December 2009
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Dec 1st
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November 2009
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If Newspapers Were Stores, Would Visitors Be... →
AKA: Quit complaining about your customer and start making money. Dammit. (via @bookoven)
Nov 30th
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Nov 29th
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Nov 28th
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Nov 27th
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Nov 26th
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Nov 25th
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Nov 25th
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Nov 25th
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-11-22) →
The Hidden Cameras (27) Tori Amos (25) Elliott Smith (20) MIDIval PunditZ (14) Arcade Fire (14) Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Nov 24th
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Area Man Passionate Defender Of What He Imagines... →
Nov 24th
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“If your protag is a criminal or an antihero, you don’t have to make him likable,...”
– Screenwriting Tips… You Hack: Screenwriting Tip #150
Nov 23rd
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Nov 23rd
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Nov 23rd
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Nov 22nd
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Nov 22nd
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Nov 22nd
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MPAA Says Copyright-Treaty Critics Hate Hollywood →
Have you been following the story of the bizarrely secret negotiations of the international treaty? Secrecy is wholly inappropriate in this circumstance. Our governments owe us transparency.
Nov 22nd
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Jon Ronson on telling his son the worst swearword... →
Freaking hilarious.
Nov 21st
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Nov 21st
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Nov 20th
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Nov 20th
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The History of the Internet in a Nutshell →
I started university in 1994, with Netscape for web and elm for email. Then pine. By the time I started grad school in ‘98, Netscape was on its way out and cross-browser compatibility was a daily website-making consideration. It’s amazing how fast it all evolves. [via abbyjean]
Nov 20th
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BREAKING: Leaked UK government plan to create... →
Cory Doctorow: “This is as bad as I’ve ever seen, folks. It’s a declaration of war by the entertainment industry and their captured regulators against the principles of free speech, privacy, freedom of assembly, the presumption of innocence, and competition.” BAD.
Nov 19th
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Local dad spoke only Klingon to child for three... →
If the kid was only “starting to learn it” by the age of three, something’s wrong either with Klingon or with the dad’s speaking of it. If Klingon’s a language that has all of the properties of “natural” human languages, the kid should have started picking it up before he was a year old. The more I think about it, the more fascinated I get by this. (via...
Nov 19th
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Nov 19th
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This American Life Episode 391: More Is Less →
This is a must-listen overview of the American health care system!
Nov 19th
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Nov 18th
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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-11-15) →
Tom Waits (26)  Vampire Weekend (20)  Cat Power (15)  Jem (10)  The Mountain Goats (9)  Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Nov 18th
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Nov 18th
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Twoogie, M.D.: Update Your Twitter, Doogie-Style →
How have I lived without this?
Nov 18th
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Nov 17th
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Nov 17th
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Amusing Father Comments Becoming a Show →
Um, remember those cavemen? Well, anyway. I’m pleased I immediately had the same reaction: We’ve already had Jerry Stiller. A few times.
Nov 17th
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100 books that defined the noughties →
Agree? Disagree? Conspicuously missing?
Nov 15th
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Nov 14th
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Nov 13th
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Nov 13th
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Nov 13th
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Nov 12th
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Nov 12th
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Nov 12th
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Nov 11th
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Nov 11th
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Nov 11th
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We Know Hollywood Is This Dumb. Et Tu, Netflix? →
OMG, Hollywood businesses. Has no one told you to GO WHERE YOUR CUSTOMERS ARE? No? Well, go where your customers are. They will not follow you. You’re just not that cool. (via @NicBoshart)
Nov 10th
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Nov 10th
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Nov 10th
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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-11-8) →
Radiohead (34)  The Dutchess And The Duke (10)  Godspeed You! Black Emperor (4)  U2 (2)  Alan Alda & Marlo Thomas (2)  Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Nov 10th
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Nov 10th
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