June 2012
2 posts
May 2012
14 posts
“A key argument for America’s relatively hands-off approach to broadband...”
– Four signs America’s broadband policy is failing | Ars Technica (via jericsinger)
“Not only are the empty calories cheaper, but the healthy foods are becoming more...”
– Dr. Drewnowski
“Briefly, the ancient Greek poet Simonides (p. 8) mentally associated parts of a...”
– Dataland: the MIT’s ’70s media room concept that influenced the Mac | The Verge
“I readily admit it,” said E. Gordon Gee, the president of Ohio State University,...”
– Student Loans Weighing Down a Generation With Heavy Debt - NYTimes.com
1 tag
“He read like a forest fire.”
– Chloe Wing, describing David Bowman
April 2012
21 posts
“The truth is, in 10 years, you’re not going to have highly skilled, highly paid...”
– Mavericks Invent Future Internet Where Cisco Is Meaningless | Wired Enterprise | Wired.com
“A mondegreen is not a transistor, inherently modern. Its modernity is harder to...”
– The Information, James Gleick (via mediology)
Watchfaketv:
this is SO well made
theatlanticvideo:
A Beautifully Choreographed Stop-Motion Film About Light and Shadow
Juan Pablo Zaramella’s short film Luminaris makes clever use of natural daylight and time-lapse photography to tell a love story.
Via Short of the Week.
“Designers enable you to work within these constraints to create a product...”
– Startups, This is How Design Works
“Plan Z has two critical parts. First, identify how to measure when you’re...”
– Reid Hoffman
“Since dinosaurs roamed the datacenter!”
– Answer to question “How long have you been programming?” on HN
“Etsy practically invented bird-on-apparel technology, so this is our way of...”
– Etsy Acquires City of Portland | Etsy News
my favorite april fools stunt this year
(via fred-wilson)
my fav as well.
March 2012
49 posts
Things that Might Improve the Dentist's Office
Just went to the dentist for a cleaning. Here are a few aspects of that visit that could be improved.
- In-Glasses Games
During the cleaning, there were some painful moments. While I’m adverse to distraction in general, it would be nice to pay a game in the glasses as distraction. The dental assistant told me that some people listen to music while the cleaning occurs—the only thing...
Nicholas jaar interview guardian →
the confusion, ignorance and incoherence reminds me of a la roux article I read a couple years ago. the only difference is that this one is inundated with privilege and pretension.
h/t lerabbithole
from the article:
“In fact, so far, you could just as easily paint Jaar (for whom ‘all music is 1,000% political’) as the cultural equivalent of his contemporaries in the Occupy...
“As the teams have grown better at predicting human preferences, the more...”
“I think that once you get beyond 1,000 choices, a recommendation system becomes...”
“When is the application due?
May 31st. Get crackin’.”
– Will do.
The Future Of The Virtual Personal Assistant |... →
ugh, ethics/morality/politics all come into consideration here. Who’s doing that research right now?
“She took out her BlackBerry, and as the track began to play she surfed through...”
– Stargate and Ester Dean, Making Music Hits : The New Yorker
I have spent days doing this myself. wonder if I could do this….