January 2011
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The Pale King will be Published on April 15, 2011 →
I’ve got 1,004 pages left in IJ to get through before this comes out…
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Of course I wanna be bummed that it’s not really a comprehensive study (they only interviewed and tested 5 households, and only for a week), but damn, all the normies out there don’t wanna use our fancy network-connected TV devices! Very interesting video.
An Experiment In Cord Cutting (by Hill Holliday)
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Just watch the first few minutes, trust me. →
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http://twitter.com/Discographies →
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The Economics of Seinfeld →
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When you spent the prime of your career trying to document the contours of...
– the last few lines from Pitchfork’s review of The Get Up Kids’ new album, “There are Rules.”
As someone who listened to the majority of these bands heavily during the tumult of my teen years, i found this quote to be pretty poignant.
Are we still allowed to listen/enjoy...
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Attention Restoration Theory →
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Literal New Yorker Captions →
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Researchers aim to resurrect mammoth in five years... →
pri-tay pri-tay cool.
“The researchers will try to revive the species by obtaining tissue this summer from the carcass of a mammoth preserved in a Russian research laboratory, the Yomiuri Shimbun reported.”
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This Was Better Than His WSJ Piece →
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Letter from Birmingham Jail →
I hesitate to link to any one text as I’m not sure what would be considered the “correct” version, although I read it on The Atlantic earlier today.
People who singlehandedly made a big difference are pretty darn impressive.
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Brian Greene, Once Again Making Us Feel Small →
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Chinese MILFs
Alright boys. Come on. Talk about this has pretty much been everywhere. Time for the _amusicbox crew to weigh in. What do you guys think?
This also points to the fact that the whole book may be nothing like the actual article.
I also liked this “rebuttal”
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this brought out the lulz. can’t get over how much fun i had watching the actual movie.
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Police Respond After A.C. Slater's Photo Smashed... →
He started it by making him look like a jerk at The Max.
Police were called last week to Mullets Sports Bar & Restaurant in Homer Glen to deal with an angry customer who allegedly shattered a framed photo of A.C. Slater, a fictional, mullet-wearing jock played by Mario Lopez in the 1990s television series “Saved by the Bell.”
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Folding Plug System
For those of you who love design and have been thoroughly annoyed by the absurdly large UK power plugs.
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241543903
on the same note, google search that number!
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Do This:
Go to Kayak.com, search “Flights”, type in:
From: 90N (that is actually an IATA airport code)
To: 50M (which is for 50 miles, where the Thermosphere begins)
Dates: any date as long as both depart and return are the same
Class: First class only
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Best Movie Posters →
your favorites? #8 fish tank and #9 sweetgrass are good
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http://listeningroom.fettig.net/ →
y’all know about Listening Room?
spiritual successor to muxtape. get on it!
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CDR Radio - Reggie Watts
here’s the link to the podcast with Reggie Watts that I kept talking about