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Posted 1 week ago
My little slice of paradise. On vacation this week—book recommendations? Zoom

My little slice of paradise.

On vacation this week—book recommendations?

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BLDG Blog: Lost Ships of New York City

Amazing (click through to see pictures of the site):

An 18th-century ship has been discovered deep in briny muck “flecked with oyster shells” at the bottom of a World Trade Center construction site. As the New York Times reports, archaeologists called in to investigate the find soon realized that “a wood-hulled vessel had been discovered about 20 to 30 feet below street level on the World Trade Center site, the first such large-scale archaeological find along the Manhattan waterfront since 1982, when an 18th-century cargo ship came to light at 175 Water Street.”
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I love this picture.  Can’t wait to be back on NC soil (albeit only for a weekend) soon. (Reblogged from f***yeahnorthcarolina) Zoom

I love this picture.  Can’t wait to be back on NC soil (albeit only for a weekend) soon.

(Reblogged from f***yeahnorthcarolina)

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One year ago today was a wonderful day and the start of something great.  I love you, Katherine.

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Posted 3 weeks ago

Happy Friday

Reblogged from thedailywhat:

Epic Song Collage of the Day: Medley masters Brett Domino and Steven Peavis load up on instruments and charge head-first into a marvelous musical mashup of the Top 40 hits featured in the 75th iteration of the popular compilation CD Now That’s What I Call Music!.

[brettdomino.]

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Posted 3 weeks ago
Clever idea from Alice: my order came with two $10 gift cards, valid only for new customers.  So I can’t use them myself, but I’ll surely spread the word about a company I like and offer the gift cards to coworkers. Taking this approach further: a unique discount link I can send to friends that credits MY account with $5 for every new customer who signs up and purchases $50 worth of products on Alice.  Maybe next time? Zoom

Clever idea from Alice: my order came with two $10 gift cards, valid only for new customers.  So I can’t use them myself, but I’ll surely spread the word about a company I like and offer the gift cards to coworkers.

Taking this approach further: a unique discount link I can send to friends that credits MY account with $5 for every new customer who signs up and purchases $50 worth of products on Alice.  Maybe next time?

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Excited to try this Method laundry detergent I mentioned on the blog a few months ago.  I love the stark contrast next to my current detergent. Zoom

Excited to try this Method laundry detergent I mentioned on the blog a few months ago.  I love the stark contrast next to my current detergent.

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The final thing I’d say about optimism is this. If we took the loopiest, most moonbeam-addled Californian utopian internet bullshit, and held it up against the most cynical, realpolitik-inflected skepticism, the Californian bullshit would still be a better predictor of the future. Which is to say that, if in 1994 you’d wanted to understand what our lives would be like right now, you’d still be better off reading a single copy of Wired magazine published in that year than all of the skeptical literature published ever since.

Clay Shirky’s interview in The Guardian, ‘Paywall will underperform – the numbers don’t add up’

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Hey Best Buy guy. Email us. You don’t need to work at Best Buy when you can make funny stuff like this for the internet.

Gizmodo’s offer to the creator of the brilliant (and NSFW) iPhone 4 versus HTC EVO video.

Hat tip: The Daily Dish.

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Posted 4 weeks ago

NPR Reporters Read the Declaration of Independence

This was really well done and left me a little choked up as I got ready for work this morning.

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I know I say this every time I find a picture of an adorable kitten, but please set aside 20 minutes to carefully read this entire email.

-Woot CEO Matt Rutledge in an email to employees explaining Amazon’s purchase of everyone’s favorite quirky deals site.

The rest of the email is here.

Woot : Amazon, Woot, and You: But Mostly Woot

Via Jarred (the man is on fire).

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Wired Epicenter: Your Computer: Hotel Says Do Leave Home Without It

Great idea, via Jarred and the Wired Epicenter blog:

Computers and televisions may some day be one. In the meantime, the folks at The Citizen Hotel in Sacramento have decided to simply do away with TVs altogether and replace them with Mac Minis. All 198 computer-equipped rooms now allow guests to seamlessly watch television, scan their Facebook account, Tweet, stream video, Skype with friends, play World of War Craft, check email, or do anything else their Internet-addicted hearts desire.
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Cool infographic showing where players from World Cup teams play when not part of the national team.  Here’s Argentina’s 2010 team (my pick to win the Cup).  Interesting to watch the dramatic trend of more players playing for clubs outside of their home nations as you look at this chart from 1994 to present. Hat tip to Flowing Data for finding this. Zoom

Cool infographic showing where players from World Cup teams play when not part of the national team.  Here’s Argentina’s 2010 team (my pick to win the Cup).  Interesting to watch the dramatic trend of more players playing for clubs outside of their home nations as you look at this chart from 1994 to present.

Hat tip to Flowing Data for finding this.

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Review: Apple iPad

My parents surprised me with an iPad for my birthday, and since the device arrived last week I’ve been spending a lot of time putting it through its paces. I’ve posted my thoughts on the…

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When New York City opened the “High Line” linear park atop abandoned railroad tracks last summer, it was exciting but ultimately fairly short: about 6 blocks.  Now plans are in the works to add an additional 10 blocks or so, with varied features like the open space shown in this rendering.  Very cool. Via Fast Company with a hat tip to GOOD Blog. Zoom

When New York City opened the “High Line” linear park atop abandoned railroad tracks last summer, it was exciting but ultimately fairly short: about 6 blocks.  Now plans are in the works to add an additional 10 blocks or so, with varied features like the open space shown in this rendering.  Very cool.

Via Fast Company with a hat tip to GOOD Blog.

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