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The implicit, underlying assumption of much of journalism is that reality isn’t interesting enough, or comprehensible enough on its own. It needs to be reinterpreted through storytelling with a bias towards conflict, personality, stereotype, conventional wisdom and other tropes that make what is boring and unfamiliar to the writer more palatable to a large audience.
Adam Mathes (via syntheticpubes)this third panel just kills me. like, i’ll be going about my day and it’ll pop into my head and these crazy-haired scientists will throw it down with goddamned puns and i’ll just start laughing at nothing. this has been happening for two weeks now and i’m getting tired of explaining that there’s this comic strip based on this twitter feed of an ebook spambot looking for goddamned horses.
“what’s so funny?”
“watts so funny!”
jesus christ.
i’d probably lose my shit at this too.
I’ve been using this AeroPress one cup system for over a year and half now and thanks to this step by step Stumptown tutorial I’m now getting the best cup of coffee out of it that I can. It’s a very inexpensive device that doesn’t take a lot of work to clean and maintain. It comes with a year supply (or more if you reuse them) of filters. Check it out if you’re looking for a simple one cup coffee solution.
Stumptown: How to prepare the perfect AeroPress at home
Things you’ll need/might want: Aeropress ($25)
Kyocera Hand Burr Grinder, Mr Coffee Electric Burr Grinder (I have this and it does the trick), Bodum Burr Grinder.
Bodum Mini Electric Water Kettle and maybe a scale but I think you could skip this and just do a level scoop for the Aeropress.do this.
Often, we’re hesitant to identify a problem out of fear we can’t solve it. Knowing that we have to live with something that we’re unable to alter gives us a good reason to avoid verbalizing it—highlighting it just makes it worse.
While this sort of denial might be okay for individuals (emphasis on might), it’s a lousy approach for organizations of any size. That’s because there are almost certainly resources available that can solve a problem if you decide it’s truly worth solving.
Put yourself and your people on a path to finding problems without regard for whether or not they are capable of solving them. Queue them up, prioritize them and then go find the help your organization needs to solve them.
Just because you don’t know what to do about it doesn’t make it less of a problem.
Wu-Tang Clan
“M.E.T.H.O.D. Man”
Live on Yo! MTV Raps, 1993
The audio on this isn’t great, but it’s kinda amazing to watch a young, extremely animated Meth in action.Rap with some of this and some of that.
auto-wu-re-blog.
Have you ever wondered which part of the other side of the earth is directly below you?
trying to legit zone out.
this clip is just for show, but, i used to obsess over these competitions whenever espn had them on air.
Your probability of dying during a given year doubles every 8 years. For me, a 25-year-old American, the probability of dying during the next year is a fairly miniscule 0.03% — about 1 in 3,000. When I’m 33 it will be about 1 in 1,500, when I’m 42 it will be about 1 in 750, and so on. By the time I reach age 100 (and I do plan on it) the probability of living to 101 will only be about 50%. This is seriously fast growth — my mortality rate is increasing exponentially with age.
Your body wasn’t built to last: a lesson from human mortality rates (via deplorableword)getting over a cold this week.
To explore the consequences of viewing one’s virtual doppelgänger, we ran a simple experiment using digitally manipulated photographs (Ahn & Bailenson, 2011). We used imaging software to place participants’ heads on people depicted in billboards using fictitious brands, for example holding up a soft drink with a brand label on it.
After the study, participants expressed better memory as well as a preference for the brand, even though it was obvious their faces had been placed in the advertisement. In other words, even though it was clearly a gimmick, using the digital self to promote a product is effective.
If you don’t know about http://www.mattutd.com/ you really should take some time and go check it out.
lollerskates.
You get to make a choice. You can remake that choice every day, in fact. It’s never too late to choose optimism, to choose action, to choose excellence. The best thing is that it only takes a moment — just one second — to decide.
related, this is what one billion dollars looks like.
My life got no better, same damn ‘Lo sweater
Times is ruff and tuff like leather“C.R.E.A.M.” - Wu-Tang Clan
from christian sandvig discussing the current state of bandwidth in america.
