Month: August 2013
August 31, 2013
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If you look carefully, one thing 2 sec into this amazing dashcam explains another thing at 22 sec.
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16 year-old Lorde is ace:
“Royals”
“Tennis Court”
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Why no one’s listening to a Walkman – FT.com
This month, my family is obsessed with small, white, beautifully designed plastic gadgets. The reason? A few weeks ago, my oldest daughter received an iPod Touch in her Christmas stocking, while her sister got a docking station for her iPod. They are now so besotted with these presents that they are…
August 30, 2013
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The Lady & The Tramp scene in “Last Days” is ace. A debate about one film’s subtext is used as subtext in another.
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The “Disco will never be over” speech from the movie Last Days of Disco was highly prescient:
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Traffic Advisory: Your long-weekend getaway may be hampered by other people’s long-weekend getaways.
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Shane Carruth’s ‘Upstream Color’ is a trippy, sci-fi take on the forces that bind us together | The Verge
Nine years ago, Shane Carruth won Sundance’s Grand Jury Prize for Primer , a complex science fiction tale about the ramifications of time travel. Famously filmed on a $7,000 budget, Primer went on to gain a cult following for its incredibly strong and incredibly twisty plot (spoiler: this is as…
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“No boots on the ground” says Obama.
“No boots on the table” says my mom.
“Boots are made for walkin” says Nancy Sinatra.
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Wars, and rumors of wars.
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“Twerk” and “Freemium” will confound future people as much as “Bacciferous” or “Breedbate” do us.
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English is an open language. You can make up any word you want. If it’s used enough the dictionary will make note of it.
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People don’t understand that dictionaries define the words we use rather than define what words we can use.
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The Postal Service – The Documentary.
One of my all-time top albums.
August 29, 2013
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45 min call with @rogers (3rd time). Had to ask for escalation and threaten to cancel everything just to get phone unlocked. #confusopoly
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Outlining in Reverse – NYTimes.com
Draft is a series about the art and craft of writing. In my experience, one of the surest ways to kill the creative energy of a work of fiction at its inception is with an outline. The very word takes me back to fourth-grade English class, with all those confusing Roman numerals and capital letters.…
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A #tbt of my sister the shop clerk, age 18, in 1958. pic.twitter.com/xm7Nd2Gzcu
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Retailers, Take Note: Young Shoppers Don’t Care About Owning Your Stuff
http://www.fastcompany.com/3016354/leadership-now/retailers-take-note-young-shoppers-dont-care-about-owning-your-stuff
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The CN Tower’s light show has hidden images in it:
August 28, 2013
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Zócalo Public Square :: How Doctors Die
Years ago, Charlie, a highly respected orthopedist and a mentor of mine, found a lump in his stomach. He had a surgeon explore the area, and the diagnosis was pancreatic cancer. This surgeon was one of the best in the country. He had even invented a new procedure for this exact cancer that could…
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OMG
RT @GolfChannel: Tweet your ‘golf’ dream on the 50th anniversary of MLK’s ‘I have a Dream’ speech using:
#DreamDay: I have a dream…
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“Police Smelled Marijuana on 2 Chainz Tour Bus”:
http://nyti.ms/1dmY4d2
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The new King Krule album is ace.
He’s got that trendy “Ron Weasley as piss-drunk Billy Bragg produced by The xx” vibe.
August 27, 2013
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Q: What did the city of New York do with King Kong?
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I’m glad she took my career advice from July 10th.
RT @kenschafer: ♫ “Twerk Miley Miley Twerk” ♫
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Given it looks like Twitter has lost control of its DNS I suggest moving into high-skepticism for a bit.
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The DJ in American Culture: Resonant, Misunderstood » Sociological Images
The DJ in American Culture: Resonant, Misunderstood Oliver Wang PhD on January 22, 2013 As a sociologist who happens to DJ — or is that the other way around? — I’m always curious to see how DJing is depicted in popular culture and advertising. Ever since the 1970s, when the disco craze helped push…
August 26, 2013
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Dealing with @rogers is always a deep pit of sadness and frustration. Easily the most frustrating company I put up with.
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Cambrian Explosion of Everything « Petervan’s Blog
“The Cambrian explosion was the relatively rapid appearance of most major animal life forms, accompanied by major diversification of organisms. Before, most organisms were simple, composed of individual cells occasionally organised into colonies. Over the following 70 or 80 million years the rate of…
August 25, 2013
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Heh. People are tweeting their phone numbers.
RT @aaronpaul_8: Breaking bad thoughts? Concerns? Let me talk you thru it. Number please.