January 2012
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“Instead of blacking out our websites, what we need to do is dismantle the system...”
– I Hope SOPA Passes -Maddox
Incredible, and true, read. Unfortunately, action beyond an avatar change or a javascript implementation seems very unlikely.
Jessie Baylin - Little Spark
jessiebaylin:
my record Little Spark came out yesterday :) i feel such peace + relief + joy! if you dig vibey, honest music go check it out at your local record shop or here on iTunes http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/little-spark/id491249297
stay gold. x
If you like Richard Swift, I pretty much guarantee you’ll enjoy this.
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December 2011
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“If you count all the DVR, HBO GO, replay viewership, we were in the millions....”
– Vulture: “Bored to Death” Creator Jonathan Ames on the Show’s Cancellation (via joshkinberg)
Change the model.
(via wreckandsalvage)
Why are we still using Neilsen Ratings for TV shows? Ames makes an excellent point. Sad to see Bored to Death go.
“We must have courage and self-confidence to cling to our own methods and...”
– George F. Keenan - One Nation, Under Arms
fascinating read.. I do recommend.
Smoke Screening
Security theater, from this perspective, is an attempt to convey a message: “We are doing everything possible to protect you.” When 9/11 shattered the public’s confidence in flying, Slovic says, the handful of anti-terror measures that actually work—hardening the cockpit door, positive baggage matching, more-effective intelligence—would not have addressed the public’s dread, because the measures...
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WatchMerry Christmas from The Cowboy!
Watchwolfbreeder:
Our brand new music video for Mariachi El Bronx just premiered on Funny or Die. Directed by Josh and Ryan, starring the great David Neher, and featuring far too many beautiful women to list here. We hope you will click it so… just click it already… and go see the band when they play at LA’s Natural History Museum in January.
If anyone ever asks you “Are music videos even...
“Imagine, if you will, a man who, as Speaker of the House, orchestrates the...”
– Hendrik Hertzberg, The New Yorker. (via langer)
“Everyone over age 12 when YouTube launched in 2005 is now able to vote. What...”
– No Copyright Intended - Waxy.org (via soxiam)
“So, what we’re seeing isn’t the expansion of our social network;...”
– Mike Loukides - “The End of Social”
Couldn’t agree more - social only works if it’s curated. Automation isn’t beneficial to the end user, only the advertiser.
WatchAssland - Diesel