June 2010
51 posts
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-5-30) →
Lady Gaga (83) Indigo Girls (8) Pronto (4) The National (3) Sigur Ros (3) Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Jun 1st
3 tags
Jun 1st
2 notes
May 2010
45 posts
4 tags
May 29th
5 notes
5 tags
May 29th
86 notes
3 tags
May 28th
2 notes
6 tags
WatchWatch
the clean bin project: documentary film A Vancouver couple tried to live waste-free for a year. I’m psyched to see this! (Thx Josie.)
May 28th
3 tags
May 27th
6 notes
2 tags
May 25th
20 notes
3 tags
May 24th
3 notes
3 tags
Sample Civics Test Is Making Me Crazy
Check out this question from the U.S. Citizenship and Help Center practice test for people who want to become naturalized American citizens: 28) Name one problem that led to the Civil War.   A. human rights  B. presidential conflicts  C. election freedom  D. economic reasons I answered A, having the abolition of slavery in mind. But apparently that human-rights problem wasn’t one that led...
May 24th
32 notes
3 tags
May 23rd
67 notes
3 tags
“The way to make a living by blogging is to seize the paying opportunities that...”
– Me, in Can you make a living by blogging? on MSN Money Yup, I just totally quoted myself. In stranger news, there’s an article about me on MSN Money. How crazy is that?
May 23rd
1 note
5 tags
“Act like a peer with a good proposal, and you’ll find you’ll get replied to like...”
– 6 Steps That Get Big Shots to Answer Your Email, Pace Smith AMEN. Know what makes me uncomfortable when I get an email solicitation? The following: “Dear Ms. Werker” from anyone a) younger than me; b) asking for something internet-related; c) not offering payment. “I’m...
May 22nd
1 note
5 tags
“This law didn’t just pop up because someone has interest in and sympathy for the...”
– Alan Brown, Town Supervisor of Jackson, NY. He opposed the town’s recently passed English-only law. Our Towns - Small New York Town Makes English the Law - NYTimes.com
May 22nd
3 tags
“In its modern form, bottled water is a new phenomenon, growing from a niche...”
– The Fresh Air Interview: Peter Gleick - ‘On America’s Great Thirst For Bottled Water’ Dude. Stop buying bottled water.
May 21st
1 note
4 tags
May 21st
1 note
1 tag
May 20th
310 notes
1 tag
May 19th
1 note
5 tags
WatchWatch
Playlist of stories from the Mighty Ugly workshop last week. What’s Mighty Ugly? It’s a challenge to take a couple of hours to make a hideous creature. Why hideous? Because we put a lot of pressure on ourselves to make pretty stuff, and that pressure often makes us stop making things entirely, and not making things is dumb.
May 19th
May 18th
3 notes
4 tags
May 18th
31 notes
3 tags
May 18th
3 tags
May 17th
6 notes
2 tags
May 17th
3 notes
3 tags
May 16th
2 notes
3 tags
May 16th
25 notes
2 tags
May 15th
17 notes
5 tags
May 15th
3 notes
3 tags
May 14th
97 notes
2 tags
“At the population level, do C-Sections protect from bad outcomes for mom and...”
– Jay Parkinson + MD + MPH = a doctor in NYC: C-section rates as a marker for obstetric care quality
May 14th
23 notes
5 tags
May 13th
2 tags
May 13th
151 notes
3 tags
May 12th
7 tags
May 11th
3 tags
May 8th
4 tags
May 7th
138 notes
2 tags
“Of the most colossal wastes of time is tweeting airport itineraries, for example...”
– -Roger Ebert Roger Ebert finds his voice and appetite online - CNN.com
May 7th
1 note
4 tags
Notes on Copyright Stuff
A couple of copyright-related things have come up this week, and instead of going down the rabbit hole like I usually do, I’m just going to dump a few thoughts into a list. I very much appreciate this post by Rayna over at Radical Cross Stitch, but I think her strokes are far too broad. Creative Commons is not exactly the same as copyleft. More importantly, although many countries’...
May 6th
4 notes
May 6th
1 note
3 tags
May 6th
135 notes
3 tags
May 5th
8 notes
3 tags
May 5th
7 notes
1 tag
May 4th
1,834 notes
3 tags
May 4th
5 notes
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-5-2) →
Patty Griffin (2) Tegan and Sara (2) The White Stripes (2) The Weepies (2) Cat Power (1) Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
May 3rd