June 2011
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Jun 24th
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Joshua Topolsky: Andrew Sullivan on what... →
joshuatopolsky: Unsurprisingly amazing writing. Back in the 1980s, conservatism was a thrilling empirical, reality-based challenge to overweening government power and omniscient liberal utopianism. Today, alas, it has become a victim of its own success, reliving past glories rather than tackling current…
Jun 17th
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North Korea Is the Second-Happiest Place on Earth,... →
Jun 2nd
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May 2011
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“After conducting an in-depth analysis of the nation’s industrial output...”
– Coming soon to your technologically-confused, politically-irate relative’s Facebook wall. And then to Literally Unbelievable.
May 27th
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May 27th
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May 27th
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WatchWatch
New Muppet Movie trailer. The Fuzzy Pack is Backy Back.
May 27th
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May 27th
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May 24th
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May 21st
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May 20th
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May 20th
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“The world cannot end tomorrow. It can’t end at least until the Knicks win a...”
– Mayor Bloomberg
May 20th
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May 20th
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May 20th
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May 20th
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The Perfect Running Playlist for the Athletically... →
May 20th
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May 17th
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May 17th
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May 16th
Android Honeycomb 3.1 hands-on →
May 16th
May 16th
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“The replication of acting performances is so detailed that L.A. Noire can...”
– Justin McElroy’s great L.A. Noire review. I’ve long harbored a resentment towards characters trapped in the uncanny valley, that not-quite-realistic-but-awfully-close design that I thought I saw in some early previews. Definitely need to pick the game up this week.
May 16th
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May 16th
Android product reviews always have three parts →
ericmortensen: Part 1: Headline suggesting it can compete with an iOS product: Techcrunch: Honeycomb Has A Fighting Chance Against The iPad Part 2: After a few paragraphs listing technical specs, text explaining how the product is actually a complete piece of shit: Honeycomb 3.0 on the Galaxy Tab is…
May 16th
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May 15th
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May 14th
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May 14th
A reminder: This is me.
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May 13th
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May 13th
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May 13th
NY Times Editorial Board: Scholastic’s Big Coal... →
ericmortensen
May 13th
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“Figuratively, however, Community is about something else entirely. The...”
– The Meta, Innovative Genius of ‘Community’ - The Atlantic, which is really a great exposition on the history of TV culture and trends in general.
May 13th
“If it seems hard or even impossible to defend the American way on the merits,...”
– Logical punctuation: Should we start placing commas outside quotation marks? - By Ben Yagoda - Slate Magazine (via teabyrd)
May 13th
May 13th
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the trawlr: What My Tamagotchi Says About My... →
thetrawlr: The more correct title is “How Tamagotchi Misled an Entire Generation Into Thinking That Taking Care of Living Beings Would be Easy and Fun,” but that’s was too long. Little consideration has been given to understanding the long-term effects of the great Tamagotchi/Nano Baby Craze of…
May 13th
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May 12th
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May 12th
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“Chan then described the climatic moment. “[Sergey] looks at me and says,...”
– Google’s final meeting with Skype before calling off acquisition talks. From In the Plex author Steven Levy (via Wired; h/t Nilay Patel)
May 12th
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May 11th
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May 11th
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“I often joke that they revoked my Asian card because I can’t do math and became...”
– Julie Leung, in a lengthy response to New York Magazine’s piece “Paper Tigers”
May 11th
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“THE SILENCE DID SOME FUCKING FREAKY SHIT TO AMY. PROBABLY IMPREGNATED HER WITH...”
– http://wtfishappeningondoctorwho.tumblr.com/ (via Reddit)
May 10th
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