December 2010
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Dec 23rd
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“In thinking about Bruce Sterling after reading his brilliant tour de force on...”
– Etaoin Shrdlu: Bruce Sterling in 1992
Dec 23rd
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“What’s your favorite Bob Dylan Song? “Dark Eyes” I think it...”
– Judy Collins takes the WFUV Radio Pop Quiz
Dec 23rd
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bijan sabet: Your Tumblr reach is likely bigger... →
bijan: Many folks on Tumblr add Google Analytics to their page. That way they can get some useful data from Google about who is coming to your site. I do this as well. And the data is quite interesting. But it really doesn’t tell the whole story. A huge (understatement) part of the traffic &…
Dec 23rd
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Dec 23rd
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Dec 22nd
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Dec 22nd
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“But what is a more remarkable achievement to me is that I could listen to “Baby...”
– Aquarium Drunkard » A Christmas Gift for You from Phil Spector
Dec 22nd
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“…listening to music on the Internet in 2010 has finally started to feel...”
– The Best Ideas Of 2010: Musicians Who Made Social Networking Work : The Record : NPR
Dec 22nd
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Dec 22nd
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Dec 21st
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Dec 21st
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Tumblr up, everything else is down
What kind of crazy mixed up world do we live in where Tumblr is the only website I can access?
Dec 21st
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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-12-19) →
Richard Thompson (5) The Band (3) Emmylou Harris (3) Gram Parsons (3) The Pretenders (3) Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Dec 21st
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Dec 18th
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Dec 18th
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“It may be hard to believe, but it was quite common to come across an album cover...”
– 6 Reasons Why The Album Format Died Indeed. I remember seeing Molly Hatchet’s first album on the shelves at Sam Goody’s, and thinking, “I have no idea who these guys are, but I need this album.” I wasn’t disappointed.
Dec 18th
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Dec 17th
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“For a decade, analysts have been hyperventilating about the demise of the music...”
– OK Go’s Damian Kulash on the Future of the Music Business
Dec 17th
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Dec 16th
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-12-12) →
Doug Sahm (10) Ray LaMontagne and the Pariah Dogs (5) The Byrds (3) Nick Lowe (2) Townes Van Zandt (2) Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Dec 16th
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Dec 15th
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“Is it possible to create an arresting intimacy in a matter of words? Larry...”
– Six Words on War: mini-memoirs reveal how to communicate with impact in a media-saturated age | Dowser
Dec 15th
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-12-5) →
Webb Pierce (2) Townes Van Zandt (2) Merle Haggard (2) Bill Monroe (2) Nick Lowe (2) Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Dec 15th
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Dec 15th
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“So, what you have to do to become Time’s Person of the Year is make Friendster,...”
– John Scalzi, Whatever
Dec 15th
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Dec 14th
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“Never trust anything that can think for itself if you can’t see where it...”
–  ~J.K. Rowling, “Dobby’s Reward,” Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, 1999, spoken by the character Arthur Weasley Words to live by.
Dec 13th
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Dec 12th
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“As far as where it’s going, one of my goals is to make Groupon a destination for...”
– Five Questions for Groupon’s Brandon Copple | Dig Communications (via Poynter.org)
Dec 10th
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“To focus only on WikiLeaks is to miss the big picture of what’s happening...”
– Why WikiLeaks Matters More (And Less) than You Think - Umair Haque - Harvard Business Review
Dec 9th
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Dec 9th
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Dec 9th
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“Absence makes the heart grow fonder, so they say, and maybe Tumblr’s quick...”
– How Tumblr’s Technical Problem May Have Been Good - Alexis Madrigal - Technology - The Atlantic
Dec 8th
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NYPL Wire–The New York Public Library: 'Keith... →
nypl: One living thing did not survive Keith Richards’ visit to the New York Public Library last month - an orchid in the office of Cullman Center Deputy Director Marie d’Origney. While Keef was waiting ‘backstage’ in the center before the talk, he unexpectedly lit up a cigarette in Marie’s… Death follows Keith Richards, yet he manages to stay one step ahead.
Dec 8th
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“The caps lock key has been replaced with a search button, which will enrage...”
– Google unveils Cr-48, the first Chrome OS laptop — Engadget
Dec 8th
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“The multitude of books is making us ignorant.”
– Voltaire.
Dec 8th
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Dec 7th
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“…if you got a problem with Willie Nelson, you got a problem with me.”
– -Snoop Dogg in reference to Willie Nelson’s recent arrest for marijuana possession (via kevinnj) Word.
Dec 7th
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“Living with doubt … is almost always more profitable than living with...”
– Seth’s Blog: Living with doubt
Dec 5th
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Dec 4th
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Dec 4th
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Dec 4th
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“you can’t stand out if you fit in all the way”
– Seth’s Blog: Cliches
Dec 3rd
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“About six months ago, we wrote about ExtensionFM, an extension for Google Chrome...”
– Discover New Tunes on Tumblr, Facebook & Twitter With Exfm This looks way useful and cool, if you’re using Google Chrome.
Dec 3rd
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Dec 3rd
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Dec 3rd
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Dec 2nd