September 2009
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Pairing down my following list on twitter. Apologies to those who didn’t make the cut: it’s not you, it’s me. I just can’t keep up with you.
Note: if I know you IRL, you’re probably safe. As long as you’re interesting, funny, or add measurably to my daily life in some other fashion.
August 2009
GE / Nuclear Power / Saving the world... →
jayparkinsonmd:
I was privileged enough to meet Eric Loewen. He works for GE’s nuclear energy division. They’ve invented something called a PRISM reactor. It uses nuclear waste for power.
The US uses 3 terawatts of energy every year. The nuclear waste already buried across America can produce 300 terawatts of energy using a GE PRISM reactor, thus powering the US for 100 years with no new...
BAD BOYS 3! BAD BOYS 3! BAD BOYS 3! BAD BOYS 3!... →
teamtigerawesome:
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“I recall being told, when I first moved to Los Angeles and was living on an...”
– I’ve tried to read everything I can about the fires currently raging in Southern California, as the area’s palpable sense of pending doom has long been a morbid fascination of mine. Invariably, when such things take place, as they often tend to do, I’m reminded of Joan Didion’s essay “The Santa Ana”...
Is Tumblr becoming LiveJournal? Discuss.
(via mikehudack)
Ouch.
Spymaster
I’m leaving Spymaster due to frustration over the bugs, fraud, and apathy of the creators. I have $15M in a swiss bank acct. Who wants it?
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David Simon, creator of "The Wire," says... →
David Simon was appearing at the Edinburgh International TV Festival.
He said: “Television as a medium, in terms of being literate and telling stories, has short-changed itself since its inception.
“That is because of advertising.”
Simon, whose work originates on US subscription cable channel HBO, said: “Only when television managed to liberate itself from the economic...
"Illegal File Sharers spend the MOST on Legal... →
mikehudack:
spytap:
tanya77:
“… results revealed that users of P2P technology spend considerable money on traditional media and entertainment. They are, in fact, important and valued customers of the traditional media companies. Our survey shows that the P2P user attends 34% more movies in theaters, purchases 34% more DVDs and rents 24% more movies than the average internet user.”
So...
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"Illegal File Sharers spend the MOST on Legal... →
tanya77:
“… results revealed that users of P2P technology spend considerable money on traditional media and entertainment. They are, in fact, important and valued customers of the traditional media companies. Our survey shows that the P2P user attends 34% more movies in theaters, purchases 34% more DVDs and rents 24% more movies than the average internet user.”
So there’s “piracy” for you.
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“During the harshest period of my interrogation I gave a lot of false information...”
– Khalid Sheik Mohammed, in How a Detainee Became An Asset - washingtonpost.com
I recommend reading the whole article instead of simply this out of context quote. It gets to the heart of how effective torture was (and still doesn’t answer the question.) Here’s what happened:
KSM wasn’t cooperative....
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Why do we use the term "Web Television?"
Why do we use the term “Web Television?” Television is already its own medium. No one calls the Film medium “Theatrical Television.” TV isn’t “Visual Radio.”
Are we short-changing ourselves from the beginning by describing a burgeoning new medium as nothing more than a variation on an existing one?
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lizlet:
‘Coma, Period’ Heads To Strike.TV: http://bit.ly/16yq3r I’m not allowed to write about how much I love this show, that’s how much I love it.
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un-fucking-believeable
rickwebb:
lauraglu:
rickwebb:
vulgarlad:
Citi Bank has already received $45 Billion in government bailout money.
Two weeks ago they lobbied the Obama administration to okay $130 Million in bonuses to a mere 2 individuals.
Now they’re saying that they’ll need another $44 Billion from the government in order to stay solvent…but they swear this is it! Well I would certainly fucking hope...
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Theory: Time Doesn't Exist, and Space Isn't... →
This article blew my mind, especially the part where it describes how a single particle spinning in space might not actually be said to be spinning at all. I felt like CJ right after they flipped the map.
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As much fun as cats and sharks are, there should have been a “Velociraptor” option.
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Things About Crocodile Dundee
chriscantwell:
— Crocodile Dundee was made for under 10 million, as an Australian movie meant to appeal to American audiences.
— It became the highest-grossing movie worldwide of 1986.
— The real Crocodile Dundee and inspiration for the film, Robert Ansell, was killed in a shoot-out with police in 1999.
— Paul Hogan is extremely lame.
His name was ROD Ansell
Your apparent lack of this most...
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Twitter is the new trucker hat.
jayparkinsonmd:
I have been getting a ton of Twitter spam lately…i mention a word and I get an immediate tweet back trying to sell me something, 90% of people who have followed me in the past week are worthless bots, or people just trying out twitter and will never log in after tomorrow.
Due to Twitter’s limitations with appeal to people who aren’t geeks, function, and profile quality, it seems...
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Our J!NX TV Commercials Airing Right Now!!! →
stevewoolf:
Zadi and I met Ray Doustdar a few months ago when he got in touch with us to ask Zadi to be a part of the “Get Into It” brand campaign he was directing for J!NX, a clothing company…
Awesome!
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Chris Brogan's Trust Agents
If you want to matter in entertainment 5 years from now, read this book.
@ChrisBrogan - BTW, a quick peek inside Trust Agents over at FastCompany - http://bit.ly/o9qJr
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lizlet:
Fingers = wood-stained. Living room = disaster zone. Negligee with a snap-out crotch = acquired. One-act up in one week! http://bit.ly/SX71L
Man, I totally left the party early…
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Im the Batman →
slippy:
Epic /b/ thread. (via @acidargyle)
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Republicans, religion and the triumph of unreason. →
This is a great article that breaks down the lies about Healthcare reform, including names and citations about where and how and from whom the lies began; as well as what the truth is.
I found one comment to be exceptionally worth highlighting though:
The American media then presents itself as an umpire between “the rival sides”, as if they both had evidence behind them.
I’m...
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What Type Of Healthcare Do Republicans Really... →
And so, you might ask, what kind of healthcare reform do we support? Well, to be perfectly honest, we actually agree with about 70% of what’s in all of those bills floating around. But we’re not interested in seeing any healthcare reform bill passed. Even one we agree with. Why let Obama get all the credit for living up to his campaign promise, when we can defeat healthcare reform,...
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“If you think it is okay to execute somebody under the current law, you also...”
– Dan on Troy Davis (via marco)
Let’s not waffle here: It HAS happened before. Innocent people have been executed, full stop.
You either support the processes that allow it to happen (due to it being a statistical minority, a necessary evil, a societal reflection, or for another reason) or...
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District 9's Effects On the Film Industry
joshruben:
atencio:
What can be said about District 9 that hasn’t already been repeated ad nauseum? It’s clearly a revolutionary piece of filmmaking, and I believe the effects of the film will be felt in the film industry for some time. But I wanted to take a moment to examine those effects, and explain where I think District 9, and the success it will enjoy, will take us.
Rethinking the...
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2 videos and 2:15 of science that will stay with...
What happens when smoke rings collide.
The Big Bang explained in 2 minutes.