Month: September 2013
September 15, 2013
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Oh my god.
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How to Use a Single Metric to Run Your Startup
http://j.mp/17YYjHm
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I think @postmates CEO @Basti is doing a fine job of apologizing for a lapse of judgement. Others could learn from this.
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Why two spaces after a period isn’t wrong (or, the lies typographers tell about history) – Heraclitean River
http://j.mp/1efEzno
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Driving With ‘Moby-Dick’ – NYTimes.com
Is there a stranger figure in American literature than the narrator of “Moby-Dick”? He says, “Call me Ishmael” — the very first words of the book — but that isn’t exactly the same as saying “My name is Ishmael.” He could be anyone, of any name, but Ishmael is what the reader must agree to call him…
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Mike Godwin reviews Pynchon:
http://reason.com/archives/2013/09/14/thomas-pynchons-silicon-alley
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The LA Book Review on Pynchon:
http://www.salon.com/2013/09/13/thomas_pynchon_attacks_the_internet_in_new_book_partner/
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Lethem reviews ‘Bleeding Edge,’ by Thomas Pynchon:
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“Tip-of-the-Tongue Syndrome,” Transactive Memory, and How the Internet Is Making Us Smarter
http://j.mp/1ef9AHR
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Why Twitter Buying MoPub Is a Very Big Deal
http://j.mp/14MlrKg
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A VC: The Fallacy Of Zero Sum Game Thinking
http://j.mp/162mlDE
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WHY DOES THIS KEEP HAPPENING???
http://www.cnn.com/2013/09/14/us/worlds-oldest-man-dies/index.html?hpt=hp_t2
September 14, 2013
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Are U.S. Carriers Really Enthused About BlackBerry 10? – News & Opinion
There’s a major disconnect between what BlackBerry is saying about U.S. carriers’ enthusiasm for its platform, and what the carriers themselves are saying. Unless this gets cleared up, BlackBerry 10 could be headed for an even weaker launch than Windows Phone saw here in the U.S. BlackBerry didn’t…
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“But I like Spiderman. Why do I have to hit Spiderman?”
http://ow.ly/oQURU
September 13, 2013
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US Senate declares October 7th to 13th Quackery Week:
http://scienceblogs.com/insolence/2013/09/13/us-senate-has-declared-october-7-to-13-to-be-quackery-week/#.UjOpJdXnVZw.twitter
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My daughters, walking down a busy Toronto street last night, being harassed by men of all ages. Makes me ashamed to be a man.
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For the love of everything holy people, please vaccinate your children!
http://www.cnn.com/2013/09/12/health/worst-measles-year/index.html?sr=sharebar_twitter
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The Lab Accident That Led to the Discovery of Supertasters – Alexis C. Madrigal – The Atlantic
A cloud of chemicals. One researcher detects a smell. The other does not. What happens next? Science. A food laboratory from 1935, though sadly not the one in the story (flickr/ University of Washington ). Like I always say, there are two kinds of people in this world: normal tasters and super…
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It’s easy to forget that iPad has been a bigger hit than iPhone.
RT @asymco: iOS product ramps (cumulative) pic.twitter.com/cuH76rgPRh
September 12, 2013
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This Insect Has Gears In Its Legs:
http://on.natgeo.com/17TkmiH
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How We Got From 9/11 to Massive NSA Spying on Americans: A Timeline | Mother Jones
http://j.mp/13TjJnL
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Why are you hitting yourself? If you don’t want to be hit why don’t you just stop? I think you’d stop hitting yourself if ya wanted to stop.
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There’s More to Life Than Being Happy – Atlantic Mobile
"It is the very pursuit of happiness that thwarts happiness." In September 1942, Viktor Frankl, a prominent Jewish psychiatrist and neurologist in Vienna, was arrested and transported to a Nazi concentration camp with his wife and parents. Three years later, when his camp was liberated, most of his…
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September 11, 2013
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Is technological progress a thing of the past? | vox
http://j.mp/1aYYJk9
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The ultimate Dots strategy guide
http://j.mp/16lz8OT
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Rebecca Coriam: lost at sea | World news | The Guardian
The Disney Wonder, from which Rebecca Coriam (right, top) vanished in March. All her parents Mike and Ann have been told is that the investigation is ‘still ongoing’. Photographs: AP; Chris Thomond (2) T he Port of Los Angeles, 23 October 2011. At the Goofy Pool on deck 9 of the Disney Wonder , the…
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C is for Cognitive Illusion
http://j.mp/17WQTCu
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The Short Sentence as Gospel Truth
http://j.mp/19HWI88
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