May 2009
How to photograph a room
snpsht:
So you are trying to rent out your place, want to show off how you live or just keep memories – usually, the pictures won’t turn out the way you imagined.
Here are some tips:
Get/rent a wide-angle lens (alternatively, put your camera on the zoomed out setting you got),
clean up anything that is small, laying around or distracting; straighten out your furniture,
go in the corner of...
“Twitter is the new telephone.”
– Chris Brogan, at today’s BEA event (via peterwknox)
Bullshit.
The Streaming Content Is There, Just Not Enough... →
fitzlist:
Nice analysis of the market opportunity for broadband content to the TV - Takeaway is we are still in proof of concept phase.
Broadband content could include music, TV shows, movies, movie trailers, music videos, and user generated content.
I think that the best thing that could happen is Netflix online really takes off. This could habbituate consumers to recieving premium content...
Why Sayed Kashua Is Awesome
negevrockcity:
Kashua’s latest Haaretz column. And for all the Israeli nationalists who get upset that a Muslim Arab is one of the country’s best known Hebrew writers, I say shove it:
We ordered dinner - and it turned out to be full of surprises. They may speak at least three languages in Switzerland, but Hebrew, Arabic and English are not among them. And so we were served a pizza when we were...
“Programming languages are written by and for men. They are designed for the way...”
– Why are there fewer female developers? » Trogger
“The choice: You can dissipate your gift by making the people with the loudest...”
– Seth Godin, Saying “No” (via GB) (via seanjohnson) (via superamit) (via rafer)
Voting Drops 83 Percent In All-Digital Election -... →
“We’ve toiled under the tyranny of the click for too long,” IAB chief Randall...”
– Deep Media: Ad Sense? Googlenomics and the Tyranny of Click-Through (via heyitsnoah)
Unmanned Spaceflight.com →
“Spirit is stuck in an “insidious invisible rover trap.”
– SPACE.com — Spirit Stuck in ‘Insidious Invisible Rover Trap’ on Mars
More thoughts about the web and pay television
bijan:
Just last week I wrote about internet & pay television (cable & satellite).
Few things since then:
1 - Live web video is just starting to emerge as I pointed out in that post.
Even since my earlier post on the subject I’m seeing new technologies that will deliver high quality, live online video at a low cost and faster than I thought. That’s huge.
The day I can see live sports...
“lawyers have had extensive jury trial experience in patent infringement cases...”
– Niro, Scavone, Haller & Niro
“I think its a real disappointment to see where Internet video has come,”...”
– Right. We don’t have any advertising standards at all. Idiot.
Cuban: Internet video progress ‘disappointing’ | Beyond Binary - CNET News
“People have a deep desire to communicate with animals, as is evident from the...”
– Human Language Gene Changes How Mice Squeak - NYTimes.com
My co-worker Angus (@angusm) is far too witty
justinday:
Angus’ response to an email thread titled “Summertime is a great time to get in shape”…
From: Angus To: Everyone Subject: Summertime is a great time to lie on the beach
Summertime is a great time to kick back and do nothing. But you can’t count on idleness and weight gain happening by themselves. Experience has shown that in summer particularly, people are likely to just slip into...
I’m at Tom and Jerry’s / 288 (288 Elizabeth St, at Houston, NYC) .
I’m at Tom and Jerry’s / 288 with @ChrisFaile.
I've been reading Wikipedia articles about Mexico...
“RAND studies released in the mid-1990s found that using drug user treatment to...”
– Mexican Drug War - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
“In April 2008, General Sergio Aponte, the man in charge of the anti-drug...”
– Mexican Drug War - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
“Now that the South Korean puppets were so ridiculous as to join in the said...”
– The Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of Korea (DPRK)
My Way News - NKorea threatens to attack US, SKorean warships
“It is not necessarily true that the same person will be toxic or nourishing in...”
– Milton Glaser (via youngna) (via dpstyles)
“More soldiers killed themselves in January of this year than died in battle,...”
– Army post shuts down for anti-suicide event - CNN.com
“Fort Campbell, home of the Army’s 101st Airborne Division, is holding a...”
– Army post shuts down for anti-suicide event - CNN.com
You should read this article. It’s very good, and very poignant. It makes us remember just what our soldiers go through, and how vulnerable they can sometimes be.
When I am looking back at my life, I will remember...
thewordunheard:
I will also remember that I got a perfect score, and I will regard this as one of my proudest accomplishments.
Lesson learned: if you try hard enough it’ll all work out, even if you make an ass of yourself along the way.
“None of our top executives are moving to Ireland, but that’s totally irrelevant....”
– An Accenture spokesman, on the company’s plans to relocate its place of incorporation from tax-friendly Bermuda to more tax-friendly Ireland, and thus thwarting the Obama Administration’s plans to snag more revenue from multinational corporations.
Notable News From the Tech World
“We interrupt your regularly scheduled productivity for a quick note on an...”
– Adam Pash, Lifehacker
I think some ad sales people are missing a part of their brain that allows them self-awareness.
(via soupsoup)
“Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don’t matter and...”
– Dr. Seuss (via barbara)
youngmanhattanite:
John Carney was missed last night. He will be missed for many nights.
Yes.
“And broadcasters thought last season — the one with the writers strike...”
– Broadcast ends rough season; top nets down 16%—The Live Feed
“Air travel during the U.S. Memorial Day holiday may decline about 1 percent,...”
– Bloomberg.com (via retropolitics)
I believe that swine flu, the recession, Mexican cartel violence and more are all part of a conspiracy to make American’s vacations to Mexico cheaper.
I’m at Barramundi with @nmcglynn @brianvan.
I’m at Sweet and Vicious with @heyitsnoah @nmcglynn @kkearney @danmaccarone.
New bill wants fiber conduit built into every road... →
mattlehrer:
The big cost of laying new fiber is digging up and repaving the roads—so why don’t we just lay fiber conduit in the ground every time a road is rebuilt? That’s the idea behind Rep. Anna Eshoo’s new Broadband Conduit Deployment Act.
Brilliant!