August 2009
39 posts
“Political analysts expect Japan to remain a close American ally, but one that is...”
– from “With Bold Stand, Japan Opposition Wins a Landslide” (NYTimes)
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Mining the Web for Feelings, Not Facts - NYTimes →
“Based on research by Claire Cardie, a Cornell computer science professor, and Jan Wiebe of the University of Pittsburgh, the service uses a sophisticated algorithm that not only evaluates sentiments about particular topics, but also identifies the most influential opinion holders. Jodange, which received an innovation research grant from the National Science Foundation last year, is...
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"Archie Broke My Heart! Now What?" - NPR's Ask Amy →
From Betty:
…The worst part is that they’ve asked me to go to the wedding! Veronica is even hinting that she wants me to be a bridesmaid! Can you imagine?
Of course, I’ll probably do it because that’s just the sort of person I am. But it’s hard to imagine picking up the pieces after dating the same guy for three generations.
Amy, what am I supposed to do now?
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“If alcohol is queen, then tobacco is her consort. It’s a fond companion...”
– Luis Bunuel, from D. A. Byler’s “seven habits of highly creative people” over at Salon (via jkottke)
"Millennials" - 1984-1986
1984: Scarlett Johansson, Mandy Moore, Patrick Stump, America Ferrera, Eva Marcille, Katharine McPhee, Dana Davis, Chris Marquette, Anna Nalick, Nick Lazzarini, Ashlee Simpson, Omarion, Kelli Garner, Martha MacIsaac, Joe Trohman, Lucas Grabeel, Adam Lamberg, Fantasia Barrino, Matt Mullenweg, Taylor Cole, Naima Mora, Tyson Ritter, Benji Schwimmer, Jena Malone, Gabrielle Christian, Rob Brown,...
Elly Jackson (from La Roux) interview on The... →
But I suppose now you’re the person on constant rotation on the radio…
“That’s what’s weird, you’re suddenly part of that thing you were fighting against, and you can’t complain any more. I think essentially, not that I’ve ever really tried to do this, but one of the coolest things that hit me about being in the mainstream and lots of people...
“All I ask from France & the world is peace & a good price for our wheat...”
– Thomas Jefferson, April 18, 1800
from “A Life of Letters” (Time). See also this video of the “Papers of Thomas Jefferson” project.
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Jonathan Ive on The Key to Apple's Success →
“So what does Ive look for when interviewing would-be Apple designers? Belief, passion and a commitment to strive for perfection. “When I’m interviewing people to join the team, the discussions go like this: ‘this was my idea, this is how it turned out in manufacturing, and it’s rubbish, isn’t it? But it isn’t my fault’,” he recounted wryly,...
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What If You Pull a Literary Hoax and Nobody... →
- Peter Monaghan for The Chronicle of Higher Ed
“In 2004 the journal, which is the quarterly of the Modernist Studies Association, ran a review essay of the writer David Foster Wallace’s story collection Oblivion. The essay was a put-on, a leg-pull, a sham, in ways that take some explaining for nonspecialists in recent American fiction. But no one publicly called attention to the con...
“Brief Job Description : Private tutor needed for 11-year-old boy with...”
– from my university temp job listings. i can’t tell whether or not this is funny.
brooklyn weekends
friend: is there anything else going on in ur hood - he doesnt want to get stuck in bklyn with nothing to do at 1130 (when the show is over)
me: HA
hahahaha
Sent at 5: 12 PM on Thursday
me: oh yea that was a question...
Goya Neptune Goya →
(lalblog)
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Watch“Bridge the gap between where your talent is and where your taste is” - Ryan Sims More “One thing”s professional designers would say to designers who are just starting out —>here. (via snark)
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Portland's 'Purposeful Amateurism'
Dave Longstreth on Calvin Johnson, founder of K Records: ” I found his idea of the beauty of purposeful amateurism to be pretty powerful. And I think that that ethos is really like…like, Portland is just steeped in that value, as was Seattle in the 90s. I mean Portland still kinda has it to some extent—if too many people from Brooklyn don’t move there—of just like...