January 2011
32 posts
“Did small children die? Is the world coming to an end? If not, you’re cool.”
– jenbee on how to assess the gravity of what didn’t get done on your day’s to do list (via austinkleon)
What We Mean When We Say New York, New York
notlikethecheese:
markcoatney:
You want to know what Manhattan is? Manhattan is a infinite series of small, toxic slushy lakes, crisscrossed by impassable snow mountains. A distinguishing feature of these lakes is that they look exactly like solid asphalt pavement.
They are not.
Watch out for that first step… it’s a doozy!
I can attest to this.
BLOOD SWEAT CHEMO: Thank you French Paper →
bloodsweatchemo:
Jason Miller, the same guy who designed the masthead on this website, is cooking up a great Blood+Sweat+Chemo poster for the ARTCRANK poster show in April. All of the money from the sale of those posters will be donated to my LIVESTRONG fund. All of it. Wow. (Thank you, Charles.) That said, the…
You want to see how you turn an obstacle into a movement? This is it.
Telephone as a children's book →
2011 Spring Training Reporting Dates - SI.com →
33 more days until the first day of spring!
10 Tools to Get the Most Out of Netflix →
austinkleon:
My favorite: Netflix’s “New choices to Watch Instantly” RSS Feed.
I’ve had extremely limited bandwidth over the past two weeks, but Netflix is going to be über important to me in the upcoming months. Streaming is really cheap entertainment. Makes you even wonder why people still go to the movies anymore.
“Fans who purchased a 16 oz. beer actually received 20 oz. of beer for the 16 oz....”
– Qwest Field operator First & Goal Inc., in an official statement concerning the beer cup controversy.
Thanks a lot, whistleblowers!
[thanks jamin!]
(via thedailywhat)
Funny how we’re so cynical to always believe what we see with our eyes without even considering that it could be the...
Columbus Dispatch removes YouTube version of its... →
shortformblog:
gilasakawa:
Is this cutting off your nose to spite your face? After all the YouTube version of the Dispatch video — which was posted by a a YT user, not the Dispatch — is the one that went viral and got the homeless guy with the great radio voice (a very nice warm fuzzy story to start the year) all the fame and ultimately, job offers and this morning, a spot on the Today show.
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This will get a gold lion this year. →
This handily kills the overused/overhyped/prettymuchonlygoodforanEffieanyway case study video.
mssnglnk asked: Love the new name!
mssnglnk asked: Love the new name!
