Krill oil: now for dogs!

The Big Lie About Glucosamine.

Sun, 18 Mar 2012 13:22:16 -0400

The Big Lie About Glucosamine.:

Liquid Glucosamine for Dogs is Bullshit!

"It does not matter how slow you go so long as you do not stop."

Wed, 14 Mar 2012 16:12:36 -0400

“It does not matter how slow you go so long as you do not stop.”

- Wisdom of Confucius (via demo)

vimeo: Star Wars Uncut: Director’s Cut by Casey PughFrom a...

Wed, 14 Mar 2012 16:12:31 -0400

vimeo:

Star Wars Uncut: Director’s Cut by Casey Pugh

From a not-so-long time ago in a galaxy somewhat close by comes Star Wars Uncut, the amazing crowd-sourced fan film, now finally released for your streaming pleasure. This collaborative remake from Vimeo’s BFF Casey Pugh took home the Feature Presentation Award at the 2010 Vimeo Festival + Awards and also won an Emmy!

gary's choices: Stealth Engagement?

Wed, 14 Mar 2012 16:12:17 -0400

gary's choices: Stealth Engagement?:

garysick:

The past few weeks have made me scratch my head about the dramatically dissonant signals coming out of Washington. One possible conclusion is pure chaos and incompetence, with no one in control of the message.

But there is an alternative explanation that intrigues me. Perhaps messages…

stanfordnyc: Larry Page and Sergey Brin, Co-founders of Google,...

Wed, 14 Mar 2012 16:12:08 -0400

stanfordnyc:

Larry Page and Sergey Brin, Co-founders of Google, discuss Stanford’s tradition of innovation.

“I don’t think I’ve seen the same kind of scale in research and commercialization pretty much anywhere outside of Stanford…and I think this is a really great opportunity for both the city as well as Stanford University to broaden its horizons.” - Sergey Brin, Co-founder Google

"Self"-Regulation: “Self”-regulation: Should online companies police the internet?

Wed, 14 Mar 2012 16:12:03 -0400

"Self"-Regulation: “Self”-regulation: Should online companies police the internet?:

selfregulation:

Join us for a discussion on the regulation of online services. We will explore what the terms “self-regulation” and “cooperation of service providers and rights holders” mean in practice.

Date: 7 December

Time: 15.00 to 18.00

Location: European Parliament, Room PHS4 B001

To register, please…

blakeley: One image Lodwick will never reblog but I hope you...

Wed, 14 Mar 2012 16:11:58 -0400

blakeley:

One image Lodwick will never reblog but I hope you will.

otletsshelf: The Master Switch: The Rise and Fall of...

Wed, 14 Mar 2012 16:11:53 -0400

otletsshelf:

The Master Switch: The Rise and Fall of Information Empires

Tim Wu

In this age of an open Internet, it is easy to forget that every American information industry, beginning with the telephone, has eventually been taken captive by some ruthless monopoly or cartel. With all our media now traveling a single network, an unprecedented potential is building for centralized control over what Americans see and hear. Could history repeat itself with the next industrial consolidation? Could the Internet—the entire flow of American information—come to be ruled by one corporate leviathan in possession of “the master switch”? That is the big question of Tim Wu’s pathbreaking book.

mandaflewaway: CLICK TO MAKE SOME MUSIC

Wed, 14 Mar 2012 16:11:43 -0400

mandaflewaway:

CLICK TO MAKE SOME MUSIC

New Music & Lyrics - Jan 2012

Wed, 14 Mar 2012 16:11:35 -0400

notquitetheme:

Many new music releases this month by Flo Rida, Dr. Dre, Adam Lambert and many more.

