February 2010
11 posts
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Statistical Fingerprinting: LeBron=Durant and... →
pablog:
Jesse Andrews’ analysis never fails to entertain.
January 2010
42 posts
“… if “pad” is inherently bad root word, how do you explain “ThinkPad”?
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– Gruber and Gruber
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Bad Astronomy on NASA's budget →
mrgan:
The general public public perception of NASA is that it’s an inefficient, unnecessary drain on the US budget. How bad a drain? Bad Astronomy quotes The Space Review:
In a just-completed study, we asked respondents what percentage of the national budget is allocated to NASA … NASA’s allocation, on average, was estimated to be approximately 24% of the national budget (the NASA allocation in...
“The engineers and I handle customer support. When I tell people that, they look...”
– The Way I Work: Paul English of Kayak
It’s true. If people ever wonder why I’m always tinkering with RRR’s website, it’s often because I’m trying to save myself time on the customer support side.
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When two web services love each other very much...
hypem:
Some great music blogs use Tumblr as their platform, and we aggregate those in The Hype Machine. But plenty of people have awesome insights on music, even if they post about everything else on their tumblelog, too. So now, you can submit your music posts to the Hype Tumblr. We’re also following some cool people and reblogging their stuff, so you can see all the...
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Airbnb: travel like a human →
A website for finding places to stay that are not hotels. What craigslist should be.
Watch“I wish they did!” - Oh, Andy.
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“A ‘weapons’ is defined as a rifle, shotgun, pistol, airgun, and STARTER PISTOL....”
– How to guarantee your luggage won’t be lost or stolen next time you fly (via mattlehrer)
YouTube Now Testing HTML5 as Alternative to Flash →
Gruber:
Sign up for the beta on this page, and boom, you get videos using H.264 and the HTML5 video tag instead of Flash. Working great for me. Note, though, that it only applies to videos on youtube.com itself — YouTube videos embedded in web pages on other sites still use Flash.
So far things are loading and playing much smoother compared to Flash.
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Keep It Goin Louder (Feat. Nina Sky) (Diplo Remix)... →
That low, quarter-note synth that comes in at 2:22 make me feel all warm and fuzzy. Also, it turns out one of my roommates is in the promo video for this song I posted recently. Look for the crazy eyes at 1:32.
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The (App) World According To Verizon
This is what I refer to when people (read: random tech bloggers) stop using an iPhone because of their objections to the App Store. Yes, it’s closed and has a fundamentally faulty review system—which prevents timely acceptance of not just new apps but revisions and bug fixes as well)—but: this is what the world looked like before it arrived.
via Wikipedia:
Get it now, VCast,...
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Major Lazer vs. Olive
[Note: this post contains content that does not display properly or at all in the Tumblr dashboard.]
Just heard “Keep It Goin’ Louder” by Major Lazer (2009), and the chord progression reminded me of “You’re Not Alone” by Olive (1996), a high school favorite of mine.
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DVR Bookmarks
Wouldn’t it be handy to add bookmarks (or just, “marks”) to DVR recordings and other streaming video?
Example uses:
Awesome touchdown you want to show someone when they get home
Remember where one person stopped watching (fell asleep) when another person keeps watching
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A Letter to Rush Limbaugh →
david-noel:
suitep:
From: Roger Ebert
You should be horse-whipped for the insult you have paid to the highest office of our nation. Having followed President Obama’s suggestion and donated money to the Red Cross for relief in Haiti, I was offended to hear you suggest the President might be a thief capable of stealing money intended for the earthquake victims. The rest.
The reason that...
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“We have decided we are no longer willing to continue censoring our results on...”
– Official Google Blog: A new approach to China
[via david-noel]
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“Hype Machine approached their 2009 Music Blog Zeitgeist with the same automation...”
– Mishka NYC’s blog has kind words on the Zeitgeist. (via fascinated)
david-noel:
Well said, agreed! Outstanding work, Anthony & team.
I was slow to warm to Hype Machine, but damn, this is the future, people.
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Friday Slink: Forever (Feat. Kanye West, Lil...
Running in the (Extreme) Cold! - How to Prepare →
internetrunnerssocialclub:
…[H]ere are some handy items made specifically for running in the cold. This article highlights how to stay warm below zero. Thankfully it’s not that cold yet, but there are some good practices for when things get frigid.
[h/t to SectionSixMets]
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educationalrap:
Elasticity by Rhythm, Rhyme,...
Instapaper Extras: it keeps getting better →
If you’re not using Instapaper, even without an iPhone or Kindle, you’re missing out.
One click in your browser whisks the current page away to a safe place, ready to be read when you have more time. (In the iPhone’s case, it’s ready to be read anytime, including when you’re underground.)
Destroying perfectly good retail merchandise
marco:
It’s all incredibly wasteful, but on some level, I can see why they do it: if the “get credit and destroy” system changed to “get credit and donate”, it would really become “get credit, say they were donated, then take them home and sell them on eBay”.
It’s unfair to criticize these two companies for a practice that’s incredibly common in the entire industry, spanning nearly every product...
“Arenas… will forfeit $147,208 for each game he misses during the...”
– Gilbert Arenas Suspended by N.B.A.
Every game is a full, top-of-the-line college education.
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Are you looking for an admin job in NYC?
A friend has a job posting up.
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zoya:
are you an illustrator/photographer/designer/collage artist with no plans for the weekend? want to make something that will be displayed to over one million Hype Machine visitors this month and forever after? email me w/a link to your art, like, right now. there’s a fun 48-hour deadline for this.