July 2008
61 posts
“Even if advertisers didn’t want to be in the paper, Zell suggested, they...”
– Sam Zell’s Deal from Hell
“A new study from Scotland provides what public-health experts in the U.S. say is...”
– Study Supports Health Benefits Of Smoking Ban - WSJ.com
Slightly embarassed I just paid $7 for Pinkberry.
Stayed in Saturday night finishing Mad Men’s first season after a super busy week — fantastic.
Running for Office: It's Like A Flamewar with a... →
gtmcknight:
This guy is running for Kansas State Representative by getting 3000 people to donate $8.34 each by posting an XKCD style comic. And he did it. Awesome.
“What explains the indies’ staying power? For starters, the Web’s...”
– Drowning Out the Big Labels: Some indies are selling more records than ever while the majors limp along
You don't have to sell your company to have... →
“The son of former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani is suing Duke University,...”
– Rudy Giuliani’s son sues Duke over golf dismissal
“Hermitage was about to become victim of what is known in Russia as corporate...”
– Kremlin Rules - An Investment in Russia Gets Trapped in Kremlin’s Vise - Series - NYTimes.com
“It’s not hard to figure out why there is so much interest in...”
– Hype machine: Gatekeeper of the MP3 blogosphere - Jul. 23, 2008
Have a Blog? Get Free Food! →
SeamlessWeb is offering $100 in “free food coupons” to bloggers who write about them. Sure, a little Pay-Per-Posty, but SeamlessWeb is actually a pretty great product. I would never be able to satisfy my Why Curry Peanut Chicken addiction with them. Plus, you get 20% off the first time you order from a handful of restaurants.
“A U.S. appeals court on Monday overturned a decision to fine CBS Corp television...”
– Bring Back The Breasts! Court Overturns CBS Nipplegate Fine
David: Woah! Josh Groban is following me!
Charles: Who's Josh Groban?
David: Oh, never mind, I'm following him.
The radio is the corner deli is playing Mamo No. 5
“Dear Amazon.com Customer, As someone who has purchased or rated books by Kenneth...”
– That’s what I get for ordering college textbooks on Amazon…
Seeing comedy at Caroline’s in Times Square
PodTech, A Onetime High-Flyer, Sells For A Song →
PodTech sells for less than $500k. Good work, Scoble!
“And by the way, there’s a couple reasons you don’t see people like...”
– Fresh Intelligence : Radar Online : New York Media Scene Disappoints Young Girl
“Immediately, I felt like an idiot. I’d broken the No. 1 rule of these...”
– Au Revoir, New York ‘Literary’ Scene! — Daily Intel — New York News Blog — New York Magazine
“Ms. Brady — “Boozeabeth” to her friends — said her alcohol consumption soared...”
– Uhhh, seems a little excessive…. [via Ah, the Heat, the Crowd, the Park and the Booze - NYTimes.com]
Early morning SmoothieFail!
Finally leaving the office!
“Mr. Keiber is from Liechtenstein, a tiny country with very secretive banking...”
– Tax Cheaters: Disgruntled Computer Technician Outs Super-Rich Tax Cheaters To The IRS
New facebook design launched — not bad — use http://www.new.facebook.com
Getting things done: grocery shopping, cooking, replacing my lost iPod, gym
That ten hours of sleep was very much needed. Now: brunch!
Dinner with Team Gizmodo. I’m the only one at the table without an iPhone!
Finally, awesome weather!
NOPD officer punished for wearing the wrong... →
sangraal:
Why people hate cops.
I was going to get so much work done tonight, but then I started reading John Grisham’s “The Appeal”
“At Fox News, media relations is a kind of rolling opposition research operation...”
– The Media Equation - When Fox News Is the Story - NYTimes.com
Watching best of Cheri Oteri — she is so great
Rush Limbaugh Is Just Getting Warmed Up -... →
(Very) late night cooking — tuna salad with home made mayonnaise, celery, lemon juice, and cilantro — for a trip to Central Park tomorrow!
