January 2009
90 posts
“Could Detroit release cars in beta? Could cars be ad-supported and free? Is...”
– Jeff Jarvis
Take my life, PLEASE!
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Requiem (one of Updike's last poems)
It came to me the other day: Were I to die, no one would say, ‘Oh, what a shame! So young, so full Of promise - depths unplumbable! Instead, a shrug and tearless eyes Will greet my overdue demise; The wide response will be, I know, ‘I thought he died a while ago.’ For life’s a shabby subterfuge, And death is real, and dark, and huge. The shock of it will register ...
“I’m not going to create a slideshow presentation but I’ll give you...”
– 11 Business Plans For Twitter
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david:
webmarc:
Srsly. Call it. Right Now.
“Dawn Spinner Davis, 26, a beauty writer, said the downward-trending graphs began...”
– It’s the Economy, Girlfriend - NYTimes.com
WatchJohn Updike on Charlie Rose in 2008
John Updike, "A&P" →
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Coffee Linked to Lower Dementia Risk - NYTimes.com →
Scientists found that the subjects who had reported drinking three to five cups of coffee daily were 65 percent less likely to have developed dementia, compared with those who drank two cups or less.
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Watchfromedome:
Fun with Google Maps Street View, Paris.
Follow Google’s Street View car (in reverse) up Rue Mouffetard (and other streets) in Paris’s Latin Quarter.
This video takes you from my favorite Paris hostel, the Young and Happy, to Notre Dame cathedral.
Also in HD at Vimeo or YouTube.
Freed from Gitmo., Saudi Becomes a Qaeda Chief →
The militant, Said Ali al-Shihri, is suspected of involvement in a deadly bombing of the United States Embassy in Yemen’s capital, Sana, in September. He was released to Saudi Arabia in 2007 and passed through a Saudi rehabilitation program for former jihadists before resurfacing with Al Qaeda in Yemen.
Obama Orders Halt to Prosecutions at Guantánamo -... →
A Closer Look at the Inaugural Ceremony -... →
Zoom in on the inaugural platform by double-clicking on the photo or using the tool below.
See ya, Dubya
Bail These Congressmen Out →
johncarney:
The Bailout 7: Guys who voted for the bailout and then were rejected by voters. We’ve got some new job ideas for them.
WatchWatch Obama’s inauguration live, exclusively on Lunchfood!
Back when Jon Gruden was king of the world →
Screenshots Of Tumblr Version 5 →
“It looks sexy as hell,” says David.
