July 2012
“In the August issue of GQ, Sean Flynn has a feature on the Anders Behring...”
– The Ghastly Coda Cell Phones Added to the Breivik Massacre - Alexis Madrigal - The Atlantic
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“We understand that there’s great value associated with Twitter’s follow graph...”
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Twitter’s official word on shutting off Instagram (Facebook) access to the ‘find Twitter friends’ functionality.
Is this something Twitter will shut down for everybody, or just Facebook?
(via Brad McCarthy)
Bold move on Twitter’s part. Same day they turned off the account of a...
“All of which to say: to make a GIF human, to pull this fundamental Internet...”
– Dance as Algorithm: What Happens When an Animated GIF Springs to Life - Alexis Madrigal - The Atlantic
Ladies and gentlemen, Alexis Madrigal.
“One of the citations on the gun sights, 2COR4:6, is an apparent reference to...”
– U.S. Military Weapons Inscribed With Secret ‘Jesus’ Bible Codes - ABC News
“According to the mayor, New Yorkers need help deciding what size beverage is...”
– Oh, I don’t know: perhaps making it more difficult to destroy your health with cigarettes? Regulating assault weapons, prohibiting the sale of alcohol to children? SPEED LIMITS ON HIGHWAYS? I’m just thinking out loud.
Fuck you, New Yorkers for Beverage Choices
Stowe Boyd: Path Is Overdoing It →
stoweboyd:
Buzz Andersen made me aware of the cloyingly sweet prose that Path employs on its blog to introduce new features:
Path 2.0.5: Introducing Depth
To each new moment, each relationship, each challenge and beginning, you bring a painter’s palette of experience. It’s dotted and smeared with…
I’ll add to this only to say that “Depth” isn’t something you...
“And here’s the thing: Mr. Romney is running for president entirely on the basis...”
– Paul Krugman
I don’t blog politics frequently, and generally have disdain for conventional notions of right vs. left. But I’m very interested in conventional notions of companies vs. countries. It’s not about church and state; it’s about what the bottom line is built on. ...
