August 2009
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Disney’s Iger On Authentication: ‘We Should Get... →
There’s so much of this article that I take issue with, but I’d like to highlight two sections:
Our product is extremely valuable … and if we are offering it on another platform or in another location for the consumer to access it, I believe that’s more value we are delivering [to a distributor or consumer] and we should get paid appropriately.
…
Iger also talked...
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July 2009
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“Some critics attack single-payer, arguing that under such a program, government...”
– Obama’s Doctor Speaks Out for Single-Payer Healthcare Reform (via azspot) (via marco) (via squashed) (via asprettyasasong) (via ericmortensen)
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“It is a rare mind indeed that can render the hitherto non-existent blindingly...”
– Douglas Adams
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“There is a theory which states that if ever anybody discovers exactly what the...”
– Douglas Adams
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“A Boston cop insisted he was not a racist as he apologized for calling Harvard...”
– Boston cop Justin Barrett suspended for calling Henry Louis Gates a ‘jungle monkey’ (via nickdouglas) (via mikehudack)
I love how “I did not mean to offend anyone” is somehow expected to magically erase an obviously offensive remark. I believe what he meant was:
“I did not...
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Watchericmortensen:
The Daily Show | So You Think You Can Douche
Jon runs through the latest in GOP dommentator crazy.
It’s times like this where my choices are:
A) Doubt the progress of civilization.
or
B) Shake my head and laugh.
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Final mileage tally from this morning’s 7am barefoot beach run: 4.0
Universal Pictures and Illumination Entertainment... →
I want to be on the record as being TOTALLY AGAINST and NOT OKAY WITH this idea.
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The biggest question I have is: “Can I trust a market where my own health is in direct competition with a company’s profits?”
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Barefoot Running: Episode 2
Calves still destroyed from last week, I was favoring the right very heavily and hoped to “work it out” as everything warmed up. 5 minutes into the run, though, I had to stop due to excruciating pain. The soles of my feet still need to toughen up as well, I’m thinking of taking my dad’s advice and doing some beach running for a while, but before I do, I think I’m...
blip.tv: the next generation
bliptv:
This morning we unveiled what we’ve been working on for the better part of a year. If you attended our breakfast event or watched it via LiveStream you’ve already seen the demos. If not you should shortly be getting access to the new stuff.
Our announcement focused on several things:
A completely new Show Creator Dashboard (this is being rolled out slowly, starting with about a...
REPORT: James May to build life-sized Lego house.... →
I find it so hard to not to love James May. Part of me…part of me wants to BE James May.
A bigger part of me probably wants to be Hamster though.
You know you have serious obsession issues when...
lialia:
1.) One co-worker returns from Comic-Con and shoots you an IM saying, “Don’t worry, RPatz is saving himself for you…”
2.) And just a few hours later, another, different co-worker gifts you with this week’s Sports Illustrated, which has Tim Tebow (<3) on the cover.
That’s just social (life) networking.
“Yesterday, to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the moon landing, the three...”
– Conan O’Brien (via jacobjoaquin) (via ericmortensen)
rickyv:
The lack of barriers to entry in the media business is devaluing media businesses. The lack of barriers to entry in human interaction, caused by social media, is devaluing personal communication. Hundreds of “happy birthday” messages sent via facebook turn into more of a nuisance than a joy to receive.
Or, in either circumstance, it’s making it harder to be generic and forcing new...
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It's good to have goals; it's better to meet them.
Five months ago, on February 15th, I decided to get my ass in shape.
I was the heaviest I’ve ever been at 175lbs and wanted to get back down to my senior year of high school fighting weight of 155; aka: what’s written on my driver’s license. I gave myself 3 months to do so; in two months I hit my goal.
May 1st, I gave myself another 3 month goal: a single digit percentage of...
“You ever have those moments where - just briefly - you wonder whether all of...”
– My most recent email to the gentleman helping me figure out my company’s health insurance.
the two oldest and most distant supernovae to be... →
arielwaldman:
“The furthest two supernovae the team found occurred about 11 billion years ago”
Lots of good articles this morning
Interesting articles on Apple TV’s future, Ning’s new cash, Online Advertising’s $65B problem, a few articles on the Apple Tablet and Diggbar changes, some GDrive/ChromeOS integration speculation, and Palm’s Pre problems.
