March 2011
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Something tells me that JPMorgan Believes That... →
FT.com / Technology - JPMorgan fund eyes 10% stake in Twitter
February 2011
27 posts
“So there you have it. By concocting a whisper-thin M&A story about Twitter,...”
– Literally figurative (The Deal Magazine)
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How "The Principal Story" is a more nuanced and... →
In “Waiting for Superman,” teacher unions are evil and school reformers are good; Randi Weingarten, the president of the American Federation of Teachers, is an archvillain and Michelle Rhee, shown when she was the District of Columbia schools chancellor, is the victorious hero.
“Waiting for Superman” certainly has supporters. At the 2010 Sundance Festival, it won the audience award for...
Shit You Should Know: To whom are you addressing... →
shityoushouldknow:
Who vs. Whom. It’s a fucking pronoun battle for the ages.
Here’s the (slightly involved) deal: Who acts as a subject (the motherfucker doing some shit), while Whom acts as an object (the motherfucker having shit done to him). For most people the subject/object distinction is a tricky one, because…
“So there you have it. Illegal immigrants: 393,000. Lying moms: one. Bankers:...”
– Why Isn’t Wall Street in Jail? | Rolling Stone Politics
“We triumphalists — I don’t think I am one but, what the hell,...”
– Jeff Jarvis: The Distraction Trope
“…the first lady’s detractors don’t have a legitimate beef....”
– Dana Milbank - Rush Limbaugh binges on anti-Michelle Obama vitriol
“The modern version of the Garden of Eden goes by the name of RNA world, after...”
– A Romp Through Theories on Origins of Life - NYTimes.com
“It was not just the words he came to say, day in and day out, to immense throngs...”
– ‘Nuts’ - NYTimes.com
“On paper, we’re a one-person-one-vote nation; in reality, we’re more than a bit...”
– Wisconsin Power Play - NYTimes.com
“It’s absolutely mortifying to suddenly realize that the man you had long...”
– Embarrassed Republicans Admit They’ve Been Thinking Of Eisenhower Whole Time They’ve Been Praising Reagan | The Onion - America’s Finest News Source
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“In his blog, “The Lefsetz Letter,” Bob Lefsetz theorized that the...”
– LCD Soundsystem’s Ticket Fiasco - Is LiveNation to Blame? | TheWrap.com
3D printer that prints itself gets closer to... →
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“While I agree with your re-direction of the central “lesson” of Jeopardy-Watson...”
– Man vs. Watson: The IBM Jeopardy Challenge | Shelly Palmer Digital Living
“The C.I.A. never did an assessment to determine how a ruse had turned into a...”
– Government Tries to Keep Secret What Many Consider a Fraud - NYTimes.com
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“If members of Congress feel so strongly about undoing this important...”
– Money Won’t Buy You Health Insurance - NYTimes.com
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WSJ: U.S. Antitrust Regulators Examining Apple... →
So, is this similar to the bundling issue Microsoft faced in the 90’s in re: its OS and web browser?
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“New terms were reached in July 2009, when online-radio companies agreed to pay a...”
– Pandora Media’s IPO Will Reward Backers Nine Years After Napster’s Failure - Bloomberg
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“For now, Netflix’s fundamental appeal is very strong and it’s riding...”
– Netflix Short-Seller Has Tail Between His Legs
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“No doubt Hippeau and Lerer and Huffington were drinking champagne last night,...”
– Huffington Post and AOL: Why the Deal’s a Mess - The Daily Beast
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““We’re gonna party!” bellowed the Minnesota congresswoman, who...”
– Conservative Political Action Conference Kicks Off with Michele Bachmann - The Daily Beast
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“Back in 1984 Feynman attended a lecture at Caltech given by James Amazing Randi,...”
– Feynman and magic - Technology Review
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“This week’s launch of Rupert Murdoch’s iPad “newspaper,” the Daily, is a...”
– Murdoch’s Daily: post-Web innovation or CD-ROM flashback? — Scott Rosenberg’s Wordyard
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“While The Daily’s app supports more frequent updates, PaidContent quotes...”
– The Daily Snooze - Recovering Journalist
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“Really? Seriously? Actually, The Daily barely brings digital journalism into the...”
– The Daily Snooze - Recovering Journalist (On launch of The Daily) 