January 2010
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“We had lost 650,000 jobs in December [2008] - I’m assuming your’e not faulting...”
– President Obama | TPMDC
I keep asking myself why the Republicans would have agreed to let Obama smack down their nonsense for 90 minutes on live television. And I keep coming to the same conclusion. They’ve started to believe their own bullshit. These people weren’t at all prepared for Obama to...
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“In one year, here’s what I caught (you might have your own list):
The last...”
– Free Publicity: Who do we help? - Anil Dash
I really, really enjoy Anil Dash.
(via gross)
Rafer sez: Easy to forget the glass-half-full points with the healthcare and wall street messes. McCain certainly would not have even gotten these done. He probably can’t understand why they’re important or...
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Alan, Nicest Man On Earth
writer-a:
sickinlove:
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hmwt:
I just want to take a minute out of my day today to say that Mr. Alan Sereboff is the nicest guy on the planet. I met him in person because he came to my work to pick me up and give me a ride to a shop he recommended when our car was broken. He had never met me before in his life and was still willing to take time out of his day to help me out of a...
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Taryn O'Neill connects and contrasts the birth of... →
My initial reaction to seeing the first tweet was ‘wow, Salinger was still alive?’ then, ‘frak I need to download Catcher in the Rye!’. The convergence of the past and the future present in one thought, of course, made me think: with the birth of the iPad came the symbolic death of the page.
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“Apple now owns and controls their own mobile CPUs. There aren’t many companies...”
– Daring Fireball: The iPad Big Picture (via mikehudack)
The implications of this on a business level are really astounding, and I’m honestly surprised more people aren’t talking about it.
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The iPad
lialia:
So earlier today I signed on Tumblr to do something fresh like like post a picture of a maxi pad and be like, “yo I already got my iPad, son!” until I realized that of course, the entire Internet had already beat me to it.
In any case, GC brought a tablet PC home not that long ago and I’ve been playing around on it ever since. From what I can tell, this computer does everything and more...
“Cloud computing arrived, making VC deal terms economic only as growth capital...”
– Deprogramming VC & Reprogramming SWOT
Jesus, Rafer is so smart sometimes. This is the best rendering I’ve seen of a thought I’ve had for a few months.
(via giantrobotlasers)
Exactly. So now VCs trying to play in the <$1mm range have had to figure out how to scale their operations to make...
“…But even in a Bergman film, things do tend to happen…”
– - via Liz Shannon Miller’s review of Easy To Assemble on NewTeeVee.
The snarky film student in me loves this line like the internet loves bacon.
Watchbliptv:
Epic Fu returns!
Welcome back Steve and Zadi! We missed you!
The Apple Tablet Interface Must Be Like This -... →
This is the best article I’ve read all day - and certainly the best I’ve read on the Apple Tablet. The sooner we destroy the current desktop environment of computing the better - it’s inefficient and unintuitive.
If you are talking hardware, you can speculate about many different features. But when it comes to the fabled Apple Tablet, there are basically three user interface...
“Last night, Harmonix launched the open beta of Rock Band Network, a radically...”
– Rock Band Network Is Creating An Exciting New Industry In Music Gaming
Woah. Awesome.
(via rickwebb)
I’ve been very intrigued as to how this affects both the unsigned music scene, and the indie-not-quite-mainstream scene. There’s nowhere to really break new artists nowadays, other...
iPhone And Android Now Account For 81 Percent Of... →
Key quote:
Increasingly this looks like a two-horse race between iPhone and Android, and all the other mobile phones don’t matter. No wonder Google only cares about targeting mobile ads to those two platforms.
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Electronic Arts Is Getting Into Venture Capital →
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Motorola launching 20-30 Android phones in 2010 --... →
Motorola’s going a long way to make sure Gartner’s “2nd largest mobile OS in 2012” prediction comes true.
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Aw fuck - I just realized I’ve reached the age at which companies are trying to resell my nostalgia back to me.
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Apple responsible for 99.4% of mobile app sales in... →
mikehudack:
soupsoup:
(via go)
If you build it, they will come.
Google and Palm built it, and they did not come.
I was just reading this article, the whole thing is a really fascinating read for anyone considering getting into the mobile app market (and getting me to completely re-evaluate my Android plans.)
