February 2010
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January 2010
“Every man, conducting himself as a good citizen, and being accountable to God...”
– George Washington
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President Obama's administration looking into... →
It’s a shame Obama didn’t call out the BCS in his State of the Union like Bush did with steroids back in 2004.
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“The very first strip of Charles Schulz’s Peanuts is a pretty angry one. After...”
– Darryl Campbell, ‘Keywords: Anger’
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WatchVIDEO: Shaun ‘Flying Tomato The Animal’ White smashes face on halfpipe, goes on to win gold at Winter X Games.
Kobe Bryant wants a return to 'old school' rules... →
“I believe one reason the list format is so successful is that it promises to...”
– David Cole, ‘Metagames and Containers’
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“Apple updated the iPhone software development kit on Wednesday to allow internet...”
– Wired Gadget Lab
“It’s funny. All you have to do is say something nobody understands and...”
– J.D. Salinger, January 1, 1919 — January 27, 2010
(Yes, I realize it’s probably the most overused quote of the day. I still couldn’t help myself.)
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NBC Expects 200 Million Viewers to Watch the... →
Goodbye DVDs: Netflix Streaming On The Rise →
Report: Kiffin cuts coach Seto loose at USC →
Checking In On The Location-Based Gaming Race →
Gowalla: 100,000 users1 Foursquare: 290,0001 MyTown: 500,0002
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1 - ‘Gowalla About to Pass the 100,000 User Mark’ from GigaOM 2 - ‘Foursquare Who? Gowalla What? MyTown Has 500,000 Users And 31 Million Check-ins’ from TechCrunch
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“I can’t stop squirming. If fidgets were Wikipedia edits, I would have...”
– Robin Sloan, Mr. Penumbra’s Twenty-Four-Hour Book Store
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NBC Picks Up Conan O'Brien Pilot →
NBC confirms that they picked up Justice — from Conan’s production company Conaco — a show about a Supreme Court justice setting up his own law practice that sounds like a perfect vehicle for a John Larroquette comeback.
“No. I was never a guy who had the facility to cold-talk to a girl. Even up to...”
– Bill Maher, in an interview with Elle Magazine
“Of course, the right of free speech was created in order for human beings to...”
– Douglas Rushkoff, ‘Corporations as Uber-Citizens’
The future of designed content →
I love this piece from Robin Sloan on the potential virtues of more bespoke/artisanal web content at a place like Gawker Media. Couldn’t agree more — almost a decade in, the saddest thing about blogging is the ratio of words to imagery that free personal publishing has delivered to date.
This is one reason why I really like what’s been done with the Cheezburger Network,...
SoCal school district bans the dictionary →
Avatar Is Now the Highest Grossing Film of All... →
Just ask Gov. Schwarzenegger.
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See You In Hell, Ticketmaster →
Technically the company still exists after a merger, but the brand is being put to bed, in favor of ‘Live Nation Entertainment’. But the government approval of the deal — which combines the nation’s two largest live music/entertainment companies into one monopoly-resembling behemoth — didn’t come without conditions:
First, Ticketmaster will have to license a...
Kids Prescribed Pot for ADHD →
I’m going to side with the doctor that calls this “one of the worst ideas of all time.”
While I don’t agree with its legal status and the resources burned enforcing its illegality, Oregon doctors prescribing cannabis for ailments that it’s obviously a longshot to fix — especially for high school kids who are prone to immense temptation to use it for group...