April 2010
“Maybe the most exciting thing about iPad is the apps that aren’t here yet. The...”
– Apple’s iPad is a touch of genius - Boing Boing (via jaybushman)
This reminds me of a talk I had recently with a good friend of mine…
March 2010
“However, as it appears that Mr. Smith does not want to be associated with a...”
– Fox News gets bitchy. “Mr. Smith” = LL Cool J. “The special” = Sarah Palin’s Real Men of Genius or whatever her new Fox show is called. ”Not want to be associated” = he tweeted that they used footage from a different interview to promote the show. ”Fledgling acting career” = 21 film roles since...
Job Opportunity
From a friend at a talent agency, email me for more details.
I’m looking for a great assistant/coordinator with experience/interest in digital media, television and comedy. Need someone professional, energetic and detail oriented with industry experience, this position will entail some real responsibility in all of these areas re scouting, project management and client interaction and is...
President John Adams Signed Health Insurance... →
mikeambs:
peterwknox: notthatkindagay:
In July, 1798, Congress passed, and President John Adams signed into law “An Act for the Relief of Sick and Disabled Seamen,” authorizing the creation of a marine hospital service, and mandating privately employed sailors to purchase healthcare insurance.
This legislation also created America’s first payroll tax, as a ship’s owner was required to...
Reputation Is Dead: It’s Time To Overlook Our... →
I know this is a day old, so it’s already been commented on, but if you haven’t read it yet I highly recommend you do. Read it not for the commentary, but for the implications that a “Yelp, for people” has in the connected world. Privacy, for all intents and purposes, is about to go through a more dynamic shift than ever before. It’s been said before that we live in...
david:
It seems like every month I need a new haircut. How do people do it?
Well, about two years ago I said “fuck it” and started shaving my head. So there’s always that option.
What to do if you're the first human ever to make... →
I might have to get this framed for my wall - just in case.
Republican think tanks agreed with Obama's health... →
spiegelman:
but they didn’t want anyone to know that.
I’m not surprised. Half of it was exactly what various Republicans had proposed over the past decade.
James Cameron On Glenn Beck: 'He's A F#*@king... →
(via evangotlib)
I read about this (he’s right, by the way.) The first thing I thought was “Didn’t James Cameron just make Fox an amount of money measured in “Billions” and isn’t he probably in negotiations for a second film in the same franchise?”
I don’t know if Glenn Beck realizes how quickly FOX will take Cameron’s side in this fight if...
Watchsloaneberrent:
Props to stevewoolf where I found this gem.
I love this to a probably unhealthy degree.
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An open letter to conservatives →
This is the letter I always wanted to write, but never found the time to (exhaustively) research; so thank you to the author for doing so. I respect and agree with most conservative (small c) ideologies, however the current “conservative” party is so bereft of these ideas that it’s an embarrassment to rational thought. I’m not a party affiliate by any stretch, so as soon as...
Wow, when 4chan is making more sense than an... →
“No illusions please: This bill will not be repealed. Even if Republicans scored...”
– David Frum (via soupsoup) (via newsweek)
Scientists supersize quantum mechanics →
A team of scientists has succeeded in putting an object large enough to be visible to the naked eye into a mixed quantum state of moving and not moving.
What a daft way to stop your spaniel eating the... →
This is easily the most sense Jeremy Clarkson has ever made. It’s actually very thought-provoking.
“Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.”
– Carl Sagan (via emilyposts) (via pop17)
Rock 'n' Roll Metro Map →
Archdiocese defends decision to deny children... →
writer-a:
spytap:
[redacted due to length. Original post here]
Point taken Barrett and I agree with you on principle, but doesn’t the church, being a religious institution, receive a tax exemption? If so, then they’re riding on the backs of the community, a portion of which are the hard working people whose children they’re exempting. They want to discriminate based on their beliefs; like...
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Archdiocese defends decision to deny children... →
Here’s my take on this: It’s a horrible decision. It’s punishing the children because of an arbitrary religious law. It’s awful and shameful. But it’s the type of decision that a private institution is allowed to make.
I’m a product of a religious schooling background. The Jesuits taught me how to think, not just how to recite facts and figures. Was there...
Hey look, it's a bunch of people on Reddit talking... →
Welcome to nostalgia.
TED 2010: The Price in Human Suffering of Being... →
In a well-meaning attempt to be tolerant of other cultures and religions we often blithely subvert our values and morality, says Sam Harris, the outspoken critic of blind religious faith. We do this because we think that questions about good and evil or right and wrong cannot be answered definitively. But they can, he told a rapt audience at the Technology, Entertainment and Design conference...
“Hulu is essentially left without many options.”
– Charging fees for Hulu comes with its own problems - Yahoo! News
A not very rosy perspective on Hulu.
(via jryu) (via mikehudack)
(via evangotlib)
I remember saying half a year ago that Hulu was a business with a three year lifespan. Turns out I might have been overly optimistic.
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On moving downtown, and having guests. (reblogging...
Beth: We'll need new sofas.
Me: Why?
Beth: We'll need a sofa bed. They (the lofts we're considering) don't come in two bedrooms.
Steve: Wait, what? You guys are planning a move downtown?
Me: We're considering it.
Steve: You guys know how awesome it is down here, right?
Me (ignoring Steve): We don't need new sofas, we can just get an air mattress. We don't have guests that often.
Steve: Hold on, answer me first.
Me: Yes, Steve. We know how awesome it is. Beth, any additional thoughts?
Beth: I was thinking more about my mom.
Me: And sofas?
Beth: And sofas.
Me: Your mother stays with us maybe two nights a year. Out of 365. That doesn't necessitate an entirely new sofa set.
Beth: Please don't kill my dreams.
Steve: Oh, I get it. YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS.
Beth: Calm down, Steve, we're still in the "checking out our options" phase. And I haven't gotten my new sofas yet.
Me: Why are the two of you high-fiving?
Hilarious article in Newsweek from 1995 about how... →
newsweek:
tanya77:
theoriginaljoefisher:
There’s literally nothing the article gets right. Money quote:
Do our computer pundits lack all common sense? The truth in no online database will replace your daily newspaper, no CD-ROM can take the place of a competent teacher and no computer network will change the way government works.
Don’t let Newsweek see this.
We already did! And...
“It is incumbent on those who claim that the science is flawed to bring forward a...”
– There’s no war to fight over global warming - opinion - 02 March 2010 - New Scientist
On moving downtown, and having guests.
Beth: We'll need new sofas.
Me: Why?
Beth: We'll need a sofa bed. They (the lofts we're considering) don't come in two bedrooms.
Me: We don't need new sofas, we can just get an air mattress. We don't have guests that often.
Beth: I was thinking more about my mom.
Me: Your mother stays with us maybe two nights a year. Out of 365. That doesn't necessitate an entirely new sofa set.
Beth: Please don't kill my dreams.
