December 2009
Watchzombie reagan is an auto reblog
via ibeching
November 2009
“If something as simple as a website is rarely right the first time, laws don’t...”
– Aza Raskin
Rebooting Britain: Enact beta versions of new laws
(via msg)
The way to do this is sunset clauses in each law, mandated by a constitution. Ivanistan will definitely have them
“Mostly though I’m just sad. I never envisioned the CrunchPad as a huge business....”
– The End Of The CrunchPad
This story about the quick demise of the crunchpad is really crazy. I can’t believe someone would try to pull this kind of bullshit with someone so prominent as the founder of the most popular tech blog in the world. Like Arrington, I’m sad this project...
The reblogging form on the tumblr iPhone app is a piece of shit
“A study in the January-February 2009 issue of the journal Health Affairs...”
– NY Times: Health Care Savings May Start in Employee Diets
via david
And yet, my insurance that is coupled to employment is tax deductible while my gym membership is not.
The reason I’m against the coming debacle in health care legislation is that it ignores this reality, among others. ...
“The cast will include all the guys from Ocean’s 11, but they all die...”
– RedDyeNumber4 is a genius
He came up with Cuil Theory. This is a side comment on the original epic thread.
A taste of the absurd is good for the mind from time to time.
Visiting my sister at NYU Medical Center. Lots of...
Download now or watch on posterous IMG_0206.MOV (2195 KB)
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Watchthedailywhat:
Mashup of the Day: The musical mothership from Spielberg’s Close Encounters duels it out with the people of Earth, Deliverance-style in Marc Bullard’s fantastically overdue mashup, “Close Encounters of the Redneck Kind.”
(Enter obligatory anal probe joke here.)
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“I would not spend any time thinking about this. You guys are about to drive...”
– Paul Graham in an old email to YCW08 on the topic of class F stock.
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“You don’t have to be the best. You just have to be someone’s favorite.”
– (via davemorin)
For facebook it’s, yah know, someone’s favorite ubiquitous identity system.
I like the TrueFan theory. Some debate over whether it is 1000 true fans or 10000 sorta fans, etc.
Fun fact: in Japanese, you comma every 10^4, which makes a lot more sense to me as far as...
incompetent
dice.com: Hi, is this Ivan? [pronounced incorrectly]
me: Yes.
dice.com: I'm calling from dice.com to see if you're looking to expand your engineering team for tipjoy.com
me: Have you been to tipjoy.com recently?
dice.com: no
me: are you in front of a computer
dice.com: yes
me: well, go ahead. This should just take a few seconds.
...
dice.com: Well I'm sorry to hear that. I'm sure you're off to your next endeavor and we hope you consider dice.com for --
me: Why would I consider dice.com for anything if you didn't spend even a few seconds researching your companies?
dice.com: Well ...
me: Have a nice day. [click]
“Set up your ActBlue Express account today! You’ll enjoy the benefits of...”
– ActBlue
You need to tweet something like this: donate @[candidatehandle] $[amount] via @actblue
Apple's Mistake →
PG’s latest
FDA Declares War on Fruity Cigarettes -... →
rafer:
heyitsnoah:
rickwebb:
GOD. Clove cigarettes. Flavored cigarettes. Caffeinated Alcoholic beverages. JUST STOP. HEY FDA WHY DON’T YOU CRACK DOWN ON THE ONE THING PEOPLE WANT YOU TO CRACK DOWN ON - PHARMA ADS.
Because people who run pharma ads have more money than people who smoke cloves.
Because the government is a millipedal tyranny of little men. Conspiracy theories about...
“More than 14,700 Americans disclosed secret offshore bank accounts to the...”
– IRS Gets Secret Account Data From 14,700 Americans (Update4) - Bloomberg.com (via tedr)
