January 2012
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My only consolation re The Help’s four Oscar nominations is that the French version of the title is so hilariously saccharine it approaches parody: La Couleur des sentiments (“The Color of Feelings”).
Seriously, though, last year was a parade of remarkable films; that’s not something you would conclude from these nominations.
“[T]he social, digital world is one where the biggest media companies have a much...”
– How sharing disrupts media | Felix Salmon
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“I believe that in our culture of simulation, the notion of authenticity is for...”
– Sherry Turkle, Alone Together
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Scouting An Abandoned Cold War Missile Base Hidden... →
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Would we be safer overall if we just accept a few... →
Hat tip to Adam for reminding me of the great IEEE blog.
December 2011
8 posts
“They had a rule of thumb, he explains: they would study no specific example of...”
– Michael Lewis on the King of Human Error | Culture | Vanity Fair
I’m skeptical of books popularizing cognitive science (so many are too Gladwellish), but this looks like an exception.
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New York Lottery's motto is "Hey, You Never Know" →
I would have gone with “Sometimes Not a Total Waste of Money.”
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November 2011
11 posts
“Sitting in front of a TV certainly looks passive. But watching MTV made me want...”
– Dave Holmes, quoted in I Want My MTV, making me even happier to know he’s made a home on Tumblr.
“Leaving [the European Union] legally does not seem to be a viable option. The...”
– Given all the somewhat alarmist recent articles on the possibility of a Euro zone break-up, I was curious about what the mechanics of that would be. This
report from UBS, which is surprisingly direct and at turns even funny, gets into the gruesome details.
“It appears that Tumblr built in a day or two what no D.C.-based technology...”
– MediaShift Idea Lab . #DontBreakTheInternet: How The Web Became a Political Force vs. SOPA | PBS
“Everybody wanted to direct music videos. It was like a drug; there was instant...”
– Beth Broday, producer, quoted in the oral history I Want My MTV compiled by Craig Marks
I had never considered that music videos were not only a new kind of production, but production at a totally different speed from end to end. It took several years into the success of MTV (this is around 1986)...
That clears that up! (American sex ed edition)
Student: What if I want to have sex before I get married?
School nurse: Well, I guess you’ll just have to be prepared to die.
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7th Tumblr Meetup in Berlin
I’ll be there — along with Evan and Tyler!
tumblrmeetupberlin:
Be part of the 7th Tumblr Meetup in Berlin!
When? November 9, 2011 – 8.30 pm
Where? Neu Bar Greifswalder Straße 218, 10405 Berlin
Who? Everyone who loves the Tumblr community
Please reblog this post and spread the message! Thank you.
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October 2011
12 posts
“EDITOR, n. A person who combines the judicial functions of Minos, Rhadamanthus...”
– The Devil’s Dictionary
“Amazon’s publishing house will be in service to a different idol, because...”
– Dennis Johnson, publisher at Melville House - Monopoly vs. Diversity in Book Publishing - Room for Debate - NYTimes.com
“88 percent of adults say they enjoy going to restaurants”
– National Restaurant Association 2011 Annual Report
Are there honestly 37 million restaurant haters in the US? Who are you‽
“The abundance of independent music celebrated by CMJ is awash in paradoxes. The...”
– Jon Pareles - Critic’s Notebook: A Glut of Bands, Amid a Fog of Blaring Sound
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“There is a crisis of leadership which is absolutely appalling. Politicians are...”
– Economist Carlota Perez in a must-watch interview by Fred Wilson
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The market value for an NYC taxi medallion is $700,000.
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September 2011
7 posts
Wikipedia: Heavy metal umlaut →
“Network latency has failed to keep up with other improvements in computer...”
– It’s Time for Low Latency [PDF]
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August 2011
13 posts
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“There’s no ethical dilemma when it comes to reporting on [Tim] Cook’s sexuality:...”
– Felix Salmon