January 2009
252 posts
December 2008
100 posts
“Sometime in the next week - January 1st if you have that available, or maybe...”
– Eliezer Yudkowsky: A New Day
Gillian Welch — Look at Miss Ohio.
Great...
More Hiring! Interns and Freelancers
spiers:
So now I have three—possibly four—separate site launches in the pipeline for the next 9 months and need some help with research, prototyping, etc
INTERNS:
So I’m looking for a good intern (or two, perhaps) who wants to learn how the commercial website sausage gets made. Intern(s) in question will be working on prototypes and doing market research for all sites in development, and...
“Have you guys ever thought about writing for, like, a woman’s magazine or...”
– Caroline Kennedy (via katiebakes)
Not to get all feministy on you, but honestly, would there be this level of scrutiny of a male candidate, say, Jeb Bush’s son getting appointed to a Senate seat in Florida?
(via caro)
Don’t agree, Caro. Jeb’s son does have some awesome qualifications but I doubt...
“In a famous 1960 article called “Marketing Myopia,” Theodore Levitt held up the...”
– James Surowiecki, “News You Can Lose” (via seantice)
Yes.
(via mikehudack)
I don’t buy this. What expertise did the rail companies have in trucking? It’s like the idea that the oil companies are actually “energy” companies, who should be investing heavily in solar and...
Dear Oprah, Re: Your Weight
Despite my best efforts to keep my reading and media consumption tightly pidgeonholed, I somehow read that you recently regained some weight and were back towards 200 Lbs.
Don’t worry, it happens. I’ve lost weight, felt great, and then gained some it back again a few times. Not the end of the world. You’re an American!
That being said, over the holidays I picked up one of my...
“But it always strikes me as weird when bloggers, whose primary task is to...”
– A commenter on Ezra Klein’s recent piece on the decline of newspapers. (via erin)
If anyone hasn’t read Ezra Klein’s takedown of Jeff Jarvis, they really should. Slate tried to recently, but they kind of missed the bullseye. Ezra Klein really nails it here. Yes, props to Jeff Jarvis and...
I Ruined Christmas
johncarney:
By writing this.
“A final word: Christmas is the worst time of the year to enter a holy war. Make...”
– Is Capitalism Ruining Christmas? - Jeffrey A. Tucker - Mises Institute
I have to say, with all the bad news I’ve been reading and writing about, this is the most optimistic thing I’ve read. And although they’re usually right, OPTIMISM is rarely something I feel after reading an...
“What we need to realize is that capitalism is responsive—to an extent greater...”
– Is Capitalism Ruining Christmas? - Jeffrey A. Tucker - Mises Institute
I’m not a big fan of gifts — neither giving nor receiving (I have everything I want or need, and I’m not good at picking out stuff for others) — but this is an excellent defense of the commercialization...
I'm in Austin
Hey, I don’t know if I have any Austin followers on here, but it case you haven’t seen elsewhere, I’m in Austin!
List of things to do:
BBQ
BBQ
Poodle Dog Lounge
Live music @ Ginny’s Little Longhorn
Stock up on Western shirts
BBQ
Take a trip out to Lockhart
“Indeed, if what Felt did was honorable, why did he lie and deny it repeatedly...”
– Pat Buchanan » On the Death of Deep Throat
peterfeld:
Phil Ochs, “No Christmas In...
HuffPo: 'Watermelon Roll': More Racism from 'Team... →
This piece in the HuffingtonPost should be required reading for all would-be internet mud-slingers.
It attempts make the argument that Sarah Palin supporters are racist, but spends the first two thirds of the article making statement like:
“The web site is funded—and hosted—by the Susan B. Anthony List Candidate Fund Project, a national right-wing, pro-life Political Action...
Raking the muck.
cajunboy:
via katiebakes:
Who said that good ole fashioned investigatory journalism will be dead in the Media 2.0 era?
While the disaster of a print publication that is Portfolio magazine is probably trying to put the finishing touches on some clever little charticle about the erstwhile oil boom, a little industry blog that could is providing compelling, original, value-added reporting on a...
Peak Bacon! →
johncarney:
Hipster bacon fans hit hard by bacon scarcity.
A Bailout For The Media
The idea of a bailout for big media has been joked about a few times, but I’m convinced (55% sure, actually) that we’ll actually see one. Now that newspapers are actually scaling back on printing physical papers (first Detroit, but before too long elsewhere), I suspect that we’ll see public-private partnerships designed to keep printed paper afloat under the guise of bringing...
Quick IQ Test thingy, I got 23. Beat me suckas. →
mattlehrer:
mikehudack:
ledenes:
(via exclamation)
I got a 23, too! We need a tiebreaker…
Shit. I got a 23, too.
25.
29. Just sayin.
“Short film: Obama is visited by three ghosts who show him his life and the lives...”
– Idea Province: It’s a Wonderful Drug Decriminalization Carol, Barack Obama
Serious question
Serious question, especially aimed at you folks that are into tech and startups and shit…
Has Obama said anything about the role the private sector/competition/innovation has in solving human problems, or is it all about the government’s role.
Because I think I’ve seen every one of his press conferences so far, and I’ve heard nothing other than that it’s government...
The "Insights" of Paul Ehrlich - Ross Douthat →
Politicization of science in the Obama administration. New science advisor is a Paul Ehrlich acolyte/malthusian.
I have to say, I’m finding the Obama administration really depressing so far, and it hasn’t even gotten started.
Beet Greens: Looking For A Business Model
So I’m pretty obsessed with eating greens these days, and I have to say my favorite greens are beet greans. They’re even tastier than kale and collards, though kale and collards are, of course, delicious. The problem is that I have no use for beets themselves. They’re starchy and sugary, and I’m not even sure I care for the flavor all that much. Too sweet!
But I’m...
A Modest Proposal To Save Social Security
Raise the retirement age by three years.
Transgressing the Boundaries: Towards a... →
machinetext:
physicist Alan Sokal’s notorious article, published in the Duke University journal Social Text in 1996. Sokal’s stated aim was to see if a journal in postmodern cultural studies would “publish an article liberally salted with nonsense if (a) it sounded good and (b) it flattered the editors’ ideological preconceptions.” You can read more about the Sokal Affair at wikipedia and the...
“Joe Solomnese, the president of the Human Rights Campaign, has sent a blistering...”
– Gay Group Calls Obama Invocation Pick A “Genuine Blow” - Marc Ambinder
The New York Times Tries To Kill Caroline... →
peterfeld:
inothernews:
Ouch. But, true!
In a carefully controlled strategy reminiscent of the vice-presidential hopeful Sarah Palin, aides to Caroline Kennedy interrupted her on Wednesday and whisked her away when she was asked what her qualifications are to be a United States senator.
In her first public appearance since letting it be known that wants to succeed Hillary Rodham Clinton,...
“I remember another person who had the audacity to exploit and toss aside...”
– Jello Biafra Writes An Open Letter To Barack Obama (via southpol)
We have a system of checks and balances to prevent any of the branches from seizing too much power. If Obama refuses to deal with the other two branches, or with anyone else for that matter, he will be a dictator. Maybe that’s what...
Bush says sacrificed free-market principles to... →
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