February 2008
43 posts
Our entire office smells like maple syrup. →
What the hell?
After five years, I’ve experienced by my first theft in New York
Putin’s Iron Grip on Russia Suffocates Opponents -... →
How depressing. Even if you don’t want to read the whole thing, read the first few pages. The lede: “Shortly before parliamentary elections in December, foremen fanned out across the sprawling GAZ vehicle factory here, pulling aside assembly-line workers and giving them an order: vote for President Vladimir V. Putin’s party or else. They were instructed to phone in after they left...
“In reality, what the Olympic-era visitors will be discovering is not the absence...”
– “The Connection Has Been Reset” — a fascinating Atlantic Monthly article on China’s internet censorship.
TUAW is now officially crap. Wait, it's been crap... →
aatw:Making your plants use Twitter.com? GET A LIFE! Seriously. The Internet is cool, but have limits, people, limits. Be creative. Go for a walk. If it’s too polluted where you live, do some yoga or push-ups…. anything.
“The recording industry has much experience with artists who have become...”
– In the Drama of Britney Spears, a Show Business Fortune Is at Risk - New York Times
“Pakistan’s attempts to block access to YouTube has been blamed for an...”
– BBC NEWS | Technology | Pakistan ‘sparks YouTube outage’
Google Powerpoint on the Subprime Mess →
For those of you that don’t like to follow the news. It’s entertaining!
Let it snow! I love New York in the snow.
Funding Idea for Startups!
Business development people always want to talk to you on the phone. Many small startups have neither the time nor desire to talk to them. What if startups made bizdev types call them on a 900 number?
“As far as CNN (and to be fair, the mainstream TV press in general) believes, it...”
– Chez Pazienza: Say What You Will (Requiem for a TV News Career) - Media on The Huffington Post
Rumplo - Awesome T-Shirts, from around the world. →
New from the awesome Ian!
“My main tip is simply: “Go, go go!” Go. People have a status quo...”
– Talking Travel with economist and traveler Tyler Cowen - Gadling
“Semicolon sightings in the city are unusual”
– Celebrating the Semicolon in a Most Unlikely Location - New York Times
Since when does power go out in NY? Second time it’s gone out overnight in as many weeks.
Are Microsoft’s Boots Made for Walking Away From... →
Kara wonders… what if Microsoft walked away from its Yahoo offer and bought Facebook — and a bunch of other companies with the $30 billion left over?
Attention People of SoHo: it is not sunny outside. No sunglasses are required.
wishes New York merchants would accept pesos
Does anyone else get freaked out when they see a Sam Waterston Ameritrade commercial on a Law and Order commercial break?
Vulgar, but hilarious. →
Yes, I am at least 14 years old!
wishes he had an umbrella
“You may have heard me say that I will be taking an annual salary of 50 cents....”
– Sam Zell [via LA Observed: Zell email baffles the Times]
Still apologizing in Spanish when I bump into people on the street…
back from Buenos Aires and very rested
Gawker Media at SXSW
Join us on Sunday, March 9, at the Side Bar in Austin for the fourth annual Gawker at South by Southwest. Last year was a bit crazy and overcrowded — this year we aren’t on the official program, but anyone is welcome, badge or not. More Details/RSVP: Upcoming Facebook
is in the car en route to JFK en route to Buenos Aires!
Youtube is down — annoying!
Gawker Media’s total page views for January: 248,114,082, up 46% (77m) from December’s 170.3m views.