’s decisions and cooking up large pots of claim chowder on its future. Here is my take on what these blogs are saying is in store for the tech giant. Some of the main criticisms I’ve seen so far…
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Oh snap! RT @cdarwin: 4 of us from the Beagle are living here, inc. Miss Fuegia Basket, who daily increases in every direction except height
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Tin-pot dictators are the worst kind of dictators. Unctuous bureaucrats of the unimportant and dehumanizing.
May 9, 2013
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OMG
RT @gw280: @bwinton @kenschafer I had 96 in a week once
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How many Cadbury Easter Creme Eggs a day are too many?
Asking for a friend.
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Google Fiber Issues Public Challenge: Get Up To Speed! | Business | TIME.com
TIME Photo-Illustration; Sign: Getty Images Google is set to install super-high-speed Internet broadband service in 180 Kansas City neighborhoods. Follow @TIMEBusiness Six years ago this month, Google moved into one of the largest buildings in New York City . Google had only been public for two…
May 8, 2013
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Anti-GMO about as scientifically valid as Anti-Global Warming:
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A video game where bad guys are unflaggingly HAPPY:
Motivational Speakers
B-day Clowns
Weathergirls
Mormons
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Hopping on the Leafs bandwagon for this OT period.
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Apple is the New Porsche 911 (by @baekdal) #insights
Apple no longer focus their time on trying to come up with new designs. They refine the shape they already have. Written by on September 5, 2012 As you probably already know, the new iPhone 5 is expected to be announced on September 12, and released in the US about a week later. An according to the…
May 7, 2013
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Factory Record’s founder Tony Wilson has the most beautiful headstone ever (by Peter Saville):
http://www.creativereview.co.uk/cr-blog/2010/october/peter-saville-anthony-wilson-headstone
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FAC 001 – A flyer
FAC 010 – Joy Division’s 1st LP
FAC 051 – The Hacienda Nightclub
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Seriously, this scared the crap out of me when I was a kid. Had to hide behind the chesterfield.
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