February 2011
48 posts
January 2011
50 posts
“I haven’t had a po-boy since they burned, I didn’t want to disrespect Sam,” said...”
– Verti Marte reopening has French Quarter locals waiting in line | NOLA.com (via brianoberkirch)
Pableaux (aka @pableauxNO) texted me this weekend to remind me that Verti Marte would be re-opening soon. Strutter introduced me to VM back in 2007 (?), I took my wife there for the first time the year...
“The Overton window, in political theory, describes a “window” in the...”
– Overton window - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Heard about this in reference to the eventual pressure on Justice Kennedy to rule against the constitutionality of Health Care Reform - the more lower court decisions against (a la today’s Florida ruling) the wider the Overton window for his...
WatchTom Armitage (by Interesting North)
“Things Rules Do is twenty minutes that looks at games of all forms, and the rules and systems that make their skeleton. It’s about the weird things that rules can do, beyond “tell you how to play”, such as inspire mastery, encourage deviance, and tell stories. It was written for a general, interested audience – not specifically for gamers – and covers a...
Egypt Blocking Al Jazeera Broadcasts to Much of... →
tedr:
tsparks:
Via: Fast Company
BY NEAL UNGERLEIDER
aka: Negev Rock City >
The Egyptian government isn’t just attempting to censor Al Jazeera within Egypt itself. The news station was just kicked off one of the Middle East’s main satellite providers—which happens to be based in Egypt.
The Egyptian government shut down Al Jazeera’s Cairo offices, withdrew the accreditation of their...
The New Arab World Order - By Robert D. Kaplan |... →
“Don’t mistake the uprisings in Tunisia and Egypt for 1978 Iran. But that doesn’t mean that U.S. diplomacy in the Arab world is going to be any less complicated going forward.”
“MDPV has no history of FDA approved medical use.[3] Reportedly, it has four...”
– Methylenedioxypyrovalerone - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
People are calling this “the new meth.” Like we’ve figured out how to handle the crisis of the old meth.
SUSANNAH BRESLIN: Hire me →
Seriously, amazingly talented. Someone should hire her immediately.
Career Advice: I'm deciding on PM job offers from... →
rickwebb:
secondverse:
rickwebb:
Ultimately, maybe it’s more of a content site for most people - more like wikipedia where 99% read and 1% write. I spend a TON of time reading it still. It’s definitely got legs as a business, and I do believe that if they’re adaptable, the company can prosper. Perhaps I should spend more time distinguishing my comments between the civility of internet...
“The contempt for product managers (PMs) portrayed in the article is inaccurate....”
– Facebook Engineering: How accurate is the “How Facebook Ships Code” article written by ‘yeeguy’? - Quora
As someone who just got assigned a role as Director of Product Management after having simply been a “Co-Founder” for the last 12 months, this line stood out...
Career Advice: I'm deciding on PM job offers from... →
rickwebb:
secondverse:
Everything about this entry on Quora is illuminating, from how FB engineers conduct themselves (logic-driven to the realm of orthogonal detachment from the damage they’re causing) to the warm ‘n’ friendly approach of Twitter “Flock” reps (scary language, that).
Note: I know little or nothing about the inner workings of either company. I’m a spectator who happens to work...
Career Advice: I'm deciding on PM job offers from... →
Everything about this entry on Quora is illuminating, from how FB engineers conduct themselves (logic-driven to the realm of orthogonal detachment from the damage they’re causing) to the warm ‘n’ friendly approach of Twitter “Flock” reps (scary language, that).
Note: I know little or nothing about the inner workings of either company. I’m a spectator who...
“Though American and Israeli officials refuse to talk publicly about what goes on...”
– Stuxnet Worm Used Against Iran Was Tested in Israel - NYTimes.com
Getting this particular genie back in the bottle is going to be a bastard of a problem. What happens when the Russians write one for our electrical infrastructure?
“The myth that sharks do not get cancer was spread by the 1992 book “Sharks...”
– List of common misconceptions - Wikipedia
Well, that one was easy to cite.
“There is no profile of an American assassin,” forensic psychologist Robert Fein...”
– Just Your Typical Would-Be Assassin - Reason Magazine
“Eddie Pleasant, the Oregon defensive back who almost made the tackle, was as...”
– Auburn Tigers vs. Oregon Ducks - Recap - January 10, 2011 - ESPN
I’m sorry, but you tackle til the man is down. That’s how the game is played.
“The BCS Championship Game so many of us hoped for never materialized. There was...”
– BCS National Championship Game: Auburn QB Cam Newton endures back pain for future bear hugs - ESPN
The bowl game nonsense needs to be reigned in. I’m as ecstatic as the next Auburn fan (do those exist on Tumblr?), but let’s not pretend that a five week wait for the championship game is...
Saul Klein's answer to "What is the perfect... →
My view is the Platonic startup has a founding team of a developer, a designer and a distributor. The perfect startup has all three founders:
someone who understands how to build technologies and systems to solve problems;
someone who understands the human factors behind those problems, why they exist, what it takes to fix them and how to shape the experience;
someone who understands how to...
“When Turkish Airlines, which is part-owned by the government of Turkey, was...”
– Turkey Sought Shuttle Seat for Jet Purchase, Cable Shows
That’s totally fucking bizarre.
Summer Movies: 1982 →
siracusa:
The following movies were released in the summer of 1982.
An Officer and a Gentleman
Annie
Blade Runner
Conan the Barbarian
E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial
Fast Times at Ridgemont High
Firefox
Poltergeist
Rocky III
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
The Road…
Woah.
“Assemblyman Paul D. Moriarty, a liberal Democrat, served four years as mayor of...”
– Public Employee Unions Face Rising Public Anger - NYTimes.com
““This is the best-educated generation in Spanish history, and they are entering...”
– Lack of Jobs in Southern Europe Frustrates the Young - NYTimes.com
“This winter, the Air Force is set to deploy to Afghanistan what it says is a...”
– With Air Force’s new drone, ‘we can see everything’
