April 27th
» [preemptive]: advice for the young wics out there

cheriemeyer:

Last Friday I spoke at a lunch with the judiciously awesome students of Columbia Women in Computer Science on what it’s like to work for a startup. I spent a week searching the internet and my soul in preparation… I learned some history: women dominating computing at its advent, their decline in…

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November 20th
» Who needs a unifying theme anyway?: A note on forms of State violence that leave no physical marks.

indefensible:

I have long argued that giving pepper spray and tasers to police officers is a terrible idea.

I believe that by giving the State the ability to inflict astounding pain on people, but for that pain to leave no physical mark, we made it easier for human beings to inflict that punishment on the…

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October 10th
» Yang Sui: Commodity Price Rises Challenge a Small Restaurant

yangsui:

With the costs of dairy, beef and seafood rising, local restaurants owners are forced to strategize how to keep their businesses profitable. Kai Pettaway, owner of Freda’s Caribbean & Soul Cuisine in upper Manhattan, is one of those struggling restaurant owners.

Kai Pettaway and his mother,…

(Source: yangsui)

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September 25th
msg: My buddy Tony Haile wrote a solid post titled, Four things I learned on a round-the-world yacht race, the highlights are: The opposite of fear is not bravery, it’s initiative Finding fault is a luxury best saved for tomorrow Do your thinking before the crisis Leave it on the Last Wave READ FULL POST

msg:

My buddy Tony Haile wrote a solid post titled, Four things I learned on a round-the-world yacht race, the highlights are:

  • The opposite of fear is not bravery, it’s initiative
  • Finding fault is a luxury best saved for tomorrow
  • Do your thinking before the crisis
  • Leave it on the Last Wave

READ FULL POST

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July 16th
» just tristan.: two years ago, today....

tristanwalker:

today marks two years since i sent my very first email to dennis and naveen (wow i was such a nerd! ha). naveen sent a reminder to team foursquare today and i thought i’d share it on my blog. Man, how times have changed:

Hey Dennis and Naveen

How’s it going? Hope all is well!

My name is…

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April 20th

(via The Aurora, as You’ve Never Seen It Before : Video : Discovery News)

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August 25th

Watched this again. Still masterful.

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July 21st

Every time I think my wedding is going to be more romantic than his, Henrik pulls some shit like this

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July 20th
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July 12th

With such reasoned, precise and well-thought policy positions why oh why do we not just let Palin be President right now?

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