July 2009
The great sock reckoning
June 2009
“I predict a return to blogging as people discover the power of being able to...”
– Scripting News: 6/30/2009 (via fred-wilson)
That’s exactly what happened here with a twitter conversation that needed to finish with >140 char thoughts.
MJ and the Zombieconomy, via Umair
kortina:
If the world’s biggest pop star only made $12 million a year from his recordings, why would anyone make serious music? Where did the rest of the money go? Why, straight into record labels’ pockets.
…
No wonder everyone wants to be a banker, investor, or [insert beancounter here]. There’s no money left in anything else.
That’s the big problem behind the zombieconomy. We don’t...
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Lots if food and travel chatter in my stream
wearedmx:
ibeching:
Knight Ryder (12” version). ...
david:
Is anyone else nervous that you wouldn’t get this much media coverage if you died today?
no. media isn’t a legacy or evidence of a legacy.
My gut reaction when reading this was “that’s fucking retarded”.
“Russia’s energy giant Gazprom has signed a $2.5bn (£1.53bn) deal with...”
– BBC NEWS | Business | Gazprom seals $2.5bn Nigeria deal
W. T. F.
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-6-21) →
Bloc Party (23)
Nirvana (11)
Sufjan Stevens (8)
Maze (1)
Team Deep (1)
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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-6-14) →
Nirvana (11)
Antiloop (2)
Modest Mouse (2)
ATB (2)
The Cure (2)
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It's going to be bad
State mandated screening for lead aren’t covered by state mandated and backed health care costing $800 a month for a family of 3. I’ve mentioned this before.
You need to be pretty ignorant or willfully blind of how state backed health insurance worked to be asking for more of it.
I’m pretty sure most people fall in the ignorant category. They get swept up in trends, and ignore...
“Wonga is an ethically bankrupt investment. Venture investors have a duty to...”
– via Umair http://bit.ly/m1DwE (via kortina)
I’m fine with companies acting in a market. I’m fine with venture capitalists investing in them.
But if Wonga is in your portfolio, it turns me off. I won’t be inclined to have you as an investor. [yes, I know TAG, a Tipjoy investor, is...
“Despite all this activity Churchill’s daily routine changed little during...”
– Daily Routines: a blog about the habits of interesting people - Boing Boing
Hover Kart, Coin Shop, and more on Monday!
omgpop:
This Monday, June 15th, we’ve got some awesome stuff happening on OMGPOP. First off, our newest game Hover Kart will be available for everyone to play.
To celebrate the release of Hover Kart, we’ll be hosting a live 6 hour marathon on http://justin.tv/omgpop at 8 PM on Monday. (You can RSVP on FaceBook here: http://bit.ly/ZEZKM )
On Monday you’ll also have access to the new Shop where...
“this made me happier than doing nothing. This isn’t work, it’s play”
– Why you need your own company | Derek Sivers
I couldn’t agree more. Retirement for me, as I’ve mentioned before, will be the iteratively increasing freedom to try riskier and more interesting ideas.
“I had thought a while ago about attempting to start a mainstream public forum...”
– Trent Reznor on social media
He’s had it with trolls, and is toning down his (awesome) usage of Twitter.
This really underscores that identity matters. We’ve seen this in the move to verified twitter accounts, facebook as a whole (and somewhat wrt their vanity urls coming out).
My...
“Digital identity should change and adapt to humans; not force humans to refer to...”
– Chris Messina
Read the full post entitled: Facebook usernames and the battle over your digital identity
(via msg)
I agree with his post, but it isn’t about computer readability. It’s human readbility.
I want humans to be able to type http://facebook.com/ivankirigin to get me.
I...
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-6-7) →
Bloc Party (82)
Autechre (19)
Blonde Redhead (14)
Elliott Smith (9)
The Cure (7)
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