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readmorewikipedia: Kijŏngdong is a village in P’yŏnghwa-ri,...

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 21:01:52 -0500

Kijŏngdong is a village in P’yŏnghwa-ri, Kaesong-si, North Korea. It is situated in the North’s half of the Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ). Also known in North Korea as Peace Village, it has been widely referred to as Propaganda Village by those outside North Korea.

The official position of the North Korean government is that the village contains a 200-family collective farm, serviced by a childcare center, kindergarten, primary and secondary schools, and a hospital.

Scrutiny with modern telescopic lenses reveals that the buildings are mere uninhabited concrete shells lacking window glass or even interior rooms, with building lights turned on and off at set times and empty sidewalks swept by a skeleton crew of caretakers in an effort to preserve the illusion of activity.

North Korea is fascinating. On Wikipedia, at least.

jayparkinsonmd: All 37 ingredients in a Twinkie I have been...

Thu, 19 Aug 2010 13:47:21 -0500

jayparkinsonmd:

All 37 ingredients in a Twinkie

I have been thinking a lot lately about what I eat, what is in it, how much it costs versus how much it SHOULD cost, and how less ingredients are more and I probably don’t want a burger that only costs $1.

ESPN.com: House of Pain, 50 Most Painful Outcomes in College Football History.

Fri, 06 Aug 2010 11:54:53 -0500

ESPN.com: House of Pain, 50 Most Painful Outcomes in College Football History.:

Excellent production and execution. With this and the 30 for 30 series, ESPN shows why the cable and satellite providers pay them more per subscriber than almost any other network.

Bromance - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 17:01:47 -0500

Bromance - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:

It would not be a stretch to call Wikipedia extensive in its coverage.

I’m guessing that this quote is one of the many reasons...

Wed, 28 Jul 2010 13:26:07 -0500

I’m guessing that this quote is one of the many reasons why this LeBron James article was taken down from ESPN.com.

one forty plus: Just A Thought.

Thu, 22 Jul 2010 12:39:25 -0500

one forty plus: Just A Thought. :

I believe that the BP oil spill could have even bigger ramifications on our country than we already realize.

If this disaster exits the public consciousess without there being a 1:1 ratio of fault to accountability, then we as a nation will have demonstrated to our government (and the…

Sure, its John Mayer, but the man has a point.

One thing you can't do from a mobile phone

Mon, 19 Jul 2010 16:43:39 -0500

…is enjoy something. I wonder, with all the picture taking, checking in, liking, retweeting, is anyone taking the time to enjoy anything anymore?

sub-question: I see more people than ever eating by themselves. Are Facebook friends/followers/readers/badges convincing humans that they don’t need actual interaction?

"If there’s one thing that I can’t stand, which has become so popular in the last 10 or 15 years,..."

Sat, 03 Jul 2010 22:00:12 -0500

“If there’s one thing that I can’t stand, which has become so popular in the last 10 or 15 years, it’s the attitude of, “You know what? It’s so great because so-and-so doesn’t take themselves too seriously.” It’s like, hold on a second: I want my artists to take themselves seriously. Of course, I do. Why wouldn’t I want that?”

- The Raconteurs - Interview Magazine

(http://www.interviewmagazine.com/music/the-raconteurs/print/)

As far as I know, there isn’t a company, government,...

Tue, 08 Jun 2010 12:08:58 -0500

As far as I know, there isn’t a company, government, individual, or other entity that is really motivated by a president’s angry words.

For your Rand Paul scrapbook

Thu, 20 May 2010 11:08:00 -0500

mikehudack:

southpol:

A 2007 Salon profile:

In the Speaker’s Lobby, Paul describes the federal airline security system as an extra-constitutional affront to civil liberties, and thinks security should be handled by the private sector. Then he takes a rather un-presidential jab at the appearance of many TSA screeners, a workforce heavily populated by minorities and immigrants. “We quadrupled the TSA, you know, and hired more people who look more suspicious to me than most Americans who are getting checked,” he says. “Most of them are, well, you know, they just don’t look very American to me. If I’d have been looking, they look suspicious … I mean, a lot of them can’t even speak English, hardly. Not that I’m accusing them of anything, but it’s sort of ironic.”

