April 2010
Things That Are Not Yet Banned By NFL.com:... →
Get ‘em quick.
iPad 3G first impressions →
Excellent take.
Drink recipes containing Rye Whiskey →
Lots of good recipes here.
Self-Proclaimed Police Of Twitter Fail To Hear The... →
Heh. I might have to stop using “fail” even ironically. Except around my kids.
The Goldman Sachs SEC Investigation Is A Joke →
I’m not even sure where this stands at this point, as I’ve been sitting on this for a while, but I like the analysis. It sure seems right, and interesting, especially in the critique of the media coverage of said lawsuit.
The paragraph about political capital is so representative of just about all political coverage I’m exposed to—and I try to get all kinds of viewpoints!...
A New Kind of Starting Pitcher? - Freakonomics... →
I’m not sure this idea is the right idea, but I would love to see some innovation in the way pitchers are handled in baseball. I hate the idea of assigned roles in pitching. It seems so Conventional Wisdom™ and I think that should be broken down wherever possible. In my lifetime, we will see a shift in the role of a starter to something more closely resembling this than the current state of...
Las Vegas Blog: Steve Friess' VEGAS HAPPENS HERE:... →
“It’s just much too easy to make fun in this case. Y’know what’s harder? Actually looking at whether bartering for health care is even possible. Turns out, it is.”
Yeah, but snark is so much better in modern politics, right? And productive.
He goes on to state that he too thought it was ridiculous at first, but what Lowden did, inadvertently as it may have been,...
April 23, 1516: Bavaria Cracks Down on Beer... →
“Today the penalty for not abiding by the Reinheitsgebot may only be the upturned noses of some American craft brewers. But in the 16th century, the consequences of brewing an offending beer were far more dire: They lost the beer.”
Most of the beer I ever made complied with the Reinheitsgebot, and I had no idea it was a recent term and phenomenon. Most of the labels of beers that say...
Which college mascot wins in a fight? →
“If you’re publishing online, Google style (i.e. SEO) always trumps AP...”
– Student journalists need to learn SEO more than they need AP style
So...I think I found a problem with Chad... →
Whoa. Bills needs to work this out. Not having him as a solid starter is painful.
Useless Fliers →
I want to do one. Let’s think of some ideas!
In Case You Missed The Horrible Live Chat With... →
Missed it, and the recap is really funny. Poor Sarah, and poor people at Deadspin for having to deal with any crap from her. For the record, I also find her funny.
Make an iPad stand from its own packaging... →
Pretty cool.
YouTube - uscurrency's Channel
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Man, so I’m reading this and I watch the video. I’m left wondering whose video that is, so I click through to YouTube, and I see that it belongs to “uscurrency.” The page looks pretty official, comlete with a link to the newmoney.gov website, so I’m pretty sure it is all legit. Then I start to poke around and I get sad. The entity charged with producing and marketing...
British Swan Thinks He's British People - The Awl →
Pablo The Panda And The Worst Souvenir Ever -... →
“Not sure how Sandoval manages to escape anyone’s field of vision, but he did.”
Tina Fey Wants It →
Pomplamoose covers Lady Gaga's Telephone →
What if 'Chuck' became 'Sarah'? →
This may be the only way to save the show. I’m just not that interested in it much now, but I can be brought back.
MENSA Members Love Girl Genius, duh. →
This list reads like a “50 most popular websites for people of average intelligence” too.