February 2009
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Smithsonian Wants Aretha's Hat →
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Playboy interviews Steve Jobs (from 1985) →
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There are some hilariously dated remarks in here, but it’s incredible how much foresight Steve shows, especially when it comes to the crazy idea of the internet (the WWW was the breakthrough he predicted here):
JOBS: The most compelling reason for most people to buy a computer for the home will be to link it into a nationwide communications network. We’re just in the beginning stages of...
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January 2009
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The Gutter Twins- Come Live With Me (Massive...
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“People would say to me, ‘Bill, you vote for Clinton, he’s gonna raise your...”
– Bill Hicks, 1992
Damn, I wish he had been here for the W administration… that woulda been sumthin.
(via danielholter)
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if you're not gearing up to watch letterman right...
superdoofus-stratodrive:
(bill hicks’ banned 1993 performance, as introduced by his mother)
i hereby doubt your importance in my life.
I’m on it.
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WatchHeadache directed by Mato Atom (via vimeo)
Amnesty PSA from the newly formed Designers Against Human Rights Abuse (DAHRA)
Palestine is Still the Issue
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France On Strike Over the Handling of Economic... →
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“On Tuesday, January 27th, 2009, former AIG executive got sentenced to 4 years in...”
– What’s Wrong with our Justice System (via ariah)
-Roy Brown, 54, robbed the Capital One bank in Shreveport, Louisiana in December 2007. He approached the teller with one of his hands under his jacket and told her that it was a robbery. The teller handed Brown three stacks of bill but he only took...
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Yo Galaxy's Mama Is a Black Hole →
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I expect 100% reliability from a platform I pay...
themattsmith:
Paying for stuff that works is for poor people.
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WatchPeter Greenaway’s Rembrandt’s J’Accuse (HD via vimeo)
J’Accuse is an essayistic documentary in which Greenaway’s fierce criticism of today’s visual illiteracy is argued by means of a forensic search of Rembrandt’s Nightwatch. Greenaway explains the background, the context, the conspiracy, the murder and the motives of all its 34 painted characters who...
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WatchSoundscapes (in HD at vimeo)
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Poll: Obama Even More Awesome Than Originally... →
In the latest measure of his popularity, Mr. Obama receives higher approval ratings in the new poll than either leprechauns or unicorns, mythical beings that almost everyone agrees are totally awesome.
In a head-to-head contest, Mr. Obama beats leprechauns and unicorns combined, garnering 64% compared to 21% for leprechauns, 14% for unicorns, and 1% for Congressman Ron Paul.
Coffee Linked to Lower Dementia Risk - NYTimes.com →
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Scientists found that the subjects who had reported drinking three to five cups of coffee daily were 65 percent less likely to have developed dementia, compared with those who drank two cups or less.
and apparently marijuana could prevent Alzheimer’s. wait, what?
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The Book Cover Archive →
Search for books by title, author, designer, art director, photographer, illustrator, genre, publication date, or publisher to find the one u want.
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A Beautiful 2GB Panoramic Photo of Obama’s... →
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Photographer David Bergman made a panoramic image showing the nearly two million people who watched President Obama’s inaugural address. To do so, he clamped a Gigapan Imager to the railing on the north media platform about six feet from my photo position. The Gigapan is a robotic camera mount that allows him to take multiple images and stitch them together, creating a massive...
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my jar of home-grown rosemary just went flying out of my freshly moisturized hands. sure- the potatoes will be bland, but the kitchen smells so yummy.
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Lazy Calm- Cocteau Twins
good morning.
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“Obama told me to brush my shoulders off!”
– Kanye
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WatchStewart: Joe vs Dick
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“A Saudi militant who was released from Guantanamo Bay after six years of...”
– Ex-Gitmo detainee joins al-Qaida in Yemen | World | Chron.com - Houston Chronicle
Wow, what a surprise. You torture a guy for six years and all of a sudden he decides he doesn’t give a shit about you or anyone that looks like you. I hope Obama stays on top of making sure Americans never torture...
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