January 2012
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npr:
Did you know the Morning Edition theme song...
October 2011
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May 2011
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March 2011
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February 2011
4 posts
Why I Need To Quit Facebook
runt-of-the-web:
On Jobs
appleversustheworld:
“Here we have the man who invented the personal computer, then the laptop. He’s now destroying them. That is an amazing life.”
-Rupert Murdoch
January 2011
1 post
December 2010
5 posts
How To Survive A Tumblocalypse
bajillionhits:
After a harrowing 24 hours of fear, darkness and chaos, Tumblr appears to be working again. And while we are still tallying survival rates, sanity has at least been temporarily restored to the Internet (but before you continue reading this, I suggest taking a minute to make sure all of your Likes, Followers and Reblogs are secure).
Yesterday I took to Twitter to try to help...
November 2010
2 posts
October 2010
1 post
August 2010
2 posts
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June 2010
2 posts
What it's like to own an Apple product - The... →
An illustrated journey on the emotional rollercoaster of owning something fancy from Apple.
Digg loses a third of its visitors in a month: is... →
The recommendation site that trailblazed a new generation of sites saw an abrupt drop in unique visitors in April. A blip or a trend? And what can Kevin Rose do about it, if anything?
May 2010
2 posts
LOST: UNNECESSARY CENSORSHIP →
LOST: UNNECESSARY CENSORSHIP. Here’s Jimmy Kimmel’s hilarious X rated version of Lost… wow, those Islanders are really filthy!
Why the Media Ignored the Nashville Flood →
With two other “disasters” dominating the headlines—the Times Square bombing attempt and the Gulf oil spill—the national media seems to largely to have ignored the plight of Music City since the…
April 2010
7 posts
Microsoft confirms, kills Courier in one fell... →
Well this is depressing. Word has just gone fluttering out of Redmond that work on the Courier project — a heretofor rumored dual-screen tablet which rightfully set the tech world ablaze — has been…
Jon Stewart’s Punching Bag, Fox News →
George W. Bush and Dick Cheney are long gone. Fox News Channel is Jon Stewart’s new enemy No. 1.
For Web’s New Wave, Sharing Details Is the Point →
Web start-ups are pushing the boundaries of online sharing, asking people to post their most personal details.
Oxford - the Anti-Google →
Wikipedia and Google can quickly drown researchers in a sea of data, some of which is of questionable value. Oxford University Press is offering a new alternative, Oxford Bibliographies Online, with…
Making It Look Easy at The New Yorker →
David Remnick, editor of The New Yorker, has his sixth book, “The Bridge,” coming out on Tuesday, and his magazine was the only one at Condé Nast to avoid budget cuts last year.
Can CNN Be Saved? →
Jon Stewart created problems for CNN six years ago, but the struggling network can learn from him now.
Before the Actors, Filmmakers Cast Products →
More writers and producers are cutting branding deals before the movie is cast or the script is fully shaped.
March 2010
5 posts
The 40 Deadliest Fast-Food Meals →
The new health-care law requires fast-food chains to post calorie counts next year. From Big Mac to Taco Bell chalupas to the ridiculous KFC Famous Bowl, The Daily Beast offers a preview, ranking the…
Beyond the Box Tops →
A reflection on Alex Chilton, the soulful singer of the Box Tops and Big Star, by the man who wrote “Alex Chilton.”
What Social Media Users Want [STATS] →
Twitterers mostly consume news, MySpace users want games and entertainment, Facebookers are into both news and community and Digg’s audience has a mixed bag of interests
February 2010
9 posts
Golf's Best Kept Secrets: 10 Great Golf Cities →
Sure, most golfers know about Pebble Beach and Augusta, but here are 10 great golfing cities you probably never knew about.
G. Lakoff -- Obama, Tea Parties & the Battle for... →
Over the past couple of weeks, The New York Times has been reporting on results from the cognitive & brain sciences that confirm past research in those fields partly by me & partly by my community of…
COCO LIVES! Conan O'Brien Going on Multi-City Road... →
Conan O’Brien is getting ready to finalize a plan to hit the road in the next few months, performing a road show at venues in several cities across the country, a person familiar with the plans told…
Believe it or Not! When "Based on a True Story"... →
When I ask most people what’s great about a movie like “The Blind Side” I always get the same response: “It’s a true story.” But that doesn’t mean it was worth telling.
The 'LOST' Valentine's Day Cards (pics) →
49 states dusted with snow; Hawaii's the holdout →
There was snow on the ground in 49 states Friday, Feb. 12. Hawaii was the holdout. It was the United States of Snow, thanks to an unusual combination of weather patterns that dusted the U.S.,…
Coke is Stronger than the Government →
Remember the proposed soda tax? The added penny per fluid ounce, generating $50 billion in funds to combat obesity in the next 10 years? Forget about it. You see, in this great democracy called…
State of the Internet in 2009 (Infographic) →
Here we take a look at exactly who is using the Internet the most, how they are using it and how much the amount of usage is increasing. At a glance, we can see that there are the same number of men…
Be Good To Us Lost: 16 Hopes For The Final Season →
The final season of Lost needs to answer a lot of questions, yes— I think I’ll die if no one ever explains the numbers to me— but it also needs to offer some closure to those of us who have fallen…
January 2010
8 posts
Bunch of phonies mourn J.D. Salinger →
dontstaylong:
nedhepburn:
sabine:
CORNISH, NH—In this big dramatic production that didn’t do anyone any good (and was pretty embarrassing, really, if you think about it), thousands upon thousands of phonies across the country mourned the death of author J.D. Salinger, who was 91 years old for crying out loud. “He had a real impact on the literary world and on millions of readers,” said...
Frantic Steve Jobs Stays Up All Night Designing... →
Claiming that he completely forgot about the much-hyped electronic device until the last minute, a frantic Steve Jobs reportedly stayed up all night Tuesday in a desperate effort to design Apple’s…
How to Use a Semicolon - The Oatmeal →
[COMIC] How to use the most feared punctuation on earth