October 2009
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On Kashi →
via atofias.
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The Saddest X-Men Costumes of All Time →
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“Now that the politically apathetic are dropping out of consuming political news,...”
– The Monkey Cage takes CNN to Markus Prior’s house
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Carly Simon live set at Daytrotter →
Probably the oldest (by decades?) performer on Daytrotter. Maybe the most famous as well.
UPDATE 11/4/09: And the golden oldies just keep on coming: Kris Kristofferson sets a new record for aged ones on a great live music website.
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A back up scheme that makes me jealous →
On the other hand, I just learned how to use the college’s 25 node XGrid cluster of 8 core Mac Pros. So there’s that to tide me over.
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“I hope it rains for 40 days and 40 nights.”
– Chuck Rose, Met’s fan (via DF).
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Elinor Ostrom →
on Planet Money podcast.
It’s a good interview that gives a taste of Ostrom’s sense of humor and the persnicketiness that her research requires.
But the best part (by far) is when her husband Vincent interrupts her conversation and phone call with the Planet Money folks so that she can catch a glimpse of a deer in their yard. Unintentional comedy is art my friends.
Centro Cafe (5/5) on Yelp →
Delicious. Reeks of garlic but in a good way. Very small, probably not good for groups over 4. The tiny little kitchen is the first thing that you see when you walk in. Simple but hip decor….
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Twitter Lists
Let me say first that I don’t think that there is any right way to use Twitter. These are just a few thoughts after having been lucky enough to be in the first group of the Twitter Lists feature rollout.
My initial inclination was to create a couple of lists for people that I don’t follow, but every once and a while I might want to skim their tweets and see what they are doing ...
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“The seventh inning last night packed an entire game into six outs. You could...”
– Joe Sheehan on Game 5 of the 2009 ALCS
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“With a few tweaks three years ago, with active entrepreneurial development and...”
– Dave Winer
I agree, and yet, can’t you say the same thing about a lot of companies?
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“We were dazzled that chief of staff Rahm Emanuel — a former congressional...”
– Steven Rattner, Obama’s Car Czar (via Political Wire)
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“The purpose of a political party is to (drum roll please) win elections.”
– James Carville in the trailer for HouseQuake
More on HouseQuake here.
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“When Eastern European governments were writing their constitutions, I can...”
– Arthur Lupia in the New York Times
“To understand something—an essay, an argument, a proof of innocence—requires a...”
– Lawrence Lessig
The linked to article (on transparency) thrashes between interesting bits and leaps of logic.
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War on War
Jim Ray quotes Alexander Cockburn who thinks that Obama can “win the war on FOX News” :
Obama’s White House probably cares about the New York Times and the Washington Post but not much else. The Wall Street Journal has loathed Obama from the getgo. The Fox Network is really the only enemy with mass appeal and it’s not political rocket science to go after it. Tone matters here....
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“This is a serious issue. We’re not talking about the ethics of sumo wrestling...”
– Paul Krugman on global warming and SuperFreakonomics
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Pandora - fighting to save us from sociocultural... →
If game theory was a method for analyzing human interaction from the perspective of the mathematically inclined recluse, Pandora sounds like they are recommending music to people separated in a world of cubicles. Who wants to listen like that?
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“Only by performing an occult statistical manipulation called ‘ordered...”
– Barbara Ehrenreich in “Are Women Getting Sadder? Or Are We All Just Getting a Lot More Gullible?”
Babs, when you say it like that it makes it harder to take your good points seriously.
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Twitter Down
So with Twitter down how am I supposed to make fun of my friends? Email?
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The Golden Rule for Computing →
Create software that you would enjoy using and suffering through. Inspired by Marco.
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“When people tell me they’ve stopped blogging and now only tweet, I want to...”
– Ben Casnocha on the Evolving Uses of Twitter via MR
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Windows: the operating system to use if you’re cash-strapped or hate yourself (via Daring Fireball).
The National →
The National have a new website and a tumblr-based blog.
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Bon Iver – Milwaukee 10/11/2009
It’s an old trick but a good one. Craft an album of intimate heart-felt sadness and turn it into anthemic rock for live performances. Still, few performers can pull it off convincingly. Over the two years since Justin Vernon came out of the Wisconsin woods as Bon Iver, he’s mastered his own material and forged a sound capable of sustaining the original intimacy of For Emma, Forever Ago...
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Unicorn Sighting →
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“When Congress is in the news a lot, it tends to be less popular.”
– John R. Hibbing
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“The ultimate irony of Palin’s rise is that it has occurred at a moment...”
– Joe Conason writing on Salon.com a year ago.
The real irony is that most Americans were never really ready to embrace intelligence, judgment, diligence and seriousness after all.
Smyth (4/5) on Yelp →
We went for lunch. The place is beautiful. The hotel is just south of the Harley Davidson Museum. I’m Not sure why the reviews for Smyth are ending up under the hotel. They each deserve entries, no?…
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“When people cannot arrive at political solutions for disagreements, they often...”
– John Sides at the Monkey Cage writing on Tom Coburn’s desire to eliminate the $8m that the National Science Foundation spends on political science every year.
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I have a small dream that someday John Cusak brings Darnielle to a game and he leads the Bleacher Bums through a rendition of “Cubs in Five.” That would top the Dropkick Murphys’ “Tessie.”
Reblogging Merlin Mann: The Mountain Goats - “Cubs in Five”
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I’ve detached my Twitter feed from tumblr. I think it will work better this way. My apologies to my two readers for not doing this sooner.
The Tigers deserve to lose because they refused to use their best relief pitchers. Notice the Twins didn’t make that same mistake.
Why is this game on now? I don’t have time to watch it now.
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Alternative Quips aimed at @kohenari
Here is a smattering of alternative Quips that I thought would make good @replies to @kohenari
@kohenari other good things fucked up by the 90s: Star Wars, the Celtics, and Apple Computer (but saved in the 00’s).
@kohenari you’re so wrong because New Adventures in Hi-Fi is the best REM album.
@kohenari, Hey, I thought @sethkjolly held the rights to earnestness around here.
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I’m glad that the Yankees seem like they will take the Wednesday starting series because the Thursday one really works out better for me.
Using concomitant in a paper. Yeah, I took Latin for 5 years. Deal with it.
Canabalt →
Having a flash version for website? Brilliant. (via Gruber)
A guy with a neck tattoo just got a big strikeout. Thousands of people cheered. God, I love America.
Why does Joe Mauer get Batman “POW!” graphics with music that sounds like it belongs in a James Bond movie? Odd combo.
Ladies and gentlemen, I think we now know that the neck tattoo beats the big side burns.
Hey Max, can we count these guys as part of the 65? http://tinyurl.com/ycjhqy4
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Wine tasting party, mostly academics. Arguing over which of 16 bottles is best. http://twitpic.com/k6yer
UPDATE: Winner was Viña Zaco Rioja.
I can’t pronounce them but they taste good. http://bit.ly/qX7GX
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I'm Falling -- The Comsat Angels →
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“Nick Swisher Twitters. That’s not so strange. I’m sure that scores...”
– Rob Neyer