June 2010
38 posts
Jun 1st
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May 2010
63 posts
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-5-30) →
The National (19) Joanna Newsom (17) Shearwater (17) Janelle Monae (13) Bon Iver (8) Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
May 31st
May 31st
“Salt sprinkled on top gives the tongue a quick buzz. More salt in the cheese...”
– page-one story on salt in the NYT; the bits about processed food were particularly eye-opening: Pushed to Lower Salt Use, Food Industry Pushes Back
May 30th
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“Ooh, the sympathy. The sympathy. It’s terrible,” says [Chris] Onstad...”
– Testicle… It’s What’s for Dinner
May 30th
“Over the last few months I’ve noticed an annoying trend on various web sites,...”
– John Gruber, on how Tynt blows and what to do about it.
May 29th
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May 28th
THE GREAT VANCOUVER ICE STORM OF 2010 →
weird guerilla marketing, armchair anthropology, new forms of alcohol consumption, the weird bro-to-hipster adoption (trends usually go the other way, after all); maybe not one to win awards, but it’s something I wouldn’t mind seeing someone put way too much thought into. areminder: Worst thesis ever? heeeraldo: I feel like there’s a thesis waiting to be written in here...
May 28th
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THE GREAT VANCOUVER ICE STORM OF 2010 →
I feel like there’s a thesis waiting to be written in here somewhere.  blownspeakers: cameronr: I’d like to draw everyone’s attention to the official blog for all Vancouver-related icings.
May 28th
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May 27th
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May 27th
May 26th
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May 26th
adventures in judgment: public transit edition
gd: otherwise cute guy on skytrain has bad nose ring and a zune; I'm not sure which is more indicative of poor judgement.
sc: zune. definitely.
May 26th
Six Degrees of Black Sabbath →
it’s like six degrees of Kevin Bacon, except it’s with musicians.
May 26th
May 26th
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May 26th
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a bookmarklet or a firefox add-on, so you can instantly censor all mentions of Justin Bieber. thank you, the internet. Justin Bieber Shaving (by Greg Leuch)
May 25th
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-5-23) →
Janelle Monae (47) The National (41) Owen Pallett (39) Janelle Monáe (23) Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings (23) Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
May 24th
May 24th
May 22nd
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“As soon as the 2003 World Taxidermy Championships opened, the heads came rolling...”
– Lifelike by Susan Orlean
May 21st
May 21st
“But when Kenny G decided that it was appropriate for him to defile the music of...”
– Pat Metheny on Kenny G, via kottke
May 20th
May 20th
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May 20th
“My undercover was part of Southern Weekend’s investigation on the then six...”
– The fate of a generation of workers: Foxconn undercover fully translated — Engadget
May 20th
“So I wrote what I know, or rather what I’ve learned, which could be summed up...”
– ex-Jezebelle Moe Tkacik, in the Columbia Journalism Review
May 20th
May 20th
May 19th
6 notes
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-5-16) →
The National (63) Owen Pallett (50) Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings (48) Spoon (27) Janelle Monáe (22) Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
May 19th
“Without bookstores, it would take years for publishers to learn how to sell...”
– The iPad, the Kindle, and the future of books : The New Yorker
May 18th
May 18th
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aloadof asked: Are you the guy/girl behind the filmaday tumblr? If so, where has it gone? :(
May 18th
May 18th
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“The iPad is a great device, but what’s it for, really? Logically, it doesn’t...”
– Marco.org: The iPad doesn’t need to do everything  
May 18th
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ab: remember that one time that taylor started a fire on her stove and she tweeted twice before she got it out? it's like that.
gd: neither of us were there this was only on twitter. oh god it's the future.
ab: yes, but I assume you saw it.
gd: yes. I mocked her about it.
ab: oh god it's the future.
May 17th
May 17th
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“3. What’s the best way to test a bar’s mettle? Ask the bartender to...”
– Eight Tips for Improving Your Cocktail IQ — Vanity Fair
May 16th
May 15th
May 15th
“HBR: What did you learn in your business classes that turned out to be useful?...”
– Mario Batali, interviewed in the Harvard Business Review
May 14th
Matt Lauer and wife split over his Vancouver... →
areminder: Vancouver: where celebrity relationships go to die (see Bennifer). more distressing: why is the Sun quoting the National Enquirer?!
May 13th
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Chatroulette is now a place where you may get performance art trolled. No Fun - Eva and Franco Mattes (by Franco Mattes)
May 13th
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“In 2014, the Olympic Games will take place in Sochi, Russia. Never before have...”
– THE SOCHI PROJECT (longform documentary project seeks donations.)
May 13th
May 13th
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May 12th
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May 10th
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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-5-9) →
Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings (145) The National (145) The Rural Alberta Advantage (25) Spoon (24) Shearwater (19) Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
May 10th