October 2009
7 posts
“My television has a feature I hadn’t seen before on a television before I bought...”
– Buzzwords
The Top 200 Albums of the 2000s: 20-1 →
“Wow. With PhotoSketch, you just draw a sketch, label each item, and then the...”
– From sketch to photo instantly (this is insanely awesome)
Eel Slap →
Hilarious. Mouse-over to see the slap.
“It’s been 10 years since the first major league baseball bobblehead doll...”
– Bobbleheads
September 2009
55 posts
Google Wave First Look →
“Yesterday, five Democratic United States Senators Max Baucus (D-Mont), Kent...”
– intershame.com
“Cavallari is being paid $90,000 an episode, which is almost as much as Conrad...”
– The Hills are paved in gold
“As you may have seen in the newspapers, radio and the intertubes, much of the...”
– Daily Kos: Calling All John Galts in Georgia
“Remember Chase Jarvis? I linked up his excellent iPhone photography back in...”
– Chase Jarvis: The Best Camera
FCC plan for open internet 'perfect,' Lessig says;... →
“Brett Hainline’s swap machine uses a player’s offensive and...”
– The Great NBA Swap Meet
F.C.C. Chairman Seeks to Protect Free Flow of... →
“Electricity use from power-hungry gadgets is rising fast all over the world. The...”
– By Degrees - A Plugged-In World, With a Hunger for Electricity - Series - NYTimes.com
“Yet protecting consumers from financial abuse should be only the beginning of...”
– Op-Ed Columnist - Reform or Bust - NYTimes.com
“As more great new companies are absorbed into big old companies, a whole new...”
– The next generation bends over - (37signals)
“Most people don’t take advantage of the luxury of being able to drink in a...”
– Finally! News I Can Use! - A dollop of daisy
Full article at SF Gate.
"4 Awkward Moments in Facebook "Likes"" →
“an engineering team at Google whose singular goal is to make it easier for users...”
– The Data Liberation Front @ Google
“The cover story for the September 2009 issue of Wired takes a look at the...”
– Subtraction.com: Our Craigslist
BBC NEWS | Run, Izzard, run and run again →
It’s the last leg of Eddie Izzard’s 43 marathons in 51 days. How did the less than athletic comic pull off such a feat of endurance?
“When JFK first raised the prospect of Medicare, Reagan warned that it had to be...”
– Big Contrarian → Nothing new here.
Frank Fennema Photography | Golden Gate →
Storm clouds from last week’s thunder and lightning over the GG Bridge…
A Life Well Wasted →
An internet radio show about videogames and the people who love them.
“Tests show that controversial runner Caster Semenya is a woman …and a...”
– Caster Semenya, forced to take gender test, is a woman … and a man
Big Contrarian → An increasingly interesting... →
A discussion on the greatness of David Letterman.
“I was at a Kurt Vonnegut talk in New York a few years ago. Talking about...”
– Kurt Vonnegut explains drama | Derek Sivers
“Almost fifteen years after my mandatory military duty ended, I went back to...”
– RACHEL PAPO : Serial No. 3817131
Big Contrarian → Looking down at you. →
The argument that tall people are happier than shorter people.
Big Contrarian → I dream of pork. →
This is all untrue and a bunch of crap. At least, in my experience. Then again, I cheat and eat fish.
Bill Simmons attempts to predict the NFL season -... →
No better way to kick off the NFL season…
“N.F.L. teams get to choose their balance of selfishness and altruism. In...”
– Steelers Are a Highly Evolved N.F.L. Species - The Fifth Down Blog - NYTimes.com
Salting ice cream →
as seen on Mad Men last weekend…
“In honor of the most recent Master of the Senate, Salon presents its list of...”
– Meet the knuckleheads of the U.S. Senate | Salon News
““Glee” (9 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 9).
As when Quinn shocks everyone...”
– Best new TV: “Glee” | Salon Arts & Entertainment
Monitor: Keeping pirates at bay | The Economist →