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That trademark sound

If you were to name the 17 most recognizable sound bytes, how many would be the same as the ones...

from Boston.com’s “Big Picture” series of...

Breaking: Atheist finds no religious figures...

from today’s (above average) PostSecret collection. I...

Moving plates in the Golden State: is it...

About a month ago, Twitter emailed me to let me know I was being followed by EQAlert, a k a the...

“Before the comment wall and discussion board were taken...”
— from a New York Times blog...

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“My review is too long to be posted here. Go to: Yelp and...”
— from a “review” of...

“…[W]hile we must accept blogging into the historical...”
— from a comment I wrote on a...

I could not agree more. (source)

“I think a big part of the reason old-school Letterman is so...”
— from a recent edition of Ask...

Officespeak: Phrases you hear around the...

Appreciation

I just finished a 65-hour work week. I am exhausted, stressed out, and I miss spending time with my...

“The [No Child Left Behind] accountability system, as...”
— from Sarah Reckhow’s...

Does Facebook's five-year plan include...

I just clicked on an advertisement in my Facebook NewsFeed (for the new The Hold Steady album) and...

Ever seen a Toys R Us T-shirt?

Is a car’s decal more for the car company or the car owner? Similarly, is the...

I was there.

“Of course, I also saw plenty that deserved jeers: in the...”
— from Peter Meehan’s New...

Double Play: 2 Baseball Idiosyncracies...

Part of my job with Hinsdale Little League Baseball is entering in a ton of game scores. The home...

Cubthumping

The/My Chicago Cubs have made a business of coming back from behind to win at the last minute. They...

from Gizmodo. Somebody put a GPS unit in a box and shipped...

The lost years

I just came across the term “broadcast era” for the first time. There’s no entry...

“Sitting at somebody else’s computer and using their browser...”
— Mitchell Baker, chairwoman of...

Stop

The stop button is now outdated, especially on the computer. In fact, why was it ever used, and why...

“The will to blog is a complicated thing, somewhere between...”
— Emily Gould, from her long...

Saturday Night Live at Its Low Point - 2...

The Music, Man

An Old Spice commercial once wisely commented, “Scent is the strongest sense tied to memory. How...

from Zena Cardman’s flickr photos. This is a picture...

from an eMarketer article. This graph is taken from a...

I have almost a gigabyte of Barenaked...

The music files for my favorite musical artist (Barenaked Ladies) account for 841MB of filespace on...

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Being There

“Being there” is considered an integral part of life. Here are some examples I thought...

“Because I do not believe government should control the...”
— Ron Paul, from his LinkedIn...

The recently-erupted Chaitén volcano in Chile in the midst...

I took this at the Duke Marine Lab in Beaufort, North...

King GMail, or: how to make a...

I got a beta invite to Zenbe today. It’s a service that promises to “enlighten your...

A model of San Francisco constructed from kitchenware. (from...

from Newspaper Blackout Poems | via kottke.org

“In one of Chicago’s poorest communities, McCarter has...”
— from a blog post by Will Okun,...

Do you remember your password's birth?

I remember where I was when I came up with the password I now use for two-thirds of my accounts. Do...

My Favorite Tweets

One of my three best friends is coming to UNC next year,...

If you do the calculations, you realize that rivers only...

I didn’t want to study, so I packed for a while. Then I didn’t want to pack anymore,...

Tuesday, April 29, 2008 11:40 AM

Are we in Greece or Durham? (It was the International...

“What I was told, in a nutshell, is that the café staff has...”
— The quote, from Screenwerk, is...

(I'm) Content

I find that I’m happier when I am producing content — like a blog post, a term paper,...

I feel grand: I’ve reached 1000 friends on Facebook....

Media I Like

Like my friend Kevin Donovan did about half a year ago, I now have compiled a list of Media I Really...

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17 days and counting...

No, I’m not talking about how long it has taken Amazon to ship me my textbook. I’m...

A picture taken by Flickr user Barca_Branca, this is one of...

The New York Times's list of prominent blogs...

The immigration 'problem': Can one man's...

In class today, we talked about immigration. All I heard people say was “blah blah blah fix...

