April 2009
24 posts
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Game: Effing Hail →
Simple, neat design. (via kottke)
Apr 30th
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Apr 29th
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Apr 24th
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Going Postal: The Imminent Death of the U.S.... →
Just as General Motors has in effect subsidized Big Oil by continuing to build gas-guzzlers in recent years, so has the USPS continued to subsidize Big Mail by shaping its operations to encourage what it now calls, revealingly, “standard mail”—that is, advertising junk mail. Most American citizens are blissfully unaware of the degree to which USPS subsidizes U.S. businesses by means of the fees...
Apr 24th
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Apr 24th
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Apr 23rd
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Apr 23rd
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Apr 23rd
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WatchWatch
Timescapes (thx Mike B!)
Apr 23rd
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US Job Losses by County →
Apr 23rd
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Apr 20th
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Apr 20th
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Losing your job may help your sex life →
Notice that the relationship between financial stability and one’s sex life is markedly different based on the respondents’ age. Dissatisfaction with one’s financial situation doesn’t appear to have any effect on libido, because the younger, financially strapped respondents are having A LOT of sex. The situation changes rather sharply after age 35, though. Perhaps...
Apr 17th
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DJ Premier beats w/ originals →
Apr 15th
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Tone Matrix →
An online Tendori-On
Apr 15th
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NYT: The Online Sugar Daddy Market →
There’s the 18-year-old from France asking for $5,000 to $10,000 a month from “a mentor who can provide me with the finer things in life and keep me happy!” And the 49-year-old investor from upstate New York willing to pay $5,000 a month for a “daytime playmate” for “intense connection without commitment.” … “I get flown to whatever city I want,” wrote a North Carolina college...
Apr 13th
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Know Your Meme →
Finally, a place that can explain why Xzibit is funny.
Apr 13th
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Ball Droppings →
Make music.
Apr 10th
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Apr 9th
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GrooveShark →
Nice streaming music service, I’m fairly impressed with the catalog.
Apr 8th
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GM and Segway announce two-wheeled urban transport... →
General Motors and Segway have teamed up on Project PUMA (Personal Urban Mobility and Accessibility), a two-wheeled city vehicle capable of reaching speeds up to 35 miles per hour, and going 35 miles on a single charge at a cost of 35 cents per charge.
Apr 7th
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Apr 6th
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Apr 3rd
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Matt Ridley on the causes of poverty and... →
If you want a recipe for how to shut down an economy, just read what the early Ming emperors did. They nationalized foreign trade. They forbade population movements within the country, so villagers weren’t allowed to migrate to towns. They forbade merchants from trading on their own account without specific permission to do specific things. You had to actually register your inventories with the...
Apr 1st