February 2010
I prefer Johnny Cash’s rendition of Bridge Over Troubled Water http://ow.ly/12qfS but still getting that itunes album. Helps Haiti, why not.
RT @elephantjournal http://bit.ly/m4ZHc Why we should turn our wireless off every night + whenever not in use (our health)
Enough is Enough →
By now, you’ve heard or at least heard about the Lecture Heard ‘Round Washington: President Barack Obama, before a live C-Span televised audience, took the House Republicans Caucus head-on during…
The 19 Most Complicated and Dangerous Roads in the... →
Waze has a list of the most dangerous or complex roads in the world, including the above Lysebotn Road in Norway:
This is probably the most fun road you can travel on four wheels, and…
Watching: The Heroes of Children’s Hospital on Dateline NBC http://ow.ly/12o2U Proud of my brilliant friends that work there!
Just had mind blown by the Antikythera device. Read about years ago, but these xrays…wow! http://ow.ly/12n8i Video: http://ow.ly/12n9K
Lockheed Martin Turns To Marvel Comics For... →
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cyborg exokeleton!
It’s not exactly Iron Man, but Lockheed Martin’s Human Universal Load Carrier may be the first step down that road, allowing soldiers to cybernetically…
Advanced Imaging Reveals a Computer 1,500 Years... →
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I know everyone and their sister knows about this except me by now, but this is awesome uber alles.
X-rays and advanced photography have uncovered the true complexity of the…
Obama’s jobs plan: Small businesses get $5,000 tax... →
US President Barack Obama unveiled a 33-billion-dollar package of tax cuts Friday to encourage small businesses to hire new workers, as he takes aim at 10 percent unemployment.
Obama, who has…
Sen. Al Franken Announces Bill to Keep Foreign... →
In the past week, I’ve heard of other Senate and House versions of a bill forbidding campaign contributions from foreign-owned companies (and in one case, companies that have even one foreign…
Fox News cuts in on Obama's dialogue with... →
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One of their slogan’s is: “We Report. You Decide.”, but when the pundits talk over the event in question, sharing their opinions and making it impossible to hear the live…
January 2010
Color Picker →
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now that’s pretty awesome
Color Picker by Korean designer Jin-sun Park is a concept pen that can scan colors from anything around and instantly use the color for drawing….
Empowering Your Team →
Mark Pincus, founder/CEO of our portfolio company Zynga, is interviewed in today’s NY Times on the topic of leadership. The part about empowering and scaling the team is really great.
You…
Philippine island qualifies its way to a "World's... →
Qualifiers are a lot of fun. Example: Greenland is the world’s largest island. The world’s largest lake is the Caspian Sea. But the world’s largest island on a lake, on an island, on a…
myPod looks like a neat pad →
Need a unique spot for your studio/workshop/cave? Perhaps you could get inspired to incubate your latest crazy ideas inside one of these. They’re being pitched as an environmentally…
Is Pam Tebow A Liar? Abortions Were Illegal In The... →
Pretty interesting, don’t you think? An entire media mythology has grown up around the noble missionary who carried her child to term against a doctor’s advice, and the child grows up to become a…
Flat-pack bike & scooter →
While the functionality may be suspect, these flat-pack wheels have awesome maker flair. Designer Nicolas Belly of Bordeaux, France won 2nd place in the L’Argus Design Contest…
Tree Branch Magnetic Hooks →
These tree branch hooks by maker and artist Ronnie McCullough are the perfect addition for my magnetic organizer. The lichen growing from the bark is such a great texture to…
Neil Young Honored by Wilco, Chili Peppers, Dave... →
In what was a staggering display of star power and rock & roll might, dozens of music luminaries gathered on Friday night to celebrate Neil Young as MusiCares Person of the Year. The pre-Grammy…
RT @jayrosen_nyu: Some potent new media maxims: where they came from, how they signify http://jr.ly/sxvc All are lines you’ll hear me use.
This Q&A btwn Obama & Republicans was really something. Need more of this. http://ow.ly/128h9 Felt a little sad for R’s tho. Got schooled.
