Apropos of Everything
This is where I put things I like.*
Central Park Hooverville (via Flashback: Hoovervilles of New York - Gothamist
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Clay Shirky on the advantages of the internet
“The actual effects of making more information available to more people have been enormously beneficial to society, yet not to the intellectual gatekeepers in the generation in which that change happened.”
Lots of other good stuff here.
Favorite Office Trend
Putting food in the office refrigerator inside inter-office envelopes. Maybe I’ll start sending files to people inside tupperware.
Also, here’s the view out that window.
Break the window, not my legs!
The hotel I’m staying at apparently set up the ceiling fan so that if it falls, that chain will make it swing into the window (at left) instead of down on to the bed.
Gizmodo - The Most Realistic ‘Leaked’ Apple Tablet Shots Yet [Rumors]
gizmodo takes gadget masturbation to a new level. It’s no longer creeping in the bushes, watching other people do it. Now it’s making full-fledged fantasy porn.
John Paul Stevens, dissenting in the campaign finance case (via glenna)
How you know you’re staying in a classy hotel, part II.
Justices Block Key Part of Campaign Law - NYTimes.com
The ruling reversed a century-long trend to limit the political muscle of corporations, organized labor and their massive war chests. It also recast the political landscape just as crucial midterm election campaigns are getting under way.
We’re moving the wrong way here, people!
Why are cars so expensive to rent in New York? I used to think it was a city thing, but I just rented a car in San Francisco for $26 a day. For the same car and time period in New York, the cheapest I could find was $47. What gives?
Netflix's strategy
“We never really positioned new releases on street date as core to our consumer proposition, much more about all you can eat and low, low prices, in a 100,000 title universe.”