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Clustertruck.org - Livemapping food trucks in LA →
You’re welcome, Angelinos.
Also, check by individual truck here - http://www.clustertruck.org/trucks
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12 Surprising Things Holding Back Online Video... →
“China, like other countries, manages its Internet according to the law.”
– Jiang Yu, spokeswoman for China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs (in response to questions about Google)
Because outlawing information protects the people.
(via headphonesnotrequired)
What they fail to mention is that they also make the laws. So it’s a little disingenuous to claim moral...
Responding to the Haiti Earthquake
squashed:
There aren’t a lot of natural disasters worse than the earthquake that just struck Haiti. The earthquake is such a disaster that the people who are normally in charge of telling you what a disaster it is are mostly dead or missing.
Earlier, I posted a list of charities that are set up to quickly get relief to those who need it. All of these charities are legitimate and regardless of...
“Welcome to NBC. Where our new slogan is, ‘No longer just screwing up...”
– Conan O’Brien, tonight’s monologue.
Ouch.
“Baboons are very sensitive to who stands where in their society’s hierarchy. If...”
– In Monkey Babble, Seeking Key to Human Language Development - NYT. This article astonished me. I plan on using this exact baboon technique to sow hierarchical confusion at my office. Also:
“The Campbell’s monkeys give a “krak” alarm call when they see a leopard. But adding an “-oo” changes it to a...
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lizlet:
In which I am mean and call people names. RT @NewTeeVee: Whose Fault Is It that OK Go Isn’t Going Viral? http://bit.ly/7D1xAr
Reblogging because this is a fantastic piece of evidence about how the nature of virality and the concept of an “information generation” totally eludes many mainstream (and pseudo-mainstream) entities. Liz absolutely nails it here.
Something something Conan something something outrage.
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Brief Apple thoughts
I don’t think we’re going to hear about a CDMA iPhone for Verizon this year. Next year, maybe even in January, but not this year. Don’t get me wrong, I’d love a Verizon iPhone, but I just don’t see it happening until 2011.
I think the talks that Apple and Verizon were having were for an exclusive contract with the iSlate or whatever Apple’s tablet will end up...
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marco:
Dan Moren, nicely expressing my biggest concern with any Apple “Tablet” that even slightly resembles everyone’s guesses:
Wait, wait, wait. We’re talking about a revolutionary new device that will let you watch videos, play music, and probably even control your own squadron of death robots (not included), and I’m worried about something as mundane as text entry?
Well, yeah.
Text entry...
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It's been known since 12/28 that Umar...
ericmortensen:
So why have the AP, WSJ, WaPo, CNN, Fox, Time, Newsweek, New York Times (at least they ran a correction), Boston Globe, Gannett, PIttsburgh Tribune Review, Sacramento Bee, Globe and Mail, Washington Times and Congressional Quarterly all said differently? And when will they stop?
(via TPMMuckraker)
“News” is not immune to the power of memes either. “News”...
Epic Fu is Back Jan. 21st! Where the Hell We've... →
evangotlib:
This is awesome!!!
Excellent!
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thedailywhat:
In Case You Missed It / Movie Trailer of the Day: First official trailer for the Ridley and Tony Scott-produced, Joe Carnahan directed adaptation of Frank Lupo and Stephen J. Cannell’s classic 80s TV show, The A-Team.
The film, which stars Liam Neeson (Col. John “Hannibal” Smith), Bradley Cooper (Lt. Templeton “Faceman” Peck), Sharlto Copley (Capt. H.M. “Howling...
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The Chairman of the Republican Party thinks that... →
So this just happened.
The door bell rings, I open it while finishing a phone call and having stuff to do.
Her: Hello sir. You look busy.
Me, noticing her religious pamphlets, just like the other three this week: No thank you.
Her: You're not busy?
Me: I'm not interested.
Her: You don't even know what I'm here about.
Me: Yes I do. Your group has been here three times in the past week. I'm not interested.
Her: Could I have a moment of your time? Jesus-
Me: I was polite before, I won't be now. I'm not going to be preached to in my own home. Get the fuck off my porch.
I close the door.
Her: God loves you!
Her friend: We'll pray for him.