April 2008
is Twitter Theater (@fc_tylerdurden @fc_jack & more)played in realtime?
Homophobic Principal Outs Students →
High school is rarely kind to gay teens. It’s bad enough dealing with homophobic peers, but when faculty get in on it as well it’s just plain outrageous. The principal of a Tennessee high…
American Shanty Towns and Tent Cities Emerge... →
BBC NEWS | Americas | Tent city highlights US homes crisis — This is similar to the kinds of slums and makeshift favellas you find in the third world. The BBC News associates this development with…
Wikipedia Overrules DOJ →
kylehase writes “The release of Wikiscanner last year brought much attention to white washing of controversial pages on the community generated encyclopedia. Apparently Wikipedia is very serious in…
AT&T To Subsidize The 3G IPhone By $200? →
Rumors of a 3G iPhone coming out in June have been around for a while…now Fortune makes the unsubstantiated report that AT&T (NYSE: T) plans to subsidize the device to the tune of $200,…
Just saw a Smart car “in the wild” 1st time. & it was here in Wash. Hts.
Unnecessary Censorship, Anniversary Edition →
I don’t know quite what it is about the “Unnecessary Censorship” segments from Jimmy Kimmel Live! that I find so frickin’ hilarious. There’s just something about Sesame Street characters…
San Jose Mercury News inadvertently offers most... →
Wondering what a Microsoft takeover will mean for the Yahoos? Front-page editors at the San Jose Mercury News offer what one hopes will be the last word.
watching /Carrier/ on PBS. They’re dscussing Dont Ask Dont Tell now
Smiley Face Serial Killer of College Men... →
Could there be a calculated, cross-country plot to kill young college men, including some in Minnesota? It seems a little hard to believe, but two New York detectives say they can prove it. City…
[Obvious] Aging Gen X and Yers finding out... →
LA Times
[Obvious] Day of silence over treatment of the gay... →
Seattle Times
Packaging design inspiration →
There's a World Beyond Twitter; CenterNetworks... →
It seems today you can’t turn to any tech blog without numerous mentions of Twitter. There are so many other great startups out there that aren’t Twitter-related that have been overlooked…
Realistically Painted Bowser →
Artists site
H.R.5843 Act to Remove Federal Penalties Marijuana... →
H.R. 5843 would eliminate most Federal penalties for possession of marijuana for personal use.
Beer Menus - Find Great Beer in New York City →
in New York City, find out where to get your thirsty hands on your favorite hard-to-find beer at BeerMenus.com. This menu search site just launched with over 150 beer menus, which include over 1200…
Cool Stuff: Star Wars Urban Photography | /Film →
French photographer Cedric Delsaux has created a series of photos where he puts Star Wars characters and vehicles and transplants them into modern day urban locations.
Snoop and Willie Nelson Sing a Surprise Duet in... →
The first few seconds of the video are blank but its a great video. Willie and Snoop are two of the most adaptable singers in modern music. The fact that these two can pair up and have fun is awesome…
PBS breaks ‘media blackout’ of story on Pentagon... →
“…The New York Times published an explosive report exposing the Pentagon’s secret campaign to use analysts… TV news organizations have largely been silent on their role in the propaganda. Ari…
We Can Stand on the Platform All Night and Pretend... →
Nineteen-year-old guy: So do you want to try role playing tonight? Nineteen-year-old girlfriend: What?! Nineteen-year-old guy: You know, like let’s pretend we’re from Brooklyn. —120th &…
On an Uncommissioned Masterpiece from the 163rd... →
In which The Gay Recluse contemplates an uncommissioned masterpiece from the walls of an uptown subway station.
Consider the old panels on the subway platform wall, and observe the…
Retro action | MetaFilter →
The Retroist is a veritable treasure trove of 80’s (and 70’s) goodness. TV commercials, catalogs, and of course the poetry of Mr. Leonard Nimoy. The Youtube channel alone is worth the price of…
The Last Pinball Machine Factory →
The New York Times is running a story about Stern Pinball Inc., which they say is the last pinball factory left worldwide. The story describes working there as a “game geek’s fantasy job.” The…
Daisy Whitney » New Media Minute →
This tournament is Sweet 16 style with head-to-head competition in eight categories. Vote now in the first round which ends Friday May 2. After that weâll start the next round of battles as we…
The second-gen iPhone: 3G, GPS, only slightly... →
Engadget reports that Apple’s forthcoming 3G capable iPhone will incorporate a GPS module..only slightly thicker than the current generation model..a more rounded phone with a glossy black back, the…
Takin shots, playing Rock Band and thinking about a website redesign. It certainly needs it.
