January 2012
YCombinator's new ultimatum: Kill Hollywood →
An Altogether New Effect
brycedotvc:
In the wake of this week’s online surge to combat SOPA and PIPA, the New York Times found Chris Dodd, the current head of The Motion Picture Association of America, in a particularly reflective mood yesterday.
Looking back on his decades as a beltway insider, he posited that this recent wave of online activism was unlike any he’d encountered. From the article:
But the startlingly...
“The best way to combat piracy is to remove barriers, not put up new ones.”
– MG Siegler AKA @parislemon - http://wp.me/p25u9C-eP (via clintus)
“The atoms, the molecules in your body, are traceable to the crucibles in the...”
– Neil deGrasse Tyson, via infinity-imagined (via mikeambs)
How Obama's Long Game Will Outsmart His Critics
newsweek:
Presenting the first three paragraphs of Andrew Sullivan’s epic takedown of President Barack Obama’s critics, on newsstands & online today.
You hear it everywhere. Democrats are disappointed in the president. Independents have soured even more. Republicans have worked themselves up into an apocalyptic fervor. And, yes, this is not exactly unusual.
A president in the last year...
Kurt Vonnegut: How to Write With Style
the-write-idea:
Newspaper reporters and technical writers are trained to reveal almost nothing about themselves in their writings. This makes them freaks in the world of writers, since almost all of the other ink-stained wretches in that world reveal a lot about themselves to readers. We call these revelations, accidental and intentional, elements of style.
These revelations tell us as...
Watchevangotlib:
Just introduced Chloe to the most important thing to ever happen to the internet. Well except for this but she’s to young for the salty language.
Space Quest II lovingly remade by a group of fans,...
iheartchaos:
If you were a fan of the old Sierra adventure games, you might have played the remade King’s Quest games. Now, after five years of blood, sweat and space burgers, a small group of fans have lovingly remade Space Quest II, with hand-painted backgrounds, new character animations and lots more.
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The Year of Less: Day 1 →
seanbonner:
And so it begins, officially. I’m not buying any crap for a year. Go.
I’m planning on something similar. Way too much clutter in my life.
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