February 2012
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Easter eggs in "Chuck"? →
Now that the TV show Chuck has ended, a lot of us are rewatching the series, and in addition to all the inside references and running jokes in the series, there’s also easter eggs to be found! In this Reddit thread, fans are trying to share their favorite easter eggs, including a few which help foreshadow later events.
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WatchInteractive map of New York City’s energy consumption, block-by-block and building-by-building.
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Words Journalists Use That People Never Say →
Among my favorite cliches that people never use in natural conversation:
Critics contend Strib: “Critics contend that young, developing businesses and smaller websites could be saddled with expensive litigation costs.”
Journo Dad: “Critics contend that you kids don’t hop into the tub when you’re supposed to.”
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Muck Rack: Journalists owe it to their readers not... →
When journalists don’t demonstrate the same skepticism of phishing links on Twietter as they do for claims in press releases, they undermine their credibility by inviting spam on their followers. And if the idea is that journalists carry credibility from one medium to the next, they’re losing their reputation among readers when they don’t make informed social media usage…
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January 2012
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“Don’t try and stop the foreclosure process. Let it run its course and hit...”
– Mitt Romney on October 17th, 2007 (before the bank bailout in 2008). Read more of Romney’s greatest gaffes here.
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Drunk Swanson Dancing →
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Things PR people say...
via muckrack:
“Is this PRable?” and other things PR people say (from our friends at Hunter)
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3 Years of Movie-Watching Data →
Great example of using personal data to learn more about yourself self. Also a good example of another film lover cutting the cord.
via ksen:
Larger view
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Notes:
Total number of movies watched
2009 = 295
2010 = 365
2011 = 226
I watch a lot of movies on my iPod and Hulu while at work (a lot of my job is collecting data and I need to keep my mind occupied through podcasts and film).
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“If CNN were around when Edison invented the light bulb, they’d be writing...”
– Commenter J.d. Free on today’s story about the PC market’s miserable holiday season.
I feel this way about how most of the tech media cover the market, but not all growth through innovation is at the expense of other businesses… (via cnnmoneytech)
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Mapping congressional support of PIPA, SOPA →
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“I want them to remember that lawmakers and lobbyists who don’t understand the...”
– Erik Martin, reddit general manager, telling us what he thinks you should take away from today’s Internet blackouts. (via newsweek)
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The Dubious Assumption Underlying SOPA →
via Tim O’Reilly:
In the entire discussion, I’ve seen no discussion of credible evidence of this economic harm. There’s no question in my mind that piracy exists, that people around the world are enjoying creative content without paying for it, and even that some criminals are profiting by redistributing it. But is there actual economic harm?
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CNNMoney Tech Tumblr: Enough with the giant... →
The iPhone takes a lot of flack from tech blogs for maintaining their smaller screen size, but I like the ability to use my phone using only one hand and being able to reach over 90% of the screen using only my thumb. I think the UI designers at Apple already know these advantages though…
via cnnmoneytech:
All these huge new phones are giving me a bad case of “smartphone thumb.”
The...
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Secure Password
clientsfromhell:
I told a client to change the default password (set as ‘admin’) as soon as possible for security. Less than a week later, he calls me because he forgot what he set it as.
Here it is.
Username: admin
Password: adminpassword
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