December 2008
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Gizmine →
Japanese gadgets and lifestyle design shop: ships worldwide!
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Small is beautiful in this age of austerity: The... →
“For the past decade, the nation’s biggest museums have relied on blockbuster exhibitions featuring numerous well-loved masterpieces to attract visitors.
But now a leading director is urging galleries to rethink the way in which major shows are staged by offering up a single work of art rather than the usual rooms crammed full of gilt-framed Monets, Turners and...
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Nobody should start to undertake a large project. You start with a small trivial...
– Linus Torvalds (via azspot)
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Study: What Are Voter Expectations of How Obama... →
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… the word “cleanse” makes a perfect zeitgeist-based...
– Trend Alert: All Network Comedies Now Required To Make At Least One “Cleanse” Joke Videogum
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… debates between political bloggers tend to be structured in certain...
– “Research suggests both that bloggers tend overwhelmingly to link to other bloggers who share their partisan views, and that readers tend overwhelmingly to read blogs that reflect their political affiliations.” Can Partisanship Save Citizenship? | The American Prospect
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Hey, Miley Cyrus wasn’t even 10,000 hours awake before she became a hit.
– Seth Godin takes aim at Malcolm Gladwell’s theory in Outliers.
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22 percent of Twitterers have five or fewer followers
– The State Of The Twittersphere
Science update
China finds largest dinosaur fossil site in the world. A fifteen-minute exercise may help overcome a lifetime of racial stereotyping. FDA approves a drug for longer eyelashes.
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Few of the experts doubt that the internet of things will have a profound effect...
– Sometime between now and 2010, the internet is poised to reach beyond virtual space and take root in the physical world. According to many futurist thinkers, almost every object you can see around you carries the possibility of being connected to the internet. This means that your domestic...
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2008: The Year in Media and (a little bit of)... →
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I am out of the office until 12th January 2009 restoring vital
energy and...
– Cute Out-of-Office from someone who gets my blog via Feedburner email.
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How kangaroo burgers could save the planet →
monkeytypist:
(via azspot)
I’ve never had roo, to my lasting regret, but I am informed it’s delicious.
It is completely delicious, like all the good things about red meat (taste! meatiness!) without the bad things (gristle! bones! Visible, gummy, fat!). Highly recommend. Plus it’s so cheap.
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Is that a raised eyebrow?
– Monkey Typist about this. No, unfortunately they look like that all the time…
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Blogging about productivity began to feel like drinking about alcoholism.
– Merlin Mann’s Macworld PULSE talk on “Patterns for Creativity” (via merlin)
The 365 Photo Project
nighthawks:
Is anyone else in Tumblr-land doing this project in the new year? I tried it once but gave up pretty fast, though I am very determined to finish it in 2009. If so, I would love to add you to Flickr to follow along!
I will! Let’s do it. I’m JessicaFlickr.
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Dad's most played songs on his iTunes
Rock Me Gently: Andy Kim
Angeleyes: ABBA
In the Midnight Hour: Wilson Pickett
Make Me Smile: Steve Harley + Cockney Rebel
If Not For You: Bob Dylan
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Most successful people begin with two beliefs: the future can be better than the...
– Op-Ed Columnist - Lost in the Crowd - NYTimes.com (via datainsightsideas)
Have listened to almost all the news bulletins today and England seems in a very...
– I’m reading my mum’s travel journal from when she was 21 and my dad 26, travelling around Europe for months in 1973 + 74. Dad has painstakingly typed it out.
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Zing!
Kevin Rudd stepped into the cricket commentary box beside Shane Warne at the MCG, joining the Nine Network crew during play between Australia and South Africa.
During the commentary, viewers were asked to vote: “Should Warne run for prime minister?”
Warne quipped of the prime ministership: “I’ve got absolutely no idea how to do it.”
Mr Rudd replied: “Mate,...
Merlin Mann's Top 10 for 2008
merlin:
1. 7 and 3 (tie) 3. 10 4. 1 5. 5 6. 2 7. 9 and 6 (tie) 9. 8 10. 4
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Plouffe is, after all, “the unsung hero” of the “best...
– David Plouffe Portfolio profile
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dmfail.com →
livejamie:
This new Tumblr showcases what goes wrong when people utilize DM instead of D for direct messages, publishing them to the whole world.