July 2009
34 posts
Srsly, Apple? (if you jailbreak your iPhone, the...
alicetiara: Jailbreaking Iphone Could Pose Threat To National Security, Apple Claims Apple claims that the U.S.’s cellphone networks could suffer “potentially catastrophic” cyberattacks by iPhone-wielding hackers at home and abroad if iPhone owners are permitted to legally jailbreak their wireless devices. The Copyright Office is considering a request by the Electronic Frontier Foundation to...
Jul 30th
Attleboro diner to be featured on Food Network -... →
YAY!  I love Morin’s!! I take my Grandma there for lunch every time I visit Attleboro :)
Jul 30th
Reenact the Gates Arrest... With Your Food -... →
Mr. Bartley’s burgers in Harvard Square has just introduced a “Sgt. Crowley” burger to its menu. Since the burger joint has offered the Skip Gates burger for 10 years now, it’s probably the only place in the United States where you can reenact the thrilling truncation of civil rights and acrimonious weeks-long fallout of Gatesgate entirely with fast food.
Jul 30th
“iphone can’t boot > FREAK OUT > pwnage tool > itunes factory...”
– @emmawelles
Jul 28th
New MacBookPro > System Preferences Freeze Issue... →
So, I have a beautiful new 13″ MBP. I enthusiastically used the migration assistant to copy over all my data from my desktop, excited to finally be able to work efficiently with all my files…
Jul 27th
Jul 23rd
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“So how do I do normal? The smile I fake, the permanent wave of Cue cards and...”
– “Hear Me Out” - Frou Frou
Jul 23rd
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Jul 23rd
Yeah Yeah Yeahs confirmed for Lollapalooza | Time... →
I am very happy about this, but Jay-Z would’ve been pretty fucking great too.
Jul 23rd
Losing my religion for equality  →
Women and girls have been discriminated against for too long in a twisted interpretation of the word of God. - President Jimmy Carter
Jul 22nd
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Boards >> Input » Blog Archive » The Fool’s... →
I’m starting to think that for the last five years we’ve been sold up the river. We’ve all been led to believe that the zeitgeist of the public accepts user-generated content. That bloated production costs, expensive actors and elaborate sets are a thing of the past. - Rick Webb
Jul 22nd
“The clinical psychologist Oliver James has his reservations. “Twittering stems...”
–  A load of Twitter - Times Online
Jul 21st
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Evan Williams vs the Internet (Scripting News) →
The tech industry keeps having this argument with the Internet. It keeps thinking “this time we gotcha” but nahh, the Internet keeps right on going.
Jul 21st
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Indie Dream Girls - The Daily Beast  →
Zooey Deschanel, Scarlett Johansson, Natalie Portman, Kate Hudson… this gallery knows me too well.
Jul 21st
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Jul 17th
Menino offers loan to keep Banner afloat - The... →
The City of Boston will offer to loan the Bay State Banner up to $200,000 to keep the cash-strapped weekly newspaper from shutting down permanently, Mayor Thomas M. Menino said last night. This is interesting. I do believe newspapers should survive this economy, and help from the government may be the only solution in the short term, but does this unlikely marriage create a sticky conflict of...
Jul 17th
Op-Ed Columnist - The Joy of Sachs - NYTimes.com →
First, it tells us that Goldman is very good at what it does. Unfortunately, what it does is bad for America. Everyone’s talking about Goldman Sachs lately. Paul Krugman wants more government regulation to keep Wall Street from benefitting from behavior that hurts the rest of us. Yes please.
Jul 17th
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“It’s what’s known in business as The Invisible Government-Funded...”
– Jon Stewart, The Daily Show
Jul 17th
Jul 16th
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The Independent Florida Alligator: City named... →
Why are almost all these cities warm weather cities? I’d think people in Florida and California would be warmer and happier, and therefore more generous. Clearly, I am totally wrong. Also, there’s an actual city called Kalamazoo?? WTF is their problem?
Jul 16th
“RIP Sears Tower, renamed starting today to the Willis Tower. Seriously.”
– @emmawelles
Jul 16th
“compensated customers. results not typical.”
–  @emmawelles
Jul 16th
The Great American Bubble Machine : Rolling Stone →
And here’s the real punch line. After playing an intimate role in four historic bubble catastrophes, after helping $5 trillion in wealth disappear from the NASDAQ, after pawning off thousands of toxic mortgages on pensioners and cities, after helping to drive the price of gas up to $4 a gallon and to push 100 million people around the world into hunger, after securing tens of billions of...
Jul 16th
“If America is circling the drain, Goldman Sachs has found a way to be that drain...”
–  The Great American Bubble Machine : Rolling Stone
Jul 15th
"I'm 50. And Mostly Like to Stretch." - Madonna -... →
Jul 11th
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Matt Dorfman’s News + Sketches + Accidents »... →
best. wedding invitation. ever. (take notes kristine! :P ) via @aubs.
Jul 8th
Retro Comedy: The 15 Creepiest Vintage Ads Of All... →
Jul 8th
The Sex Lives of Male Hookers - Page 1 - The... →
Jul 7th