January 2011
66 posts
BREAKING: Judge rules entire health care reform... →
Are you kidding me? Judge rules healthcare reform law unconstitutional.
theatlantic:
And so it begins…
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How Governments Flip the Internet Kill Switch →
Egypt’s internet outage has sparked not only local, violent, raging riots, but outrage worldwide. So how does the government simply switch off the internet? Isn’t the brilliant thing about the internet the freedom it brings?
I only date people who live in Brooklyn.
First off, no, I do not only date people who live in Brooklyn. We’ll get to that.
There are many things that are difficult about living in New York City (among all the copious amazing things, relax now people): cost of living, lack of functioning flood drains, tiny apartments, constant pedestrian traffic. All of these things are merely annoying, but perhaps the hardest thing about life in...
WatchYowza. Matt & Kim get violent in “Cameras”
thedailywhat:
Matt & Kim Music Video of the Day: “Cameras”
Violent visuals for the first single off their latest studio album, Sidewalks, which is in stores now.
[mtv.]
WatchUtterly inspiring and interesting TEDWomen talk.
itsemilywoolf:
“success and likability are positively correlated for men and negatively correlated for women” - a must watch TEDWomen talk about women in the workplace
(thanks for sending this to me mom!)
A One-Word Cultural Movement →
What does “rise” mean to you?
Twitter from @A to @Z →
Not sure if I would call the single letter @twitter handle elite….
theatlantic:
Alexis Madrigal explores a substrata of the Twitter elite: The single-letter users.
“Single-name sign-ins are cool because they’re hard to come by. They are the first handles to be nabbed at a start-up, often by employees, their friends and family, sometimes by venture capitalists, angel investors,...
Ben Franklin’s 200+ Synonyms for “Drunk” →
Ben Franklin had a lot of ways to say “You’re Wasted”
washingtonpoststyle:
We’re going to go ahead and say that “He’s had a Thump over the Head with Sampson’s Jawbone” is the best Revolutionary term for drunkenness.
mentalflossr:
Ben Franklin turned 305 today! To celebrate, here’s a list of expressions meaning “inebriated” that Franklin first published in…
So I wrote an article, check it out. →
Watchjbatistaa:
Intel and Adidas team up to deliver an interactive shopping experience.
“Defenders of traditional authority will object to the relativism of all this,...”
– Clay Shirky on Wikipedia’s 10th Anniversary
h/t to Matt Hayles
(via modernandmaterialthings)
Watch“Kill it, Cook It, Eat It” - new TV show, asking participants to do just that.
tvforhipsters:
Can you handle where your meat comes from? Kill It, Cook It, Eat It is a show that puts a group of young people to that test. They actually go and meet the food they are about to eat. Tonight’s episode introduces you to the origins of your hamburger.
Kill It, Cook It, Eat It Tuesday...
WatchInsanely interesting read, worth a closer look, thanks to @jbatistaa for this!
jbatistaa:
Top 10 mistakes in behavior change. by BJ Fogg and Stanford Persuasive Tech Lab.
How Hipsters Break Up (With Me)
Hilarious. I would put this down as the best text ever.
hipsterdate:
To break up with me call or send a text to: (646) 801-3068.
WatchI need this. The Polaroid iPhone decal. (via @zeb @swissmiss )
zeb:
Nice! The Polaroid iPhone Decal /via @swissmiss
Toodles to AT&T! →
Verizon iPhone! Verizon iPhone! Verizon iPhone! Verizon iPhone! Verizon iPhone!
Mark by Mark Zuckerberg →
Dress like TIME’s Man of the Year. It is hilarious.
Eat, Pray, Tweet →
In Indonesia, the Internet and social networking are on the rise, but still in the minority, with only 20% of the people connected to the Internet. Who knows what the future will hold.