12 controversial Wikipedia pages

Call on Obama

Here’s an analogy I just came up with: iPhone : smartphones :: Obama : politicians

“The campaign also said Mr. McCain regularly took Vytorin to...”
— from a New York Times article...

6 New Yorkers' Secrets

The Wrong Enemy

I wrote this for my Public Policy seminar, “Civic Participation and Community...

Blast Comcast fast: at last, their past...

Today I was catching up on some old blog posts and I came across one written by my good friend Kevin...

It's far from over

“If you lock your keys inside your car, fail to coax your cat...”
— from Getting America Right:...

“This is just as important as stopping nuclear proliferation....”
— New York City’s Mayor...

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Thanks to all of my readers, from right here in Durham,...

“I didn’t major in math. I majored in miracles, and I still...”
— Mike Huckabee on his decision...

This is why I want to become a teacher

“If I ever meet Penn and Teller I am going to obscenely smash...”
— from Cynical-C’s blog...

The New York Times's List of Corrections

How on earth am I supposed to agree to this? Oh, you reserve...

Comedian / economist / game show host / actor...

“To steal ideas from one person is plagiarism; to steal from...”
— Comedian Steven Wright. I am...

“When you are manufacturing cars, it costs just as much to...”
— J.S. Kelly, in a very...

I received this today in my Facebook message inbox....

Excellent Wrap-Up of Last Night's Debates...

“The World’s Most Influential People” -...

The attractiveness of mob mentality

The phenomenon that has kept Web 2.0 alive and seen the continual stream of new social networks and...

“You won’t need to furtively put socks into your trunks...”
— One of my favorite things to...

“I got a miracle,” she said, “and miracles carry...”
— Alicia Kozakiewicz, a victim...

List of 'selected signers' of...

Binging on bytes of knowledge

This is the third in a 10-part series of DID YOU KNOW questions that could change your life, big...

Very recently, the blogosphere and Congress have been...

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TechCrunch's "Tech President" current...

Thomas Hawk’s photo. Rob La Gesse said he liked the...

“The currency of the Web, after all, is the link.”
— Erick Schonfeld, on...

Fortune Magazine's "How I Work" Series

“We decide on a case-by-case basis about whether to do the...”
— John McCain

The New and Improved Twang Y Rain

Longtime readers of my blog will notice that there is now the option to leave comments. I consider...

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I love lists, and this is one of my favorites...

This cake was made at Wal-Mart. Can you guess how this...

What if the song is only 90 seconds long to...

“Popularity is driven by a base of active users, not a rich...”
— Tumblr’s chief officer...

Visually beautiful list of your Facebook...

Something about the concept behind this shirt just makes me...

Have you heard of the movie 'Delirious'?...

The movie business is fascinating to me. I have learned a lot about it recently through three very...

Amazon's Kindle Fares Poorly with Amazon...

Lists and Frivolous Knowledge Galore

10 Things An Interviewer Cannot Legally Ask...

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Pointing out the power of PowerPoint...

A friend of mine, Kevin, shared this with the world on his tumblelog recently. It’s a great...

Do you consider this a humorous look at religion or an...

“I find it impressive, sad, and hilarious that there are...”
— a comment from an LA...

Top 40 Magazine Covers of the Last 40 Years

Congratuations, Tumblr!

Tumblr, the web service that makes this tumblelog possible, re-launched today, November 1. The site...

A very short story of great customer service

Election Center 2008: Candidates

Nothing compares to 'Toad the Wet...

I have listed below a few band names from the most recent College Music Journal Music Marathon in...

YouTube needs a new text writer

Check out what YouTube says to its users who have not been using its site as a social networking...

Today in Documentary Studies we had a guest speaker, Nancy Buirski. She is a very successful woman...

Someone tell Hype Machine their name is...

Having worked in Marketing/Strategy at my new job for about 2-3 weeks, I have certainly heard many...

This is a Halloween cake

RIAA's Gold and Platinum Directory

Neither here nor there: where's the...

This may be the most hilariously written news story you will see this year. I have copied the ABC2...

“The best technology is magic. Someone tags a photo of me in...”
— Fred Wilson, from his long...

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