February 2011
An Open Letter →
alexainslie:
” … What’s “defining” about The Social Network is the way it shows a generation losing touch with its humanity. The satire in Sorkin’s script isn’t aimed at what you call the “cool kids,” the “creative, non-narcissistic” users of the Internet who don’t use “friend” as a verb. They are in the minority. Who’s the majority? Go to any multiplex to see a movie — I just came back from...
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January 2011
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get ready for the snow Madison.
“A lot of people don’t know you can share your Amazon Prime membership with up to...”
– Amazon’s free-shipping secret | Fully Equipped - CNET Reviews (via willw2)
Oh man, I totally forgot about that. And all this time I’ve been hogging it.
(via caterpillarcowboy)
This is why I have a Prime membership. I <3 sharing.
“One day we had a conversation where we figured we could just try to predict the...”
– Eric Schmidt (via azspot)
WatchPull, Tab, Pop - amazing student project - fashion in a pop-up book.
What's Happening in Egypt Explained →
This was originally posted at 1:00 p.m. EST on Tuesday. It is being updated and is being kept near the top of the blog. Some of the information near the top of the post may be outdated, and if you’ve been following the story closely, the information at the top will definitely seem very basic. So please scroll to the bottom of the post for the latest.
7 days? →
alexainslie:
Can we have a view with 7 days instead of 5?
“Regrettably, no. We here at TeuxDeux Headquarters want you to watch happily as that workweek ticks away. Then when the weekend comes soak up all the fun. Your tasks for the weekend should generally only be things like: “Drink Lemonade in a Hammock” or “Take 3 Naps” or “Hit the Beach”.”
things real people don't say about advertising
tpdsaa:
Submitted by @chrismaddox.
“Rape is only really rape if it involves force. So says the new House Republican...”
– And, yes, this is going on.
Let’s outline, one more time, the reasons why requiring “force” as a part of legally defined rape is a bad idea, hey? Because there are many. And let’s skip right past the part where many rapes would no longer be defined as such (I’m… really not sure how you redefine...
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sahm. →
(aka stay at home mom) Well, I’m back to the depressing article reading. This one was especially good. It’s about how this woman, years ago, decided to be a stay at home mom. And now, year later,…
Neuroscience Explains Why Breaking Up Is Hard to... →
psydoctor8:
In a study published in May, Fisher and her colleagues asked 15 people who had recently been dumped but were still in love to consider two pictures—one of the former partner and one of a neutral acquaintance—while an MRI scanner measured their brain activity. When looking at their exes, the spurned lovers showed activity in parts of the brain’s reward system, just as happy ...
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“The girl who reads has spun out the account of her life and it is bursting with...”
– I just read the aforementioned Date an Illiterate Girl article again between classes because I felt it itching at my brain like an opiate addiction.
Let’s make our “typefaces” bold, ladies. Insist upon it.
(via whydoihaveablog)
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sleepyti.me bedtime calculator. →
sealegslegssea:
Find out when to fall asleep so when you wake up, you aren’t feeling groggy even if you only had four hours of sleep. This is based on average sleep cycles. Try it out!
interesting…
vainbuthonest:
Corinne Bailey Rae - Paris...
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Where are the Babysitters Club members now? →
luminosa:
This is ridiculously awesome.
fantastic.
“Sacrifice is giving up something good for something better.”
– Unknown (via littlemiss)
Wrong. Sacrifice is giving up something better for something that’s only good. Giving up something good for something better is the easy decision.
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Ce Jeu - Yelle
475. Act like you've been there before, especially...
Q: How did the scarecrow win a Nobel Prize?
A: He was out standing in his field.
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gmail brought my reader link back! that makes me unreasonably happy.
“The problem with typewriters was that they used monospaced type-that is, every...”
– two spaces
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Describe me in 3 words. Go! →
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bad decision: grocery store right before the packers game.
recap. →
I traveled to Rochester, NY the last two weeks, which I had hoped to spend in the office. Travel significantly impacts my inspiration for posting, so here’s a cop-out recap post.
Watched – Tron,…
vainbuthonest:
Cooler Couleur - Crookers ft....
“Imagine it’s 1995: almost no one but Gordon Gekko and Zack Morris have...”
– The First Decade of the Future is Behind Us | Science Not Fiction | Discover Magazine (via arielwaldman)
