August 2008
102 posts
katiebakes:
I hate when someone introduces you to a large group of people and one of them has to joke ‘there’s going to be a quiz later on!’
Me too.
I also hate it when you meet someone a little hyper and they say to you: “You’re all like, ‘who’s this crazy guy?’”
Um, no.
“Fox News was first with the news at 10:35:07amET, CNN was next at 10:36:14”
– John McCain Picks Gov. Sarah Palin for VP. Fox News First With The News - mediabistro.com: TVNewser
Whew!?
“Laos has the dubious honour of being the most bombed country in history”
– Wikipedia (via alexmoreland)
My Relationship With Apple Is Like My Relationship... →
Amazon.com MP3 Downloads: Popular music, classical... →
Recommendation: AmazonMP3. All the hip kids have spurned iTunes for AmazonMP3. And I’m one of them.
Also, they’ve got this “MP3 Daily Deal” on the front page, with a new album each day priced around $2.00. It’s a nice gimmick that’s got me checking back every day.
“What can you say about people who get teary-eyed at a political convention? The...”
– Peter Gordon’s Blog
I agree with this probably 70 percent.
“Amid a spate of awkward on-air conflicts among MNSBC anchors at this week’s...”
– Is MSNBC about to implode? (via mikehudack)
For some reason, every news org. wrote about MSNBC’s infighting today. For me, the fact that the channel’s lineup is brimming with thin-skinned hyper-egos, is the only reason to watch it, compared to the CNN snoozefest.
(via josephweisenthal)
I couldn’t...
“Amid a spate of awkward on-air conflicts among MNSBC anchors at this week’s...”
– Is MSNBC about to implode? (via mikehudack)
For some reason, every news org. wrote about MSNBC’s infighting today. For me, the fact that the channel’s lineup is brimming with thin-skinned hyper-egos, is the only reason to watch it, compared to the CNN snoozefest.
Steve Rubel: We Need To Kill The Business Card... →
whitneymcn:
Funny: joelaz blogged the same functional idea (but simpler) a couple of days ago. Check out his post for the details, or text whitneymcn to 41411 to get my SMS business card.
via didyouevernotice:
steverubel:
Steve Rubel posted a link We Need To Kill The Business Card Once And For All 4:44 am - Comment Aaron Myers liked this Amen to that. Good for the environment too. - Steve...
tuitalk: Ads-Supported VoIP Calls - BusinessWeek →
I’m not real keen on bashing other journalists, but man. Really?
How could anyone seriously talk about an ad-support VoIP company that requires users to listen to ads and say it’s going to give Skype a run for its money. A nd this is a serious magazine. Oh, and the company is currently only available in Turkey. I mean, really?
whitneymcn:
Holy crap, this is awesome!
via...
Buffy Sainte Marie: “Codine”. My being...
Will the Anti-Locavorism Never End? - Freakonomics →
A historian attacks the local foods movement. Some good points.
Sam Amidon: “Roll On John”. I went to...
Another meme that needs to die
Playing in Peoria.
I’m not talking about the blind thing. That’s fine… but there’s something else kind of awkward about Gov. Patterson isn’t there? Just saw a clip of him on CNN, and I think it’s the first time I’ve seen him speak. Kind of odd.
“Seriously, is this guy a secret McCain agent or what?”
– The Clintons are reeeally picking up The Hills’ slack when it comes to entertaining yours truly.
Bill The Underminer is baaaaaaack!
Bill Clinton appeared to undermine Sen. Barack Obama again Tuesday. The former president, speaking in Denver, posed a hypothetical question in which he seemed to...
From A Quasi Spam I Just Got
The dude is actually letting me know, in advance, that he’ll be spamming me some more:
“Hi my name is Matt and I am running stockblogs.com. Im just emailing right now just to let you know I will be corresponding with you with in the next couple of days to let you know more about what is going on with stock blogs, thanks.”
“Turns out the National Enquirer was also following the John McCain story back in...”
– Where McCain is Concerned the National Enquirer Comes Up Smelling Like Roses - mediabistro.com:
“German scientists using satellite images posted online by the Google Earth...”
– Cows have magnetic sense, Google Earth images indicate - Los Angeles Times
“The rise of online panhandling advice helps explain why panhandlers and “sign...”
– The Professional Panhandling Plague by Steven Malanga, City Journal Summer 2008
(via MR)
“9. The overall quality of the food is very high, but the very best restaurants...”
– Marginal Revolution: Rules for eating in Chilean restaurants
I’d really suck at writing music reviews, cause I’d be bad at identifying influences or trends or making connections. So I’m always proud of stuff like just now, when I listened to an Albert Hammond Jr. song and thought it sounded Elvis Costello-ish and then I saw some reviewer on Amazon say the same thing.
“For those of you not closely following the drama between social network platform...”
– TechCrunh: Don’t Post The Evidence Unless It Supports Your Case
Wait… there are some people not closely following this drama? Really?
It’s kind of ridiculous how many bands have...
The Year of the Political Blogger Has Arrived →
caro:
Didn’t we take note of this phenomenon in 2004?
I wonder if they’re going to do that thing where they show bloggers sitting around the room during the debates, sitting on the couch and… blogging. God that made for some really painful TV.
“As a long-standing member and former Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee,...”
– Senator Joe Biden — Senator for Delaware: Meet Joe
Found this cool live version of Camper van...
“Even Scoble couldn’t save Seagate. Almost a year after the hard-drive...”
– Kind of knocking down a straw man, but I still like readin it.
Valleywag: Mythbusting: Why sponsoring bloggers is a waste of money
Antony and the Johnsons — “Fistful of...
The Stalwart: An Interesting 'Gay Gene' Theory →
“Perhaps the most important event of the (ATHENS) Olympics will turn out to be...”
– The above is from a Steve Sailer article written right after the Athens Olympics. While I think Sailer has a lot of interesting ideas, and his frank non-PC is refreshing, I always thought his conclusion about the men’s basketball team was a big over-reach.
There were all kinds of reasons the...
Prent327: http://josephweisenthal.com/post/46618838/i-thought-i-would-try-the-whole-post-a-witty-chat
Prent327: what's up with this?
openfilerook: ha. It's just a think that some people do. They post chats with their friends. Like if they have a witty exchange
openfilerook: so I just wanted to post my IM telling me I had been signed out
Prent327: i know, i take offense to the title though
openfilerook: oh right, sorry. But mainly we talk about serious things
Prent327: no way, i'm the cleverest IMer i know
openfilerook: Totally true
openfilerook: Can I post that last chunk?
openfilerook: of our chat?
Prent327: sure
“The teen pregnancy rate is up (4 percent) for the first time since 1991, but...”
– Is Teen Pregnancy Cool or Is It Just the Economy? - Freakonomics
“I fear this is the kind of news that will push way more talented people off the...”
– Nikki Finke — Yet Another Deal For Ryan Seacrest Inc.
“Move over loud Americans and towel-brandishing Germans - now there’s a new...”
– From Russia with riches - and rudeness - Telegraph
I generally prefer my country music from the 50s,...