February 2009
46 posts
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Feb 1st
January 2009
60 posts
1970 Chevy Monte Carlo →
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Jan 31st
Why no Kindle ad platform? →
I’ve been thinking a little bit lately about the NYT and the Kindle, and wondering why you can’t just get the newspaper on this increasingly popular device.  Nicholas Carson wrote yesterday…
Jan 31st
Why Be a Nation of Mortgage Slaves? - WSJ.com →
“If the intent is to help homeowners, then foreclosure is undoubtedly the best solution. Household balance sheets have been destroyed by taking on too much debt via the purchase of inflated assets….
Jan 31st
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Jan 31st
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Jan 30th
Music sales down? Gee... I wonder why? →
Link:  Can Music Sales Get Any Worse? Just Watch | Peter Kafka | MediaMemo | AllThingsD Let’s see… The music industry was 5 years late in giving consumers the ability to download music…
Jan 30th
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Jan 30th
Good riddance to Arrington: Mike, you will not be... →
Let me make one thing clear.  No one, save for maybe violent criminals or fraudulent corporate CEOs, should ever be stalked or spit on.  That’s wrong. That being said, Mike Arrington’s…
Jan 30th
Your own body: An entrepreneur's most valuable... →
Incorrectly valuing assets—that’s basically what this financial collapse comes down to. All the stuff we thought we had—our houses, mortgages, and all the wacky financial derivatives we layered…
Jan 30th
Music sales down? Gee... I wonder why? →
Link:  Can Music Sales Get Any Worse? Just Watch | Peter Kafka | MediaMemo | AllThingsD Let’s see… The music industry was 5 years late in giving consumers the ability to download music…
Jan 30th
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Jan 29th
Good riddance to Arrington: Mike, you will not be... →
Let me make one thing clear.  No one, save for maybe violent criminals or fraudulant corporate CEOs, should ever be stalked or spit on.  That’s wrong. That being said, Mike Arrington’s…
Jan 29th
Your own body: An entrepreneur's most valuable... →
Incorrectly valuing assets—that’s basically what this financial collapse comes down to. All the stuff we thought we had—our houses, mortgages, and all the wacky financial derivatives we layered…
Jan 28th
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Jan 28th
My recent tracks on Last.fm →
The most recent tracks I’ve been listening to on last.fm: Sweet Troubled Soul by stellastarr* from the Harmonies for the Haunted album. Listen to it now » Paper Planes (DFA Remix) by…
Jan 28th
Snuggie, Slanket, Freedom Blanket? Why marketing... →
From the comments section: middledigit.net | jonathan hopkins » Blog Archive » Snuggie - the blanket with sleeves! One Response to Snuggie - the blanket with sleeves! 1. January 1st, 2009…
Jan 27th
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Jan 26th
The Watchmen Trailer →
  Looks pretty sah-weet.  Seems like the soundtrack might be pretty good, too.
Jan 26th
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Jan 24th
In this economy, we're all entrepreneurs →
Year after year, the US spits out a few million college kids looking for jobs.  The whole recruiting process is built around the idea of matching—that there are enough openings to digest…
Jan 23rd
Heath Bell: I'd hate to have to wear a coat and... →
My kinda player… By agreeing to a $1.255 million salary Tuesday, closer Heath Bell and the Padres avoided any chance of an arbitration hearing. Salary arbitration can be contentious because the…
Jan 23rd
Heath Bell: I'd hate to have to wear a coat and... →
My kinda player… By agreeing to a $1.255 million salary Tuesday, closer Heath Bell and the Padres avoided any chance of an arbitration hearing. Salary arbitration can be contentious because the…
Jan 22nd
My recent tracks on Last.fm →
The most recent tracks I’ve been listening to on last.fm: A-Punk by Vampire Weekend from the EP album. Listen to it now » Everywhere (Fleetwood Mac Cover) by Vampire Weekend from the …
Jan 22nd
My recent tracks on Last.fm →
The most recent tracks I’ve been listening to on last.fm: A-Punk by Vampire Weekend from the EP album. Listen to it now » Everywhere (Fleetwood Mac Cover) by Vampire Weekend from the …
Jan 21st
Umair is wrong: Entrepreneurs are the problem, not... →
People keep talking about the decrease in venture investing, and how the VC financing model is out of whack: “Because venture funds invest not just in all the wrong places, ignoring clear…
Jan 19th
My recent tracks on Last.fm →
The most recent tracks I’ve been listening to on last.fm: Hey Baby by No Doubt from the Rock Steady album. Listen to it now » Tragic Kingdom by No Doubt from the Tragic Kingdom album….
Jan 15th
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Jan 15th
Will NYC be Pittsburgh or be Detroit? →
“Detroit should take a page out of Pittsburgh’s playbook. In the 1980s, the state used local universities to pour funds into technology research. What blossomed was a thriving entrepreneurial…
Jan 15th
Social Tolerance and the Pursuit of Quality Time →
If there are any extremes about my personality, it’s my lack of social tolerance.  I don’t mean about people’s backgrounds or lifestyle choices—I mean personalities and actions.  If I don’t want…
Jan 15th
Will NYC be Pittsburgh or be Detroit? →
“Detroit should take a page out of Pittsburgh’s playbook. In the 1980s, the state used local universities to pour funds into technology research. What blossomed was a thriving entrepreneurial…
Jan 15th
My recent tracks on Last.fm →
The most recent tracks I’ve been listening to on last.fm: Hey Baby by No Doubt from the Rock Steady album. Listen to it now » Tragic Kingdom by No Doubt from the Tragic Kingdom album….
Jan 14th
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Jan 14th
Social Tolerance and the Pursuit of Quality Time →
If there are any extremes about my personality, it’s my lack of social tolerance.  I don’t mean about people’s backgrounds or lifestyle choices—I mean personalities and actions.  If I don’t want…
Jan 13th
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Anyone seen a daddy? →
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Jan 13th
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Jan 13th
I ran 4 miles today and biked almost 10... and I'm... →
“Heart disease, diabetes, prostate cancer, breast cancer and obesity account for 75% of health-care costs, and yet these are largely preventable and even reversible by changing diet and lifestyle.”…
Jan 13th
Pink Skull Hat →
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Jan 12th
Securing and backing up my online bits →
How many of you live in fear of the day when your favorite media sharing service, be it a blog or a photo or video site, sends out the dreaded “Download your crap before Tuesday because  we’re…
Jan 12th
I want my face on my next cake →
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Jan 10th
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Jan 10th
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Jan 10th
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Jan 10th
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Jan 9th
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Jan 8th
My recent tracks on Last.fm →
The most recent tracks I’ve been listening to on last.fm: Love In My Pocket by VHS or Beta from the Bring On The Comets album. Listen to it now » bring on the comets by VHS or Beta…
Jan 7th
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Jan 6th
Op-Ed Columnist - A President Forgotten but Not... →
“The discrepancy between the grandeur of the failure and the stature of the man is a puzzlement. We are still trying to compute it.” Op-Ed Columnist - A President Forgotten but Not Gone -…
Jan 6th
Daniel Tosh... This guy is hilarious... and pure... →
“Try to frown on a waverunner…”
Jan 6th
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Jan 6th