December 2009
November 2009
five fellowship apps due
You’re gambling with your privilege in an economy of extreme scarcity. It’s a game that has real life, long-term implications, class and otherwise. I think it’s okay to complain and show some of your anxiety. Good luck!
lowendtheory:
in the next 2 days. i have one personal statement to write, a cover letter to finish, and two research proposals to finish. plus i need to...
Dave Winer has started using Tumblr →
caterpillarcowboy:
jonathan-deamer:
(He’s the godfather of RSS/podcasting, an Internet veteran and one of the smartest thinkers on the future of communication and the web that I know of).
Winer mostly uses Tumblr to talk about RSS Cloud, his contribution to the real-time web.
mollybierman:
copycats:
Maps - Arcade Fire...
HandBrake goes 64-bit, adds many improvements -... →
shaneguiter:
First, and perhaps most importantly, the new version incorporates improved code from the x264 project that, according to the release notes, makes for speedier encoding, smaller files sizes, and better picture quality. Additionally, 0.94 brings us 64-bit support and, which also provides 10 percent faster encodes. 10 percent may not seem like much but, when you are ripping a huge DVD...
“As people become increasingly comfortable with drawing their culture from a rich...”
– The death of uncool « Brian Eno « Prospect Magazine
morningpaperblow:
Under Pressure | David Bowie...
The Voice That Helped Remake Culture →
artistspaid:
Louis Armstrong, a k a Satchmo, a k a Pops, was to music what Picasso was to painting, what Joyce was to fiction: an innovator who changed the face of his art form, a fecund and endlessly inventive pioneer whose discovery of his own voice helped remake 20th-century culture.
SEPHARDIC FOOD →
This looks like a great blog. Thanks for the link!
(via clingtomymouth)
heartattackmachine:
salacia:
Kimya Dawson -...
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-11-22) →
The White Stripes (79)
Timber Timbre (57)
The Dodos (51)
Band of Horses (45)
The Antlers (31)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
un:
(via jessibelboobstein:audiobahn)
M Ward -...
♪.tumblr.com →
matthewb:
Jarred Bishop’s new project is a song-a-day Tumblr utilising recent support for extracting album art from uploaded tracks. Simply brilliant, from the jewel case design to the single-character unicode URL.
seeingpyramid:
And the third acoustic track is:
...
vruz:
Mark Lanegan & PJ Harvey - Come to...
Elliott Smith Documentary Feat. Gus Van Sant &...
twentyfourbit:
I first heard about Gil Reyes’ documentary Searching For Elliott Smith after stumbling upon an early IMDB page that listed the likes of Mary Lou Lord, Gus Van Sant, producer Larry Crane, Heatmiser’s Tony Lash, Smith’s friend Sean Croghan, and many more as “credited cast” members. It was intriguing to see that some of the people closest to Smith had agreed to appear in a film that...
www.Steep.it - the simplest internet tea timer... →
blondesnotbombs:
sostark:
pretty sexy
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New Evidence to Act on in 1964 Klan Murder of... →
X-rays reveal that two bullets were not removed from James Chaney’s body during the autopsy after he, Michael Schwerner and Andrew Goodman were murdered by a gang of Klansmen in Neshoba County, MS, June 21 1964. James Chaney’s brother Ben has told the Clarion Ledger’s Jerry Mitchell that the Chaeny family will allow the body to be exhumed to allow investigators to try matching the bullets to...
shaneguiter:
Everybody Cares, Everybody...
Google Health
Wow. I’d heard thee was Google Health coming; I did not know it was available. Looks amazing. I’ve started setting up my account but won’t have time to finish till later. Thank for the heads up!
bijan:
I just set up my profile on Google Health.
I added my basic vitals (birthdate, weight, height) plus the date of my recent flu shot, my allergies as well as past surgeries.
I...
WatchThe Daily Show: Lou Dobbs Interview
Watchbowfolk:
robot-heart-politics:
soupsoup:brooklynmutt:
Jon Stewart Explains To Conservative Pundits Why He Doesn’t Like Sarah Palin
via NewsPolitics: via mediaite
It’s not really so much about why he doesn’t like Palin, but more about why the media circus surrounding her and her book is ridiculous and why the arguments that liberals dislike Palin because she’s pretty and has five children...
Principals, Bus Driver Ignored Pleas for Help from... →
notthatkindagay:
adeandabet:
This makes me sick to my stomach. The kind of isolation of being in danger and knowing that no one will help you. Thank god someone finally intervened, or we might have had another casualty. How do we stop this!?:
Jayron Martin, a 16-year-old student at Langham Creek High School near Houston, was attacked by a group of students on November 12 because he’s gay....
“Beck doesn’t understand why it’s idiotic of white people to quote King — namely,...”
– Orcinus (via clingtomymouth)
Citizen Media Law Project Launches Legal... →
We are delighted to announce the public launch of the Berkman Center’s Online Media Legal Network (OMLN), a new pro bono initiative that connects lawyers and law school clinics from across the country with online journalists and digital media creators who need legal help. Lawyers participating in OMLN will provide qualifying online publishers with pro bono and reduced fee legal assistance on...
“On that measure, Shazam places third — and not by a nose. Midomi and MusicID...”
– Adding a Fee, Shazam Invites a Look at the Competition (via annielin)
I’m surprised I’ve never heard this...
Arkansas police officer uses Taser on 10-year-old... →
When are they going to outlaw these lethal weapons?! Any cop who uses one on a minor should automatically lose his or her badge—permanently. No review process should be necessary. You tase a kid, you find another job.
thesmarttart:
“A police officer in a small Arkansas town used a stun gun on an unruly 10-year-old girl after he said her mother gave him permission to do so. Now the town’s mayor...