May 2012
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Let’s just say it: The Republicans are the... →
Bipartisan team calls out Republican extremism
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Biden on MTP states he is “absolutely comfortable” with gay marriage. (2:49)
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April 2012
6 posts
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Via austinkleon: “Hatred is wasted energy.” - Hitchcock
Apr 28th
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Apr 16th
What if the Secret to Success Is Failure? →
Great article by Paul Tough in the NYT about schools’ efforts to build students’ character
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March 2012
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The War Against Youth →
Shocking economic numbers that might make you ageist
Mar 31st
Stag Party →
Frank Rich clarifies how the GOP’s war on women is alive and well. From New York magazine.
Mar 31st
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Mar 30th
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Why You Only Need to Test with 5 Users →
Jakob Nielsen explains why testing is still effective with a small number of users.
Mar 30th
Push to End Too-Big-To-Fail Goes Mainstream, by... →
Mar 30th
“The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice.”
– Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Top five regrets of the dying →
From The Guardian
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“Researchers have established a direct link between the number of friends you...”
– From The Guardian’s “Facebook’s ‘dark side’: study finds link to socially aggressive narcissism”
Mar 24th
Bank of America: Too Crooked to Fail →
More essential reading from Matt Taibbi. Pour yourself a stiff drink before sitting down with this one.
Mar 22nd
“American Psycho came out of a place of severe alienation and loneliness and...”
– Excerpt from Bret Easton Ellis interview in 200th issue of The Paris Review
Mar 17th
24/192 Music Downloads are Very Silly Indeed →
What really matters for a high quality digital audio listening experience
Mar 11th
February 2012
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Dirty words of 1811 →
So much good stuff here, like “ADMIRAL OF THE NARROW SEAS: One who from drunkenness vomits into the lap of the person sitting opposite to him.”
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Fluid →
Recently discovered Fluid. Love having Google Tasks & Calendar in my menubar, accessing via keyboard shortcuts.
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NYC mayor gives Planned Parenthood $250K matching... →
Mayor Bloomberg, keeping it real.
Feb 3rd
January 2012
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Jan 31st
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(via Alain de Botton: Atheism 2.0 | Video on TED.com) Alain de Botton kills it in another great TED talk, this time on the religious practices that should be adopted by atheists while maintaining their non-belief.
Jan 27th
The Rise of the New Groupthink - NYTimes.com →
NYT op-ed on the pitfalls of collaborative work
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December 2011
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Chrome 15 Becomes World's Most Popular Browser →
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Slice - automatic package tracking →
Just signed up for Slice and I already love it.  Automatically scans your inbox for shipping emails, then can send push alerts to your phone when packages ship or are delivered.  Can even alert you to price drops that happen after your purchase within the amount of time when you can claim a refund.  Best part: automatic email import means zero effort on your part. Unfortunately, the reason I...
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A few favorites of the moment
Listening: Neon Indian - Era Extraña Jeff Buckley - Grace Phantogram - Nightlife Marc Maron’s WTF podcast Tools: Sparrow (for Gmail) Trello (for organizing) Shufflr.fm (for listening)
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