May 2013
74 posts
“Their minds are perverted, they’re frankly very sick people psychologically,...”
– E.W. Jackson, the Republican nominee for Lieutenant Governor in Virginia, on homosexuality. Jackson also believes that Planned Parenthood is worse than the KKK, and has called Obama “an evil presence” who might be a secret Muslim-Atheist (no, it’s not possible to be both; “I don’t know how this...
What Tumblr's sale means for New York startup... →
New York startup ecosystem will get a big boost from the $1.1 billion sale of Tumblr to Yahoo. The exit, one of the biggest New York has seen shows that with content becoming important, New York is finding its footing on the startup stage.
It’s funny how people who eat healthy, natural foods are classified as picky eaters.
Sorry we just don’t want to eat your genetically modified, chemical pumped, crap.
Listening to Sweet Leaf by Black Sabbath
Cherry Street is rocking hard today :) with Leah at Cherry Street Coffee House – Preview it on Path.
Listening to Ace of Spades by Motörhead
Hell yeah with Leah at Cherry Street Coffee House – Preview it on Path.
Microsoft blues →
parislemon:
Speaking of blues… “Schumpeter” of The Economist has this to say about Microsoft and Windows 8:
This is why Windows 8’s poor performance matters. It was an attempt to solve the innovator’s dilemma by creating an operating system and a user interface for both PCs and mobiles. Mr Ballmer hoped that consumers would want to move effortlessly from PCs to tablets to smartphones—and that...
Soldier in sexual assault office accused of abuse... →
shortformblog:
The Army says the coordinator of a sexual assault prevention program at Fort Hood, Texas, is under investigation for “abusive sexual contact” and other alleged misconduct. He has been suspended from all duties.
The announcement Wednesday evening came just days after the arrest of the Air Force’s head of sexual assault prevention on charges of groping a woman in a northern...
Tesla Is a Little Bit Apple, a Little Bit Google →
parislemon:
Farhad Manjoo:
None of this means that Tesla should abandon its goal of building the world’s best electric cars. By competing on service, style, and the dependability of its vehicles, it can sell a lot of cars while also letting rivals use its core technology. But to be a great tech company, it’s no longer enough to just make great products. You’ve also got to let others build...
“Here’s a current example of the challenge we face,” he writes in the book’s...”
– Jaron Lanier: The Internet destroyed the middle class - Salon.com
I like Jaron Lanier a lot, but this illustration as some sort of evidence of the internet hollowing out the middle class is, forgive me for saying so, idiotic. A child could figure out where those jobs went.
1) Instagram SHOWS...
“I can’t understand why people are frightened of new ideas. I’m frightened of the...”
– John Cage
(via stoweboyd)
“Day and night, she gave us her loving care, regarding us as more important than...”
– Geshe Kelsang Gyatso - “Modern Buddhism”
Happy Mother’s Day!
(via dancingdakini)
“Golly, I’ll go with Bruce Seldon. I didn’t even hit him; I think the wind...”
– Mike Tyson, when asked who he views as a real-life version of the Glass Joe character from the 1987 NES game Mike Tyson’s Punch-Out!! — number three on ESPN’s best sports video games of all time.
I used to play it with the Power Glove.
(via parislemon)
“Just look at life with more playful eyes. Don’t be serious. Seriousness becomes...”
– Osho (via myprivateopera)
