January 2012
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Silent Ringtone
You guys read about that conductor who stopped his performance mid-symphony because someone (Patron X) didn’t turn off or silence their cell phone? We’ve all been interrupted mid-event, mid-meeting or mid-sentence by our own “Eat something” Bell Tower or the “Cancel abortion appointment!!!!” Marimba. It’s embarrassing. Then I remembered a thing a friend...
Jan 24th
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Jan 18th
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Jan 18th
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nostrich: Gentlemen, I have started a blog. Famous... →
nostrich: Gentlemen, I have started a blog. Famous last words, to be sure, but I’ve been thinking about and planning and working on this for a while, and I like what it’s ended up looking like. I will tell you all about it, but first some boring meandering in pursuit of a point. Not just yes, but fuck yes. Longform journalism curated and contextualized by Nostrich.
Jan 13th
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Jan 5th
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Jan 1st
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December 2011
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Dec 26th
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Dec 25th
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Singing Christmas carols at home. (From The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975.)
Dec 19th
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Suburban Report
texburgher: Jason stopped over with a bottle of gin. He had texted me, earlier in the week, to ask me if I wanted one while he was at the store, and I told him I did. But when he arrived today, he confused me by presenting it as a gift. I told him no, no, let me give you some money for it. Here, I said, I have enough money to pay you for the thing you got me at my own request. No way, he said,...
Dec 18th
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Christmas tree
Sweets: […] I would've sawed it off myself, but you won't let me touch the weapons!
Me: [beat] And that's why. They're not weapons. They're *tools*.
Dec 12th
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Dec 10th
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Dec 10th
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You know the tumblr spammers…
… with their default avatars that throw a like at some old ass post of yours only to have a link back to their blogspotty bullshit site? That’s SEO.
Dec 8th
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Dec 4th
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November 2011
7 posts
Asshat of the Week: Jack Womack →
journo-geekery: “We also spent a great deal of time analyzing how we utilize and deploy photojournalists across all of our locations in the U.S. […] We looked at the impact of user-generated content and social media, CNN iReporters and of course our affiliate contributions in breaking news. Consumer and pro-sumer technologies are simpler and more accessible. Small cameras are now high broadcast...
Nov 30th
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I made a thing! →
punkassjim: Please share it around, for those who may like such things. I’ve only got two listed on Etsy right now, but I’ve got a the fixins to make about a dozen more. All hand-made by me Embossed leather “Electric Library” cover for iPad 2
Nov 30th
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Watching Methodists gamble on pull tabs
There’s a lust in their eyes us dope-heads and heathens are incapable of making. Like a Yankees fan, wins are ugly and losses quietly dismissed. “Bill won $50 bucks once.” “Gail won $5 and $20 last Sunday.” They wear their disappointment like a retired sales manager wearing a too-hip leather jacket. It’s all around them, tight in the wrong places,...
Nov 28th
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Nov 22nd
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“The federal government requires applicants for certain civil service jobs to...”
– Should Candidates Have to Pass a Civics Test? That is a very good question, Room for Debate of the NYTimes.com. If the humblest immigrant can nail a test Newt Gingrich could never pass, should the latter even be allowed to run? I say no. — From SF. (via whileyouweresleeping) I’ve...
Nov 19th
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Nov 19th
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Woah. Romenesko Leaves Poynter After Conflict Over... →
utnereader: Jim Romenesko, the blogger who developed a large and loyal following by chronicling and summarizing news in the media world, quit his post on Thursday evening after a bizarre spat with the institute that hosts his writing. (via Media Decoder) … huh.
Nov 11th
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October 2011
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Oct 30th
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Oct 24th
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The new gig
Have I told you all about my exciting new job? It’s at a newspaper, and I report up through the IT department… I know what you’re thinking: IT is dead! A while back I swore that after 14 or so years working as an IT professional, I wouldn’t waste my time in an environment of bullies and disablers. That attitude is dead and if it isn’t, someone should step on its neck...
Oct 16th
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Educating Gabriel, 13, an off-the-charts prodigy →
(via Instapaper) This story (with the fugly title tag and url) about an amazingly smart kid ran last weekend and I’ve read it twice now— the second time without moving my lips! It reminded me of the time I could teleport. I was nine, I could teleport between dimensions thanks to a device I made out of an old coffee can, a spool, 10 pennies, six rubber bands, a cork, a dowel, a 2.5”...
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Oct 9th
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Thursday 6/28/2007
I saw Steve in person several times when I worked at Apple. There were the events, both public and private, the “fireside chats” broadcast to other auditoriums scattered around the company and the last time, I scored a 5th row, aisle in Town Hall. It was late 2008. This was right after they released the Unibody MacBook and before his first leave of absence. As he walked down the steps...
Oct 7th
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Oct 6th
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Oct 1st
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September 2011
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“Now, I realise that thinking in four dimensions is not easy, and that wormholes...”
– —Stephan Hawking: How to build a time machine | Mail Online Now I’m listening.
Sep 30th
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sassyfontaine: Jonny Quest opening title sequence redone as stop motion Found a box of home movies at my parents house.
Sep 4th
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Sep 3rd
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Sweets' other BF (or GF)
Her other lover is data. I just realized that. This week, Doreen quietly constructed a love nest of three-ring binders, note pads and paper—lots of paper, covered in numbers, slightly curled and crunchy from the laser printer. She’s so crushed out for the squishy concept of Conversational Journalism, that she’s penciled in “Love” and “You” on her eyelids so when...
Sep 1st
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August 2011
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Aug 29th
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Aug 29th
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Aug 29th
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Aug 25th
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Aug 23rd
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Aug 22nd
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Aug 19th
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Aug 14th
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