October 2008
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caro: Why I can’t help but love MTVMusic.com. Am I the only one who thinks this site’s name is terribly redundant? Calling a site MTV Music is like calling the lead singer of this band David Byrne David.
Oct 28th
“Genius, in the popular conception, is inextricably tied up with precocity—doing...”
– Annals of Culture: Late Bloomers: The New Yorker Love him or hate him, Gladwell makes you think.
Oct 22nd
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John C. Reilly = amazing
Oct 22nd
See your website in like a million browsers. →
(via benjordan) fantastic
Oct 22nd
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Oct 21st
“So what should the government do? Eliminate those policies that generated the...”
– Commentary: Bankruptcy, not bailout, is the right answer - CNN.com Jeffrey Miron hit the nail on the head with this article pre-bailout, and seems to share my mantra: If you cannot afford something, you cannot own it.
Oct 14th
7-Eleven is doing their own presidential poll →
sds: shawnblog: ben: When you buy coffee, you pick an Obama or McCain cup. So far, Obama is slaughtering McCain among 7-eleven customers. I have bought a 20z french vanilla cappucino every day for the past week and a half, and i have grabbed whatever cup was on the right, as I am right handed. Some days its Obama, some days its McCain. Apologies for my nonpartisan poll skew.
Oct 13th
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Question of the day - In Presidential debates, why aren’t the candidates sworn in? If they were under oath, wouldn’t that help a few problems?
Oct 10th
Hulu would be awesome
marco: if I could watch it easily on my TV. Imagine how great it would be if they struck a deal to make Hulu available on the Apple TV, Xbox 360, or PS3. You’d see a lot more geeks canceling their cable service. great idea, but not on Apple TV, Xbox, or PS3 - on the actual cable/satellite network - and not just Hulu - Youtube, Vimeo, etc. Read my boss’ post on this - ...
Oct 8th
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I received a collection notice for two unpaid tolls (despite having a tolltag, which is debited from daily). It took me 4 phone calls, mailing a change of address form in to the Texas Dept. of Transportation, and two long talks with CS reps from the collection agency and the TxTag office to do this. there has got to be a better way.
Oct 6th