June 2011
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“Every time the mainstream media jumps all over her for saying something...”
– Michele Bachmann sets record straight: ‘I’m a substantive, serious person’ (via ryking)
It’s hard to understand how someone who is so hard-line constitutional is so hard-line against the census. The census is constitutionally mandated, in order to determine the proportion of Representatives,...
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If Apple really wanted me to update iTunes, they wouldn’t beachball the shit out of my machine when I try to click ‘not now.’
Also, why is it that I never remember launching itunes, but it’s always bugging me to update it anyway?
And why is it that apple software predominantly beachballs my machine? Safari, iTunes, Photobooth. Every. Single. Time.
Never have that...
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Cody Brown 140 +: An Open Letter to Jay Maisel Who... →
codybrowntext:
This was originally written for Jay Maisel’s facebook page. It was one of many responses on the page but while I was writing, the page was deleted and all the other responses are now gone.
Dear Jay Maisel,
I read a pretty disheartening post this morning about what seemed like a copyright…
Hulu puts itself up for sale, retains investment... →
un:
The news comes a day after it was revealed that Hulu had received an unsolicited acquisition offer and that Web portal Yahoo has expressed interest in potentially acquiring it. Yahoo has not yet made a formal bid, said a person with knowledge of the situation.
Cashing in. No surprise. Hulu had so much potential, but kept getting farther and farther from it’s audience.
But there is...
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“Our core brand value is “Don’t Suck”
– Josh Reich, Bank Simple.
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My Life as an Undocumented Immigrant →
soupsoup:
In April 2008, I was part of a Post team that won a Pulitzer Prize for the paper’s coverage of the Virginia Tech shootings a year earlier. Lolo died a year earlier, so it was Lola who called me the day of the announcement. The first thing she said was, “Anong mangyari kung malaman nang tao?”
What will happen if people find out?
I couldn’t say anything. After we got off the phone,...
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Air Conditioning the Military Costs More Than... →
fuckyeahfeminists:
Not only does it cost a buttload of money, it also has been costing soldiers’ lives - at least 1000 have been killed while transporting the fuel needed for AC.
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“I think it’s sensationalist and somewhat lazy, but that doesn’t make...”
– Jon Stewart on Fox News Sunday, in reference to perceived ‘mainstream lib`ruhl news’ bias.
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Mike Hudack: Improvements to the blip.tv... →
bliptv:
We released a new episode archive module on the show pages of blip.tv today. Check it out in the middle of this page. When we relaunched the site last month, many viewers complained about having to scroll through the episode archive to find older episodes of the…
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Sleeping Under the Stars in Brooklyn →
When I reached the campsite itself, down a path that led through increasingly dense trees and bushes, I was in awe. It was big, really big. Maybe a couple of thousand square feet, surrounded by foliage, with a picnic table and barbecue pit. And it wasn’t even the biggest campsite there.
Who are we kidding? Of course it’s Netflix vs.... →
evangotlib:
Good read.
This is why we should fear vertical integration of communications corporations.
“Weinergate, as it has been dubbed by pundits across the political spectrum, must...”
– The Breitbart Effect: Why Weiner’s Boring (Non-) Sex Scandal Is Getting More Play Than Republicans’ Sordid Sexcapades (via ryking)
When is the left going to start screaming about right-wing bias?
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I quit facebook about eight months ago.
I decided I might try to go back, slowly, not using it for anything important, just a ‘hey, people I used to know, I’m still here if you want to get in touch, here’s a little bit of contact info’ type thing.
I’ve taken to using sub-email address tags to properly mitigate the torrent of automated email I get every-day: I can sign up for most services with...
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Evan's Blog. Meh.: Accidental Drunk Tweet Turned... →
pixeldujour:
Here’s a funny story. Somebody at The Red Cross that has access to their Twitter account made a bit of a mistake last night. They posted a tweet proclaiming:
The tweet has since been removed, but of course, stuff like that doesn’t just go away on the Internet. It’s been…
“If the Chicago cops recently indicted for sexual assault are convicted, they’ll...”
– Chicago State’s Attorney Lets Bad Cops Slide, Prosecutes Citizens Who Record Them (via jeffmiller)
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Watchmikehudack:
My live segment on Bloomberg TV. (via YouTube - Hudack Says Online TV Is Similar to Beginning of Cable)
Cool interview.
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Overheard at The Atlantic
Online Editor: Please know, everyone, that The Atlantic hyphenates "star-fucker."
Here Comes the Pun: 633,000,000 →
ohhleary:
thedailypothole:
dollars [NYCDOT] spent on resurfacing streets in the last four years
1,760,000
dollars NYCDOT spent on bike lanes in the last four years (estimated)
In every single article about bike lanes, inevitably someone bitches that “we’re wasting money on something that 1%…
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LuzSec, among other things, receives a hefty... →
And with which currency would someone donate money to an organization ostensibly dedicated to allegedly illegal activity? BitCoins, of course.
