October 2009
Do you use Instapaper?
shutupinternet:
If you do, post your username and I’ll be sure to read some of the stuff you save for later. I need more material to read anyway…
My name on there is ZackShapiro by the way. Feel free to add me.
Thanks.
Instapaper is easily my most-used ipod touch application. I don’t just love it, I Fucking Love(TM) it.
I am making a drinking game with myself
ewilcox:
called “Drink every time you hear yourself say ‘And NOW I am really going to write!’”
I bet I’ll probably be wasted in a few hours.
39 minutes later, having peed on a potted plant for “mocking” her…
September 2009
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How To Pitch Me Your Web Series
lizlet:
Since taking on the role of NewTeeVee’s reviews editor, I receive more and more emails from creators asking me to take a look at their web content (many of whom find me through this blog, which is why I’m posting this here). I use a lot of these pitches in my quest to cover the best and brightest in online video, but every time I go through that particular email folder, I see some...
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A Glance At Internet History Suggests MySpace Is... →
Interesting article from SAI, but the reminder history lesson of Excite, Lycos, and Infoseek is particularly interesting.
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Responses to last night's Craigslist Ad
As some of you might remember, last night in a fit of Adobe CS4 induced hysteria I posted the following ad to Craigslist Gigs:
Pilots needed to defend the universe. (Earth)
Pilots needed for group of universal defenders. I am in desperate need for four pilots to help with my new planetary defense force endeavor. This is a (hopefully) long-term gig. I have invented five robotic lions which are...
Tired of fighting with CS4, I took a break and...
Pilots needed to defend the universe. (Earth)
Pilots needed for group of universal defenders. I am in desperate need for four pilots to help with my new planetary defense force endeavor. This is a (hopefully) long-term gig. I have invented five robotic lions which are able to combine together to form a (larger) giant space robot. I intend to use these giant robots to defend earth from the...
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“Mainstream outlets who gag social media efforts are unilaterally disarming in...”
– David Carr, Washington Post to Staff Twitterers: Watch Your Mouth (via soupsoup)
David Carr’s very smart, sensible take on staffers publishing without a net. Honestly, you people would be appalled at what this Tumblr would publish if we thought we could get away with it…
(via newsweek)
Whoever...
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If you're a businessman, why are half the items on...
There are two schools of thought when it comes to the publicly accessible image of a modern businessman:
Anyone who runs across your name or occupation anywhere should be able to get an immediate grasp on who you are, what you’re doing, and your place in whatever field you work in. Anything beyond or outside of that is personal and therefore inappropriate.
People are more complicated than...
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Do not update your Iphone. My shit is totally...
alanfm78:
(via frangry)
No problems here…haven’t heard of any. Curious as to what kind of fucked you’re speaking…
Gonna go out on a limb and say it’s not the “fun and satisfied” kind.
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MGM Makes Phone Plea To Bondholders To Stay Alive;... →
Every so often when I tell people what I do, they respond with
“But no one makes money on the internet. You should just go into TV or film.”
Or
“If you can’t make enough money off of a million views, what’s the point? The medium is worthless.”
If you can’t make enough money off of James fucking Bond you’ve got bigger problems than I, my...
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Official: Water Found On The Moon →
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Public Service Announcement: Pho Cafe
tesslynch:
do not get anything with meatballs.
this is a promise.
Meatballs is always the wrong Pho choice. The right choice is to get down to K-town and hit up Pho 2000, order the Littel Tai and a Thai iced tea, and spend the next 30 minutes wondering what sort of alien technology they use that allows the Pho to never lose temperature despite being in the open.
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Top Gear Series 14 (the next one) going HD →
Regardless of what viewers may think of the opinions of Jeremy Clarkson and his cohorts at Top Gear, no one can argue with the production values. The cinematography is magnificent and even those who couldn’t care less about cars find themselves getting sucked into the BBC program’s visuals. Amazingly though, aside from one 2007 special, the show has always been shot with standard...
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Obama
I agree with about 65% of what he’s done so far. Not everything, but a solid majority. Oftentimes, I’ll have friends or family send me items of interest - usually knowing I’ll disagree with them - with some variation on “Is this the change you voted for?”
