October 2009
Few Traffic Rules = Safer Roads →
jayparkinsonmd:
matthewdipaolamd:
“So far, the data seems to support Monderman’s theory. At least one report (PDF) on Drachten’s traffic experiment found a significant drop in accidents and injuries after traffic signals were removed at a busy intersection — from between four and ten a year before the change to one per year thereafter. Traffic also began to move faster through the intersection...
Master of 500 Hats: Gordon Gekko 2.0: Flipping is... →
This was a great article, and a hearty rejoinder to Jason Fried’s recent post about VCs and young entrepreneurs. I agree with almost everything in it, and it even made me think about a thing or two, though I disagree with the sentiment that more deals of any size is a good thing, but that’s just the staid economist in me feeling shellshocked after a recession based on too many...
“In 1827, the first year the federal government began tabulating opium imports,...”
– – Ryan Grim, “This is Your Country on Drugs: The Secret History of Getting High in America,” John Wiley & Sons, 2009
This book is awesome.
“Create something that you want to see in the world”
– Evan Williams, Twitter CEO - Twitter Seeks to Build Value, Not Revenue - Bits Blog - NYTimes.com (via bijan) (via fred-wilson) (via dpstyles)
This, of course, is a lot easier when you haven’t taken a hundred million dollars of other people’s money.
Elect the Jury
Benjamin and Noah are both nominees for the 2010 Andy Awards Jury.
This is a pretty cool little thing - typically award show juries are elected “behind closed doors,” so to speak, so it’s awesome to see this one being done by the voting public!
Won’t you give them both a nod and head on over to the site and give ‘em a vote? Thank you!
Hello Health added more doctors today. →
jayparkinsonmd:
It’s a big day today. Hello Health added eight new doctors to our network. But most important of all? They are all over the country…so we’re no longer just a small practice in Williamsburg. This is the seed of a virtual, connected healthcare System rooted in today’s business and communication processes. And it’s just the beginning. There are many more doctors aching to sign up,...
St Etienne Remix of Pains of Being Pure @ Heart's... →
spangley:
(via rickwebb)
ario was just talking about this remix & how amazing it was, last night on our way back to SF from the KYLIE show in oakland! rick webb, you saved me from having to go find it on the interwebs.
Ooo! You’re welcome! and… Kylie! She is playing here next monday and we are so excited. Was the show AWESOME?
Hooky's Top Ten Hacienda Memories – Part One - In... →
I’d never seen so much booze in one place in my life. We were like pigs in a trough. The thought that I’d paid for it never struck me. It was like all your Christmases coming at once. A wild moment. It wasn’t until years later that we realised that we were the ones paying for it and nobody else was. It was a funny moment. A strange realisation.
Oh man, I know that feeling.
St Etienne Remix of Pains of Being Pure @ Heart's... →
Giant "Unknown Pleasures" woolen cape for sale for... →
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