February 2009
29 posts
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-2-22) →
Lyle Lovett (2)
Tom Waits (2)
X (1)
The Temptations (1)
English Philharmonic Orchestra, The (Simon Addison, Conductor) (1)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
“we developed the SmartSwitch, a dimmer switch equipped with a network connection...”
– Neat. My TED gives me real-time feedback on electricity drawn after a light is turned on/off. Putting the feedback at the on/off moment is even better.
Two Stanford students rethink the light switch « Nudge blog
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-2-15) →
The White Stripes (21)
.32-20 (17)
DJ Cheb I Sabbah (9)
Warsaw (6)
Queens of the Stone Age (5)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
“The Apera’s drag coefficient of 0.15, which the company claims is “less drag...”
– A ten-speed? Wow!
Flying Cars! Ok, Not Quite - Pogue’s Posts Blog - NYTimes.com
“In short, a disproportionate number of people who are less emotionally astute...”
– I know way too many people who can’t turn off their “lawyer brains” outside the office. I try not to be one of them.
Marry a Lawyer? Proceed With Caution » Lawyer Avenue
The Original Flying Spaghetti Monster Letter
The Flying Spaghetti monster is a clever, creative, pointed bit of satire aimed at the Kansas School Board when it addressed whether to teach Intelligent Design alongside evolution in schools. I hadn’t seen the full text of the original letter until today. Here it is.
P.S. Here is the picture referenced in the letter.
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I am writing you with much concern after having read of your...
Radio.
I’ve wanted a Sonos for a long time and just bought one. It’s so ungodly expensive I could only afford one base station, so instead of streaming MP3s all over my house guess what? I am listening to loads of last.fm, Pandora and internet radio in the kitchen. I love it.
-Jay
bijan:
I guess the SIRIUS/XM news isn’t that suprising.
The costs were breathtaking. The business model...
“This is superdistribution — content moving from friend to friend through the...”
– Why Small Payments Won’t Save Publishers « Clay Shirky
“If everything goes as well as possible and the stimulus and next round of bank...”
– A year and a half of this is the “rosy scenario”? Yeesh.
Robert Reich’s Blog: Why Republicans Won’t Support the Stimulus
“Tough economic times require us to tighten our belts, but for me bike
racing is...”
– Bingo!
-Jay
VeloNews | Cycling Economics 101: Hard times call for hard racing | The Journal of Competitive Cycling.
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-2-8) →
Air (12)
Norah Jones (6)
NPR (4)
Miles Davis (3)
Adiemus (3)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
“When I see those maps, it does leave me with a bit of a sick feeling in my...”
– Slipstream - Prop 8 Donor Web Site Shows Disclosure Law Is 2-Edged Sword - NYTimes.com
WatchThis is funny. Also NSFW, if the first one is any indication.
joelaz:
Health Care, by Bert Busch
From a great new video blog, Old Jews Telling Jokes: A new (old) joke every Tuesday and Thursday!
1 tag
Alpha Beta Gaga - Air. I like the Talkie Walkie...
“But the banker’s big disconnect is the part about “getting paid a lot for...”
– Wall Street: We Deserve Our Bonuses
Sawickipedia: Well put - when perfomance bonuses become hard work bonuses I’m not sure what’s the point anymore. And it’s not just wall st. - it’s something I see a lot in our current culture and it seems like an outgrowth of the “everyon’s a winner” meme from...
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-2-1) →
Nirvana (6)
Norah Jones (5)
Modest Mouse (5)
The White Stripes (5)
John Williams (5)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz