January 2009
Felix da Housecat - Radio (Data Remix)
I now...
Flickr Blog: Where’s Michael? →
Michael popped the question in Washington on Inauguration day. (Mazel tov!) The next day, he posted the following query in the Inauguration 2009 group:
“A total longshot, but I wonder if someone on flickr has a picture of my fiance and I, when I proposed to her. It happened right after Lowery finished speaking, on the West slope of the Washington Monument.
If you were taking a picture of the...
... Stupefaction ...: Etherea Records saying... →
After 13+ years, Etherea Records (66 Ave A between 4th & 5th Streets) will be closing its doors at the end of February. Starting immediately, everything will be on sale at 30% off. They will also be selling off other inventory and fixtures during the month of February. Everything must go at significantly reduced prices. visit http://ethereanyc.blogspot.com/ for more information.
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The Knicks have the 3rd most popular jerseys in... →
The NBA released its list for the most popular jersey list for 2008-09. N8 the Gr8 ranks 10th in the league with David Lee close behind at 14. Kobe Bryant, Kevin Garnett and LeBron James are the top three. Just wondering: would LeBron overtake Kobe if he played in New York? The Knicks rank third among most popular jerseys, with the Lakers at No. 1 and Celtics at No. 2. The Cavs? Fourth. Just...
MC Lyte - Cha Cha Cha
Do my thing with an...
dabagirls.com - Dating a Banker Anonymous →
Are you or someone you love dating a banker? If so, we are here to support you through these difficult times. Dating A Banker Anonymous (DABA) is a safe place where women can come together – free from the scrutiny of feminists– and share their tearful tales of how the mortgage meltdown has affected their relationships. DABA Girls was started by two best friends whose relationships tanked with the...
Whistleblower Reveals New Abuses of Wiretapping... →
Less than 48 hours after George Bush left office, whistleblower and former NSA analyst Russell Tice revealed new information about the NSA’s warrantless wiretapping program
Countdown begins the segment with an appropriate clip of Ex-President Bush’s December 2005 talk on wiretapping, in which he claimed that the only communications being intercepted were those with “a clear link...
5 Ways to Improve Your Home Brewed Coffee - Gimmie... →
Every brewing method has its own set of procedures, but the quality of your cup has a lot to do with more general considerations. The variables that affect how coffee is extracted are so numerous that there isn’t one sure answer for how to brew it. The best way to make great coffee is to experiment with some of the variables yourself. In the process, you will explore both your own palate and...
Watch5 Second Films - Never Have I Ever
PMOG Nominated for AIAS MMOG of the Year! →
IMD graduate Justin Hall and his company GameLayers have been nominated by the Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences for Massively Multiplayer Game of the Year for PMOG. Congrats to Justin, Merci, Duncan and all at GameLayers!! Pretty incredible for a start-up to be nominated next to Warhammer and Wrath of the Lich King :)
“LaidOffCamp is an ad-hoc gathering of unemployed & self-employed people...”
– LaidOffCamp / FrontPage (via noneck)
Tim Cook's View of the Apple Philosophy →
“There is an extraordinary breadth and depth and tenure among the Apple executive team, and these executives lead over 35,000 employees that I would call “all wicked smart”. And that’s in all areas of the company, from engineering to marketing to operations and sales and all the rest. And the values of our company are extremely well entrenched. “We believe that...
Watchwreckandsalvage:
Julia Fucking Allison (via Vimeo)
JFA enters the Wreck & Salvage chop shop.
Love bombing - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia →
Love bombing is the deliberate show of affection or friendship by an individual or a group of people toward another individual. Critics have asserted that this action may be motivated in part by the desire to recruit, convert or otherwise influence.
As of 2005, the phrase can be used in two slightly different ways.
Members of the Unification Church, and perhaps members of other groups, use or...
wasted-efforts:
youngmanhattanite:
Sorry guys, but I can’t get over this Chantix article. Have any of you read this??
A week into my Chantix usage, I started to feel as if the city landscape had imperceptibly shifted around me. Mundane details began to strike me as having deep, hidden significance. The neon arch above McDonald’s: The lights blinked on and off in some sort of pattern, and I...
The Wedding Present - Getting Nowhere Fast
WatchSo Ronen edited this video. Please skip ahead and watch the segment from 3:44. He has some nice tricks in there but more importantly there’s some great pacing.
“Reporters”
hitRECord just barely begins to make the acquaintance of traditional entertainment journalism.
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“One significant addition to Whitehouse.gov reflects a campaign promise from the...”
– Macon Phillips, director of new media for the White House, talking about the comprehensive new site’s focus on user participation. (via Greg Storey) (via matthewb) (via radarchive)
Etta James - At Last
Damn good song that I needed...
Gitmo court adjourned for a day, or forever →
A military judge adjourned the Guantanamo Bay war crimes court just before President Barack Obama was sworn in on Tuesday, leaving open the possibility that the hearings might not resume.
The judge, Army Col. Patrick Parrish, dismissed the court until Wednesday “unless otherwise ordered,” a nod to the possibility that the Obama administration might suspend the military trials as it...
