August 2010
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A Summer of Climate Calamities →
Not only that, but San Diego is having one of its coldest summers on record. The result? In some places, business is down, and people are actually complaining that our beautiful weather isn’t beautiful enough. Unbelievable.
newsweek:
Today in scary reality:
Deadly mudslides in China, devastating floods in Pakistan, record-breaking heat and raging wildfires in Russia: it all adds up...
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“In the traditionally opaque world of art and art criticism, however, where...”
– Me in Time, on the TV show the art industry loves to hate. (via cmonstah)
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My wife, who is a painter, and I never miss “Work of Art,” even though the show has more to do with reality-TV drama than the creation of amazing art.
A bunch of sleep-deprived...
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iPad, the handheld schoolhouse →
More and more things are making me want to say “damn the expense,” run out and buy an iPad. This is one of them. It’s about the future, but the things the iPad can do right now are pretty amazing.
bobulate:
Mark Pesce, Australian writer, researcher, and teacher, on the iPad’s potential for what’s to come in education:
It’s not clear that computers as we know them today —...
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New rule: if Tiger Woods is in 71st place out of a...
(via inothernews)
Reminds me of a photo I shot a while back, which suggested that somebody at least wasn’t paying all that much attention to Tiger and his image:
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NY TIMES: Google, Verizon in talks to speed... →
inothernews:
Fuck.
Google and Verizon, two leading players in Internet service and content, are nearing an agreement that could allow Verizon to speed some online content to Internet users more quickly if the content’s creators are willing to pay for the privilege.
The charges could be paid by companies, like YouTube, owned by Google, for example, to Verizon, one of the nation’s leading...
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The New Who Thing: Khoi Vinh on Tumblr and... →
Khoi Vinh, who’s about to leave his job as design director of NYTimes.com, makes good points about the plusses and minuses of Tumblr. The minuses can be overcome, but it’s easier to let the anonymity and lack of comments stand.
Overall, though, he’s clear - he’s “jealous as heck I didn’t come up with the whole thing.”
