December 2011
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It’s hard to believe Prometheus will only be... →
jstn:
It’s hard to believe Prometheus will only be Ridley Scott’s third science fiction movie. His record so far (Alien in 1979 and Blade Runner in 1983) is unimpeachable, and to say I’m excited is a gross understatement.
I watch Blade Runner at least a couple times a year because I’m obsessed, but…
Ditto. The 1080p remastered version is just stunning. Hard to believe Alien came out in...
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Louis CK's Shameful Dirty Comedy
Frank Chimero:
I’ve been thinking about Louis CK lately. I’m a fan of his show on FX, and I’m so happy his recent adventure in distributing his newest comedy special himself has been a rousing success. But my thoughts are going elsewhere to wonder why he has blown up in popularity in the past couple years, and why his comedy seems to resonate with these times. It always feels like there’s a...
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Top 11 Albums of 2k11
That title is a bit misleading but I’m going with it. I thought it’d be fun to simply make a list of my most listened pieces of music that fit the following two criteria:
a) they can be found outside of Soundcloud (i.e. released in album format) and… b) were put out in 2011
And when sorted in the order of # of times listened, this is what it looks like:
11. Other...
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“Late last night, inspecting Santa’s handiwork, a simple thought occurred to me....”
– John Gruber
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The other day I ran into myself on the street. I knew it was me. Same face, same pants, same shirt.
I wonder what I was thinking.
I got in my car and someone already was behind the wheel. It was me. When we got home, I opened the door and there I was.
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My best friend’s a butcher, he has sixteen knives He carries them all over the town at least he tries
But they caught him with his case in that public place That is what we had feared
He always took the time to speak with me, I liked him for that
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“Last night I had a horrifying dream that a group of well-intentioned middle-aged...”
– Alexandra Petri on the nightmarish SOPA hearings
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Facebook Resisters →
Laura June, in her catchy “Is not using Facebook the next trend in social networking?” post, aptly summarizes New York Times great piece on:
…growing number of young people who are leaving or never joining Facebook to begin with. Several reasons noted for staying away from the behemoth social network include the oft-discussed privacy concerns that Facebook presents, in addition...
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swod | hellerau
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