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May 19
The Food Chain: some people protest humans should only eat plants… and with each word lost upon these meat-loving ears, the zombies gain another step in the food chain.  If you care anything about the future of the earth, maybe it’d be wiser to focus on eating Zombies instead!  (via meltinyourmouth)

The Food Chain: some people protest humans should only eat plants… and with each word lost upon these meat-loving ears, the zombies gain another step in the food chain.  If you care anything about the future of the earth, maybe it’d be wiser to focus on eating Zombies instead!  (via meltinyourmouth)

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Apr 20
62 Trillion Spam E-mails = ? »

azspot: Instead of sending messages asking for money or marketing Viagra, the electricity used sending the e-mails could have powered 2.4 million homes for a year or driven a car around the planet 1.6 times, according to the report.

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Mar 31

3 = 2 + 1

via catbird:

Apparently, Web 3.0 is shaping up to consist of young people regurgitating old Web 1.0 ideas but using Web 2.0 technologies.

At least this helps to explain why there hasn’t been much to get excited about lately, and why I can lose an entire week listening to people talk in circles about last year’s news… like a former high school quarterback recounting a touchdown pass he threw 12 years ago.  Thus:

  • Human Years = 1:1
  • Dog Years = 7:1
  • Web Years = 12:1
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Mar 7
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A great source of calamity lies in regret and anticipation; therefore a person is wise who thinks of the present alone, regardless of the past or future.

– Oliver Goldsmith (via meltinyourmouth)
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When economy bottoms, how will we know? »

AP: In downturns over the past 60 years, the S&P 500 has hit bottom an average of four months before a recession ended and about nine months before unemployment hit its peak. [reblog buzzsuggest]

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Aug 23

iHologram Offers a New Perspective for Mobile Entertainment — unfortunately David O’Reilly’s popular concept video falls halfway between hoax and vision… for now. [via superamit]

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Aug 15
Should the 800-pound gorilla give an inch?  [via AmuseRiot]

Should the 800-pound gorilla give an inch?  [via AmuseRiot]

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Jul 6
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The recipe for a successfully driven politician should include a doting mother to convince the son that he can accomplish anything, and an emotionally distant father to convince the son that no accomplishment can ever be enough.

– Rick Perlstein on Richard Nixon in Nixonland.  [via Fred Wilson]
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Jun 25
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Democracy demands that the religiously motivated translate their concerns into universal, rather than religion-specific, values. It requires that their proposals be subject to argument, and amenable to reason.

– Barack Obama [reblogged via marco]
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Jun 10

The Democratic Primaries… in 8 Minutes. As the 2008 election heads into its second phase, Slate offers a LOST-inspired summary for those just tuning in.  [reblog via antoinetta]

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