February 2012
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ListenKQED radio interview with researchers at UCSF that...
Feb 3rd
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UCSF scientists declare war on sugar in food by... →
by Erin Allday, SF Chronicle
Feb 2nd
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“A team of researchers at UCSF led by Robert Lustig insists that sugar is the...”
– http://NextDraft.com
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January 2012
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Jan 26th
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TV Commercials Fine Print Tumblr
My other Tumblr is over there → http://smalltype.tumblr.com It gives you enough time to read the fine print that TV commercials present in sizes, colors, and speeds which make the most important information difficult to read. I hope you find it useful. If you are not into Tumblr (crazy talk), RSS feeds, or occasionally visiting that web site, you may optionally want to follow the not-so-chatty...
Jan 24th
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the fine print from TV commercials: Walmart... →
smalltype: This commercial starts with the woman talking to the phone in plain English while the “Android” complies with her requests. This may cause some people to infer that a Siri-like service is available on this device and on Google’s mobile device operating system. It does not seem nice or fair to…
Jan 14th
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“Megan Lawless and Jasper Jasperse met virtually during a game of Words with...”
– Dave Pell from his Next Draft newsletter about a Words with Friends marriage story
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Neven Mrgan's tumbl: What iMessage did to my... →
mrgan: iOS 5 introduced iMessage, a service that seeks to replace text messaging. Carriers view text messaging as a special, astronomically priced type of data - iMessage undoes this madness and uses your dumb data pipe to send text, pictures, and videos to users identified by their email or phone…
Jan 3rd
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December 2011
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Twitter Site Issue
twitterstatus: Users may currently be experiencing some site issues; our engineers are working on resolving this issue.
Dec 31st
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90WPM: Siri in Portuguese on the iPhone 4S →
90wpm: The most amazing thing about this hack is that it was done without jailbreaking, which is especially surprising given its author’s murky past in the Brazilian jailbreak community. Pedro explains it all on his blog, but hasn’t translated any of it to English, so I’ll try to describe the…
Dec 31st
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ListenSlippin’ – Quadron
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November 2011
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“Overall, I think it’s a good time to have a girl in the 21st century because...”
– Louis C.K.: The Next Steve Jobs Will Be A Chick | Fast Company (via Briana Mowrey) This is a slightly kooky paraphrase of why I love that I have a daughter. (via gregcohn)
Nov 22nd
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Simple sopa de frijol a.k.a. black bean soup @aziob 20-nov-2011 This is an easy to prepare soup similar to the type they make in Xalapa, México. If you can find it, adding some hoja santa may add some good flavor from jungle of Veracruz. The spices may be adjusted to your liking. Great optional toppings for the finished product include, bacon, ham, cheese(s), fresh herbs, dollops of sour...
Nov 20th
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Slides from our Velocity Europe talk on MySQL... →
engineering: Special thanks to Dallas and Matt for helping to formulate our shard-splitting algorithm, Zack for the slide deck visual excellence, and the fine folks at Velocity / O’Reilly Media for running a great conference. Shardcore.
Nov 12th
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“The icky feeling you get when your friend starts to talk to you about Amway, or...”
– maciej on November 08, 2011
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playlist from working late on sat night sun morn
Eyes Closed - Netsky Take Me Over - Cut Copy El Duelo (Con Ely Guerra) - La Ley I Walked Alone - YACHT Someone Like You - ADELE I’ll Take Care of U - Gil Scott Heron & Jamie xx The Wilhelm Scream - James Blake Say It Right - Nelly Furtado Where You Should Be (feat. Sam Frank) - Skream Standing On the Shore - Empire of the Sun Pull My Heart Away - Jack Peñate King Without a Crown -...
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October 2011
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“I hate it when people call themselves ‘entrepreneurs’ when what they’re really...”
– Steve Jobs hates your exit strategy. (via gbattle)
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WatchWatch
Filmed and edited on my iPhone 3gs with the app from @Vimeo http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/vimeo/id425194759?mt=8
Oct 8th
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“The problem with praising kids for their innate intelligence — the “smart”...”
– Why Do Some People Learn Faster? by Jonah Lehrer October 4, 2011
Oct 8th
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