April 2012
125 posts
Main Export
Stacey: I think for a seal every country should just have a Latin motto and then a picture of their main export.
Me: Okay...
Stacey: So for the US it would be a motto and a picture of a hamburger.
Screenstagram →
maniacalrage:
Awesome OS X 10.6+ screensaver that will show your Instagram stream or the popular stream. (Via @scottboms)
Waffle on Google+ →
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Jesper:
On Twitter and in Facebook, the default is that you yell into a room and you don’t know whether anyone’s listening. There are friends lists and followers (which is still a creepy term), sure. But the default is to broadcast to everyone; Twitter gets this wrong twice: you’re a freak by restricting your tweets but engaging in public conversations with people who haven’t, and...
Maniacal Rage: The Fall of Borders and Bad... →
maniacalrage:
Mike Edwards, the CEO of the now-failed Borders chain, sent out a letter to customers announcing the demise of the company. In it, he declares the reason Borders failed after 40 years:
The fact is that Borders has been facing headwinds for quite some time, including a rapidly changing book…
If Your Website's Full of Assholes, It's Your... →
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Anil Dash:
Why are [people] so cynical about conversation on the web? Because a company like Google thinks it’s okay to sell video ads on YouTube above conversations that are filled with vile, anonymous comments. Because almost every great newspaper in America believes that it’s more important to get a few more page views on their website than to encourage meaningful discourse...
Maniacal Rage: Getting Fresh →
maniacalrage:
I’ve been using the same core install of OS X since April 30, 2005, the day I received my copy of 10.4 Tiger and did a fresh install on my Power Mac G5. Over the past six years I’ve installed the two subsequent releases of OS X as upgrades (Leopard and Snow Leopard), and planned to do the same…
“One of the things that can happen, according to the press, is that you can, if...”
– Paul Ford in Woods+ (via maniacalrage)
Ten Years of Innovation Highlighted in One Night →
CNNMoney Tech Tumblr: Walgreens buys Amazon-backed... →
cnnmoneytech:
Walgreen Co. announced this morning that it’s buying Drugstore.com for about $409 million. Awesome news for the former dot-com darling, as Walgreen’s purchase price represents a 113% premium over Drugstore.com’s closing price yesterday.
And it’s really great news for holders of Drugstore.com…
@innovations | Washington Post on news innovation:... →
washingtonpostinnovations:
Recently, Michael Williamson began his journey photocasting the recession across America on Recession Road. While Williamson was busy gearing up with his latest tools of the trade (a smart phone and Intersect), we were developing a game plan for how Washington Post users would…
Toil And Trouble In Salem 319 Years Ago Today
nypl:
On this date in 1692, Sarah Goode, Sarah Osborne & Tituba were arrested for witchcraft in Salem, Ma. Their saga was famously dramatized by Arthur Miller in his play “The Crucible.” In honor of this date in literary history, here is a cigarette card from our collections depicting “The Witch Of Wookey.” We also have the first comprehensive record of all legal documents pertaining to...