Tim McGraw - Only Human lyrics

Flo Rida - Run To You lyrics

Dr. Dre - Hey Young World lyrics

Kid Cudi - High Off Life lyrics

Edward Maya - Back Home lyrics

Tyga - Rack City lyrics

Adam Lambert - Cookoo lyrics

John West - Already There lyrics

Great Scientists: Nikola Tesla

Wed, 14 Mar 2012 16:11:28 -0400

fakescience:

The Kitchen: The Philharmonic and the Phone

Wed, 14 Mar 2012 16:11:23 -0400

The Kitchen: The Philharmonic and the Phone:

mkitch:

This evening (because evidently I have finally made the crossover to snooty-elitist-sophisticated New Yorker) I attended the New York Philharmonic at Lincoln Center. I am currently enrolled in a Music of New York class and we are focusing on the composer Gustav Mahler, whose 9th symphony was to be…

julieklausner: Don’t Fear The Dowager: A Valentine to...

Wed, 14 Mar 2012 16:08:13 -0400

julieklausner:

Don’t Fear The Dowager: A Valentine to Maturity

An adolescent boy’s bed sheet semen’s worth of ink has been spilled lately about men acting too much like boys. But the trend of reverse-striving has crossed over: adult women are acting more and more like little girls, and it’s really starting to get on my nerves.

There’s so much ukulele playing now, it’s deafening. So much cotton candy, so many bunny rabbits and whoopie pies and craft fairs and kitten ephemera, and grown women wearing converse sneakers with mini skirts. So many fucking birds.

Girls get tattoos that they will never be able to grow into. Women with master’s degrees who are searching for life partners, list “rainbows, Girl Scout cookies, and laughing a lot” under “interests, on their Match.com profiles. When I shop now, I have to make sure that garments I think are dresses, are not actually rompers.

If you don’t know what rompers are, they’re shirts attached to shorts, and they used to be called onesies.

The closest thing Madonna ever did to infantilizing herself was for her 1992 Steven Meisel Vanity Fair cover. Today, KATY PERRY IS POSING IN HEADGEAR.

And despite the facade of cliqueishness, and female friendship, and the Romy & Michelle’ness of gal-pal fun times, let’s be real. We all know these manic pixie Muppet Babies are really just in it for the peen. And instead of acting like a woman who might remind a skittish bro more of his teacher or his mother, we’re going for the pubeless, twee, Anime-eyed version of whatever dream girl we assume they want or need.

It’s like how we used to hide our interests around boys (‘I hate math! It’s so hard!’). Now, instead, we’re singing the praises of Skittles Sours instead of emulating, say, Kathleen Turner? Barbara Stanwyck? Any female lead from the pre-awkward era who stuck out her tits and didn’t talk like Rocky from the Bullwinkle cartoons? You realize the Harajuku girls who danced behind Gwen Stefani, are like “seriously, bitches?” And then they go to book club.

It’s all to the same ends—- women are trying to broadcast to men that we won’t bite their dicks off. It’s just that now, instead of lipstick, we’re wearing glittery lip gloss, or that shit you get in the drug store that tastes like Dr. Pepper.

I’m begging age-appropriate females: Read something written before you were born. Stand up straight. Make sure you own one piece of jewelry that you did not purchase on Etsy. Use capital letters in an email to the guy you want to date. Let him take you out on a date, maybe not on a walk or an Xbox session, even if you are, God help you, addicted to LA Noire. Meet your friend for wine instead of fro-yo one night. Watch a movie with no early-90’s nostalgic appeal. Bitch, you already know Clueless by heart.

Nobody’s asking you to be matronly. Laura Bush is no longer in the public eye—as I write this, she’s cheerfully douching somewhere far away, in private. You can make your own modern womanhood—there’s no need to fear the dowager.

Because the larger issue is that it is a lot easier for men —or even guys or bros—to demean us, if we’re girls. It’s much harder to bring down a woman, or to call her a moron, when she’s not in pigtails and Ring Pops. Not that his idea of you should influence your style, or your sense of self-worth. But I feel like in a way, it already sort of has?

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Girl on bike photo Via.

nationalpost: Matt Gurney: If RIM accepts it isn’t cool, it can...

