June 2009
Moving tomorrow. Just picked up the keys.
“From Tehran: people were wearing green wristbands in support of Moussavi/change....”
– LaraABCNews (via soupsoup)
sick days = food network
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I don’t think so. Not for me. Sick days = video on demand. I couldn’t take the food network today.
“The [new online magazine] model goes something like this: Find a vertical with...”
– AOL Cracks Web Publishing — Sans Time Warner - Advertising Age - MediaWorks
Rafer sez: This model would work well for highly trafficked social sites too. Mochila or a similar vendor could crank out specialty ‘zine after specialty ‘zine for Facebook, Myspace, Tagged, and Hi5.
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“Anderson describes an experiment conducted by the M.I.T. behavioral economist...”
– Malcolm Gladwell reviews Free by Chris Anderson: Books: The New Yorker (via tedr)
“So how does YouTube bring in revenue? Well, it tries to sell advertisements...”
– Gladwell reviews Chris Anderson’s “Free: The Future of a Radical Price” (via) (via ryanbrown) (via soupsoup) (via caterpillarcowboy)
Tip for future weddings: don't eat the mussels. ...
$100,000 CRA Challenge →
johncarney:
So this fellow named Barry Ritholtz is so frustrated with my arguments about the significant effect of the Community Reinvestment Act, that he decided to answer with bluster and bucks rather than a reasoned reply. Fortunatley, this might be an opportunity to make some money.
Here’s the deal. Barry wants to wager between $10,000 to $100,000 on the outcome of a debate over the...
“The greatest waste of talent in all this, however, is that of Mr Obama himself....”
– FT.com / Columnists / Clive Crook - Obama is choosing to be weak
“But Honduras is not out of the Venezuelan woods yet. Yesterday the Central...”
– O’Grady: Honduras Defends Its Democracy - WSJ.com
“Hours after the sitting president was deposed by a military-led coup, a new...”
– Honduran Congress names provisional president - CNN.com
I’m at La Colombe Torrefaction - Soho (270 Lafayette St, btw Houston & Prince, New York). http://bit.ly/2o5rsy
I’m at Tom and Jerry’s / 288 (288 Elizabeth St, at Houston, New York). http://bit.ly/1LRED
I’m at Tribeca Rooftop (2 Desbrosses St, btw Hudson Street and Greenwich St, New York). http://bit.ly/45EKhs
Honduras president arrested, local media report -... →
Hard to tell what’s going on here. The President’s trying to do something illegal and unconstitutional and so the military arrests him. The military deploys on the streets. Is it a coup? The military legitimately protecting the integrity of the constitution? Time will tell.
Does anyone know how to effectively clean sofa...
“I have never seen a party leadership lose two national elections back to back...”
– Rahm Emanuel (via notthatkindagay) (via apsies) (via soupsoup)
“The internet is the greatest generation gap since rock and roll.”
– Bruce Schneier (Filed under “recently reminded that …”) (via heather-rivers) (via chicagolab) (via jayparkinsonmd)
“When you ask Iranians about the way this might go, a phrase keeps cropping up....”
– BBC NEWS (via retropolitics)
“Government data today showed that the household savings rate rose to 6.9 percent...”
– Bloomberg.com
Read that second part again. Incomes growing faster than personal spending is a notable event thanks to our post-bizarro economy.
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I’m at Tom and Jerry’s / 288 (288 Elizabeth St, at Houston, NYC). http://bit.ly/1LRED
Watchbliptv:
Beet.TV: What the Hell is Ogg Theora, and Should We Care? Yup, Mike Hudack Explains
SNIFF! Somebody had too much caffeine…
Looking for apartments in New York City is a...
Watchasprettyasasong:
brooklynmutt:
Supreme Court: Strip search of child illegal
MSNBC notes that the only justice who ruled the strip search of the child constitutional was Clarence Thomas.
Raw Story
I am surprised by this decision. Based on the questions during oral arguments I expected the court to rule the other way (or the vote would be much closer).
This makes me very, very happy. I...
“UberCEO said one of the most surprising findings of the study was that no...”
– This is by far the least surprising thing labeled as “surprising” that you’ll read today. They’re Fortune 100 CEOs … They’re probably pretty busy.
Fortune 100 CEOs Remain Social Media Hermits
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“Well just another politician with a conservative mind and a liberal penis”
– Jon Stewart on SC Governor Mark Sanford (via arigreenberg)
OH: I had to close my eyes during parts of Finding Nemo.
“If I’d have last.fm running for my whole life the top thing on there would be...”
– says russell davies - I’ve had last.fm running since I was 18. I’ve only listened to music since age 16. I’ve *almost* scrobbled for my whole life. (via iamdanw)
Today’s dose of Crap, this makes me feel old.
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Proceeding with the presidential and provincial... →
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evangotlib:
biteofpythias:
I just read purported emails between Sanford and his mistress at the state. It is actually pretty sad to read them. Yes he comes across as a cheesy middle-aged republican dude, but it is also pretty clear that he was a man very much in love and very much conflicted about the relationship. She also seems to share this internal struggle over their love. I feel bad for...
I’m at Tom and Jerry’s / 288 (288 Elizabeth St, at Houston, NYC) . http://bit.ly/1LRED
I just ousted @potatono as the mayor of Tom and Jerry’s / 288 on @foursquare! http://bit.ly/1LRED
“White House: U.S. has rescinded invitations to Iranian diplomats to attend July...”
– @BreakingNews
I hope they still invite us to their eventual Independence Day.
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Web Video – An Industry out of Balance : Jim... →
Jim complains that he can’t get “non-organic viewers” to watch Revision3 shows for less than advertisers are willing to pay him for those views.
What he’s talking about is arbitrage, which only works in inefficient markets. Jim says that the video market is “unbalanced,” but what’s actually happening is that the video market is balancing. It’s...
“For this reason a prince ought to take care that he never lets anything slip...”
– Machiavelli | The Prince (via retropolitics)
Does anyone know how to get Snow Leopard to play...