November 2008
21 posts
“Joel Spolsky recently spoke at Y Combinator about selling software to corporate...”
– The Other Half of “Artists Ship”
Nov 28th
“Celebrities do not use limousines because of vanity. They use them as a...”
– Death to film critics! Hail to the CelebCult! - Roger Ebert’s Journal
Nov 28th
IDEO Rube Goldberg Machine →
I grew up on my grandfather’s books of Rube Goldberg machines. This fills me with the same kind of childlike wonder.
Nov 24th
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-11-23) →
The Clientele  Death Cab for Cutie  Sun Kil Moon  Rilo Kiley  Panic! At the Disco  Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Nov 24th
What's the worst Apple application program, and...
marco: John Brissenden: OK, I’ll start. It’s a tie between Safari 3.x and Mail. Safari because it’s slow, and temperamental - I’ll do the slow and temperamental around here, thank you very much - and so much worse than the boring-but-at-least-it-worked 2.x. Mail for pretty much the same reasons, and especially because it’s the poor man’s GMail. Andrew Fox: Mail is awful. Safari is...
Nov 24th
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Nov 19th
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“At one time, the President and Vice-President were given three-inch-high models...”
– Barack Obama: What life will be like for new US President Damn that’s a great story… sort of even surprised it’s out there. (via bullshit)
Nov 18th
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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-11-16) →
Air  Kings of Leon  The Pretenders  Okkervil River  NPR  Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Nov 16th
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Nov 16th
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WatchWatch
mdfsmash: caro: The Killers play “Human” at the MTV Europe awards.  One of the coolest stage setups I’ve seen, ever.
Nov 16th
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Nov 14th
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“Even if growth in global demand was at zero for the next 22 years, in order to...”
– Fatih Birol, author of the IEA’s World Energy Outlook which published today. (via dihard) (via whatson) (via johnbrissenden) (via monkeytypist) As much as I enjoyed filling up my tank for $2.53 a gallon today, I am not optimistic about it staying cheap for long.
Nov 14th
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TheFunded - Canarie →
Adeo Ressi certainly has a clear and broad view of the VC industry, as the founder of thefunded.com. I am with him on the sentiment that the machine we call ‘raising money’ is broken and he has some straightforward ways of fixing it.
Nov 13th
“The single greatest line I ever wrote as an analyst,” says Eisman, “was after...”
– The End of Wall Street’s Boom - National Business News - Portfolio.com Cynics of the world: rejoice. Your years of pessimism have finally paid off.
Nov 13th
Nov 13th
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“The Treasury Department also requires bidders to describe their proposed fees,...”
– BailoutSleuth The internet is great. Someone sees an area that needs closer inspection. They, in a few weeks, create a publication to do just that. Fast, simple, and you don’t have to be a billionaire to do something like this (although it certainly makes it easier).
Nov 11th
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-11-9) →
Head Like a Kite  Okkervil River  Voxtrot  Lexicon  Friendly Fires  Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Nov 9th
ListenBen Kweller - Today (Smashing Pumpkins Cover)
Nov 8th
Nov 7th
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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-11-2) →
Ben Kweller  Lykke Li  Jay Reatard  Neutral Milk Hotel  Juana Molina  Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Nov 3rd