February 2012
About halfway through the Clinton PBS special...
I find it fascinating that in some of the criticisms of Clinton’s presidency (his inexperience/waffling/reluctance to stand and fight the against the GOP/failure to deliver on campaign promises), you could drop in Obama’s name for Clinton’s and you wouldn’t miss a beat. Really interesting.
Feb 29th
“Every time I read an article about conservatives being “pro- life” I am reminded...”
– The ‘Safe, Legal, Rare’ Illusion - NYTimes.com YES.  (via golden-notebook)
Feb 27th
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The Forgetting Pill - How A New Drug Can Target... →
Fascinating article by Jonah Lehrer on how close we really are to being able to pop a pill and forget all of our memories - both good and bad.
Feb 27th
Finally watched Drive...
Such a great film. Cinematography was amazing, the soundtrack was great, and the movie is well deserved of all its praise. I now know why everyone is in love with RyGos. So damn good.
Feb 26th
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Right versus pragmatic →
marco: They just kept posting more signs, because they were convinced that they were right.
Feb 26th
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cdixon: Warren Buffet on gold as an investment →
Love it. cdixon: The second major category of investments involves assets that will never produce anything, but that are purchased in the buyer’s hope that someone else – who also knows that the assets will be forever unproductive – will pay more for them in the future. Tulips, of all things, briefly became a…
Feb 25th
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Feb 25th
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Feb 24th
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Feb 17th
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“Today’s sysadmin todo list: 0. Get corporate membership with EFF. 1. Identify...”
– foxylad on hacker news Today’s sysadmin todo list:0. Get corporate membership with EFF.1. Identify all … | Hacker News (via fred-wilson)
Feb 16th
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Feb 16th
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Stone IPA
This is the most honest one line review of Stone IPA yet. onesentencebeerreview: Brewer: Stone Brewing Co. ABV: 6.9 percent  Review: “Serve this beer at your next dinner party to loosen up your guests before you start talking orgy.”
Feb 14th
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Feb 11th
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The Weakening of Nations: How Tax Work-Arounds... →
Loopholes, poor regulations, and off-shore havens allow corporations and the very wealthy to draw on the benefits of a strong nation-state without fully paying back in, eroding a system that’s less tested than we might think.
Feb 10th
What is Zynga making per paying user? Nobody, not... →
Good insight on the difficulty on nailing models and how, at the end of the day, you have to stop trying to get the perfect model and go with the best you’ve got. In the end, for the purposes of arguments about how much money a company is making, the only numbers that matter are: how much money is coming into the company each month? How much money is leaving the company each month?...
Feb 8th
Services I Can't Live Without (and Some I Can)
(edit: added in “Dead” as a last category. hat tip @dromano) I was just thinking about this the other day and wanted to break down what services I use and love and those that I only begrudgingly continue to use. I’ve broken it down into three groups: services that are here to stay (i.e. I’m not leaving them unless you pry them from my cold dead hands), on the border...
Feb 7th
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Our Favorite Typefaces of 2011 →
9-bits: Excellent selection. Bookmarked. (via Typographica)
Feb 7th
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Which School Has Better Programmers? UCLA or USC?... →
Come on UCLA! The hackathon this weekend in LA; wish I were down there to attend.
Feb 4th
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Feb 2nd
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