August 2010
The Tichborne Case →
Another great read, courtesy of Wikipedia.
“According to researchers at the University of Denver, couples who lived together...”
– 5 Widely Believed Dating Myths (Science Says Aren’t True), #1
Ground Zero Mosque, Part II: The Anatomy of a... →
Read this.
Outsourced Call Centers Return, To U.S. Homes →
azspot:
Home workers, such as Quigley-Hogan, represent one of the cheapest models for customer service. There are an estimated 60,000 people doing call center work from home.
“It provides a lower cost point than other traditional means of onshore customer service,” says Chris Carrington, who runs Alpine Access, the Denver-based company that Quigley-Hogan works for. Carrington says the low...
Neo-Feudalism and the Invisible Fist →
azspot:
“The sleekest revolutions,” notes Barry Lynn, “are won not at the barricades but in the dictionary.” To control the terms of a debate is to control the outcome. This is certainly true of the term “free market,” a term which has come to mean almost its opposite, and hence a system which is manifestly unfree. The claim that our markets are not free is a serious one, and should only be...
“Government agents can sneak onto your property in the middle of the night, put a...”
– The Government Can Use GPS to Track Your Moves
Pitchfork Reviews Reviews: trying to get the vibe... →
i play Fancy Footwork by Chromeo and Lisztomania by Phoenix, i wish i could disappear right now, if one-year-ago-me looked into the future and saw future me DJing and playing Chromeo he would kill himself preemptively, i am issuing an internal apology to all the past and future incarnations of me for being weak-willed and giving in and playing this song. i mean i even kind of like the song but...
8 things I wish I knew before starting a business →
WatchBy posting this video, I am not condoning any of the content of said video. via Cheese’n’Beer Records
Intel CEO Blasts Obama Administration, Says... →
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While holding an annual iftar, mayor Bloomberg recently said, “And above all of that, we are Americans, each with an equal right to worship and pray where we choose. There is nowhere in the five boroughs that is off limits to any religion.” And this is an absolute dirty lie, because I can think of three places that are certainly off limits to two religions: schools, stadiums and...
“Tophoven said there were centers of radicalization all over Germany and Europe,...”
– Hamburg authorities shut down mosque suspected of radicalization
“Almost like they planned it that way. When leavening taxes on the poor, the Czar...”
– Jeffrey Zeldman
Quick!
Zanger Bob or Mini Daddy?
“I remember in the ~1994-1998 timeframe when the US government’s...”
– pinkobane
WatchA mix I made of songs you can chill out with. Good for working / thinking / enjoying. More of my mixes.
Watch#musicfortoday D&D Sluggers - Level Up
I’d like to think I’ve done some cool things with the DS10 but these guys are on another level.
My new Myspace profile →
It’s weird, caring about Myspace after everyone has already left it.
Myspace 2.0
Myspace Profiles 2.0 and a new, super clean account management interface (including a song manager that actually works very well) is finally available for bands on Myspace. It’s too bad that this is, like, 2 years too late, but since Myspace is still a must for bands, I’m in the process of upgrading my profile right now. I’ll post a link when I’m done.
“Why do we allow companies like Coca-Cola to tell us that drinking a bottle of...”
– The Dark Side of Vitamin Water
I have to give a shout out to Marc Aleksei, a...
My tumblr has a new theme. I needed something more clean and professional looking. I am now using the Postage theme by Greg Cooper. My theme is still way more popular, but I just tipped the scales in his direction.
Yesterday’s survey on Pop Answers was, “Name a food that you eat with your fingers.” The answers were mostly predictable, except for one which happened to be in Spanish. It was, “SUSHI! ESOS PALOS SON IMPOSIBLES DE MANEJAR! JAJAJA.” Which, translated, is: “SUSHI! THOSE STICKS ARE IMPOSSIBLE TO CONTROL! HAHAHA.” Needless to say, I had a good laugh :)