Wed, 14 Mar 2012 16:04:32 -0400

nationalpost:

Matt Gurney: If RIM accepts it isn’t cool, it can still thrive

I always had a soft spot for RIM, and was an early non-corporate adopter. My first Berry was great. I could type emails easily, browse the web, play music – a vast improvement over my accidentally drowned Razor

lil-b: Introducing our new game called: “Don’t Be A Di*k During...

Wed, 14 Mar 2012 16:01:23 -0400

lil-b:

Introducing our new game called:

“Don’t Be A Di*k During Meals With Friends.”

The first person to crack and look at their phone picks up the check.

Our (initial) purpose of the game was to get everyone off the phones free from twitter/fb/texting and to encourage conversations.

Rules:

1) The game starts after everyone has ordered.

2) Everybody places their phone on the table face down.

3) The first person to flip over their phone loses the game.

4) Loser of the game pays for the bill.

5) If the bill comes before anyone has flipped over their phone everybody is declared a winner and pays for their own meal.

Variations/house rules:

-Starting the game after everyone is seated.

-In the rare event that multiple people flip their phones simultaneously, the bill is split between said players.

- Feel free to invoke penalties/strikes systems.

Notes:

- No touching or messing with anybody else’s phones.

- You don’t have to stack the phones. This was done for picture taking purposes.

- I realize I should perhaps think of a different name for this awesome game. Because I don’t mean to imply that everyone who checks their phone during meals is a di*k.

- I recommend not being such a stickler or hardass on people about the rules and even initiation of the game. Basic premise is to just get people open to the idea of staying active and attentive to one another. But if someone has to take a call; they have to take a call =).

- Have fun! It’s really more of a fun concept in this new age high tech life of ours. Conversation is the spice of life.

barackobama: think-progress: Obama sings! He sings Al...

Wed, 14 Mar 2012 16:01:11 -0400

barackobama:

think-progress:

Obama sings! He sings Al Green!

In the office late tonight, we all just took a break to huddle around someone’s computer and grin like idiots at this.

kateoplis: Politico: Why SOPA is on the Congressional...

Wed, 14 Mar 2012 16:01:06 -0400

kateoplis:

Politico: Why SOPA is on the Congressional agenda

Hollywood’s in a showdown over its TV shows, movies and music with an up-and-coming opponent in the Washington arena: the Silicon Valley gang.

And that can only mean a huge payday for lobbyists.

According to figures compiled by the Center for Responsive Politics, the film, music and TV industries have spent more than $91 million on lobbying so far this year — an amount that puts them on pace to beat all of their previous spending records.

Tell Them No

Finishing a Game

Wed, 14 Mar 2012 16:00:55 -0400

makegames:

As I work towards completing my own game, I’ve been thinking a lot about finishing projects in general. I’ve noticed that there are a lot of really talented developers out there that have trouble finishing games. Truthfully, I’ve left a long trail of unfinished games in my wake… I think everyone has. Not every project is going to pan out, for whatever reason. But if you find yourself consistently backing out of game projects that have a lot of potential, it could be worth taking a step back and examining why this happens.

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CNNMoney Tech Tumblr: An anti-PIPA protest poem

Wed, 14 Mar 2012 16:00:37 -0400

CNNMoney Tech Tumblr: An anti-PIPA protest poem:

cnnmoneytech:

Julianne & Laurie are on the streets today covering the NY Tech Meetup’s SOPA & PIPA rally, which has drawn hundreds of protesters. One of those Julianne interviewed is Sebastian Delmont, StreetEasy’s “chief geek.”

This is straight from the email Julianne just sent me with her story notes and…

Secrets & Happiness of Digital Publishing: A single file HTML5 framework

Wed, 14 Mar 2012 16:00:35 -0400

Secrets & Happiness of Digital Publishing: A single file HTML5 framework:

digitalpublishing:

The WebOverlay in Adobe’s Digital Publishing has the ability to extend a publication and break the current limits from InDesign. With HTML-Files within publications we get YouTube, twitter streams, animations, galleries, google maps, and so many other things. Some people even managed a sketchbook…