May 2009
34 posts
One night of drinking down and in London. Enjoying a nice morning in Western Europe.. Does this mean I don’t have to shower anymore? #fb
One night of drinking down and in London. Enjoying a nice morning in Western Europe.. Does this mean I don’t have to shower anymore?
Got to London sans luggage. Will be delivered later tonight. Sitting in a publick house now with Anna and a delicious IPA.
A month in Europe, starting tomorrow. Who blessed me with this life? #fb
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Even Playboy is Hurting.
Reeling from declines in readership and advertising, Playboy magazine is contemplating “radical changes” that may include cutting its circulation and reducing the frequency with which it is published…
Chicago-Playboy-magazine — chicagotribune.com
Genius Status.
Stephen Wolfram Reveals Radical New Formula for Web Search. No, it’s not Google. It’s Wolfram|Alpha, named after its creator, Stephen Wolfram, a 49-year-old former particle physics prodigy who became bewitched by the potential of computers. He invented a powerful computational software program (Mathematica), built a company around it (Wolfram Research), and wrote a massive book (A New Kind of...
I originally thought the Kindle would be the answer to my prayers but again, I...
– TimesReader 2.0: Is it time to stop killing trees?
SocialMedia Unveils New Interactive Ads, Scores... →
Just booked the hostel beds in London for next week! #fb
Did you know that even by the most conservative estimates of 4.8 million deaths, or about 15% of Ukraine’s population, during the spring and summer of 1933, 25,000 people died every day. That’s 1,000 every hour lost due to starvation or 17 per minute.
Nifty:
NASA astronaut will tweet, take YouTube questions … live from space | Technology | Los Angeles Times
Free chicken at KFC today? What? #fb
April showers are supposed to bring May flowers, not May MONSOONS. #fb
Mr. Softee song, you taunt me so. #fb
some lewis carrol to brighten your evening.
“The time has come,” the Walrus said, “To talk of many things: Of shoes—and ships—and sealing-wax— Of cabbages—and kings— And why the sea is boiling hot— And whether pigs have wings.”
full text.
Awesome service! #fb
GradeGuru, note sharing by students for students. And it’s backed by turnitin so your work isn’t actually just stolen. Students unite!
Innovation Hell by Joe Crump, Group VP Strategy & Planning, Razorfish from Razorfish on Vimeo. Do you think he’s right?
Eating gets in the way of studying and paper writing. And as much as I love eating… this paper isn’t going to write itself.
Follow my lovely momma @larannamom and gypsy Abby Capparos-Janto @gypsyface to TWITTER! By the end of 2009, I WILL have converted everyone!!
But the news business is not about print, it’s about information. It...
– Blogging vs. print: Some journalists don’t get it | Larry Magid at Large - CNET News
Paper cuts hurt. But not for the web industry. Track layoffs, closings, bailouts, and more. http://snipr.com/hcox3
Hilarious. “Buzzed” from the New Yorker. #fb http://tinyurl.com/c5brg4
Before this century shall run out journalism will be the whole Press—the whole...
– Alphonse de Lamartine, letter to the editor of the Revue Europeane (1831)
Guaranteed lifetime employement? I'll take 5!
Globe Staffers Refuse To Give Up Lifetime Employment Guarantees This is what’s holding back any glimpse of a future for the Boston Globe. Makes complete sense, right?!
If Mr. Gutenberg had come up with the internet instead of movable type back in...
– Buffett On Newspapers on CNBC the morning of May 4, 2009
Newspaper death songs flying today.
Buffett Says He Wouldn’t Buy Another Newspaper “At Any Price”
Big-Screen e-Readers May Help Save Newspapers - NYTimes.com I’m calling it: NYT Company and others were secretly dumping millions into the investment for these things since the start of the recession. Or at least, they should have.
New swineflu name: HAMTHRAX. RT @hoodinternet
I really do work more efficiently under a bit of stress.
WSJ & NYT Brawl With Gawker!
New York Times Takes Brawl With Wall Street Journal To Gawker
Poor cranky Tribune reporters: http://tinyurl.com/c27ymr
Naturally, we agree the marketing department shouldn’t have done the...
– Whiny Tribune Reporters Don’t Care What Readers Want To Read
Most of what gets created on any given day is just the ordinary stuff of...
– Clay Shirky in Here Comes Everybody