February 2011
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January 2011
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Speculation on the next MacBook Pro →
In the linked article, Marco talks a bit about both what he hopes Apple will do with the (assumed) upcoming MacBook Pro refresh, and what he thinks they will do… and he’s probably fairly close to what will actually happen. But here’s what I wish would happen:
I’d love for Apple to add a 15” MacBook Air to the lineup. Configured as Marco describes, with SSD, no optical, and...
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Name the cat. →
buchino:
Considering it’s All Kitty All the Time over at Blog du Jabbour these days, and considering the kitty that is All the Time still remains nameless, I suppose it’s time to ask folks this very important question:
What would you name this kitty?
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The gripping tale of a local customer who couldn't... →
And people wonder why newspapers are dying…
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“In a free society, some are guilty, but all are responsible.”
– Abraham Joshua Heschel
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Math is hard
Yes, the study says, most are small dogs, but 41 percent are medium-sized, and one out of three are large. (source)
OK, so by most rational estimations, the word “most” implies at least a majority, correct? However, “one out of three” is very easily worked out to 33% (or so). Added to the 41% already cited, leaves only 26% of dogs being classified as small. How...
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Watchpurns:
This Colbert piece on she who shall not be named is the best.
“But social justice is not charity. It’s something we need to do because many of...”
– Squashed (via azspot)
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Watchbuchino:
I cut the weirdest 45 seconds from an old aeronautics video for your viewing horror. Humans behave in the strangest ways.
(via americanbarbarica)
Thank you. Thank you very, very much.
“Google seems to use “open” like a Smurf uses “smurf”: to mean whatever suits...”
– Robb Irrgang, via Twitter (via nikf)
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How I Convinced Diddy to Do a Basement Theater... →
spolikeluzhate:
adamfrucci:
After 13 months, tonight is finally the DiddyGethard show at UCB. Here’s Geth’s first-person account of the long, strange trip it’s been getting one of the biggest stars in the world to come do his midnight basement comedy show.
This is going down tonight and it is JUST NOW starting to set into my brain. I can’t wait to be part of an epic night. #diddygethard...
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Google: "we prefer patents we own"
Remember folks, VP8/WebM is still patented. It’s just that Google owns the patents, and claims they won’t enforce them. It’s only “free” because Google says it is. Not much different than H.264*.
I’m looking forward to Google dropping mp3 support next… what, no internal consistency? Surprise there. Oh well, good job killing HTML5 video, and taking us back to the days of...
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“Today’s G.O.P. sees much of what the modern federal government does as...”
– Paul Krugman
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“By pretending to believe that America is on the verge of collapse into a...”
– slacktivist
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Watchhalphillips:
Jon Stewart on the Arizona shootings. As usual, I agree with every word he says.
“I wouldn’t blame our political rhetoric any more than I would blame heavy metal music for Columbine— and by the way, that is coming from somebody who truly hates our political environment.”
The reactions to this event left me sincerely depressed in a way world events seldom do. And it hasn’t helped...