May 2009
I’m not sure what this means when one has...
Dear Folio: It's Called a Cue Cat, and it Failed... →
God Help Them if it's Time Warner or AOL
ncroal:
RT @robinyang: “time warner and AOL to separate. we are now children of a broken home. http://bit.ly/SrDkI” Who gets custody of GameDaily?
copycats:
These Days by Mates of State originally...
Nwk memo: ‘Last Day for Confidential Shredding’: Ha! @slarkpope always does his shredding in public…
For Those of You About to 'Jest,' We Salute You,... →
shutupweirdo:
(via markcoatney)
Frangry, yoo-hoo
Pynchon, schmynchon. You only need to get about 50 pages into Mason & Dixon to realize that this guy hates readers, and only exists to fuck with them.
Huh. Funny, I Just Started Reading This →
In Which We Are Very Disappointed With the...
This, from my favorite right-wing crazy PR email list
Barack Obama promised change if elected and he is delivering on his promise, once more. This time with his pick to replace David Souter on the U. S. Supreme Court: New York Federal’ Court of Appeals judge Sonia Solomayor to the U. S. Supreme Court, a gun-grabbing, pro-abortion, big government liberal on steroids!
just came in, and...
Layoffs are immoral?
brianvan:
When Layoffs Are Immoral - The Moral of the Story Blog - NYTimes.com
In mid-May, British Global Services announced 15,000 job cuts, while Japan’s Sony continued cutting 16,000 jobs. Here in the U.S., 5.7 million jobs have been lost since the recession began in December 2007. To cite one example, Caterpillar, the heavy equipment manufacturer, is moving to layoff more than 20,000...
Now, That’s What I Call Science →
Even if this whole ‘create a star in your backyard’ thing doesn’t work out, the visuals are undeniably cool:
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged: fusion, Science
My other neighbor is Louise Crawford, of Only the... →
charitini:
johncarney:
Is there anyone in my building who isn’t internet famous?
MY BUILDING HAS BRIAN VAN! I WIN!
My building is the epicenter of the white-hot Allen St. tumblr crew.
Retweeting @jess7bennett: Kinsley gets dumped by Time, takes it out on Newsweek. He’s hilarious in the process. http://tinyurl.com/owkcez
The End
ncroal:
RT @Newsweek: “Q: Did the Beatles kill Rock? One man says yes: http://www.newsweek.com/id/198791” If that’s true, then Beatles Rock Band…
Google Reveals New Product Logos →
mashable:
It might be a pretty minor thing, but when it’s on the scale of Google, it’s a change that millions of people will notice. The company has updated all of its product logos – Docs, News, Maps,…
Finally! Mayer’s hard work is paying off…
Why NYPD Publicizes Foiled Terror Plots →
newsweek:
Why the NYPD heavily publicizes foiled terror plots.
Dickey’s pretty good on this…
DON'T
bikerfish:
izimbra:
pterodactyls:
stop ‘til you get enough
change your plans
call me Whitney, Bobby
stop me now
worry about the government
you evah
let me down
stop believing
renege on our love
There’s a Lot of Good Thinking Here Re. How Much... →
This, from Robert Picard writing on the electronic pages of the CS Monitor,
Why journalists deserve low pay
The demise of the news business can be halted, but only if journalists commit to…
Speaking of things we let fail
spiegelman:
The security guard at the Time-Life building informs me that Lehman Brothers still has an office there. Huh?
Yep. But they’re not renting out the 10 floors they used to, which is one of the big reasons why Time Inc. laid off 600 people last year.
There Are Many Amazing Things About This . . . →
whatcriscilikes:
markcoatney:
…an annotation of a part Lauren Conrad’s new novel (including the fact that it’s quite good), but perhaps the most amazing one is that there is an annotation of Lauren Conrad’s new novel.
…
Mark, it is “quite good” - really?
A—actually, I was strangely compelled, and I only have a vague idea of who LC is, so there must be some goodness there. Also: The...
There Are Many Amazing Things About This . . . →
…an annotation of a part Lauren Conrad’s new novel (including the fact that it’s quite good), but perhaps the most amazing one is that there is an annotation of Lauren Conrad’s new novel.…
Hey Tumblr. (Part XVII)
charitini:
One more Tumblr gripe: Why can’t I tag? I would like to tag my GPICT posts under a “GPICT” tag, my charity posts under a “charity” tag, my awesome pictures of Taylor Momsen under an “Awesome Pictures of Taylor Momsen” tag, etc. WHY CAN’T I?
I am really enjoying this as an outlet.
#TumblrSuggesions #TumblrComplaints #NoSeriouslyYouNeedASaveButton
Um, you’re having difficulty...
You've *GOT* to be kidding: Someone actually bid... →
juliaallison:
REALLY!??!?!
The best thing about this is that you know that the woman who had her own intern while she was an intern is simply kicking herself for not auctioning off that prime gig…
“As far as NBA platitudes go, among the oldest and most yawn-inducing is the idea...”
– excerpted from a recent Free Darko blog post titled “Strange Fits of Passion Have I Known.” (via ncroal)
Today in Entirely Unsurprising Revelations →
Untapped Market
ckck:
I’m surprised more Europeans don’t come to the US to go on road trips. We happily drive around Europe from country to country, but I don’t know many who have been on road trips in the US (and those have only been shorter trips).
Of course, when you’re in Europe, going on a road trip in the US isn’t just hopping in your own car and going, it comes with the added expense of flying over here...
Today in Bands I’m Kinda Ashamed to Admit I...
If this applies to you, rock it out.
whatcriscilikes:
25)Summary: Abandoned Blogs Name: Douglas Quenqua Category: Lifestyle Email: Doug.quenqua@gmail.com Title: Media Outlet: a major daily Specific Geographic Region: N Region: Deadline: 02:05pm EASTERN - 18 May Query:I am looking to speak to lapsed bloggers, people who maintained a blog for a little while and even built an audience, but for one reason or another eventually gave...