Onward and Upward

6.0 is the new 3.5 stars?

Wed, 30 May 2012 15:16:00 -0500

Saw on Pitchfork today that the three major albums reviewed today were all given scores in the low 6.0 range.

Saw on Rolling Stone that four major recent reviews were given 3.5 stars.

In the future, nothing will be good or bad, everything will be mediocre.

texturism: wisely and slow | the staves a gorgeous saturday...

Sat, 26 May 2012 10:24:48 -0500

texturism:

wisely and slow | the staves

a gorgeous saturday morning. get after it.

This is excellent. I was born and raised in the Church of Christ, so I don’t fall all over myself for the new wave of harmony groups, because most of them aren’t really that good. Not the case with the Staves.

Long exposure shots of Coney Island rides. more here

Mon, 14 May 2012 18:05:37 -0500

Long exposure shots of Coney Island rides.

more here

I have taken a deep dive into the data to uncover a hidden key...

Mon, 14 May 2012 17:13:43 -0500

I have taken a deep dive into the data to uncover a hidden key element of why the Rangers are so good.

Photo

Fri, 04 May 2012 16:24:23 -0500

Hands Off the Internet! - Ron Paul

Sat, 28 Apr 2012 16:05:26 -0500

Hands Off the Internet! - Ron Paul:

Dear Colleagues:

Please join me in opposing the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (HR 3523), which will create a monstrous coalition of big business and big government to rob Americans of their protections under the 4^th Amendment of the Constitution.

CISPA permits both the federal government and private companies to view your private online communications with no judicial oversight, provided they merely do so in the name of “cybersecurity.” But America is a constitutional republic, not a surveillance state— and the wildly overhyped need for security does not trump the Constitution we all swore to uphold.

“Cybersecurity” is the responsibility of companies that operate and make money in cyberspace, not taxpayers. Those companies should develop market-based private solutions to secure their networks, servers, cloud data centers, and user/customer information. The role of the US intelligence community is to protect the United States from military threats, not to provide corporate welfare to the private sector. Much like TSA at the airport, CISPA would socialize security costs and remove market incentives for private firms to protect their own investments.

Imagine security-cleared agents embedded at private companies to serve as conduits for intelligence information about their customers back to the US intelligence community— while enjoying immunity from any existing civil or criminal laws. Imagine Google or Facebook reporting directly to the National Security Agency about the online activity of US citizens. Imagine US government resources being wasted on a grand scale to “assist” private companies in the global market. All of this this would become reality under CISPA.

Therefore I urge you to support internet freedom, support the 4^th Amendment, and oppose corporatism by voting NO on CISPA!

Sincerely,

Ron Paul, M.D.
Member of Congress

‘Pink Slime’ Furor Means Disaster for U.S. Meat Innovator - Bloomberg

Fri, 13 Apr 2012 08:45:01 -0500

‘Pink Slime’ Furor Means Disaster for U.S. Meat Innovator - Bloomberg:

Do we really need innovation in the field of meat?

"In a study published at the Wharton School, Marshall Fisher, Jayanth Krishnan, and Serguei Netessine..."

Thu, 12 Apr 2012 20:33:23 -0500

“In a study published at the Wharton School, Marshall Fisher, Jayanth Krishnan, and Serguei Netessine looked at detailed sales data from a retailer with more than five hundred stores, and found that every dollar in additional payroll led to somewhere between four and twenty-eight dollars in new sales.”

- How Hiring Makes Uniqlo a Successful Retailer : The New Yorker

vixenelle: THE TALLEST MAN ON EARTH | Little River

Thu, 12 Apr 2012 17:24:13 -0500

vixenelle:

THE TALLEST MAN ON EARTH | Little River

Hands down favorite guitar player

Thu, 05 Apr 2012 23:02:51 -0500

Hands down favorite guitar player

warbyparker: Alicia Martin’s Biografias.

Thu, 05 Apr 2012 16:37:38 -0500

warbyparker:

Alicia Martin’s Biografias.

A photo taken through tree branches by Henry Groskinsky from a...

Wed, 04 Apr 2012 09:36:11 -0500

A photo taken through tree branches by Henry Groskinsky from a derelict building across the street from the Lorraine Motel, April 4, 1968, very close to where the shot that killed Dr. King likely came from. “I stood on top of the commode in the bathroom of that abandoned building in order to take the pictures out of the window,” Groskinsky remembers.