June 2012
1 post
May 2012
9 posts
goodbye mongodb
http://www.zopyx.de/blog/goodbye-mongodb
April 2012
11 posts
google officially marks the end of "do no evil"
Who owns your files on Google Drive?
google does…
this is ridiculous and shameful. time to move off from google as much as possible. search is easy: both duckgogo and bing are great alternatives. gmail will be the hardest to substitute and i may stick with that a bit longer… but everything else google does is pretty disposable.
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gotomeeting is to skype as fax is to email
wikipedia: “i know everything”
google: “i can find anything”
facebook: “i know everybody”
internet: “you’re all nothing without me”
electricity: “really?”
- translated from a joke in turkish that my mom sent me this morning… awesome…
i wish apple made a car. imagine what the...
texts from hillary →
pretty funny
How We Fooled Ourselves into Delaying Our... →
http://viniciusvacanti.com/2012/04/02/how-we-fooled-ourselves-into-delaying-our-startups-launch/
What america buys →
http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2012/04/05/149997097/what-americans-buy?sc=fb&cc=fp
Teen survey: 34% own an iPhone, 40% want one →
http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/2012/04/03/teen-survey-34-own-an-iphone-40-want-one/
March 2012
11 posts
“your panties are so fantastic that people will sink to unsanitary levels to have...”
– PACT Apparel customer (http://www.wearpact.com/blog/?p=1299)
ndp ties tories in popular support →
and they manage to do this without a leader. and where would we be if jack was alive?
“I don’t know about you, but I refuse to die from “natural...”
– Creed Bratton (from The Office)
http://vimeo.com/m/38593272 →
bruce springsteen’s keynote at sxsw. further confirming that I want to be bruce when I grow up.
could't stop reading this: I will turn 100 years... →
http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/r48z5/i_will_turn_100_years_old_in_two_days_3212012_amaa/
“There’s this presumption that you need to be part of that circuit, and I think...”
– Esther Dyson on the Angel Crowd: It’s “Very Self-Referential” | peHUB (via fred-wilson)
black crowes. hotel illness. nuff said. →
http://grooveshark.com/s/Hotel+Illness/30F7P8?src=5
3 misconceptions that need to die →
brilliant!
http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2011/10/25/3-misconceptions-that-need-to-die.aspx
pinterest →
i personally haven’t found it pinterest that interesting (no wonder - only 20% of its users are male). but their growth and impact is noteworthy to say the least. this infographic does a good job of providing a glimpse into the crazy and unique growth that pinterest is seeing…
http://techcrunch.com/2012/03/14/this-is-everything-you-need-to-know-about-pinterest-infographic/
bruuuuuceee!
bruuuuucee! new album streaming now (to be released tomorrow):
http://prettymuchamazing.com/music/stream/bruce-springsteen-wrecking-ball
February 2012
1 post
just got tickets to the fun. show in april. can't... →
November 2011
4 posts
RT @LocalDirt: Most store-bought honey isn’t honey at all, test show. http://t.co/TUZc5YlS via @msn
RT @GeekStats: Americans now spend 8.4% of their monthly income on gas; surpassing the 2008 record of 7.9% | Oil Price Information Service
Globalization datapoint of the day: Organic isn’t...
http://blogs.reuters.com/felix-salmon/2011/11/09/globalization-datapoint-of-the-day-organic-isnt-locavore/
teachers write their own online textbook, save district $175,000 http://t.co/5u9aghX0 #fb #in
October 2011
2 posts
I just unlocked the “Photogenic” badge on @foursquare! http://t.co/EquJlJsY
Forbes: As U.S. Struggles, Canada Soars To Top →
September 2011
5 posts
RT @jah: Maybe I’ll switch from left-wing to right-wing media consumption so I can hear more about successful liberals overtaking the USA.
delish turkish food. (@ Mersin Mediterranean Cuisine) http://t.co/tVUPje8
crew race! (@ The National Yacht Club) http://t.co/3satMd6
RT @smichm: RT @eportelance: Yonge & Eg is the busiest pedestrian intersection in Toronto, with over 42,000 ppl/day. Yonge & Dundas is …
driven past it a million times, trying out for the first time. cool train cars converted to diner seating. fresh an… http://t.co/dOGmW8l
August 2011
8 posts
Audio: omg! i’m giddy like a bieber tween. tom waits releases the title track from his long-awaited album!… http://t.co/urwsh0A
“Stop all the clocks, cut off the telephone, Prevent the dog from barking with a juicy bone, Silence the…” http://t.co/0dLjSFi
“Stop all the clocks, cut off the telephone,
Prevent the dog from barking with a...”
– Funeral Blues by W.H. Auden
“Put up in a place
where it’s easy to see
the cryptic admonishment
...”
– Piet Hein - Danish poet/scientist/architect/all-round human being
“My luck was accentuated by my living in a market system that sometimes produces...”
– Warren Buffett from his pledge letter to donate 99% of his wealth to charity. (http://money.cnn.com/2010/06/15/news/newsmakers/Warren_Buffett_Pledge_Letter.fortune/index.htm?iid=EL)