November 2011
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Who needs a unifying theme anyway?: A note on... →
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…
October 2011
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Yang Sui: Commodity Price Rises Challenge a Small... →
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,…
September 2011
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July 2011
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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…
April 2011
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August 2010
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July 2010
3 posts
Every time I think my wedding is going to be more romantic than his, Henrik pulls some shit like this
June 2010
5 posts
Why did so many successful entrepreneurs and... →
heyamberrae:
GREAT read.
in short:
their ability to recognize young people with extraordinary ability
everyone be tasked with exactly one priority (YESSS)
enforced an anti-meeting culture where any meeting that included more than 3-4 people was deemed suspect and subject to immediate adjournment if he gauged it inefficient (YESSSS)
expected to pursue our #1 priority with extreme dispatch...
Netanyahu was right - Haaretz Daily Newspaper |... →
May 2010
5 posts
FORA.tv - Tony Haile: Chartbeat Demo →
The Huffington Post sometimes tests two different headlines in real time to see...
– The Media Equation - Taylor Momsen Did Not Write This Headline - NYTimes.com
Oh, fucking brilliant.
(via nickdouglas)
Rafer sez: This is why people use Chartbeat.
(via rafer)
April 2010
6 posts
Party Chat (s/t$/pp/) →
gbattle:
Persistent chat rooms in Jabber. This is the best little work tool you can use for your startup today. If this were the only thing I learned from the betaworks crew of bit fiddlers, legal eagles, miscreants, visionscaries, circumnavigators, drama mamas, professor strangeloves and code monkeys, I’d be quite happy.
+1 Props to the creators.
-1 Props to the namers.
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On gaming and real life
March 2010
6 posts
Atheism and Society - Dinomite.net →
Phil Zuckerman, a sociology professor at Pitzer College and author of Society Without God gave a talk at the annual Freedom From Religion Foundation convention in 2009, highlighting many of the important statistics he analyzed for the book,
Incredibox →
Austin.Vicarious.ly →
SimpleGeo’s awesome demonstration of their location prowess
My ignite talk
July 2009
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