October 2008
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WatchMTV Music is the greatest new timewaster. Just about every music video ever made. Awesome, since when was MTV a music station?
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“What do communists put on their pasta? Communist Manipesto”
– Stephen Colbert
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Two Men Blind to History
(pic via EW)
Theres a fascinating article over at The Daily Beast about whether or not Americans have learned the lessons we needed to from the Great Depression.
John McHoover needs to ask why America was the slowest industrialized country to come out of the depression last time. Only in one year before 1940 did unemployment dip below 8 million. National output was cut by more than a half....
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“I find that the majority of my swearing comes when I’m playing Mario Kart”
– Alec Krachanovsky
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Obama winning Georgia?
The Huffington Post is reporting that in the latest polls, Barack Obama has a slight edge over John McCain in the deep–red state of Georgia.
The Illinois Democrat, according to the poll, has a slight edge over John McCain — by a margin of 48 percent to 47 percent.
But from a strictly numerical standpoint, political observers shouldn’t be all that shocked if the Democrats flips the...
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WatchSuperman pays a visit to Gotham
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Obama's Fantasy Football Team
There’s a pretty awesome article about Obama’s fantasy football team.
I asked each candidate to be my running mate for one week in a fantasy league, just to see what kind of president he’d make—how he’d handle decisions under pressure and balance a budget. (On ESPN.com’s Gridiron Challenge, you get a mystical $50M to spend on a team.) Only Obama bit. We settled on...
“I keep on putting myself in situations that I know I’ll be tempted to sin.”
– Alec Krachanovsky
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Real Life: The RPG
Simon: it is so much easier
Simon: to measure life
Simon: in exp points
Me: haha
Me: seriously
Simon: hahaha
Me: you passed your test! +30 xp
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The Economy and the fate of Open Source
Andrew Keen from over at Internet Evolution has an article about how the current state of the economy can could effect the future of Open Source.
From the article:
So how will today’s brutal economic climate change the Web 2.0 “free” economy? It will result in the rise of online media businesses that reward their contributors with cash; it will mean the success of Knol over...
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The World Series
So this is it. The Tampa Bay Rays defeated the Red Sox last night, 3–1, advancing to the World Series where they will meet the Phillies. I don’t know what to think about the Playoffs anymore. I’m pretty sure nobody expected this matchup in the World Series when the season started.
In the ten years of their existence, the Rays have never had a winning season up until this year. Last...
“How well I have learned that there is no fence to sit on between heaven and...”
– Johnny Cash (via ajamison)
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TXT ME =O
The New Yorker has an article about the boom in text messaging. According to the article, it is estimated that a trillion text messages are sent every year. A trillion. Some other interesting bits from the article:
But Crystal thinks that texting is not the equivalent of a new language. “People were playing with language in this way long before mobile phones were invented,” he points out....
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The Communists Really Are Coming?
Ok, maybe not necessarily Communism, but Marxism at least. According to this article, people in Germany are buying books written by Karl Marx more than ever.
The rise in his popularity has of course, been put down to the current economic crisis. “Marx is in fashion again,” said Jörn Schütrumpf, manager of the Berlin publishing house Karl- Dietz which publishes the works of Marx and...
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“Then the Gods of the Market tumbled, and their smooth-tongued wizards withdrew”
– ‘The Gods of the Copybook Headings’ - Rudyard Kipling
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The Communists are coming! The Communists are...
An interesting article I came across:
NEW YORK (AFP) — A rare bird in the political world, the US Communist Party is feeling rather smug in these days of capitalist turmoil.
At the party’s New York headquarters on 23rd Street in Manhattan, regional party chairman Libero Della Piana, 36, laid out why he thinks Marxist-Leninism’s time has finally come.
“We can afford to be less on the...
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2008 Presidential Debate Tonight: Final Round
So tonight is the third and final presidential debate. With Obama slowly taking the lead McCain really needs a win tonight. With only three weeks left in the race, time is running out.
John McCain’s recent turn to negative campaigning seems to have backfired,as recent polls suggest that Obama is gaining ground, as well as leading in Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia and Florida, all...
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My Debut Album
My Debut Album: Band Name: Luri, Haut-Corse Album: Be coming up it Album Cover: http://www.flickr.com/photos/fotolomania/2921843410/
Your Debut Album 1 - Go to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Random The first random Wikipedia article you get is the name of your band. 2 - Go to Random quotations: http://www.quotationspage.com/random.php3 The last four words of the very last quote of the...
