February 2012
1 post
Today’s sysadmin todo list:
0. Get corporate membership with EFF.
1. Identify...
– foxylad on hacker news
Today’s sysadmin todo list:0. Get corporate membership with EFF.1. Identify all … | Hacker News (via fred-wilson)
January 2012
6 posts
1 tag
MURK AVENUE: I FOUND ICE CUBES 'GOOD DAY' →
murkavenue:
CLUE 1: “went to short dogs house, they was watching Yo MTV RAPS”
Yo MTV RAPS first aired: Aug 6th 1988
CLUE 2:
Ice Cubes single “today was a good day” released on: Feb 23 1993
CLUE 3: ”The Lakers beat the Super Sonics”
Dates between Yo MTV Raps air date AUGUST 6 1988 and the release…
From the Porch: Mike Damone's Five Point Plan for... →
porchdog:
First of all Rat, you never let on how much you like a girl you’re impressed by an investor. “Oh, Debbie @fredwilson. Hi.”
Two, you always call the shots. “Kiss Invest in me. You won’t regret it.”
Now three, act like wherever you are whatever space you’re in, that’s the place to be….
"a shifting cast of curators"
somevelvet:
terrific commentary from Digital Music News
8 tags
Why I Hate Android
parislemon:
Why do I hate Android? It’s definitely one of the questions I get asked most often these days. And most of those that don’t ask probably assume it’s because I’m an iPhone guy. People see negative take after negative take about the operating system and label me as “unreasonable” or “biased” or worse.
I should probably explain.
Believe it or not, I actually don’t hate Android. That...
October 2011
2 posts
Ryan Adams reveals new music video for "Invisible... →
beautiful take on a great new song fr RA…
August 2011
3 posts
3 Days Later - still well worth reading... →
Even the super-rich know Congress has got it all wrong…
23 tags
EVERYBODY LOVES OUR TOWN: Krist Novoselic,... →
grungebook:
Nevermind Live in Sky Church: A Benefit Show for Susie Tennant Experience Music Project museum - JBL Theater, Seattle, WA Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2011 Twenty years after its release, experience Nirvana’s Nevermind performed LIVE, in its entirety—each song played by a different Seattle…
July 2011
2 posts
Long Live Aretha, the Queen of Soul - NYTimes.com →
npr:
Here is a woman who has fulfilled every professional expectation that has been had of her since she was a teenage prodigy in her father’s choir loft… And yet she is also a woman who still gets lonely on a bus, who feels she has to keep secrets, who blushes when the president compliments her appearance.
June 2011
3 posts
Rumormill: Electric Mini Rocketman coming in 2014? →
looks like a Pixar creation for CARS 3 (that’s a compliment)
Daniel Ellsberg: All the crimes Richard Nixon... →
jonathan-cunningham:
[Ellsberg]: “Richard Nixon, if he were alive today, might take bittersweet satisfaction to know that he was not the last smart president to prolong unjustifiably a senseless, unwinnable war, at great cost in human life. (And his aide Henry Kissinger was not the last American official to win an undeserved Nobel Peace Prize.)
He would probably also feel vindicated (and...
May 2011
1 post
January 2011
6 posts
Get one.
A problem can focus your mind. But only a purpose can focus your will. Get one.
@umairh umair haque
28 Jul 2010 [http://twitter.com/#!/umairh/status/19758714955]
RT @fleetfoxes: Dungen are still the champs. Blew my mind in 2005 when I first heard Ta Det Lugnt and continue to do so. / AGREED!
MCA's update:
officialbeastieboys:
While I’m grateful for all the positive energy people are sending my way, reports of my being totally cancer free are exaggerated.
I’m continuing treatment, staying optimistic and hoping to be cancer free in the near future.
Sending more positive energy Adam Yauch’s way…
RT @darrenrovell: Vuvuzela upset RT @BreakingNews ‘App’ is named ‘Word of the Year’ by American Dialect Society http://bit.ly/eZeWD8 #fb
Support The Pablove Foundation, add a #twibbon now! - http://twb.ly/e8ILnP - Create one here - http://twb.ly/f02AU3
HNY + mega gratitude & best wishes to one and all - diggin’ the ‘11 already! #fb
December 2010
16 posts
RT @islandofweiland: @peterrauh i guess you have passed up the 25 cent shrimp cocktail joints? / demonstrated remarkable restraint, I did…
Lunch!!! (@ Joe’s Stone Crab) http://4sq.com/eM59Oj
Unreal! (@ Restaurant Guy Savoy) http://4sq.com/i42Hiu
Problem solved… (@ Computer Country) http://4sq.com/ecZ5iS
Data recovery, sigh… (@ Computer Country) http://4sq.com/ibw1Vf
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Huh? Man, I’m old. http://bit.ly/dTiEwm Feargal Sharkey in line for seat in the House of Lords #fb
Had a pretty good foray into the deep dark west side of LA today - lunch with a great friend always works
Most enjoyable brunch w @ashmusic and the boy - NEED to make this happen more often! Too much fun…
tip’o’hat to @ashmusic for tipping me to HOW MANY ROADS-BLACK AMERICA SINGS DYLAN http://amzn.to/gOmsz7 esp. Howard Tate’s “Girl From…”#fb
RT @pablovejeff: amazon picked @fitzandtantrums as one of the top 100 albums of the year. damn! http://amzn.to/ikpI3T / Nice! Great LP!
Feelin the love from @lorrieboo - wish I could be @ the WBR reunion tonight - sure it’ll be genius…
Syl Johnson’s R&B Career, Now in a Big Box - http://nyti.ms/i3Lefb - best box set of 2010, bar none…
It’s all positively Maccabee-an… #fb
Just voted for Evernote for Best Mobile App http://mash.to/2ImZn #MashableAwards
Blackberry finally is lapped - http://bit.ly/byebb FastCo: iPhone Slips Past BlackBerry to Become No. 1 Smartphone, Android Not Far Behind
November 2010
11 posts
Choo choo (@ Griffith Park Southern Railroad) http://4sq.com/cBmzYY
RT @umairh (this is pure genius. really) RT @robinoula: The relationship between commoditization + contempt http://bit.ly/dSzT47 so true #fb
RT @David: Hey @Goliath cheer up, shit happens. No hard feelings, okay?
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Can I just rave about this song - can I? - Aloe Blacc - Femme Fatale http://snd.sc/9b6got gorgeous VU cover from my new fave artist #fb
RT @BorowitzReport: Freed Burmese dissident Aung San Suu Kyi’s first words: “What has Kanye been saying about me?” #fb
I’m a Fan of Crazy for You on @GetGlue http://bit.ly/9inq27
Beastie Boys share some video genius! http://bit.ly/chFHnf Funkadelic taking over Times Square! looks to be circa ‘72 or so - WOW! #fb
RT @aweissman: …this Jagger penned essay about the Stones/Keith Richards is most interesting music writing ever http://sflow.us/d3ehPw
#ff @downwithtyranny @djtroublemaker @umairh @fredwilson @howardlindzon @ginatrapani you make me smarter, more alert and plugged in - thx