February 2011
Egyptian Actions Highlight Dangers in U.S.... →
soupsoup:
Cindy Cohn at EFF
The Egyptian regime’s shutdown of the Internet in an attempt to preserve its political power highlights the dangers of any government having unchecked power over our Internet infrastructure, and puts a fine point on the risks to democracy posed by recent Congressional proposals to give the President a broad mandate to dictate how our internet service providers...
Google built a voicemail-to-tweet app over the... →
dascola:
jimray:
This is pretty incredible. The tweets themselves are linked audio files that Twitter users are then translating and transcribing.
Hearing the people’s voices that are part of this project make everything so incredibly real. Words and pictures don’t do the same justice. The potential to build a site organizing and archiving all of these audio messages and their translations...
Design Festival →
dhotson:
“Design Festival provides daily tutorials and inspiration for designers”
A new site for designers by the smart and talented folks behind sitepoint. There’s loads of great articles and insight for designers and UX people.
To do.
“A multi-day, multi-region potentially historic and destructive winter storm will...”
– Come on weather.com, it isn’t 2012 yet. (via dascola)
No!
January 2011
I do not see happy clouds today.
I’m worried tomorrow is going to be a sadface snowflake.
VIDEO: HOW TO DANCE TO DUBSTEP with Jean Claude... →
monstruss:
he better stop before someone winds up pregnant!
Hahaha, this is hilarious.
$5 Albums at Amazon →
sarahspy:
1300+ mp3 albums are on sale this month at Amazon, including albums by Jay-Z, Phoenix, The Black Keys, Local Natives, Daft Punk, Best Coast, Arcade Fire, Freelance Whales, Neutral Milk Hotel, Matt & Kim, Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings, Radiohead, Monsters of Folk, Destiny’s Child, MGMT, The Radio Dept., Trent Reznor’s The Social Network Soundtrack, and lots more.
Watchjosefjones:
Only $100,000
I’ll pitch in for one.
Renewed Push to Give Obama an Internet "Kill... →
soupsoup:
via @pbump
A controversial bill handing President Obama power over privately owned computer systems during a “national cyberemergency,” and prohibiting any review by the court system, will return this year.Internet companies should not be alarmed by the legislation, first introduced last summer by Sens. Joseph Lieberman (I-Conn.) and Susan Collins (R-Maine), a Senate aide said last...
"Almost nobody in Egypt has Internet connectivity,... →
Governor Rick Perry Urges Republican Voters to... →
jonathan-cunningham:
damekatharsis:
My rage-o-meter reading is officially on imminent meltdown:
Well, there is a lot of fat to cut from our public schools, especially those in our biggest urban areas like Houston and Dallas. I am concerned that some the highly diverse Magnet public schools in this city are becoming hotbeds for liberalism. Do we really need free school bus service, Black...
soupsoup:
maced:
I just got off the phone with Adel Iskendar, a professor at Georgetown who is an expert in media in the Arab world. Here are my notes on what he had to say about the situation:
The regime is in its last throes. It’s been battered and scandalised over the past 36 hours. It’s trying to save face but it’s probably too late. There’s nothing they can say to rectify what has been...
Watchteamcoco:
The Live Coco Cam is broadcasting RIGHT NOW! Enjoy the weird…
It was a man getting beaten by a rabbit and a dog when I started watching.
joelaz:
Peter, Björn & John - Second Chance
...
“What is humans.txt?
It’s an initiative for knowing the people behind a website....”
– Humans TXT: We Are People, Not Machines.
We need this.
Snoutcast talks about AR Midnight Madness! →
armm:
Here’s your not-so-briefing: I sent along a message to the folks over at SnoutCast about game-related thoughts/ideas. Coming from a background that involves a lot of the bigger games that take place mostly on the west coast, I figured they’d have some interesting things to say- and they did not disappoint!
My thoughts revolved around the idea of not only recruiting new players and teams,...
That was exciting!
Wish me luck.
Now I want a snack.
Can't sleep.
Caaan’t sleeeeep.
Twenty-twenty-twenty-four hours to go
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-1-23) →
Cut Copy (3)
Santigold (2)
Skrillex (2)
Florence + the Machine (1)
Metric (1)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
I can make it through Wednesday. I have so much to look forward to the rest of this week.
I’m incredibly stressed.
Yikes.
Mike Hudack: Don't Compete - Change the Game →
continuations:
I know that “don’t compete - change the game” can easily be seen as kind of a trite slogan. But I still find myself in many meetings with startups where the strategy can be summed up by: our plan is to do this better than our competitors. While out-executing others is possible…
