January 2012
“Kodak’s other structural problem is geography. When you study the history...”
– Rich Karlgaard: Kodak Didn’t Kill Rochester—It Was the Other Way Around - WSJ.com
Jan 27th
“El Paso County is the most populous of the 64 counties of the state of Colorado...”
– El Paso County, Colorado - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia I had no idea. I would have sworn it was Denver.
Jan 26th
“You’re not a Washington insider? You [Newt Gingrich], the former Speaker of the...”
– Jon Stewart (via azspot)
Jan 25th
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Jan 25th
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“The rosy results sent Apple shares soaring more than 7 percent in after-hours...”
– Apple’s Profit Doubled on Holiday Customers Snapping Up iPhones - NYTimes.com Fuck Yeah.
Jan 25th
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“- In 2005, Dotcom showed up in a Vanity Fair profile of the Gumball 3000, a...”
– Inside Megaupload’s Megamind: Kim Dotcom’s Playboy Bunnies, Russian Nuclear Vessels, And Private War On Terror | Fast Company This guy is hilarious.
Jan 24th
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Jan 23rd
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stealing taglines since 98' v2.0: 10KShare ... →
ozaidentity: Contrary to popular belief, you don’t have to make drastic changes in order to notice an improvement in the quality of your life. At the same time, you don’t need to wait a long time in order to see the measurable results that come from taking positive action. All you have to do is take small… This is a monster task. I’ll take a few bites from this.
Jan 22nd
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Jan 20th
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I’m Senator Ron Wyden and wanted to say thank you... →
Yet another reason why I want to move to Oregon. 
Jan 20th
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“Intel almost bit the dust in the mid-1980s but came back to greater glory. Like...”
– Rich Karlgaard: Kodak Didn’t Kill Rochester—It Was the Other Way Around - WSJ.com
Jan 19th
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Jan 18th
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“She reportedly had numerous affairs, with, among others, Duke Kahanamoku, Errol...”
– Doris Duke - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia That’s quite a unique list. Old Blood and Guts and The Father of Surfing.
Jan 18th
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“The greatest rates of abuse continue to be found on college campuses, where...”
– Scarcity of ADHD drugs points to larger problem - latimes.com
Jan 16th
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Jan 12th
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Jan 11th
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“It’s well-documented that a good salary alone can’t make you happy....”
– Hustlin’: Why We Should Stop Obsessing Over What College Majors Make Us Rich - News - GOOD
Jan 10th
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Jan 9th
“The security bottlenecks are regularly bypassed by large numbers of...”
– Does Airport Security Really Make Us Safer? | Culture | Vanity Fair
Jan 9th
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“27. There is no secret. Exercise and lay off the fries. The end.”
– Jason Gay: The 27 Rules of Conquering the Gym - WSJ.com
Jan 8th
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Jan 7th
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“I’m pretty sure none of this would have happened if I hadn’t been...”
– Steve Jobs’ Stanford Commencement address (2005) I’m finally getting around to cleaning out my tumblr queue. Some of the posts have been sitting there for over 2 years, this one included. I’m pretty sure this one made the rounds on tumblr following Steve’s death, but...
Jan 5th
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Jan 5th
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The Joy of Quiet →
tylerriewer: We barely have enough time to see how little time we have (most Web pages, researchers find, are visited for 10 seconds or less). And the more that floods in on us (the Kardashians, Obamacare, “Dancing with the Stars”), the less of ourselves we have to give to every snippet. All we notice is that the distinctions that used to guide and steady us — between Sunday and Monday, public...
Jan 4th
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Jan 4th
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“The European Commission announced today that 10 mobile phone producers, which...”
– Standardized mobile phone charger coming to EU—iPhone, too This was two years ago; and it’s fucking ridiculous (but expected) that the US hasn’t jumped on this yet.
Jan 4th
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“The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (M.I.T.) will announce on Monday that...”
– M.I.T. Game-Changer: Free Online Education For All - Forbes (via mediafuturist)
Jan 4th
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“Dawkins coined the word meme (the behavioral equivalent of a gene) to describe...”
– Richard Dawkins - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jan 2nd
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