March 2012
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February 2012
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“In all our stories, especially matters of controversy, we strive to consider the...”
– NPR’s new Ethics Handbook
An important clarification.
(via dbreunig)
down with “objectivity”
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The Adventures of The Adventures of Pete & Pete |... →
“We really believed in Nickelodeon, and at the time it was designed to be the ‘anti-Disney,’” McRobb said. “Disney was about a certain way of looking at childhood and Nickelodeon was about trying to capture what was a little more real about being a kid. And so we felt fiercely proud of that identity, especially in the promo department. That analogy of a ‘collective,’ of independently-minded...
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The Book of Jobs | The Great Debate →
But like all the other internal contradictions that seem to endlessly fascinate the punditry elite about Steve Jobs, this apparent conflict between Jobs’ profound affinity for technology and his bizarre unwillingness to allow it to save his life is another pointless straw man that only serves to further elide the very Jobsian simplicity that lies beneath:
There once lived one of those...
“One of the advantages of being disorderly is that one is constantly making...”
– A.A. Milne
City Journal - How Brooklyn Got Its Groove Back by... →
As their numbers increased, the professionals crossed Brooklyn Heights and trekked deeper into the blue-collar borough. Osman refers to the settlers as “romantic urbanists”; they—or should I say “we”?—were looking for an organic connection to history and an echo of rural life. With the help of a surging real-estate industry, we gave our new enclaves bucolic names—Heights, Hills, Gardens—and...
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The End of the Future - Peter Thiel →
When tracked against the admittedly lofty hopes of the 1950s and 1960s, technological progress has fallen short in many domains. Consider the most literal instance of non-acceleration: We are no longer moving faster. The centuries-long acceleration of travel speeds — from ever-faster sailing ships in the 16th through 18th centuries, to the advent of ever-faster railroads in the 19th century,...
Most Americans Want a Walkable Neighborhood, Not a... →
secretrepublic:
More studies reveal what we already know… and yes, that is a picture of Copenhagen.
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“It strikes me that the current fetishization of analog technology has less to do...”
– “The Dilemma of Being a Cyborg”
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“Last year, about 70 percent of its estimated $237 million operating profit went...”
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Bloomberg on troubles at the New York Times.
There is no good answer to this problem that doesn’t involve a time machine. Better answers, yes, but not good ones.
Holy bleeding cash-cow, Batman.
