June 2010
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Ira Glass on Being Wrong →
jratlee:
One of the reasons I was interested in doing this interview is because I feel like being wrong is really important to doing decent work. To do any kind of creative work well, you have to run at stuff knowing that it’s usually going to fail. You have to take that into account and you have to make peace with it. We spend a lot of money and time on stuff that goes nowhere. It’s not unusual...
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Watching America: The History of Us episode about the 1920s and they pull up this map highlighting the major organized crime bosses bootlegging around the country during prohibition besides Al Capone. The names are priceless and worthy of a Scorcese film:
Lucky Luciano - New York
The Licavoli Family - Detroit
Frank “Chee Chee” DeMayo - Kansas City
Joseph “Iron Man”...
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serendipity
debbiestier:
““ Here’s to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. The round pegs in the square holes. The ones who see things differently. They’re not fond of rules. And they have no respect for the status quo. You can praise them, disagree with them, quote them, disbelieve them, glorify or vilify them. About the only thing you can’t do is ignore them. Because they change...
I wish bookstores were open all night.
I would definitely go to a bookstore/bar…someone needs to get on that…maybe I will…that’s what she said…(via palahniukandchocolate)
What I Learned Today: What's all that noise? →
That buzzing, that drone, the sound of an ”elephant in distress” during the World Cup matches. It’s the vuvuzela, of course.
The vuvuzela is a plastic blowing horn, developed in the 1990s by soccer fan Neil van Schalkwyk. In South Africa, sports fans used to bring homemade tin blowing horns…
Things I never said in the year 2000
OK guys I tried a new recipe, let me know what you think.
Can I have a Jack on the rocks?
My DVR is full again.
How is that not on YouTube?
Hey, check out my blog.
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Google Voice
Finally set up a Google Voice number tonight, eager to try the recording feature. Maiden call had to go to The Information, as he lived up to his name by answering yet another question of mine with “Google has that,” when I asked him if it was possible to record calls. Overall a great success, the playback was crystal clear, with Cliffe sounding as if he was in the room. Fun side...
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