June 2009
21 posts
How happy must Gov. Mark Sanford be right now?
Mark Sanford : Michael Jackson death :: Gary Condit : 9/11
John Lennon was once asked in an interview “Is Ringo the best drummer in the world?”
Lennon replied “Ringo isn’t even the best drummer in The Beatles”
Jeff Just Stumbled Across These Old CH Newsletter...
“The ability to reason is all that separates man from the animals.” (slogan of the world’s most dangerous zoo.)
- Ethan Trex Constellation Reviews Orion The Hunter - 8 stars The Big Dipper - 7 stars Perseus - 12 stars
- Amir B. Pop Quiz Q: Can you name the last six American presidents and their vice-presidents? A: You can not.
- Jeff Rubin
Technophiles who think that the Internet is going to topple Hollywood studios,...
– Nikki Finke’s Deadline Hollywood Daily » New Report Says Hollywood Is Holding Back Its Best Content From The Web
C’mon, Hollywood! Don’t be lamewads! Put your content on the web for free! It may undermine your entire business model and quickly drive you to unprofitablity, but...
"Note To Self: Don't Tweet Vacation Plans" →
Got such a kick out of reading this as lately I’ve been pitching an iPhone app that will take Facebook, Twitter, Meetup, and Amazon Wishlist APIs and alert you when you’re near a house whose residents are on vacation and also has good stuff to take.
Remember when criminals would “case” a house? That’s soooo pre social web.
via Piers
Domain Names
Naming a new company. Anybody have any great domain names they’d want to sell? Preferably one word?
List of company name etymologies - Wikipedia →
One of the recurring themes among the winners was to use their speeches to...
– Not safe for work: Walking down the red carpet of shame at the Webby Awards | Technology | guardian.co.uk
Those who complain about blatant product placement on television these days had...
– Online video advertising model … broken already | Los Angeles Times
Lisa Kudrow at the #Webbys on Twitpic →
Ah the Webby Awards, the award show where everyone pretends web content is better than TV content while simultaneously making up awards to give to TV personalities so the ceremony will have some sense of importance.
3. Don’t get too excited when you read the Fountainhead.
– Eugene Mirman Lexington High School 2009 Commencement Speech
Don’t waste this crisis.
– 5 CEOs on their recession plans - Muhtar Kent, Coca-Cola
New York is for hustlers.
– The Media Equation - In Media’s Hometown, Two Paths and Two Moods - NYTimes.com
I like that I’m on record in the Times with that sentence.
Kentucky Derby Gigapan →
New sponsored feature on CollegeHumor that lets you super-zoom into the Kentucky Derby infield. Neat.
3. Announce that we will have bullet trains criss-crossing this country in the...
– MichaelMoore.com : Goodbye, GM …by Michael Moore