February 2012
42 posts
“The only people I know that use Google+ regularly are people who work at Google...”
– Nobody Gives A Damn About Google+ MG Siegler
“Fox, Warner want secure, high-def film players”
– Jesus, they’ve been trying this approach since the first VCRs. How many times will this industry get this wrong before they get it right?
Fox, Warner want secure, high-def film players | Media Maverick - CNET News
“LATE NIGHT WITH JIMMY FALLON” HONORS BRUCE... →
A great music week on Late Night coming up. Elvis Costello’s cover of Brilliant Disguise is one of the best.
“Late Night with Jimmy Fallon” will honor Bruce Springsteen with a weeklong musical tribute February 27 – March 2 (12:35 a.m. on NBC) to celebrate the launch of his new album, “Wrecking Ball,” which will be released on Columbia Records March 6. Each night, the show’s featured...
The Avett Brothers – Glory Days (Bruce...
WatchJimmy Fallon (channelling Eddie Vedder) - Jeremy (Lin)
Fallon’s music impersonations are amazing!
“We’re gonna be fine, really! All we need is for everyone to stop pirating music....”
– Wired writer Brian Raftery imitating a record label exec.
Who the Hell Is Bob Lefsetz? | Wired Magazine | Wired.com
Paul Simon - Gumboots
I’ve been on a...
“Viewing that the adoption of Android 4.0 has fallen short of original...”
– Adoption of Google 4.0 has fallen short? Maybe because Google can’t get the update onto virtually any device, including their own Nexus S. This is a huge failure by Google to manage the Android platform.
My 13 year old son, who’s a bit of a gearhead like his Dad, saved his paper route...
“We’re not going to go have a toga party and do something outlandish....”
– Tim Cook on Apple’s cash balance.
Tim Cook speaks on labor, cash and culture during Goldman Sachs conference | TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog
“Providence’s highest-paid pensioner, former Fire Chief Gilbert McLaughlin,...”
– News of state and municipal pensions is frightening. And these don’t seem to be isolated cases. More the rule than the exception.
I’m about as far from a right-wing union basher as they come, but by virtually any set of principles this stuff is wrong.
Providence Mayor Taveras eyes COLA...
Shawn Achor: The happy secret to better work |... →
A great 12 minute talk on happiness.
“What we’ve done is pushed happiness over the cognitive horizon.”
WatchJames Vincent McMorrow - We Don’t Eat (Special Edition)
Hmm. Testing embedding from Rdio but I don’t like it. If you’re a logged-in Rdio user you can play the full song, but if you’re not it’s only a preview. Might make sense for Rdio’s customer acquisition but it’s a no-go as a method for me to share music on Tumblr.
Glen Hansard & Markéta Irglová - You...
“A young man wrote to Mozart and said, “Herr Mozart, I am thinking of writing...”
– This reminds me of the best entrepreneurs I have met!
Malkavian Quotes
(via roelofbotha)
“Tech Giant IPOs are like Royal Weddings: the people act nice but you know...”
– Your quote of the day.
Four short links: 2 February 2012 - O’Reilly Radar
Pointer from Gruber.
Chiddy Bang - Ray Charles
I missed this one when...
WatchLow Anthem - This God Damned House (A Take Away Show)
These guys are so brilliant!
With rush hour upon us we moved to a place where we had more control. I brought the band to Pier 66 on the Hudson River where a surprisingly unlocked Lackawanna Railway car sits vacant. Here, more instruments were brought out: clarinets and horns, a portable organ, a harmonium, and cell phones that called each...
WatchIron and Wine - Tree by the River (A Take Away Show)