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Cool Website: In Quotes
Courtesy of Google, In Quotes allows you to search a specific term to get quotes from both candidates on whatever you searched for. Interestingly, neither candidates have had anything to say about Google or Youtube. Jesus had interesting search results.
Similarly, Google also has GAudi which does essentially the same thing except it searches YouTube, and returns clips and where in the specific...
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“The misconception about children’s fiction is that it’s lightweight...”
– Steven Moffat
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The Financial Crisis, as Explained to My... →
interweber:
Kevin: Have you been following the news?
Olivia: Yeah, I don’t really get it.
Kevin: Imagine that I let you borrow $50, but in exchange for my generosity, you promise to pay me back the $50 with an extra $10 in interest. To make sure you pay me back, I take your Charizard Pokémon card as collateral.
Olivia: Kevin, I don’t play Pokémon anymore.
Kevin: I’m getting to that. Let’s...
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Obama and McCain's Views On Net Neutrality →
Theres a good article over at Popular Mechanics about the candidates’ different views on net neutrality.
The article brings up some interesting points.
Firstly, the article brings up the point of there not being one clear cut definition of ‘net neutrality.’ Thats actually a point that I think hasn’t been brought up a lot. The general principle of net neutrality, according...
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The Demise of Net Privacy →
Theres a great article on Internet Evolution about the future of the Internet as we will know it, and the personal risks involved. Everyone should read it here.
From the article:
In the future, we will continue to experience an erosion of privacy, because as the value of an individual’s network grows, the level of privacy will decline. Eventually, privacy as we know it today will disappear...
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2008 Presidential Debate Round 2: What I Thought
(amazing photo by mrdorkesq)
So the second debate came and went, and if I had to describe it in one word, it would be underwhelming. Both candidates pretty much just stuck to what they had been saying the whole campaign, and there wasnt really anything new. Seriously, if I want to know where the candidates stand on the issues, I’ll go read their websites. I watch these debates to see the...
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2008 Presidential Debate Tonight: Round 2
(amazing photo by mrdorkesq)
Theres just 4 weeks left until Election Day, and the Second Presidential Debate is upon us. As both sides stepped up their attacks the past few days, this debate should be a much more aggressive debate. With Obama gaining ground on McCain, McCain will need to really bring it tonight. Tonight’s debate will be set up like a town hall meeting, with the candidates...
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Blame the Yankees for Wall Street's Panic
So, in the midst of the financial woes facing the country, Americans are left wondering how we ever got in this mess in the first place. Well Tony Gabriele from The Daily Press has the answer: The New York Yankees.
Think about it. Where are most of these big investment banks and financial high-rollers headquartered? In New York. Yes, the city where, for the first...
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National Novel Writing Month
Its the National Novel Writing Month. Maybe I’ll do this.
Basically, this is what it is:
National Novel Writing Month is a fun, seat-of-your-pants approach to novel writing. Participants begin writing November 1. The goal is to write a 175-page (50,000-word) novel by midnight, November 30.
Valuing enthusiasm and perseverance over painstaking craft, NaNoWriMo is a novel-writing program...
“I discriminate against white people. You should know that. I do. I also...”
– Merus Capital founder and former Google corporate development exec Salman Ullah explaining his approach to startup evaluation in the Esquire magazine article “The Google Diaspora.” (via ncroal)
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Vice Presidential Debate: What I Thought
I must say, this was a pretty interesting debate to watch. I thought Sarah Palin did really well, better than anybody’s expectations. I guess this could be attributed to a combination of several things, including low expectations going in, as well as what was obviously preprepared talking points. Really, the biggest thing that bothered me about Palin tonight was the fact that she...
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Vice Presidential Debate Tonight!
So tonight is the much anticipated Vice Presidential Debate between Senator Joe Biden and Governor Sarah Palin. This should be fun to watch.
In all seriousness though, I’m quite interested to see what Palin can do, and whether Biden will hold any punches. Just how prepared for the presidency is Palin?
Some fun quotes from CNN:
“I think they’re just not used to someone...
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Watch[Please, Don’t Vote]
But if you do, find out how here.
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2008 Baseball Postseason Picks
So with the Yankees out of the playoffs, here are my picks for the Division Series:
Angels vs Red Sox: Angels The Angels have lost 9 consecutive postseason games against the Red Sox, going back over 20 years. On the other hand, the Angels have dominated the Red Sox this season series, going 8 - 1, outscoring them 62 - 32. The Angels have the best record in baseball, a solid rotation and bullpen....
