Favorited Tweets- angleofattack: I'm celebrating Labor Day the traditional way, by screaming YOU DID THIS TO ME YOU BASTARD at men.
- zeldman: My daughter's sentences are like Of Montreal's song titles: "I'm Not Following You, Hello Kitty."
- marcoarment: I'm also that guy who bought the Crash Test Dummies album, God Shuffled His Feet. And liked it, and got more. A Worm's Life is great.
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Monthly Archives: June 2009
4 Things That Your School Probably Ruined For You
Writing Remember writing papers and essays with word and page requirements? Did you try to beat the system by not contracting words (using “is not” instead of “isn’t” to increase your word count) or not getting to the point in … Continue reading
Quick Review: Assassin’s Creed
Eh. Not for me. The investigations become tedious. I didn’t care about any of the characters. I didn’t care about why people needed to get killed or any kind of twist ending. Some people really liked this game, but I … Continue reading
Link: eMusic CEO Explains Controversial Price Increase, Sony Deal
Wired interviews eMusic CEO Danny Stein about their recent price increases and the addition of Sony’s back catalog. Wired.com: What do you have to say to longtime subscribers who are so upset about prices going up? Stein: We knew it … Continue reading
Link: Textbook rant
Seth Godin posted a rant about the college textbook industry. As far as I can tell, assigning a textbook to your college class is academic malpractice…This industry deserves to die. It has extracted too much time and too much money … Continue reading
Bank robberies made easy, thanks Amazon!
Ranking hats by bestsellers on Amazon, it’s kind of amusing that the creepiest, most likely to see during a bank heist is number 9.
Link: Macworld Reviews New White Macbook, Notes Performance Over Unibody
From Macworld: While keeping the same sub-$1,000 price tag and the same white polycarbonate shell, Apple has quietly bumped the speed of the laptop’s Core 2 Duo processors from 2GHz to 2.13GHz and increased the hard drive capacity from 120GB … Continue reading
The Gmail Turning Point
I like to think that I have a pretty good handle on email. I practice Inbox Zero, I organize email depending on what action I need to do with it, and generally don’t leave the office with anything in the … Continue reading
Link: Sony Adding All Songs Over Two Years Old To EMusic; EMusic Raising Prices [Cheap Music]
Sony is coming to eMusic, and eMusic will raise prices. This is the first I’m reading about the price increase. I haven’t received an email about my plan changing – I’m on an annual plan so I’m not sure they … Continue reading