December 2011
19 posts
“However, there is something that everybody can do now and IMHO everybody should...”
– Jesse Hollington - Google - Just discovered this flaw in iMessage after I used my SIM…
“Speaking of wheels, the best bags to get are the “spinners” with...”
– George Hobica: Confessions of An Airline Baggage ‘Thrower’: Why You Should Buy A Four-Wheeler Suitcase
Buy a Four-Wheeler Suitcase to Avoid Damage to... →
PROTIP: buy a four-wheeled suitcase to prevent damage to your checked baggage
“Now, it’s still very unlikely that Ron Paul will become president. But, as I...”
– G.O.P. Monetary Madness - NYTimes.com
Louis CK: Live at the Beacon Theater →
I also got an education. And everything i learned are things i was happy to learn. I learned that people are interested in what happens and shit (i didn’t go to college) I learned that money can be a lot of things. It can be something that is hoarded, fought over, protected, stolen and withheld. Or it can be like an energy, fueled by the desire, will, creative interest, need to laugh, of...
“The most remarkable attribute Krugman has brought to the Times is rudeness. The...”
– New York Magazine
Because Questlove Is the People’s Bandleader -... →
New York Magazine said ?uestlove is the 26th reason to love New York. I think they’re confused
“Remix culture is the new Prohibition, with massive media companies as the lone...”
– No Copyright Intended - Waxy.org
“The fact that Mitt Romney would call for essentially ending Medicare should...”
– Democrats: Mitt Romney Is Doing Exactly What We Want Him To Do | TPM2012
“What if a little site you love doesn’t have a business model? Yell at the...”
– Don’t Be A Free User (Pinboard Blog)
On Magazines and the iPad — carpeaqua by Justin... →
pretty good summary of the nightmare that is iPad magazines
Killing the Euro - NYTimes.com →
the next time you hear someone claiming that if we don’t slash spending we’ll turn into Greece, your answer should be that if we do slash spending while the economy is still in a depression, we’ll turn into Europe. In fact, we’re well on our way.
“A cheeseburger cannot exist outside of a highly developed, post-agrarian...”
– Waldo Jaquith - On the impracticality of a cheeseburger.
Adrenalized - Definition and More from the Free... →
Today I Learned: adrenalized is a word
Carrier IQ: How the Widespread Rootkit Can Track... →
in case you haven’t seen this yet, your carrier may be logging pretty much everything you do on your Android, Blackberry, or Nokia phone.
iPhones do have a more reasonable version of CarrierIQ, but it can be disabled
“The problem isn’t that the news media aren’t sensationalizing this Carrier IQ...”
– Daring Fireball Linked List: Imagine If It Were Apple