July 2009
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Boston Tumblr Meetup →
staff:
Thursday, July 30th, 8pm
The Publick House 1648 Beacon St, Brookline
See you there, perhaps? It’s a joint meetup with something called Beeriety, so it will be 21+ for obvious reasons.
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Sam Altman [Loopt CEO] on Charlie Rose →
The interview also serves as a good introduction to the current state and potential of location-aware services on mobile devices. In the middle of the interview, Altman discusses privacy concerns surrounding Loopt in the context of abusive relationships, and the features they implemented to prevent malicious use in that context.
[via fimoculous]
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Champion of My Heart - Richie Cunning
Best song...
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Angry workers beat Tonghua Steel boss to death →
Danwei relates an article from Beijing News:
Thousands of workers of a state-owned steel maker Tonghua Steel in Tonghua, Jilin Province went on strike in protest at the acquisition of the company by a Beijing-based private company called the Jianlong Group. The protest went awry when the angry mob surrounded and turned violent against Chen Guojun, the executive of the Tonghua Steel appointed by...
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Ben Silverman Leaving NBC →
According to TMZ, Silverman is working with Barry Diller to “create a one-stop shopping [digital media] company that can produce, market, distribute and advertise new media.” Also, his first targeted hire is allegedly Seacrest, with whom TMZ claims he’s already in talks.
He’s developing it with IAC… could this be related to Notional?
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B-Roll [July 15-26, 2009]
Everex US - the maker of low-cost Linux boxes like the Green PC and CloudBook, once sold at Wal-Mart - is now closed. Here’s a good one: Dr. Elliot McGuken’s patent application for a “system and method for creating exalted video games and virtual realities”. India plans to issue biometric IDs to all 1.2 BILLION of its citizens. Nissan’s VP of Marketing on the new...
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Editorial: iPhone and iPod touch Rising, Click... →
If you’re interested in the future of the iPod, Charles Starrett of iLounge has a good summary.
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“25-year-old Sun Danyong was a recent engineering graduate, and handled product...”
– iLounge
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“Well, look. A lot of people don’t know this but I go way, way back with...”
– Fake Steve Jobs
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“We didn’t go there to have feelings or thoughts. We went there to do...”
– Buzz Aldrin
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Stream the Pitchfork Music Festival LIVE →
Looking forward to The Mae Shi and Pharaohe Monch on Sunday afternoon.
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Game Over - V.V. Brown
Again, weird that these...
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B-Roll [July 6-14, 2009]
Nice little remix of STWPT’s “Never Been In Love” by a certain Ghostface Kilobyte. A robot laments his lack of romance. Chris Hedges in The Crooks Get Cash While the Poor Get Screwed: “No one comes to help you. You don’t get a second chance. This is what being poor means.” Oh man this article is very sad. Office Depot decides to shift its ad dollars reserved for...
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“The Associated Press and AHN Media have agreed to settle an intellectual...”
– PaidContent
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That's Not Art →
willw:
People post ridiculous “art” to Tumblr which often consists of a photo with “meaningful” text overlaid. These pieces frequently make it into Popular. We reblog them here and call them out for being stupid.
A bit too mocking for my taste, but still: props to William Wilkinson for scoring All Of The Home Runs with this one.
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WatchVice Versa - Jacques Khouri
Nice composition.
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Warlock - Reg Tilsley Orchestra [1972]
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Recommended Mac/iPhone Apps
I thought it was about time I updated a post I wrote two years ago. Maybe you know some of these programs, maybe you don’t - I still heartily endorse everything listed below, and I use most of them every day for non-trivial purposes. All apps are free unless otherwise noted.
Mac
Anxiety [lightweight to-do list]
AppCleaner [uninstall any program]
Celtx [write screenplays + plan...
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“Literally we sit around and say, ‘Is this as good as Fred? Does it feel like...”
– Greg Goodfried, from the web video production company EQAL (lonelygirl15). Depressing.
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WatchBest I Ever Had - Drake
Wasn’t feeling it the first time around, but I’m starting to love this video (especially his monologues). Have you seen it yet?
Directed by Kanye, obviously.
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“Here is what Chris Anderson means by ‘Free’: If you want to know...”
– Janet Maslin of the NYTimes reviews Free in hilarious fashion
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American Boy [Danger Remix] - Estelle
I remember...
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WatchLOOKIN THRU THE B-SIDES [Trailer]
Oh my god, this is amazing. The words “psychedelic” or “mind-obliterating” do not even begin to describe how completely insane this animation is.
Watch the full short [QuickTime] here.
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Introducing the Google Chrome OS →
BAM!
Today, we’re announcing a new project that’s a natural extension of Google Chrome — the Google Chrome Operating System. It’s our attempt to re-think what operating systems should be. Google Chrome OS is an open source, lightweight operating system that will initially be targeted at netbooks. Later this year we will open-source its code, and netbooks running Google Chrome OS...
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Media, Recently Consumed
More posts soon, I promise (I’ve got 20 Safari tabs about the Pirate Bay acquisition staring me in the face). But here’s what I’ve been taking in these past four days - most of it very enjoyable or at least entertaining. I’ll be writing full posts about some of these in the future.
MUSIC
La Roux - La Roux
Far - Regina Spektor
Bitte Orca - Dirty Projectors
Fever Ray -...
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Printer Resources For Independent Art Publishers →
No listings in New England yet, unfortunately, but still a great resource.
[via Manystuff]
