October 2009
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Watchsoupsoup:
Jon Stewart eviscerates Fox News. One of my favorite Daily Show takedowns of all time.
gbattle sez: Jon Stewart and Rachel Maddow own the Fox News conversation, though strangely, the tragic and the comedic duties may have switched. Bravo Jon, bravo.
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Freddie Hubbard - “Too High” (Stevie...
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Lee Dorsey - “A Lover Was Born”. If...
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Watch2009 BET Cypher ft. Mos Def, Black Thought and Eminem. Black Thought is always rock solid and Eminem’s technical wordsmithery is tighter than Shaq on a Big Wheels, but Mos Def’s verse is a gorgeous poetic homage to Brooklyn that leaves you smiling wide to each vivid reference to streets in the thorough borough.
[via:pheelmore:joemartinez:shuuhnay:djeternity:]
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Little River Band - “Reminiscing”....
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WatchTracy Morgan on Campbell Brown bringing 3:30 of straight talk and insight followed by 0:05 of pure hilarity.
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WatchJohn Forté - “Running Up That Hill”, reinterpretation of the Chromatics/Kate Bush version. Deep story behind the track: How I Fell In Love In Prison. [via]
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“Successful new protocols are rare. There are only a handful of commonly used...”
– Y-Combinator’s Request For Startups: Things Built On Twitter.
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I have a lot of issues with people playing loose and fast with the the term protocol when what they really mean is API. Twitter is not a protocol, it is an API. Protocols have rule sets around generic communication,...
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Earth Wind & Fire - “Can’t Hide...
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Google Labs Launches Social Search →
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gbattle:
Who was saying Google was “past tense” last week? Commence with the compression of “now”, as predicted. It’s amazing the innovation you can unlock when you have the entire internet cached. Everything else - social graph, aggregation, reputation, etc. - is just filters. Good luck copying that Twitter/Facebook-FriendFeed. I’ll...
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Keyboard Shortcut Realization
I love that Tumblr and now Google Labs use keyboard shortcuts modeled after vi (“j” forward one item, “k” backward one item”). Long live vi.
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Google Labs Launches Social Search →
Who was saying Google was “past tense” last week? Commence with the compression of “now”, as predicted. It’s amazing the innovation you can unlock when you have the entire internet cached. Everything else - social graph, aggregation, reputation, etc. - is just filters. Good luck copying that Twitter/Facebook-FriendFeed. I’ll be test driving this sucker for a...
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“Part of what I like about drum machines - they’re awkward. They’re...”
– Moby on the drum machine.
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WatchMy boy Jazzbo just tweeted this. Moby shows off his vintage analog instrument collection. If only he would loan his stuff to say, I dunno, RJD2 or Madlib or Black Milk or … His studio is pretty damn amazing though - the “room within a room” format is always the best way to go, especially with neighbors. I’ve read about it when building a few studios, but could never...
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Pat Metheny - “Don’t Know Why”...
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Chaka Khan - “I Know You, I Live...
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RJD2 - “Good Times Roll Pt. 2” -...
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Are MBAs Necessary for Start-ups or VC? →
section9:
One of my ethics professors had a similar sentiment about his students and it went along the following:
Be nice to your A students, because they will thank you in their doctoral dissertation.
Be nice to your B students, because they will help you with yours.
Be nice to your C students, because they will be the ones who donate millions to the university.
This is a great quote. I...
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“The ideal career path for the entrepreneur is one of experiences that nurture...”
– Me, here, in response to @cdixon’s great post on the “Ideal Startup Career Path”. Lots of great responses. Given his prolific blogging activity of late on all things startup related, I think Chris needs to write a book.
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Google's Not Past Tense, "Now" Is Just Compressed
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so, from what I have read - I am totally in accord with the concept that google is past tense - as parker seemed to suggest here
same theme, but my reasoning/phrasing - from an old blog-post, is a bit different.
the value of information is based on probability — google can only now support highly probable answers, static search results....
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El-P - “Deep Space 9mm” - Fantastic...
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For Everyone Thinking They Have H1N1/Swine Flu →
This link is my gift to you.
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Stone Alliance - “Sweetie Pie” -...
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The J.B.’s - “Watermelon Man”...
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Knorkator - “Try Again” - Aaliyah...
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“Rush Limbaugh’s failed Rams stake is about as close as he’ll ever...”
– Me, via @gbattle
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Skindred - “Electric Avenue” - Shark...
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Alice In Chains - “A Looking In...
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“There are letters and numbers on the cover of Beastie Boys “Licensed to...”
– Rick Rubin, on VH1 Hip Hop Honors tonight.
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Elephant’s Memory - “Mongoose”...
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newspeedwayboogie:
Repeat: Van Halen. First...
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Deftones - “No Ordinary Love” (Sade...
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Billy Squier - “The Stroke”.
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Sarah Silverman Video on Bill Maher Last Night →
If you haven’t seen it, you must. YOU MUST. YOU. MUST.
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Living Colour - “Desperate People” -...
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Little Book That Beats The Market: 10Y Backtest $$ →
I do love this book by Joel Greenblatt. I love the backtesting even more.
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Black Sabbath - “The Wizard” - Black...