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Peter Kaplan is an inspiration and one of the best storytellers...

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 10:59:29 -0500

Peter Kaplan is an inspiration and one of the best storytellers in New York. It was an honor to write for him and I hope we can work together again someday on what he calls the “new medium.”

"And that’s precisely the problem: none of us think we’re being selfish or egotistic when we tweet..."

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 18:36:18 -0500

“And that’s precisely the problem: none of us think we’re being selfish or egotistic when we tweet something, or post a video on YouTube or check-in using someone’s address on Foursquare. It’s just what we do now, no matter whether we’re heading out for dinner or witnessing a massacre on an Army base. Like Lord of the Flies, or the Stanford Prison Experiment, as long as we’re all losing our perspective at the same time – which, as a generation growing up with social media we are – then we don’t realise that our humanity is leaking away until its too late.”

- NSFW: After Fort Hood, another example of how ‘citizen journalists’ can’t handle the truth

I love you guys.

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:26:00 -0500

I love you guys.

"I think that we are necessarily moving toward a geek culture. The health of our society is going to..."

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 12:05:41 -0500

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I think that we are necessarily moving toward a geek culture. The health of our society is going to rely on information technology. It’s going to rely on a familiarity with math and science and technology. Geekery in general is founded on questioning and proof via analysis of the actual world and not the world as we wish it to be. By contrast, jockdom — not sports — jock culture proceeds from a certainty you create in your mind: ‘My town is the best because the incredibly wealthy owners decided to keep the team for now.’ Or, ‘My political team is the best because it was my dad’s and they best stoke my primitive fears,’ as opposed to ‘They have the best policies for me and my family.’

Jockdom is very noble. It’s not deliberative. It’s certainly the best way to win wars. It’s the best way to motivate teams of people to fulfill a goal — not just war, but getting things done. The most important way to motivate a factory floor. But as you know, we’re not as much of a manufacturing society as we were before. China and other big industrial nations are rewarding their nerds and technicians rather than creating a culture that makes fun of them — it would be wise for us to embrace the book-smart as much as our culture has traditionally embraced the street-smart, the jock-smart. I’m not saying nerds must have their revenge; I’m just saying the time for wedgies is at an end.

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- john hodgman (via nomcakes) (via thisboyisexhausted) (via nattles) (via superamit) (via rafer) (via fred-wilson)

juliavickerman: You think you want Ferris but Cameron’s the one...

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:26:55 -0500

juliavickerman:

You think you want Ferris but Cameron’s the one who will sit with you at the gynocologist when you’re getting your yearly check-up.

Video

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 15:21:37 -0500

A photo essay showing how the paths we see every day can be...

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 13:13:19 -0500

A photo essay showing how the paths we see every day can be beautiful. By Sean Rice in JPG Mag.

ljm: thommy: My daughter is pissed that I shaved. EVA!!!

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 11:19:58 -0500

ljm:

thommy:

My daughter is pissed that I shaved.

EVA!!!

Astronomers have discovered evidence of alien planets outside...

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 09:38:05 -0500

Astronomers have discovered evidence of alien planets outside our own galaxy for the first time. Yiiiiipes.

[via Mint.com]

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 09:18:30 -0500

[via Mint.com]

Top Chef’s official online store at bravotv.com

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 14:33:54 -0500

Top Chef’s official online store at bravotv.com

Caroline and John Jr. visit President Kennedy in the Oval Office...

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 09:36:08 -0500

Caroline and John Jr. visit President Kennedy in the Oval Office on October 31, 1963. John F. Kennedy Library. [via]

theblueprint: Jay-Z feat Alicia Keys: “Empire State of Mind”

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 18:42:48 -0400

theblueprint:

Jay-Z feat Alicia Keys: “Empire State of Mind”

The Evolution of Birth Control

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 14:48:31 -0400

The Evolution of Birth Control

This.... this....

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 14:29:18 -0400

This.... this....

FULL DISCLOSURE

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:39:14 -0400

My Pandora radio stations are: Kaki King radio, Jawbreaker radio, Frank Sinatra radio, Lil Wayne radio and… Taylor Swift radio

Photo

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 16:40:20 -0400

mknell: littlemavs: Best Halloween movie ever! So adorable -...

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 12:57:20 -0400

mknell:

littlemavs:

Best Halloween movie ever! So adorable - oh and they just made a cake of it on Ace of Cakes (that’s for you Mknell!)

soupsoup:

kaytee:

“While we’re name-calling, will you still love me if I start calling you my sweet baboo?” ♥

Charlie Brown, Ace of Cakes, and a shoutout from LittleMavs? This may just be the most supreme reblog ever.

Ya’ll know this is on ABC tomorrow night, right? “People, this is what the DVR was invented for.”

“Scientists can now label nerve cells in a rainbow of...

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 09:26:44 -0400

“Scientists can now label nerve cells in a rainbow of colors. This image is of a “Brainbow” mouse, which has been engineered so that different nerve cells glow in dozens of hues; it shows the hippocampus, a brain area that is crucial for memory. This technology, developed in 2007, has revealed the connections between cells in remarkable detail.”

It’s 1993 all over again (NYT).

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 08:50:48 -0400

It’s 1993 all over again (NYT).