August 2011
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“One of the things I learned at Pixar is that the technology industries and the...”
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Without Jobs as CEO, Who Speaks for the Arts at Apple? | Epicenter | Wired.com
Tim Carmody finds a great quote from Jobs
(via felixsalmon)
This is actually a pretty great feature of Tumblr’s workplace culture, too.
(via markcoatney)
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“As is a tale, so is life: not how long it is, but how good it is, is what...”
– Seneca (via fromoldharbour)
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Richard Dawkins on Charles Darwin and Rick Perry.... →
felixsalmon:
Richard Dawkins on Charles Darwin and Rick Perry. Awesome.
There is nothing unusual about Governor Rick Perry. Uneducated fools can be found in every country and every period of history, and they are not unknown in high office. What is unusual about today’s Republican party (I disavow the…
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“The cure for anything is salt water - sweat, tears, or the sea”
– Isak Dinesen (via crookedindifference)
Oh, cool. So this puts the coming drowning of NYC in a much better light. (via markcoatney)
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The US National Archives' Official Tumblr Account... →
greatestgeneration:
I am sad for history
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Flowers at the altar of Tony Bourdain
Anthony Bourdain recently sat down with TV Guide Magazine, and the No Reservations star didn’t pull any punches when it came to talking about fellow food personalities. A few key quotes:
On Paula Deen: “The worst, most dangerous person to America is clearly Paula Deen. She revels in unholy connections with evil corporations and she’s proud of the fact that her food is...
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Two great #SXSW Journalism panels
Two great #SXSW Journo panels: 1. Prepping the Newsroom for D-Day http://bit.ly/nMiceZ 2. The Survivalist Newsroom: How Far Will You Go for Readers? http://bit.ly/n3GfZZ
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Reputation And The “Right To Be Forgotten"
[I]n the United States, Mr. Werro said, courts have consistently found that the right to publish the truth about someone’s past supersedes any right to privacy. Europeans, he said, see things differently: “In Europe you don’t have the right to say anything about anybody, even if it is true.”
Also cited in the article are the results of an EU poll that shows most Europeans support the concept...
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