January 2011
Official Google Blog: Some weekend work that will... →
“Like many people we’ve been glued to the news unfolding in Egypt and thinking of what we could do to help people on the ground. Over the weekend we came up with the idea of a speak-to-tweet service—the ability for anyone to tweet using just a voice connection.
We worked with a small team of engineers from Twitter, Google and SayNow, a company weacquired last week, to make this idea a...
BREAKING: Judge rules entire health care reform... →
shortformblog:
From the story: “Because the individual mandate is unconstitutional and not severable, the entire Act must be declared void. This has been a difficult decision to reach, and I am aware that it will have indeterminable implications.”
we Eugeneians love to hate
hilker: did they offer you that job?
davereed: No, nothing materialized
hilker: i'm sure they were like, "…turns out you're too awesome for our office, and your mere presence would cause the rest of us to implode."
davereed: i get that a lot
hilker: i can only imagine
davereed: which is why I can safely work in Springfield
davereed: we cancel each other out
Squashed: "But we've never *really* tried... →
hilker:
Capitalism doesn’t exist.
hipsterlibertarian:
It’s not capitalism when the system is plagued with incomprehensible rules regarding mergers, acquisitions, and stock sales, along with wage controls, price controls, protectionism, corporate subsidies, international management of…
the best way to get down from your skyscraper is not to jump, but to go back down the way you came.
Jake Shimabukuro: 'Bohemian Rhapsody' On The... →
The Trunk : The Monopoly Libel →
this is why i follow jeff miller.
Capitalism doesn't exist. →
hipsterlibertarian:
It’s not capitalism when the system is plagued with incomprehensible rules regarding mergers, acquisitions, and stock sales, along with wage controls, price controls, protectionism, corporate subsidies, international management of trade, complex and punishing corporate taxes, privileged government contracts to the military-industrial complex, and a foreign policy...
adultlifetaketwo:
Come Thou Fount of Every...
“The greatest crimes in the world are not committed by people breaking the rules,...”
– Banksy
via hipsterlibertarian:
Not to minimize the horror of some crimes committed by individuals, but…yeah. Most of the worst bloodshed in history has been committed by governments. Godwin’s law and all that.
via oceanofmind
(via davereed)
moreover, those are the same people making the...
“One of the greatest delusions in the world is the hope that the evils in this...”
– Thomas B. Reed. (via coeus)
The Ceiling Lights That Provide Internet Access |... →
hippieflavor:
“You could soon be getting your internet at the speed of light! Well, not literally, but one company is divising a system that uses LED ceiling lights to transmit data (namely the internet) to computers equipped with special sensors. What this means is that light waves could potentially replace radio waves as a method of transmitting data, since lights can ‘flick’ data faster than...
IT'S OFFICIAL: College Students Learn Next To... →
“The report based on the book Academically Adrift: Limited Learning on College Campuses found that after two years of college, 45% of students learned little to nothing. After four years, 36% of students learned almost nothing.”
WatchStandup Paddlers Ride Alaskan Wave for Five Miles | Wend Magazine - Greenery
“A trio of standup paddlers in Alaska recently experienced a natural phenomenon–a tidal bore–that allowed them to ride a wave for five continuous miles.
From GrindTV–the words of Scott Dickerson of SurfAlaska.net, who filmed the video:
“The one where you could catch the wave right after breakfast and ride it...
Market of Choice - Big numbers to post for 2010 →
Market of Choice is a local grocery store in Eugene, OR. It’s an awesome store for a whole bunch of reasons, the following blog entry being one of them.
“These are full-year numbers from all facets of our in-store compost/recycling/trash programs at our flagship store, located at 29th & Willamette in Eugene.
The first big number is the 2010 compost total. We accounted for a...
Watchshawnblog:
tedroden:
markcoatney:
putthison:
In 1964, Lyndon Johnson needed pants, so he called the Haggar clothing company and asked for some. The call was recorded (like all White House calls at the time), and has since become the stuff of legend. Johnson’s anatomically specific directions to Mr. Haggar are some of the most intimate words we’ve ever heard from the mouth of a...
Houston permit rule stops couple's effort to feed... →
jeffmiller:
This story is getting a lot of attention because it’s featured on Drudge right now, but it’s the kind of thing that happens all the time. When regulations are put into place, there is rarely any real effort to understand their costs. We make it harder to help people, just like we make it harder to hire people. This makes hard economic times feel even harder.
when i was in...
“Psychiatry enables us to correct our faults by confessing our parents’...”
– Laurence J. Peter
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Palin Targeted in Violence-Tinged Tweets Following... →
armeck:
Hey, Left. You know that moment of freak out hysteria when you ironically become that thing that you seem so much to hate… yeah it’s happening right now.
Chill the f*ck out guys. Loughner was apolitical and I seriously doubt he gave a shit about Palin. So why do you care so much?
no doubt. i honestly haven’t looked beyond a couple googles, but i have yet to find any connection...