Totally not a racist. Just a fan of things that are ‘very American.’

For the record, this is from a profile of RON Paul. Not Rand.

"Cigarettes are not cool, cigarettes kill people"

Thu, 29 Apr 2010 11:28:03 -0500

““Cigarettes are not cool, cigarettes kill people””

- — Prime Minister Kevin Rudd

Kudos to Australia for banning branding on cigarette packets and for having a Prime Minister who delivers nuggets like these.

Australia plans first no-brand cigarette packets - Yahoo! News

Preferred Reading Devices

Tue, 27 Apr 2010 09:37:34 -0500

1. Amazon Kindle

2. Actual books

3. iPad

4. iPhone

5. Smoke signals

6. Braille

7. Google Books

"People say there’s a monotony to the way I sing,” Matt says, “and I totally understand that. But..."

Fri, 23 Apr 2010 09:36:47 -0500

““People say there’s a monotony to the way I sing,” Matt says, “and I totally understand that. But maybe it’s more entertaining to watch the pole-vaulter hit the bar than go over it. Hitting the notes is less important than the attempt. If you believe what you sing, if the notes are right is insignificant. ””

- Matt Berninger, of the National, indirectly explaining why American Idol fails.

The National Agenda - NYTimes.com

jeffmiller: We are very fortunate

Mon, 19 Apr 2010 15:52:50 -0500

jeffmiller:

We are very fortunate

"Institutions will try to preserve the problem to which they are the solution."

Fri, 09 Apr 2010 08:56:29 -0500

“Institutions will try to preserve the problem to which they are the solution.”

- The Technium: The Shirky Principle (via mikehudack)

Search as browsing replacement

Wed, 07 Apr 2010 11:59:25 -0500

I have noticed that almost everyone I work with, when browsing to a site that they know the name of, searches for a URL and then clicks the first link. For instance, rather than browsing to Amazon.com, they search for Amazon on Google, and then click the first link that comes up.

Question is, what percentage of Google’s daily search activity comes from “searches” like this? Those are (nearly) valueless impressions for advertisers who are in a CPM-based contract, but is this causing a sort of inflation for Google?

What happens to Google’s traffic as users (presumably) get smarter and use the URL bar to browse directly to the site they want? Granted, this will have little to no effect on Google, as they are well-leveraged, but it is interesting to think about.

Thoughts?

"By the time I was 10, I was a genius."

Thu, 01 Apr 2010 14:50:30 -0500

“By the time I was 10, I was a genius.”

- Pitchfork: 5-10-15-20: Erykah Badu

This is amazing. Go Mavs.

Wed, 31 Mar 2010 11:16:19 -0500

This is amazing. Go Mavs.

"To protect all Texans’ constitutional rights, preserve the constitutional framework intended..."

Mon, 22 Mar 2010 13:40:34 -0500

““To protect all Texans’ constitutional rights, preserve the constitutional framework intended by our nation’s founders, and defend our state from further infringement by the federal government, the State of Texas and other states will legally challenge the federal health care legislation,” said Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott, in a statement.”

- States launch lawsuits against healthcare plan - Yahoo! News

"No, in the end, it really is about freedom. If this law stands, then you have to buy insurance. Not..."

Sun, 21 Mar 2010 21:38:00 -0500

“No, in the end, it really is about freedom. If this law stands, then you have to buy insurance. Not as a condition upon the exercise of a privilege, like driving. But rather as a tax on your very existence. We’ve taxed income, and purchases, and sales, but we’ve never taxed your mere existence before, have we? The fact that you are born—something you have no control over—now subjects you to a tax. And not really a tax—but a mandate that you have to give your money to private companies in exchange for a product you may not want.”

- http://jeffmiller.tumblr.com/post/464618482/tonight