December 2009
“If “Regency era” is being used to describe the transition between...”
– British Regency - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Well that clears that right up, then!
“Once upon a time, way back in the 1990s, America was a land of design...”
– The Rise and Fall of Design Within Reach | Fast Company
November 2009
“When the United Kingdom Census 1851 publicly revealed a 4% demographic imbalance...”
– Mmm, the power of a census.
“After World War II and the Treaty of Versailles, fully one quarter of the...”
– Victorian Station - The British Empire
Restructuring economies seems to be closely linked to restructuring governments. Just sayin’.
“In Western culture in particular,” Levitin continues, “the choice of music has...”
– Interchangeable Identities: The Collision of Culture, Technology, and Self - hypebot
This article has more of my thoughts about digital identity in it, stated or implied, than anything else I’ve ever read.
From the annals of unconvincing world-building
jayandbronwenwatchtv:
V:
I wince every time I hear the Visitors called “Vees.” The V spray paint logo is a resistance sign. And “Visitors” is already a euphemism - no need to shorten it to the awkward-sounding “Vees.”
And Fifth Column is a reference to the Spanish Civil War. In the original, the rebel Visitors were initially described by Martin a “a Fifth Column” and took their name from...
“I mean, presenting yourself as the village griot is done, for me, with no more...”
– David Simon (via wordstudio) (via jaybushman)
“The approach that the I.A.A.F. appears to be taking in its review of Semenya’s...”
– Sports, sex, and the runner Caster Semenya : The New Yorker
Exceedingly good read.
“Hersey went on to say that the pictures were actually made for anthropological...”
– THE GREAT IVY LEAGUE NUDE POSTURE PHOTO SCANDAL - The New York Times
I wonder how much such schools of thought influence the body-consciousness of today, which is usually attributed, at least in part, to fashion magazines.
Stop the Presses
pezdro:
irondavy:
It has come to my attention that my previous assertion regarding Lost, Law & Order and CSI is actually NOT true. One of the Lost characters was simply believed to be dead. I am deeply ashamed. I’d like to specifically apologize to J.J. Abrams, Dick Wolf, Anthony E. Zuiker, Daniel Dae Kim, and the good citizens of Oahu, Hawaii.
I’ll repeat: Shiiiiiiit!
Important Discovery
pezdro:
irondavy:
I crunched the numbers and discovered this remarkable fact about the major characters on Lost: If you’re on Lost and have been on a Law & Order and a CSI then you are dead on Lost. This is true of seven major characters. Apologies if I just blew your tiny, stupid brain.
Shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit!
“While the actual number of click throughs increased with numbers. if the...”
– What 100K Twitter Followers Gets You | Geoff Livingston’s Blog
I agree with the sentiment above but I’m disappointed in the example used to try to prove the point. One link to a photo? Not even through bit.ly or measure over time? No discussion of the language used in the tweet?
...
“Gay isn’t a get-out clause, even here. Just because a gay guy is being...”
– Why Did “Out” Pick Now to Air Dispute With Adam Lambert? | AfterElton.com
I couldn’t stand the comments on Popnog but I skimmed the AfterElton comments and found a nuanced, thoughtful exchange which cut through the over-emotional chatter and reframed the debate, without the...
“AT&T failed to invest adequately in the necessary infrastructure to expand...”
– From Verizon’s legal response to AT&T’s lawsuit (The lawsuit claimed that Verizon’s depiction of AT&T’s network was misleading.) The quote above rings so true, my ears hurt. (via mrgan)
Ding ding ding.
spytap:
My tumblarity is generally inversely proportionate to the amount of time, effort, and thought I put into any given post.
Which means this post is going to shoot it through the roof, right?
“There are some remarkable contrasts, Slate found, between “dumb” searches and...”
– Ben Casnocha: The Blog: Contrasts in How Google Suggests Searches (via ericmortensen)
“I made myself strange because I felt strange and now I had something to belong...”
– The Importance of Music to Girls
“It is the equivalent of a man being garroted or killed by slow...”
– NEIGHBORHOOD REPORT: WEST VILLAGE; Mourning a Fatally Girdled Tree as It Twists in the Wind - The New York Times
“However, most social media community initiatives are entirely disconnected from...”
– The Measurement Standard, KDPaine & Partners’ Newsletter of Public Relations Measurement
“If for one minute you think you’re better than a sixteen year old girl in a...”
– Gerard Way (via gotwisdom)(via musicismyboyfriend)
“The Web is fulfilling this promise of being a medium where you can enjoy video...”
– Advertising - Online Ads Are Booming, if They’re Attached to a Video - NYTimes.com
Today’s one of the days that I believe people are catching on and catching up.
“The other thing some people will not like is that, unlike organic RTs,...”
– Evan Williams | evhead: Why Retweet works the way it does
This is very Apple, isn’t it? Acknowledging something won’t please everyone but going with it anyway, allowing simplicity to reign. Admirable.
A court decision that reflects what type of... →
spaceships:
It’s not often that an appellate court decision reflects so vividly what a country has become, but such is the case with yesterday’s ruling by the Second Circuit Court of Appeals in Arar v. Ashcroft (.pdf). Maher Arar is both a Canadian and Syrian citizen of Syrian descent. A telecommunications engineer and graduate of Montreal’s McGill University, he has lived in Canada since he’s...
Sometimes I don't understand menus
SALTED ORGANIC FINGERLINGS WITH CHIVE SOUR CREAM 3 (served with osetra caviar for an additional) 100
a < strike >preliminary< /strike > list of...
spytap:
ladimcbeth:
You’ve forgotten Gummi Bears, The Wuzzles, Talespin, Dungeons and Dragons, The Paw-paw Bears (even if I’m the only one who remembers them), the Snorks and Castle.
jaybushman:
meganwest:
in no particular order, and most likely incomplete:
clarissa explains it all the wonder years star trek xena legends of the hidden temple hey dude jem alias buffy big bang theory...
“There’s a doctrine called fair use, which we believe can be challenged in the...”
– Rupert Murdoch (via ericmortensen)
I wanted context for this and find myself absolutely horrified with this interview. Murdoch is basically saying that if you’re not a loyal consumer of his online properties he doesn’t want you. He doesn’t want traffic from search engines, he...
Watchadamwhite:
gary:
Social Media = Business In my book I asked people to email me if they wanted me to expand on Social media= Business and so I did, and here is it.
Having trouble viewing this video? Try the Quicktime version.
In under three minutes Gary sums up about 50 conversations I’ve had with people in the last month. Wow.
The scalability of caring — that’s what anyone...
The Jobless Rate for People Like You - Interactive... →
I believe I saw this float by on Tumblr yesterday but just now spent some time playing with variables. Certain singular changes are shocking. For example white men ages 25 to 44 who are high school graduates vs. black men ages 25 to 44 who are high school graduates.
This graph would be telling were the unemployment rate not so terrifying to contemplate right now but as it is it’s shouting...
