February 2012
6 posts
“If you’re a smart Ph.D. from MIT, you’d never go to Wall Street now,” says a...”
– The End of Wall Street As They Knew It (via secondverse)
I’m not sure which is worse: having our best and brightest go to Wall Street or having none of them go to Wall Street. A Wall Street full of C-students just might bring the apocalypse.
January 2012
21 posts
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“I like [children] as few and far between as I like adults. Maybe a bit more...”
– - Maurice Sendak
My new favorite person in the world.
“Kind of like my Newsweek piece, but gayer and as a video.”
– Obama’s Record - The Dish | By Andrew Sullivan - The Daily Beast
Andrew Sullivan likes Dan’s video!
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Up with Chris Hayes - Debating SOPA →
rickwebb:
ceandersen:
people, please be aware that this is happening and SOPA is horrifying
That was a great segment. Some of Alexis’ expressions were pure gold.
I wish this discussion was the whole hour, it’s so fascinating.
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psychologically speaking: "Relationships are not... →
psychotherapy:
(via Psychology Today’s recent cover story, “Are You With the Right Mate?”)
“…Romance itself seeds the eventual belief that we have chosen the wrong partner. The early stage of a relationship, most marked by intense attraction and infatuation, is in many ways akin to cocaine intoxication,…
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“Cardboard Obama is stern but fair.”
– Obama for America
December 2011
36 posts
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A nice, cathartic, Andy Rooney-esque rant
rickwebb:
Those college kids who go on about Ron Paul and try and sound knowing about the Federal Reserve without having the slightest idea what it is, or why it came into existence. And how they don’t realize that the whole point was to take politics out of our money supply, and how good ‘ole Ron is basically totally trying to undo exactly that in a complete and utter way, being exactly the...
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Smashing Pumpkins - Mayonaise
My favorite song of...
Tesla sedan gets final 2012 pricing, specs, and... →
All glass panoramic roof??? Whoa. WTF is a “rear-facing trunk seat?” That does not sound safe.
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Watchifc:
We are so excited about the second season of “Portlandia” and like kids on Christmas we can hardly wait to unwrap the shiny new episodes and watch them in glee. Luckily we are grown ups now and don’t have to wait for mom and dad to wake up to open our presents. In fact, we can do whatever the heck we want. And you know what we want? More “Portlandia,” right now. In fact, we want “One...
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“Now, it seems Universal is going after any video that has referenced clips as...”
– Universal yanks TWiT’s ‘Tech News Today’ episode from YouTube due to Mega Video clip | VentureBeat
So basically Universal has YouTube by its tiny, shriveled balls. Under SOPA, they’ll have the entire internet by the balls. SHIT.
“I managed to say that your faith had allowed you to extend a warm hand to so...”
– Christopher Hitchens’ death: Andrew Sullivan on his fellow Englishman. - Slate Magazine
LOL Hitch. Nailed him.
“Our approach is more like Star Trek, right, starship Enterprise; every piece of...”
– Google’s response to Siri is codenamed Majel, could be released by end of year | Android and Me
““The UMG-YouTube agreement grants UMG rights to effect the removal of...”
– Megaupload Video Reinstated, Universal Says “You Can’t Touch Us” | TorrentFreak
This is the first I’m hearing of this “special arrangement” between Universal and YouTube. I wonder how many more of these YouTube has?
“The US government has regularly claimed that it supports a free and open...”
– An Open Letter From Internet Engineers to the U.S. Congress | Electronic Frontier Foundation