June 2010
“The only time in my life I smoked angel dust was by accident and it was on a...”
– Pitchfork: Echo Chamber: Devo’s Mark Mothersbaugh
“During episodes, Mr. Wong would rise from bed in a zombielike trance and perform...”
– The Life of Tobias Wong, Designer - NYTimes.com
Woah. What the…. Wow.
Why companies will stick with Twitter | Analysis &... →
This is dead on.
(and yes, I’m still on vacation. pretend I’m not tumbling right now.)
“If we were starting this whole office thing today, it’s inconceivable...”
– Seth’s Blog: Goodbye to the office
Unlike Seth Godin, I’ve actually tried this, at scale. It doesn’t work. And I’ll tell you something else: in the end, it’s not management that decides it doesn’t work it’s the workers, who know that the value of face time...
craigmacneil asked: What did you get at Tim Horton's?? They have neat stuff.
U.S. Identifies Vast Riches of Minerals in... →
secondverse:
Oh, I’m sure this will end fantastically.
Haha. My thoughts exactly. That article starts out so full of promise and by the end, you’re like “oh god, this is gonna be terrible.”
“As much as I would like to conclude with a starry-eyed call for placing...”
– BP PR: Eric Dezenhall on Oil Spill Crisis Management - The Daily Beast
Hey, Apple: You Need To Let The QuickTime Plugin... →
Wow suddenly I am upset over this and in violent agreement, even though I’ve not thought about this issue in like ten years. Seems so obvious now.
“You know what else you apparently can’t do from Mahalo? Get your data out. This...”
– You Know Where Else It’s Hard To Delete Your Account? Mahalo
Hahaha!
“MoveOn.org’s campaign director, Ilyse Hogue, joined the pile-on at the same...”
– Democrats’ Civil War: The Fight Within the Party - The Daily Beast
Oh please, yes. PLEASE YES. Let the Tea Party crazies take the right, MoveOn take the left, and we can merge what’s left into the centrist party THE REST OF US ALL WANT and didn’t think we’d ever see in our...
Motorola And RIM Make Peace, End All Outstanding... →
Aww this is nice. I wish more companies would do this.
Grendel's Den - House Red
housewineprimetime:
House Cabernet Sauvignon:
Ashley: “Sweet berry wine! Black as a moonless night, with a midpalate of maneschewitz flavored Jelly Bellies and stew. Also serves as a pleasant dippin’ sauce for olive oil bruschetta.”
Guest Blogger Abby: “Nice Cab Sav!”
Grendel’s Den, Cambridge, MA
:: Guest blogger Abby with fellow geeky blonde Emma
Apple Considering Separate WWDC Conferences for... →
I would be so down with this.
Aaron's Life: Why don't New Yorkers Bike to Work? →
msg:
AMEN BROTHER
1. It’s too dangerous. I’m scared.
Get over it.
Ha. No. Once you’ve been hit by a cab on a bike, you don’t just get over it. I feel lucky to be alive, and not happy to press my luck, thank you.
“Catch Up ★ Louis Gray: The introduction of multi-tasking and a front-facing...”
– Daring Fireball
How is video-calling a complete experience A. on wi-fi only and B. when voice calling doesn’t generally work for much of its users?
The iphone is a beaut, but come on Gruber. (via lauraglu)
Front facing is catch up, sure, and Laura’s right about FaceTime, but isn’t...
ianwestcott:
bisceglie:
I suddenly reflected on the absurdity of a. paying for hardware b. paying for apps c. paying for airtime … in order to see ads.
—HN user ojbyrne on this thread
This is exactly why I refuse to pay for cable. $150/month just to spend 1/3 of my time watching advertisements? No, thank you. Fuck off.
Cable only costs that much when you’re getting HBO,...
“Samsung supplies the key components that go into the iPhone 4, including the...”
– The Chosun Ilbo (English Edition): Daily News from Korea - iPhone 4 ‘Made in Korea’
Coopetition at its best. (via jryu) (via mikehudack)
I’m a giant apple booster, obvs, (and closely affiliated with Samsung now), but Apple is hardly Samsung’s main rival in phones. Motorola, Nokia,...
“Internet Week feels like any random weekday in 1999, there were just random...”
– Dennis Crowley (via soupsoup) (via mikehudack)
Ha. Yeah. The only real difference with the Webutante ball is we told the reporters where we were gonna be, and dressed up a bit more.
Robert Reich: Three More Reasons for the President... →
1 Why hasn’t BP moved more of its rigs and tankers to the site? Because BP’s first responsibility is to maximize shareholder value, and moving more rigs and tankers would be too expensive. Coast Guard Admiral Thad Allen, the government’s man on the scene, said BP planned to move another rig…
If someone had told me ten years ago that a world-renowned economist would use a website...
“Fuck jewelry. I don’t want anything around my neck, wrists, fingers, etc....”
– Hotshots Now Showing They’re Badasses by Wearing Bracelets
Perhaps the most neurotic Gawker comment ever. 