In other words, Comcast has monopoly power in cable television in many markets. It has set its 250 GB/month cap so that it is impossible to buy television over its Internet service (take that, Netflix!) or to use free Internet video services in lieu of cable TV (take that, YouTube!), thus maintaining its monopoly in video. By the way, that is the definition of a violation of antitrust law. Hello, Justice Department?
related, i received this notice on 12/16. then another about two days ago. my phone sits on wi-fi the entire day except, usually, the two hours i’m commuting during a 5-day work week.
looking at my phone statistics (assuming since i’ve owned the iphone 4, not previous versions - but without logging into at&t’s web site, not sure), i’ve sent/received a total of 19.4 GB of data over their cellular network. my girlfriend and i pay, on average, $150/month to have both of our iphone 4 devices supported by at&t’s network. on top of that, another $100/month for verizon to grant us internet access and cable television over their fios network.
it costs me $3,000 a year to stay “always-on.” so, yeah, of course i agree with this shit.
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- happy valentine's day to the dude POUNDING on his laptop during this morning's train ride. that memo stand you up last night or something?
- @shawnblanc oh yeah? i must try. i usually just do my anericanos black w sugar.
- 'tis the night before valentine's day and i'm tasked with getting liquid-plumr at the penn station duane reade. cue phil collins.
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- has anyone seen pitbull's eyes? no, really. has anyone seen them?
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- Account Supervisor, Digital at MS&L WorldwideOnline Media | Greater New York City Area, USSummaryI have a passion for helping people connect, share and learn. Currently, I'm focused on helping businesses use digital and social media technologies for external community building, outreach and internal collaboration.
At MWW Group, I worked with a team of digital media relations experts to help our clients and colleagues understand and involve themselves online. Everyday, we worked on building relationships within the social media landscape for our clients and help add value to their interactive marketing efforts in the digital world.Specialties: Usability, Branding, Marketing, Design, Media Relations, Technology, Photography, Writing, Brand Management, New Media, Blogs, Strategy, Corporate Communications, Executive Branding, Public Relations, Digital Media, Social MediaExperience- Oct 2009 - PresentAccount Supervisor, Digital / MS&L WorldwideConsumer Marketing
- Jul 2008 - Oct 2009Senior Digital Media Specialist / MWW GroupManaged digital media strategy and execution for MWW's clients. Making sure use of new social technologies always adds value for client brands and their audiences.
- Jul 2007 - Jul 2008New Media Specialist / MWW GroupHelped today's most relevant brands communicate effectively online. Developed strategic campaigns utilizing digital and social media tools such as blogs, podcasts and other targeted outreach activities that reached and exceed client goals.
- Jul 2006 - Jul 2007Project Coordinator / MWW GroupConsumer Lifestyle Marketing Division - National media contact for Nikon Inc.'s Digital SLR camera products.
- May 2003 - Jul 2006Owner / False Dawn IndustriesLaunched a multimedia initiative; specializing in print/interactive design, web site maintenance, logo design, album artwork, photography, and more. Designs have been shipped internationally and sold in Hot Topic, Inc. stores throughout NY, NJ, PA, CT, and DE.
- Jun 2005 - Nov 2005Interactive Designer / MWW GroupCreated, implemented, and managed web content projects (HTML emails, web sites, digitizing audio/video) for one of the nations top ten public relations agencies. Successfully completed this internship by handling strict deadlines and meeting high expectations from clients such as McDonalds, Bank of America, Nikon, Amazon.com, Continental Airlines, Sun Microsystems, and Roche. Reported directly to the Vice President of Technology.
- Sept 2003 - May 2004Journalism Labs Supervisor / Rider University Communications DepartmentSupervised high-technology multimedia labs. My extensive knowledge of industry-specific computer programs, scanners, etc. facilitated student and professor lab activities. Designed Communications Dept. logo used in University publications.
- Jun 2001 - Sept 2001Account Representative / Mokrynski & Associates Inc.Demonstrated excellent time management skills and superior problem resolution ability while expediting client purchases of mailing lists. Attention to detail was required for frequent communication between mailing list seller and buyer to insure timely and accurate delivery of mailing list purchases..
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2000 - 2006Rider UniversityBachelors in Journalism (Multimedia Communication) Major & Advertising Minor
Activities: Lambda Pi Eta Communications Honor Society, Zeta Beta Tau (New Member Class President, Alumni Chair), PR Society, Men's Tennis, WRRC, Community Standards Board, Interfraternity Council VP of Academics
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Honors:PR News PR People Awards 2009 Finalist, "Tweeter of the Year"
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Interests:cars, comedy, computers, cooking, design, film, literature, music, new jersey, photography, politics, satire, tennis, writing
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