February 2012
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“But here’s Bakshy’s most crucial finding: Although we’re more likely to share...”
– Online echo chambers: A study of 250 million Facebook users reveals the Web isn’t as polarized as we thought. - Slate Magazine
Just got a moment to read some of this. Interesting validation of the value of fans “liking” brands even if they aren’t interested in the brand’s...
“Even after he published Prufrock and The Waste Land, T.S. Eliot continued to...”
– A Peaceful, But Very Interesting Pursuit - The Rumpus.net
Take A Photo And Stop Your Junk Mail With... →
A Mechanical Turk-powered unsubscribe system.
“Google’s Influence Is Slipping, But At A Glacial Pace… – When we looked at the...”
– Citi’s Annual ‘Net Influence Report: Google Continues To Lead As Source Of Traffic To Websites -
[excerpted from an email]
(via rafer)
The models for American Gothic →
Photo of the models used for American Gothic, standing next to the painting.
“Baumeister’s top willpower tips: Build up your self-control by exercising...”
– Why willpower matters – and how to get it | Life and style | The Guardian
There’s a lot of “mindfulness” in here as well.
“Ross may represent the final abandonment of hip-hop’s mandate to “keep it real,”...”
– Rick Ross and the Life Style of a Boss : The New Yorker
If I had done any research at all I’d probably have found out that Rick Ross was a former corrections officer and not (likely) a major drug kingpin who made millions dealing weight. But his character is just so compelling that maybe...
“Buddy Ryan’s “Polish Goal Line” defense called for three extra...”
– Did The Giants Put 12 Men On The Field On Purpose For Brady’s First Hail Mary?
January 2012
50 posts
“It’s funny, Emma and I were JUST talking about this.”
– Shit Rick Webb says.
“She did the Secretary of State job, she was a G, she held it down, she didn’t...”
– Ice-T, on why Hillary Clinton will be the first female president (via jessbennett)
OK, so this is the best thing I’ve read all day.
(via landlessness)
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hey amber rae: Cut the Bullshit: Radical honesty,... →
rickwebb:
heyamberrae:
Imagine if we lived radically honest and naked lives.
We told the truth, all the time. We stopped dancing on eggshells. We eliminated secrets. We cut out the filters between our brains and our mouths.
Instead of a passive “no worries,” we tell our friend he pissed us off. We stop saying…
I tried this once. It lasted about a month and then my best friend and my...
“To leave spiritual transformation in the background as a sort of optional extra,...”
– Highlighted by Dave Coustan in The Quantum and the Lotus: A Journey to the Frontiers Where Science and Buddhism Meet
“Dimmer Switches 85% - 100% – definitely worth investing in the right bulb for...”
– Seattle City Light Residential Conservation | Compact Fluorescent Bulbs
Who knew. We’re all going to need to learn more about this stuff pretty quickly.
“10. Kooby Pickett.
9. Creepy Pockets.”
– David Letterman Top Ten Baseball Lists III on Baseball Almanac
From the May 9, 1997 “Top Ten Ways To Mispronounce Kirby Puckett.”
You Fell Asleep Watching a DVD →
Heh (via @shloobykitten)
“Despite being open to unconventional verbs/actions like “nommed,” as of this...”
– Facebook’s New Timeline Apps Introduce New Actions Like “Bought,” “Want” And “Love” | TechCrunch
“Everything positive that has happened in my life has been because I was open and...”
– The Minimalist Cabin Project | Andrew Hyde (via brianoberkirch)
Haven’t read this yet (will now), but that excerpt is pretty darn close to the advice my dad gave me as I moved to Atlanta almost 8 years ago, with no job, housing, or pre-existing friends there to start with. “Be open to...
Cold hard cash -> Post-rigor mortis pie hole
rickwebb:
lilyb replied to your quote: OFTEN Incorrect pronunciation: off – ten …
You know, Rick Webb, and I say this with love, but that’s going to be quite the collection of stuff we’ll be prying out of your cold dead hands.
Ha! That is true, I love that phrase. I will have to go back through all my blogs and make a list of all the things I’ll be holding in those hands in my coffin. I’ll bet...
“Sub” has kind of taken over because of Subway, but hoagie, grinder, hero all...”
– via Andrew Nusca: AV Club on The etymology of “jawn” and other Philly-centric slang
I also grew up in central NJ, but I we were definitely on the hoagie side of the hero/hoagie divide. See also: Hoagie Haven.
(via caro)
A lot of Poor Righteous Teachers slang in here.
I once read in a...
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“I read in a Neuro course that there is a campaign to change the name of Sonic...”
– From the comments on: 11 Insane Features of Normal Human Anatomy - Mental Floss
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“The department of agriculture projects that our meat and poultry consumption...”
– Why Are We Eating Less Meat? - Mark Bittman
I’d like to believe it’s that the Food Inc. message to know where and how your meal is produced is getting through to a lot of people.
Fox Woods: Become smarter, Initial plan of... →
This is all really good advice for 2012 for anyone. I’m going to take this up as well. Not sure why Tumblr has ellipsized it, but do go back and read the whole thing.
foxwoods:
Become smarter, Initial plan of attack.
Part 1: The known
I know the types of things that make me feel like I’m becoming smarter by doing them. Reading really high quality articles (see: Longreads), reading...
“But why the need for metadata when regular words have been working so well? When...”
– How the Hashtag Is Ruining the English Language (Updated)
Some of us have been saying this since February of 2008.
“Hashtags at their best stand in as what linguists call “paralanguage,” like...”
– How the Hashtag Is Ruining the English Language (via slantback)
Thank you.
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