January 2012
Watching Apple win the world - (37signals) →
This expresses a lot of what I feel about Apple. I began with a Mac in 1996 and struggled through a few years until my first iMac. Then things got great. In 2008 I almost bought a Blackberry (I have no idea why) when my phone contract expired. Luckily, we decided on iPhones and they changed how we communicated. I trust them, which is more than I can say about just about every other company.
Peeling Oniontown | Vice Magazine | Jan. 20,... →
This week’s Macworld column (The unbearable... →
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Jonah Lehrer on concussions in adolescents and the... →
The Architect, The "It” Girl And The Toy Pistol... →
How traffic jams are born →
Lesson: go at a reasonable speed to avoid having to hit the damn brakes. The fast people cause issues just as much as the slow ones.
Who Pinched My Ride? | Outside | Jan. 9, 2012 ... →
I think I'm going to start this place back up -... →
Taken by Pirates - NYTimes.com →
Looking Back: The Brien Taylor Story | FanGraphs... →
The first draftee I can remember. Sad story.
Why Best Buy is Going out of Business...Gradually... →
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A man, a ball, a hoop, a bench (and an alleged... →
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December 2011
There’s a Lesson Here – Don’t Blog Angry « « First... →
Orrin Johnson vs. Chuck Muth is shaping up rather nicely.
inessential.com: ‘Gamification’ sucks →
So right on. I HATE the idea of badges for simply using the software. Trendy BS that makes the users look dumber to me.
New Nevada law spurs big drop in home foreclosures... →
Vanity Fair on the Uselessness of TSA →
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Dear Congress, It's No Longer OK To Not Know How... →
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Diablo Magazine | The Setup →
The King of All Vegas Real Estate Scams -... →
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The new, new Twitter: 10 big takeaways – SplatF →
One Nation, Under Arms | Vanity Fair | Nov.... →
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The Rise and Fall of Bitcoin | Magazine →
Heh. Nerds.
A Whole Lotta Nothing: The best camera product... →
Canon Log sounds like a turd…
This video was pretty darn funny.
November 2011
How the conservative belief in American... →
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Either the best or the worst DVD commentary ever →
So awesome.
The old-fashioned: a complete history and guide to... →
The old-fashioned is at once “the manliest cocktail order” and “something your grandmother drank,” and between those poles we discover countless simple delights, evolutionary wonders, and captivating abominations. Because of its core simplicity and its elasticity—because it is primordial booze—ideas about the old-fashioned exist in a realm where gastronomical notions shade into ideological...
Why Americans Won't Do Dirty Jobs - BusinessWeek →
The tragedy of Penn State Nittany Lions coach Joe... →
Why You Should Be Drinking Cheap Wine - Slate... →
The No. 1 pick in the 2007 draft should be out on... →
What The Old-Fashioned Tells Us About Ourselves |... →
The Dodgers' new owner checklist - Los Angeles... →
The one about Vin Scully is exactly right. The one about Kemp and Kershaw should be on there about five more times.
The Only Thing Missing From "The New Declaration... →
October 2011
The Class War Has Begun →
Wall Street Isn't Winning It's Cheating | Matt... →
Why Chomsky is wrong about Twitter - Social Media... →
It’s Good to Be Michael Lewis →
Probably one of two authors right now whose books I can finish. Krakauer is the other.
Et tu, Mr. Destructo?: Al Davis and the Media's... →
Personally, I don’t think it needed any mention of Steve Jobs, but the Davis stuff is very interesting.
The New Miami Marlins Logo Is No Longer The Worst... →
If Carnival and Las Vegas had a baby, this would be the placenta.
Daring Fireball: Universe Dented, Grass Underfoot →
Surely, my mind raced, surely he has more than one pair of those shoes. He could afford to buy the factory that made them. Why wear this grass-stained pair for the keynote, a rare and immeasurably high-profile public appearance? My guess: he didn’t notice, didn’t care. One of Jobs’s many gifts was that he knew what to give a shit about. He knew how to focus and prioritize his time and attention....
The Undervaluing Of Moneyball; Or, What You Can... →
One group of critics comes off as disingenuous, mercenary, or cranky. The disingenuousness is easy to spot: just look for anyone who admits that no one can predict the future, then lists anything that happened after the season on which the book was based as proof that the book was wrong. Beane made decisions based on the exigencies of that particular season; whether Chad Bradford sucked on the...
September 2011
Eight Reasons To Dislike George Lucas That Have... →
Lady Gaga Won’t Empower You For Shit →
+ a lot
SEO for Non-dicks - Matt Legend Gemmell →
Perfect.
MediaShift . Google : Social Media Upstart 'Worse... →
New Rules for Media Ethics →
I’m not sure if I posted this before, but if I didn’t I have no idea what took me so long.
August 2011
The fruit that made Oregon famous (Cocktail... →
Good story, but these things are horrendous. Make your own. I prefer this recipe: http://www.thespir.it/articles/honey-bourbon-cocktail-cherries/
Animal Farm: Photography by Daniel Naudé « African... →
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Inside North Korea - Alan Taylor - In Focus - The... →
Dangerous Minds | CAPTCHAs to keep idiots out of... →