Join #thisisourmoment- Clean energy legislation now http://bit.ly/bwDUPU
RT @davidorex: Great interaction: Obama at the Republican confab: http://bit.ly/de2xwM
RT @TreeHugger High Speed Rail Finally Coming to the US: A Look at the Plans (Video) http://bit.ly/dlbrn5
This post from @jcroft helped me decide to wait for 2nd gen iPad. Good points throughout. http://ow.ly/11QYY
RT @davidorex: Ha. RT @chewyfally “Happy Birthday, Kansas! At just 149 years young, you put the “sas” in Kansas.”
Hey, remember when all those creative artistic types made media to help get Obama elected? We could use some help on this governing thing.
“This is Our Moment” For Clean Energy Legislation - Tell Your Senator & Tell Your Friends (Video) http://dlvr.it/zts via @NRDCSwitchboard
“Rest in peace, you old bastard.” :) RT @joeldermole: JD Salinger is dead. His being overrated, though, is immortal. http://ow.ly/11sqU
Damn, J.D. Salinger died! & Zinn yesterday. What a loss. Who will be #3? I’d be nervous if I was Gore Vidal.
RT @ezraklein I would [greatly] respect Chris Matthews if he invited Ta-Nehisi Coates on his show to discuss this post. http://bit.ly/96x4Zy
RT @TreeHugger: Who knew? TreeHugger’s @lloydalter reviewed the iPad way back in 2007 http://bit.ly/cpLTy7 #ipad
.@ehollingsworth there is also a graphic novel-style version of A People’s History… that is good. http://ow.ly/11ps6
?? RT @dceiver @thecajunboy: NFL claims it owns “Who Dat” & ordering Nola vendors to stop selling Who Dat merch http://tinyurl.com/yclv3ys
RT @jayrosen_nyu: Five Ways the iPad Will Change Magazine Design: a print designer’s notes and hopes http://jr.ly/snev (via @designobserver)
6,000 Plastic Bottles + Some Dedicated Villagers = New Schoolhouse in Guatemala http://bit.ly/bvxY89
RT @tara: Great post RT @Cruftbox: My post on the iPad, after actually using one: http://cruftbox.com/blog/archives/001592.html #ipad #fb
RT @davidsirota: Howard Zinn RIP - I mean, this is fucking awful awful news. http://bit.ly/aNxijq
RT @ezraklein I cut the State of the union speech down to just the policy promises. There’s a lot in there. http://bit.ly/d5QgqW
RIP: Howard Zinn →
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A few years ago when his wife died I misread a headline and thought it was him whom had died. I was sad for him when I realized it was his wife that had passed. Now it…
Quote For The Day II →
“There was a major blow to the head on the right side. There was evidence of torture on the upper torso, and on the palms of his hand. There were needle marks on his right arm and on his left arm….
RT @JaymiHeimbuch: Green Features We Love in Apple’s New iPad http://bit.ly/aYzWsz
Looking forward to retro game revolution on iPad: etch a sketch app, magnet hair guy app, simon memory game…
why not: RT @uncrate: Apple iPad http://un.cr/20l Retweet this and follow @uncrate to be entered to win a 16GB iPad. Seriously.
No Freeze On Defense →
Courtesy of yesterday’s comments section on the sanctity of defense spending, here’s Spencer on the absurdity of the freeze: The point, in other words, is that the problem’s even worse than…
Dialing Our Pain with Our Cell Phones (Which Are... →
For the past decade, there has been a fairly constant stream of nightly local news features on how cell phones might cause brain tumors or baldness or straight up sterility, but the findings…
wow, wonder if Apple knew this was out there? MadTV skit on iPad from 2007 http://ow.ly/115KZ
iPad it is! good pictures and updates from Engadget http://ow.ly/1137g
Shit We're Diggin': Joe Stevens' Caifornia Vans →
For years, Joe Stevens has been documenting surviving 70’s and 80’s era custom/conversion vans parked on streets throughout the Bay Area and Southern California. Joe explains: …
Lester Beall: American graphic design pioneer →
Lester Beall, a key proponent of modernist graphic design in America during the 1930s through the 60s, has a new web presence that functions as a primer to his life’s work. Text from…