April 2010
35 posts
"It's hard to know what "selling out" means -... →
-Banksy
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March 2010
66 posts
“Naturally I feel lonesome with this old familiar lunatic but lonesomer than ever...”
– Letters of Note: Burroughs has gone insane
“Hon Wm. McKinley President Dear Sir, I for one feel confident that your good...”
– Letters of Note: Fifty Lady Sharpshooters Await
“The shield is made of a number of types of insulating materials such as aluminum...”
– Letters of Note: Metal fasteners, tape, and staples
“(For Silicon Valley readers, Walmart is a real business, Twitter is not.)”
– I Can’t Wait for NoSQL to Die - Ted Dziuba
… and with that, what could have been a necessary counter-argument in the discussion about the future of Big Data goes completely off the rails. I couldn’t read another word*, because rather than making a rational point about...
“On economics, you always know what the conservative answer is: tax cuts and...”
– The Republican Health Care Failure | The Next Right
“We’re not nearly as dumb as everyone thinks we are; I promise.”
– NoSQL vs. RDBMS: Let the flames begin! – stu.mp
Avoid Member Backlashes to Change by Fostering... →
“This week we had our largest launch with the least drama and backlash in the history of the company. Here’s what we did to make that happen.”
“Joining Twitter now is kind of like starting to watch Lost (TV show) without...”
– LukeW | Web App Masters: A Simple Ladder of Engagement
“In fact, when there’s “excess” virality, that’s a great opportunity to make...”
– 5 crucial stages in designing your viral loop | Andrew Chen
“Going back to Palm’s latest numbers we just looked at, on page 8, you might see...”
– Who will buy Palm? | Monday Note
“BLACK ALBUM; IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE YOUR SELF-PENNED OBIT, RIGHT? JAY-Z THE...”
– Gabe Said “We’re Into Movements”: LET US DO WHAT YOU FEAR MOST PT. 2
Aloe Blacc – I Need a Dollar (How to Make It in... →
So, hey, have you watched “How to Make It in America” yet? Yeah, yeah, the titles are the best part of the show. So why not download the theme from Stone’s Throw records… it’s probably the best throwback soul jam you’ll hear everywhere by midsummer.
“Plastic Logic, the maker of an e-reader targeting business users, told customers...”
– Plastic Logic Says Que E-Reader Delayed - Digits - WSJ
Plastic Logic is already dead. They just don’t know it yet.
Chatroulette Map: Not So Anonymous Anymore →
I played with this for a few minutes; it’s totally fascinating. If my random sample is any indication, almost all of the unwanted stuff is coming from rural France.
be a tiger.
I finished a run this evening as the sun set, and my Nike+ let me know I’d completed another 250 miles in the last couple months.
I suppose I would have taken it better had it not been a pre-recorded voice over from Tiger Woods, congratulating me on my stamina.
“Next week in Austin, Tex., the South by Southwest festival will honor the...”
– South by Southwest to Honor Film and TV Title Sequences
That’s awesome. Looking forward to this next week.
“By at least one amusing new metric, Michelangelo’s unofficial 500-year run at...”
– Caravaggio in Ascendance - An Antihero’s Time to Shine
“Song and Schwarz performed a similar experiment involving a sushi recipe....”
– Convince with Simple Fonts | Neuromarketing
