May 2010
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Roger Ebert doesn't like 3D →
Avatar underwhelmed me as well. And the idea of living room 3D TVs is laughable.
April 2010
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For those who haven't been concerned about climate...
…there’s something new to consider beyond rising ocean levels and polar bears…
…your wine. As Wine Goes, So Goes the Planet
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Maybe it's a sign that I'm getting old...
…but there’s something about a Boy Scout merit badge for Video Games
…that just doesn’t seem right.
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“You know, I used to think it was awful that life was so unfair. Then I thought,...”
– J. Michael Straczynski, via his Babylon 5 character, Marcus Cole
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Heard this story this morning about an unexpected...
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What does Facebook publish about you and your... →
A tool for peeking into what the Facebook API opens up to the world.
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Probability and Statistics for Schedule →
Yet another good piece from Herding Cats…
The work will take as long as it takes, no matter what is published and baselined as a planned duration in the schedule.
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5 Masterminds That Have Redefined Startup Life →
Videos featuring Graham, Calacanis, Vaynerchuk, Zuckerberg, and Lerdorf (the only one I didn’t know of). But a big hole in this list are the missing guys from 37signals. To remedy that, check out Rework - a quick, worthwhile read.
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Is change becoming social? →
IMHO, it always was.
Just because the “social” word is the current buzzword, it doesn’t mean that much about change has changed. It was never “messaging, communication, and sponsorship” that really got things done. It’s the “enrollment” (buy-in) that these things, when done right, accomplished. The processes are the same. There’s just more new...
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Uh oh. Adolph's going to be pissed... →
Makers of “Downfall” seek DMCA takedown of YouTube subtitle parodies.
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“This conversation has all the flavor of a flower arranging circle peacefully...”
– “Overheard” in a comment thread that took two different directions: Hey Guys! | MetaFilter
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Bring Spitzer Back Before It's Too Late →
From Jim Cramer’s thestreet.com
“Now, I’ll admit that a case can be made that Spitzer might have crossed the line, legally speaking, in his hooker addiction. However, I don’t see that as disqualifying him from the urgent need to deploy the man, like Telly Savales in The Dirty Dozen, in the fight against Wall Street crime. Yeah, using Spitzer would be fighting dirty I...
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Fine Print Says Game Store Owns Your Soul →
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Truth in Advertising →
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Cholesterol Report →
Funny Sad, but true.
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Unexpected Netflix Recommendation
Added Bogart/Hepburn/Huston’s The African Queen to my queue (no…I’ve never seen it). Netflix suggests Deliverance? I guess they’re both about river trips.
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Evolution, Big Bang Polls Omitted From NSF Report →
National Science Foundation screws up. Can’t believe they kowtowed to religion/politics by hiding level of American ignorance.
“Evolution and the big bang are not a matter of opinion. If a person says that the earth really is at the center of the universe, even if scientists think it is not, how in the world would you call that person scientifically literate? Part of being literate is...
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Only an Expert - Laurie Anderson (NPR Media Player... →
After waaaay too a long break, there’s new music coming soon from Laurie Anderson in the form of an album called Homeland. This song - Only an Expert - was featured in the NPR All Songs Considered Spring Music Preview.
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“It’s not the work which kills people, it’s the worry. It’s not the revolution...”
– Frictionless Work: How to Clear Your Life of Non-Essential Tasks | Zen Habits
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Facebook According to South Park →
Great comment on Facebook “friends”. Even if it wasn’t spot on about Facebook, it would be worth it for Cartman in Jim Cramer mode telling you how to get friends.
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“my soul has been psychedelicized”
– The Chambers Brothers Lyrics, Time Has Come Today Lyrics »
Lyrics | The Chambers Brothers - Time Has Come Today lyrics
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“This paper considers the pressures professionals experience to drink, and...”
– Drinking Your Way Up The Ladder : Expectations for After-Hours Drinking Among Professionals (via brettkelly)
I know some people that should take notes….
(via jquig99)
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The Organization Is Alive →
To change an organization from within, it helps to understand four basic circulatory systems, analogous to the channels of communication in a living body.
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Lorem iPad →
Lorem iPad dolor sit amet, consectetur Apple adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua Shenzhen. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud no multi-tasking ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip iPad ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor iPad in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse CEO Steve Jobs dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Windows 7 ha ha ha....
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“Solitude is a lost art in these days of ultra-connectedness, and while I don’t...”
– the lost art of solitude | Zen Habits
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iPad Regret? Not yet.
The only reason I’m not kicking myself for not pre-ordering an iPad for delivery this weekend is that we’re hosting Easter dinner and I wouldn’t be able to play with it anyhow.
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“The math is magical: you can pile up lots of failures and still keep rolling,...”
– Seth’s Blog: Failure, success and neither
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The different ways of keeping score →
From 37signals. About balancing the three necessary conditions for a successful business - making money now and in the future, satisfying customers now and in the future, and satisfying yourself and your associates now and in the future. While more of each is implied with success, sometimes there are trade-offs to be made along the way - not to the extent of diminishing any of the above, but maybe...
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