February 2011
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The research in this video suggests that there’s a ways to go before getting a mainstream audience to cut the (cable) cord.
An Experiment In Cord Cutting (by Hill Holliday)
Good points at the end (5:10) about how people actually want “programming” (one show after the next, chosen by the programmer). For all the “channels” that are actually on Boxee and GoogleTV, I...
January 2011
“If we accept that the rich can be taxed at a different rate than everyone else,...”
– Dilbert creator Scott Adams in the Wall Street Journal How to Tax the Rich
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“The biggest error she made last year, aside from wasting all that meat, is that...”
– Offal Chef Chris Cosentino Is Happy to Make a Meat Dress for Lady Gaga | Little Gold Men | Vanity Fair
“I’ll never use the word “fail” again when complaining about something. If you’ve...”
– simplebits (via ichris306)
This is something I hate. People seem so proud of their #Fail hashtag. In a lot of cases, it failed because you’re stupid, not because of anything we did.
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Kevin Smith, Adam Carolla, Kevin Pollak launching... →
New media!!!
Via Kevin Smith
Fake "Mayor Emanuel" Twitter Unleashes Beautiful...
huffpostcomedy:
Face it: when you heard Rahm Emanuel was declared ineligible to run for Mayor of Chicago, you wished you could be witness to the beautiful poetry that was positively emanating from Emanuel’s mouth. The next best thing provided by Twitter’s @MayorEmanuel, a fake Rahm Emanuel account set up while he was running for Mayor mostly written in Emanuel’s notorious salty tongue.
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“DO NOT CHAT SOMEONE WHO IS “RED” ON GMAIL
If someone is “red” do not chat...”
– How to Be Considerate on The Internet « Thought Catalog (via switchedblog)
#Netiquette.
(via urlesque)
This is bullshit. If you have a friend that gets annoyed when you talk to them when they’re red, get a new friend.
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The 50 Most Loathsome Americans of 2010 →
This is how the internet is supposed to work. A list with no slide show in sight. Well done.
Via Balloon Juice
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“The Apple offices are clearly not like most places of employment. Video games...”
– Playboy Interview - Steven Jobs
Just reading the Playboy interview with Steve Jobs from 1985. This description of the Apple offices caught my eye. Apple was the dot com office of the 80s. (Via Longreads)
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URL of the day http://rim.jobs
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“I want the best for her because she’s a lady. She acts like a lady, the...”
– Bill Murray’s Speech to Sofia Coppola at the NBR Awards — Vulture
How much traffic would Google loose if people stopped Googling Facebook.com instead of typing it into the address bar?
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“Is this a bad time to bring up the fact that Cromartie has fathered nine...”
– Cromartie ‘hates’ Brady, uses other four-letter words
Boston media, throwing bombs!
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Dirty: One Word Can Change The World - Watch the... →
Ol’ Dirty Bastard documentary available for free on Hulu
If Ted Williams and Antoine Dodson worked on a project together, what would it be?
“LeAnn White, a wildlife disease specialist at the U.S. Geological Survey, said...”
– How Unusual Are These Animal Die-Offs?
While the explanations offered don’t sound totally plausible, let’s take solace in this quotation, right?
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