January 2012
3 posts
“And because, unlike Google, Baidu did not have objections to turning over the...”
– Steven Levy, “In the Plex”
I haven’t really been following the Twitter censorship drama this past week, mainly because I knew that what my friend Marc Hedlund calls “the magic 8 ball of Internet outrage” was about to select its next victim. But when Twitter announced that they had implemented the...
November 2011
2 posts
“I don’t want to hang out with other programmers. I want to hang out with Jay Z....”
– Tyler Love on hackathons (via david)
October 2011
2 posts
“When human beings acquired language, we learned not just how to listen but how...”
– Andy quotes Douglas Rushkoff in our latest announcement. (via fred-wilson)
June 2011
3 posts
May 2011
1 post
April 2011
1 post
January 2011
1 post
Origin of NoSQL
nosql:
Where NoSQL comes from:
Original title and link: Origin of NoSQL (NoSQL databases © myNoSQL)
“The last year or so has seen more scientific papers and presentations that raise...”
– A Stunning Year in Climate Science Reveals that Human Civilization is On the Precipice (via tedr)
December 2010
8 posts
“The fact of the matter is that banks are not like any other business. They run...”
– Banks and WikiLeaks - NYTimes.com
Directory of Emoticons for Facial Hair.
spangley:
Inspired by a serious of tweets from @teddyg @aprilini & @trammell:
: {D - The Moustache
: D> - The Goatee
: {D> - The Van Dyke
: {D) - The Beard
: {D)) - The Lumberjack
: {D))) - The Hobo
: {D)))> - The Trammell
Use them wisely, friends.
You know what I hate/like?
someone just took the Internet to a whole new level
protejai:
When I’m dancing like
and some creep comes up behind me and dances like
And I turn around like
And he’s like
And I’m like
And I walk away like
And he play’s it off like
and then I see a fine shawdy dancing like
And I’m like
and I go over to him and we start dancing like
and then a bad ass song comes on,...
November 2010
12 posts
Olga Kotelko, the 91-Year-Old Track Star -... →
Apparently moderation isn’t always the best bet. It seems that intense exercise may have a much greater life-extending effect than moderate exercise.
“A younger generation of readers is discovering Twain for his political writings,...”
– Mark Twain’s Autobiography Is Flying Off the Shelves - NYTimes.com
I prefer to think he’d be on Twitter.
(via secondverse)
I agree: http://twitter.com/MarkTwain
downtownfrombehind →
New favorite bike/photography blog.
“Mere geography helps, with a polite bow to meteorology. The climate, to an...”
– The Scene Almost Staggers - Lapham’s Quarterly
This could have been written yesterday.
(via emptyage)
August 2010
4 posts
July 2010
5 posts
“He’s not perfect. You aren’t either, and the two of you will never be perfect....”
– Bob Marley. (via kaylaamarie) (via likefallingasleep) (via evilhenchman) (via loveismy-religion) (via floatingparticles) (via hennypotter) (via ladimcbeth) (via mikehudack)
June 2010
1 post
: Instead Of Explaining Why You Don't Like... →
Really it’s the laziest, laziest thing to do. It’s meaningless. I thought it was hilarious when SUF first started and some people said “Oh, it’s just a bunch of hipsters making fun of food culture,” while others said “It’s awesome! they make fun of hipster foodies,” depending on if they liked us…
May 2010
6 posts
WatchAwesome production-as-performance video from Wallpaper and The Park.
Donwill vs. Wallpaper & The Park “Love Junkie” | Yours Truly
Gulf of Mexico Oil disaster could be an...
Eat that seafood while you can.
dpstyles:
Read this. Not sure if it’s fact or hype but either way it’s pretty crazy.
tedr:
michaeljung:
Found this link in my inbox.
I watched the press conference live. The question came from a Dow Jones reporter. Present on the stage (among others) were Salazar (Interior), Napolitano (DHS), The Chairman of BP, Gov. Jindal and a Coast Guard Admiral....
“I want to write this up as a self-help book, probably titled Fuck The Karate...”
– How ‘The Karate Kid’ Ruined The Modern World | Cracked (via nickdouglas)
April 2010
2 posts
