December 2010
24 posts
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Dec 30th
Be Careful This New Year's Eve
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Dec 30th
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Dec 29th
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“For several months now, a group of Israeli students has been traveling every...”
– Incredible NY Review of Books piece from May on the role of American Jews as the hawk-dove gap widens in Israel (via erica)
Dec 29th
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2010: The Year in Mistakes - The Boston Globe →
mollybierman: (Perhaps more pleased with myself than is socially acceptable that the San Jose Wallet Incident was omitted from this list) October 8. Best correction of the year: Blogger Amanda Hess issues this correction: ”This blog post originally stated that one in three black men who have sex with me is HIV positive. In fact, the statistic applies to black men who have sex with men.”
Dec 27th
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A New Word for 'Hipster:' The Final Vote |... →
Doucheoisie Plus: Was the most popular option, winning 25% of the vote. Sounds pretty. Minus: Does it really describe hipsters, in particular? Also: Due to our nominal “douche” ban, we might have to enforce its use only in shortened “Schwazzie” form. Fauxhemians Plus: Really rolls off the tongue (sexxxily). Minus: Is it mean enough? Pabstsmears Plus: Cleverly references PBR. Minus: Takes...
Dec 25th
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Dec 22nd
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Dec 20th
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Dec 20th
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Dec 20th
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“And yet, perhaps the internet is still stronger than I am.”
– Sebastian Marshall - Conceding Defeat
Dec 20th
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Dec 13th
“FRANK SINATRA, holding a glass of bourbon in one hand and a cigarette in the...”
– So begins a profile of one of Hollywood’s best known drinkers by one of America’s best known profile writers, Gay Talese. When it ran in Esquire magazine in 1966, it helped launch a new form of nonfiction writing that did to plain old journalism what fermentation did to plain old barley.  Sinatra...
Dec 13th
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Dec 13th
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Dec 12th
“It’s hard not to think “death drive” every time I go on the internet. Opening...”
– http://nplusonemag.com/sad-as-hell
Dec 8th
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Wikileaks Spy Fiction →
And another and one more
Dec 5th
Dec 5th
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dailymeh: Somewhere in the universe, a scholar takes a deep breath, exhales sand, and addresses his adversary: “Did you ever consider carbon? Carbon is in the same group of the periodic table as silicon. This, as every educated person knows, means it has many of the same chemical properties as silicon. My friend, I do believe you’re exhibiting silicon chauvinism.”
Dec 3rd
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“To date most of technology applications in the education sector have been about...”
– Diana Rhoten, PhD - “Design for Learning: We Are Not Waiting for Superman, We are Empowering Superheroes”
Dec 3rd
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