December 2009
38 posts
If you’re thinking The Tablet is just a big iPhone, or just Apple’s take on the...
– Daring Fireball: The Tablet
Better To Avoid Superlatives.
smileifyourewinning:
““Don’t try to be the best _____ of the year. It’s impossible. Instead try to be the best _____ of the day. Then repeat 365 times.””
—
- Alex Bogusky
Nah, don’t try to be the best anything, at any point. That’s what gets you into trouble every time. Just execute. If you meet the Buddha [on the road], kill him.
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Alicia Keys and Stephen Colbert perform “Empire State of Mind” :: No Fact Zone
“Yeah, yeah, yeah
I love New York, King of all the Cities Lived up by the Guggenheim, ’til I got some kiddies Moved to Connecticut, ‘bye George Pataki Volvo to the dry-cleaners, pickin’ up my khakis
Shoppin’ mall is close, my community is gated My shorties are all private school educated Home theater...
Vimeo Sued By Capitol Records Over Lip Dubs →
Wow, frivolous law suit. I’m sure this went to “demonstrating that they are actively protecting their IP,” but boo.
zachklein:
I roared with a belly laugh when I read this headline in bed earlier today. Could Capitol Records truly be this misguided? Do they not realize that if you were to sort Internet brands by those most emblematic of creativity — not piracy — that Vimeo...
Michael Arrington marks the end of “hand-crafted content” (somewhere I hear Nick...
– Content farms v. curating farmers « BuzzMachine
reblog if you live in ATLANTA
The slam book lives.
sheatsb:
thomaswheatley:
laurarichter:meth:akeenakin:khalilwho:pseudolove:whatthafudge-00:drewknows
Boom.
So what really scares me? It’s the rise of fast food content that will surely,...
– The End Of Hand Crafted Content
(I believe, on the flip side, this points to a great opportunity for those businesses that can direct some portion of what would have otherwise been their media budget into creating a healthy and sustainable quality content operation. - extraface)
Flip Flip Flipadelphia
This has been stuck in my head since last night’s It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia. As a favor to anyone who may be suffering the same plight, I iPhone ringtone-ified it:
http://www.extraface.com/detritus/flip_flip.m4r
How I Learned To Love You From So Far Away
I will be kindle-for-iphoning this.
*FTC note: I was in no way contacted by the author or his representatives nor compensated for my reblog, this is my own snap judgement based on title art and title.
kfan:
This is my new book. It is a collection of 21 stories about love & technology, and I am psyched to have finally finished it.
Details and ordering information for the print version...
Italicize words to give your story that gangsta lean.
– @Fake AP Stylebook on Twitter.
Merlin's Advice on Handling Your Internet Biz
merlin:
indefensible:
I don’t know how anybody with a remotely high profile on the internet stops themselves from climbing to the top of a tall building to pick people off with a marksman’s rifle…. […] It’s been a small dirty window to internet fame.
Thing is: the internet’s made of IP addresses, opinions, and assholes. It’s what’s there. That’s the basic equipment.
A short course on...
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Google searches for "dick towel" - United States,... →
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The Washington Post
correction
Thursday, December 3, 2009
A Nov. 26...
– correction - washingtonpost.com
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I'd hate to clutter up a beautifully simple thing
But if Tumblr worked on supporting classifying and finding stuff (inc. your own) as well as it does publishing stuff, it could replace delicious for me, which I would like very much.
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A BeTaMaXMaS →
Love this collection of 70’s-80’s christmas show and commercial snippets set up like an old tv room.
STOSUY: Do you think you’re going to do any more State records? STEVENS:...
– Color me crushed.
Sufjan Stevens On Art, The Internet, And, Yes, The 50 States Project - Stereogum
Looney laws. (needing a law clean-up)
Georgia
It is illegal to buy alcohol on Sunday.
lickystickypickyme:
Alabama
It is illegal to play dominoes on Sunday.
It is illegal to wear a fake moustache that causes laughter in church.
Putting salt on a railroad track may be punishable by death.
Alaska
In Fairbanks, it is illegal to feed alcoholic beverages to a moose.
While it is legal to shoot bears, waking a sleeping bear...