May 2012
15 posts
Ashima’s Ascent - Video Library - The New York... →
This 11-year-old climber is just great. So impressive.
“Don’t plant your bad days. They grow into weeks. The weeks grow into months....”
– Tom Waits (via cardboardantlers)
“But there is something in his character that I am starting to get frightened...”
– THE WEEK IN GREED #6: To Behave Like The Fallen World - The Rumpus.net
“The ideal memorial is written from distance, a generous calculation of merit...”
– Postscript: Adam Yauch - Sasha Frere-Jones on Adam Yauch.
“The Kashi brand is owned by Kellogg Company, one of the largest breakfast cereal...”
– As Dave Pell put it, Even Kashi is a lie. Kashi Cereal Scandal | Om Malik
Google Drive vs. Dropbox, SkyDrive, SugarSync, and... →
Quite thorough overview of the bigger players in file syncing & storage. Personally I use a mix between Dropbox and Insync. Works great.
“The ethos of Mozilla and how we started was all community based,” says Zeier....”
– Mozilla Opens Doors On New $3 Million Datacenter | Wired Enterprise | Wired.com
April 2012
24 posts
LogoLounge.com Article - 2012 Logo Trends →
“Contrary to popular belief, the wrinkle-effect on our fingers may not be caused...”
– MIND BLOWN. Why do fingers wrinkle when they get wet? | Science Illustrated
Radio Time Machine →
So fun.
“To the shock of most sentient beings, Facts died Wednesday, April 18, after a...”
– Facts, 360 B.C.-A.D. 2012 - chicagotribune.com RIP Facts.
What is the best question you've ever heard a... →
Tons of great stuff here.
How We Will Read: Clay Shirky →
GREAT interview with big brain Clay Shirky.
“It was only later that I realized the value of being bored was actually pretty high. Being bored is a kind of diagnostic for the gap between what you might be interested in and your current environment. But now it is an act of significant discipline to say, “I’m going to stare out the window. I’m going to schedule some time to stare out the...
13 Simple Steps To Get You Through A Rough Day →
“So I try to keep my feed down to people who sort of know what’s going on. It’s...”
– The Verge interview: David Carr on curation, crowdsourcing, and the future of journalism | The Verge
March 2012
52 posts
“I have to admit that I hesitated. In the shadow of the Tori Stafford case,...”
– freerangechildren Statistics don’t support over-protective parenting - The Globe and Mail
The Media Map: Who's Reading What And Where... →
We worked with Bitly and its data on millions of Web clicks to find the most influential media outlets in the country. This map shows which news sources are read and shared at above-average levels by state.
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“Why do more than fifty-five thousand people follow Horse_ebooks? Because he/it...”
– Sasha Frere-Jones: Good Things About Twitter : The New Yorker
“The new form had no space to report musculoskeletal disorders caused by...”
– Still a Fast Food Nation: Eric Schlosser Reflects on 10 Years Later - The Daily Beast
