December 2008
yooniverse:
indierawk:
Metric - Ending Start.
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yooniverse:
indierawk:
Justice - One Minute to...
“We read much more now than we did in the ’50s. In 1957, 17 percent of...”
– Who Cares If Johnny Can’t Read? - By Larissa MacFarquhar - Slate Magazine
WatchFrench Government’s best wishes for 2009 [Surprise]
My friends over at French Government, a terriffic French electronic music group, have made this great New Years video.
Happy New Year!
“It comes down to the fact that you supply the blue, and they supply the other...”
– Viggo Mortensen, on the role of a film actor (via youwillbeassimilated)
“We all die. The goal isn’t to live forever, the goal is to create something that...”
– Chuck Palahniuk
(found on letsbehonest)
(via dontbelievethehype)
(via rentedsurroundings) (via luxembourg)
(via getthefuckoutrightnow)
Actually, nothing will live forever. The goal is to be humble enough to recognize it, and then just try to do good in the world, be happy and help the ones...
Laboratory for Developmental Studies →
Fascinating research on baby cognition at Harvard.
“What people do for free is have fun… We don’t look at basketball games and...”
– Jimmy Wales in response to Jason Calcanis trying to bust his chops about not paying the people who create wikipedia - as quoted by Jeff Jarvis in his book - What Would Google Do? (via fred-wilson)
WatchCalvin Trillin | The Daily Show | Comedy Central
I’d never heard of this guy, but he’s tremendous. This is exactly the kind of humor I wish I’ll have a few years from now, deadpan, delightfully acerbic and apropos…
“I have heard economists claim that Silicon Valley could never be recreated in,...”
– Joel Spolsky
WatchOur New Capitol on Vimeo (via Vimeo)
I’m intrigued by the idea of building a new Capitol, but this project seems like waste: I’m not sure what symbolism it means to convey or how audacious it really is. Also it’s not, how do you say, pretty.
Facebook vs. Breastfeeding moms: Fight! →
Just awful.
“In San Francisco, the city and county board of supervisors unanimously declared...”
– Father Richard John Neuhaus, drawing on the work of Jon Shields (via ayjay)
Who can help reading this and thinking about this?
capucha:
“Whenever I say your name” Sting &...
tracks:
Arturo Sandoval plays John Williams -...
Male Birth Control Pill Soon a Reality →
getthefuckoutrightnow:
defixiones:
henryeatspeople:
sterlingpowers:
Bwahahahahahahahahaha!!!! Yeah, like I’m going to trust a dude to remember to take the pill every day! Bwahahahahahaha!! Also, can you imagine the mood swings? Christ. The last thing I want to do on a Sunday night is hold my pillow-sniveling boyfriend and tell him over and over againt that he’s not fat.
This post in...
“Now a confirmed atheist, I’ve become convinced of the enormous contribution that...”
– Matthew Parris in the Times of London (via ayjay)
“The Rev. Chrispin Oneko, hanging up his vestments after leading one of his first...”
– NYT (via ayjay)
“Rep. Xavier Becerra tells the editorial board of La Opinion that he has turned...”
– FP Passport — Yeah, cause it’s not like trade matters in solving an economic crisis.
“f slavery is indeed now a staple of Darfur, as evidence seems to indicate, that...”
– FP Passport: the case for early humanitarian intervention.
miseenabyme:
Marvin Gaye, Let’s Get It On
I...
Correspondence Is Making A Comeback →
By Fred Wilson.
Posted especially for ML, ayjay, and also anyone who thinks the internet makes us less literate, not more.
“Our affinity for evolution must originate from the same internal chords of...”
– Stephen Jay Gould, in this beautiful book that I got as a Christmas gift.
I like this passage because I have wondered why I have always been so fascinated by evolution. My friend Chris once told me he thought it was probably tied in with my love of story and narrative. Maybe so. I like Gould’s...
“The crew circled the moon 10 times over the next 20 hours. On their final orbit,...”
– “Remembering Apollo 8, Man’s First Trip to the Moon” par Jeffrey Kluger sur TIME (December 24th, 2008) (via c0wb0yz)
“What became clear in the ensuing decade is that humans are not just part of the...”
– Google, WalMart, and MyBarackObama.com: The Power of the Real Time Enterprise - Tim O’Reilly (via bijan)
“That’s why we don’t just need a bailout. We need a reboot. We need a build out....”
– “Time to Reboot America” par Thomas L. Friedman NYTimes.com (December 23rd, 2008) (via c0wb0yz)
“Although the number of uninsured and the cost of coverage have ballooned under...”
– Bush Has Built Foundation for Improved Health Care - NYTimes.com
My dad passed this along with the comment, “who knew?” (via sexartandpolitics)
Gotta give credit where it’s due….. -M
(via mandalay)
Yeah, he did do good things: that, the homeless, and AIDS in Africa.
claytoncubitt:
Cab Calloway - (I’ll Be Glad When...
“After the Internet bubble burst in 2001, there were a lot of people in “the...”
– Innovation and Creative Destruction - Feld Thoughts (via bijan)