It’s meant to be a damning statement: “Your savior isn’t perfect. Your interests are no...
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Republicans Move to Block Network Neutrality →
marco:
Just hours after Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski proposed expanding the network neutrality authority of the agency Sept. 21, Senate Republicans moved to block the initiative. Using an appropriations bill as a vehicle, Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison introduced an amendment that would deny the FCC any funds for developing or implementing new Internet regulations.
...
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What Have VCs Really Done for Innovation?... →
…we interviewed the founders of 549 successful companies in several high-growth industries – the ones VC’s are most likely to fund. We selected companies that had made it out of the garage and were generating real revenue. Guess what? Hardly ten percent of the serial entrepreneurs took venture money in their first startups. In their subsequent launches, the proportion who took venture...
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From Nothing To Something: How To Get There... →
This guest post was written by Meebo CEO Seth Sternberg. It is the first in a series of posts he’s writing about the decisions a young entrepreneur needs to make when she/he is first starting a business.
My Paper for Professor Wilcox on the subject of...
ewilcox:
mundy:
Girls are rad cause they like stuff and they are people, but different type of people. You know? I like that they have boobs. Cause, boobs are rad two. In conclusion, I think when Johnny told Pony Boy to “stay gold” he wanted to Pony to hold on to his youth, for they grew up too fast in that dusty Oklahoma town.
P.S. I am going to miss class next Tuesday, I got a thing.
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“When I am asked if I like LA and reply that I do, it is common for my...”
– Stephen Fry, A Tale of Two Cities (via k8-marie)
I wholeheartedly agree. Los Angeles and Manhattan. Beatles and Stones. I can have my cake and eat it too.
(via jeninla)
“The ritual presentation of the accountants responsible for tallying the votes...”
– Television Thanks You For Watching - Review - NYTimes.com
Last night, Casey McKinnon tweeted that “The Dr Horrible skit on the Emmys was cute, but I wish it didn’t poke fun at my industry.” A reasonable note, but one I didn’t agree with. Couldn’t figure out why until just now.
(via lizlet)
I...
Batman: Arkham Asylum
Is definitely GOTY material.
Feels like Super Metroid with Batman playing Samus (this is a good thing.)
Is tremendously solid in gameplay, controls, execution, atmosphere, character, and overall fun.
Has the best melee combat system I’ve played in a LONG time.
Sucked up almost 5 hours of my life this afternoon.
Was an awesome birthday present from my little brother. (Thanks dude!)
...
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Memo to Start-ups: You’re Supposed to Be Changing... →
Web visionaries like Reid Hoffman and Sean Parker struggled to come up with positive feedback on stage. Robert “I-get-excited-by-nearly-any-start-up” Scoble was so bored he was playing Hangman via Twitter with Paul Carr. Marc Andreessen praised Udorse—a company that he joked would make the world a worse place if it succeeded—because at least it was a new idea. Tim O’Reilly said he didn’t care...
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Think Progress: Limbaugh says we need to return to... →
tanya77:
soupsoup:
retropolitics:
I’ll bet he wouldn’t feel that way if we were talking about this type of “segregated bus”.
This is evil. Just evil.
“White kids getting beat up on school buses now…in Obama’s America, the white kids now get beat up…”
The implication, of course, being “this is all backwards, this isn’t how it should be.”
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Because he asked nicely...
hydeordie:
The good thing about Ronen is that he doesn’t ask questions. No, he does, he just doesn’t ask the annoying ones.
“Hyde, why are you touching that?”
“Hyde, why are you trying to climb that hill?”
“Aren’t you going to get dirty?”
“Why is your scarf on your head?”
“Why are you spinning?”
“How did you never learn how to whistle?” Y
ou will never hear him say those things ever. He...
pauldateh:
blackbird (by the beatles) as performed...
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You aren't Da Vinci.
mikehudack:
everythingismedia:
attentionindustry:
This isn’t necessarily a bad thing. Very few people are Da Vinci, very few people have the ability to excel in many different areas. But the assumption that you HAVE to be Da Vinci causes some serious problems.
If you’re crap with numbers, you wouldn’t do your own accounting. It would be idiotic to do so. Similarly, If you are a world...