Oh, and Ben Parr asks is the world ready for Google Wave?
"A man was engulfed in flames after a police taser...
mikehudack:
monkeytypist:
sofuckingmetal:
Setting your suspects on fire instead of questioning them is so fucking metal.
Is being ignorant of the fact that this man is black, and that indigenous Australian communities are often decimated by petrol sniffing since locals can’t afford to abuse alcohol or other drugs, fucking metal as well? Please advise.
(benjaminpalmer:mikehudack)
I’m not...
Whoa...
I just found out that Craig Mazin and Ted Elliot’s website The Artful Writer linked to my essay, writing:
Fascinating essay here, well worth reading. Even if none of it turns out to be true, it’s a sober and informed analysis, which means it’s better than 99.9% of the stuff you read on the web about the future of our business.
SAGWatch also picked it up; the comments there are fascinating...
On Customer Service, an example of what not to do.
Dear UPS: If you don’t have the ability to make any changes to the drivers schedules, they why on Earth would you have an option of “make alternate delivery arrangements” both on the “missed delivery notice” and your website? If all that option does is offer you the ability to return to sender, you’re simply setting up customer service expectations that will...
“Early in my career…I had to choose between an honest arrogance and a...”
– Frank Lloyd Wright
Ars reviews Wii Sports Resort →
marco:
There are so many times during the course of gameplay where you’ll wish an event or challenge were stretched into an entire game with a story, characters, or even online play. As it stands, you’ll play something, be amazed at the clever controls, be disappointed that the overall experience is so thin, and then come back and continue playing to show your friends or fight for a higher...
July 28
bliptv:
We’re going to be having a press event at our office in New York City on July 28th. It’ll be a breakfast event. We’ll be making an announcement, giving a demo, and having several guest speakers from other video and video-related companies.
Participants will include:
YouTube;
Verizon FiOS;
Sony Consumer Electronics;
MediaVest;
Roku;
ComScore;
FreeWheel;
TubeMogul;
TiVo.
...
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Not Every CEO Needs to Be a Social-Media Star →
I’m not sure I agree with the reasonings here - I think it’s just as likely a generational gap given the average age of Fortune’s top 100 CEOS - but the article (and link therein) is interesting nonetheless.
“_ wabt to xome down to LA but don’t kbow wheb. Texting In twilight so...”
– Part of an email from my mother earlier today. I know she’s trying to communicate something, but until I’m able to employ a translator for what appears to be Sanskrit, I’m at a loss as to what, exactly, the intended message was.
I miss my grandfather terribly today
ladimcbeth:
It’s hard not to on the anniversary of the moon landing, because in a small way, it was his victory, too. My grandfather was an engineer for NASA. He helped design the engines and propulsion systems on the Lunar module.
He was a brilliant, brilliant man. And I think of things I wish I’d asked him all the time. I know he would have known the answer.
The App Market Will Be As Big As The Internet In... →
With 10 million apps, the mobile applications market will be as big as the Internet in 2020.
Power Struggle Ends: Volkswagen to Acquire Porsche →
Presented without comment, mainly because I couldn’t think of one that didn’t involve referencing Germany and Hostile Takeovers.
And I’d like to think I’m more charitable than that.
But those fuckers better keep the soul of Porsche alive or there’ll be hell to pay…
On Christian Nations
Whenever I’m being yelled at told that the United States is a “Christian Nation,” and that my beliefs make me “Unamerican” or “A Traitor,” or in one case “illegal,” I like to re-read the 1797 Treaty of Tripoli.
Specifically, article 11.
It’s also worth noting that the Treaty was one of the very few unanimous votes recorded in the...
D.C. police chief says drivers who use iPhone to... →
Drivers who are sick of speed traps, red light cameras, and other assorted “revenue generation” being put above their safety, responded with a middle finger, a smoky burnout, and immense sales of the app.
