Cynicool, a link blog

Jan 04

Looking Back: The Brien Taylor Story | FanGraphs Baseball -

The first draftee I can remember. Sad story.

Jan 03

Why Best Buy is Going out of Business...Gradually - Forbes -

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Jan 02

A man, a ball, a hoop, a bench (and an alleged thread)… TELLER! - Las Vegas Weekly -

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Dec 24

There’s a Lesson Here – Don’t Blog Angry « « First Principles First Principles -

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.

Dec 23

New Nevada law spurs big drop in home foreclosures - latimes.com

Vanity Fair on the Uselessness of TSA -

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Dec 22

Dear Congress, It's No Longer OK To Not Know How The Internet Works | Motherboard -

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Dec 17

Diablo Magazine | The Setup

Dec 10

The King of All Vegas Real Estate Scams - BusinessWeek -

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The new, new Twitter: 10 big takeaways – SplatF

Dec 06

One Nation, Under Arms  |  Vanity Fair  |  Nov. 30, 2011  |  18 Minutes (4,648 words) -

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The Rise and Fall of Bitcoin | Magazine -

Heh. Nerds.

Dec 02

A Whole Lotta Nothing: The best camera product demo ever -

Canon Log sounds like a turd…

This video was pretty darn funny.

Nov 27

How the conservative belief in American exceptionalism has become a matter of faith. - Slate Magazine -

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