1,000 True Fans →
“The sort of artist who survives at the long tail is the sort who would be happy doing nothing else, who willingly sacrifices security and comfort for the chance to communicate something…
Pinkberry's "natural" desserts are made of toxic... →
Pinkberry, the fast-growing US chain of “all-natural” desserts, just got busted in a class-action suit for packing their food with additives and crap:
The ingredients list for Original Pinkberry…
FCC Reports Comcast P2P Blocking Was More... →
bob charlton from 66 tips us to a ComputerWorld story about FCC Chairman Kevin Martin, who has testified that Comcast’s P2P traffic management occurred even when network congestion wasn’t an issue,…
[Scary] And so it begins: Sam's Club starts... →
USA Today
[Ironic] Gas prices are getting so high in NYC... →
(NY Daily News)
[Followup] Hillary sees her shadow in... →
Fox News
Other Cities Just Say They're the Greatest in the... →
Frat tourist guy: Hey! I just hailed a New York City cab! New Yorker, jumping into cab: I just stole your cab! —Bleecker & Hudson Overheard by: sean Alsome | Thumbs up | Thumbs…
Most unpopular president since polling was... →
Mr. 28% is now the most unpopular president in Gallup history. President Bush has set a record he’d presumably prefer to avoid: the highest disapproval rating of any president in the 70-year…
NJ Supreme Court Rules For Internet Privacy →
dprovine writes “The New Jersey Supreme Court has ruled that ISPs can’t release customer information without a warrant. The unanimous decision reads in part ‘We now hold that citizens have a…
Pulp Shakespeare | MetaFilter →
from ACT I SCENE 4 J: Your pardon; did I break thy concentration?
Continue! Ah, but now thy tongue is still.
Allow me then to offer a response.
Describe Marsellus Wallace to me, pray. Your turn.
I Thought the Figure on the Door Was Sporting a... →
Man in stall on the left: Bill, I think we’re in the wrong bathroom. Man in stall on the right: Yeah, I think I just figured that out. Women’s restroom at United Center Chicago, Illinois Overheard…
Exxon Mobil ranked as #1 most profitable company... →
Oil giant Exxon Mobil takes second place on the new Fortune 500 list, with first place going to Wal-Mart. Exxon Mobil, however, was the most profitable company for the fifth year in a row, “raking…
ISPs Blow Off Stanford Net Neutrality Hearing →
eldavojohn writes “The FCC & Stanford hoped to host an on-campus debate over Net Neutrality and invited AT&T, Comcast, Verizon, and Time Warner to take part. None of them showed up. Unfortunately,…
http://istwitterborked.com/
Is Twitter broken or something? I follow too many people for my stream to be so empty.
Photography is not a crime →
Watch this video and read more about this at Flickr.
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Is Twitter Borked? →
Probably* *its still better than Pownce though…
Taurus →
Freelance Freedom #49 →
Obsession: Bacon's so popular, they're putting it... →
Bacon Chocolate-Chip Cookies With Maple-Cinnamon Glaze (pictured) are serious stuff.
Is "Nerdic" Really the Fastest Growing Language? →
According to Pixmania.com’s research, the speedy growth of consumer electronics and associated buzzwords and acronyms has created the “fastest growing language” in Europe. The study says it’s more…
Major ISPs Injecting Ads, Vulnerabilities Into Web →
Rebecca Bug writes “Several Web sites (Wired, eWEEK, The Washington Post) are reporting on Dan Kaminsky’s Toorcon discussion of a serious security risk introduced when major ISPs serve ads on error…
I'd Love to See That Resume →
Cashier: Ok, you can step directly over to the salad tosser. Surprised guy ordering: Her title is “Salad tosser”? Arby’s Marketfresh Atlanta, Georgia
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