March 2010
43 posts
Obama Details Plan to Open Offshore Areas to Oil... →
Dear President Obama,
Clearly I’m obsessed with you - as is evidence by the liberal propeganda machine that is my blog. But I want you to know: I am not on board with this.
Love,
Kate
The Democrats Are Doomed, or How A ‘Big Tent’ Can... →
Totally obsessed with okcupid’s blog.
Watchpile:
caseydonahue:
Julia’s Memory
I wrote and directed this, and it stars Julia, Kevin, Jake, and Andrea.
Fun fact, I had to go into After Effects and digitally remove all of my prison tattoos for this video!
I think Julia is hanging out with the boys too much.
Yaron Schoen: The Pay Wall →
josephschmitt:
My good friend Yaron’s latest post on for-pay content on the Internet gets it mostly right:
So, let’s start off by agreeing that getting stuff for free is fun. Obviously I would rather go to an Iron Chef’s restaurant and eat for free than spend my hard earned cash, but sadly that is never the case and for quality food I need to open my wallet. People work hard to produce quality...
Watchsamreich:
“Galactic Empire State of Mind,” directed by me. Also written by Conor and Owen with some help from Ben, produced by Ben, shot by Vince, and edited by David. But the list of people is too long to thank. Ben casually suggested shooting this against projections, and I thought of the IAC video wall. Looking at the Jay-Z video, I then thought of editing Star Wars to be black-and-white...
WatchAll the President’s Pens on Vimeo
Watchjimiheffernan:
Health Reform by the Numbers on Vimeo (via Vimeo)
Hey you know what’s cool? That the White House makes videos like this.
ala Dan Meyer’s Annual Report on Vimeo
“Launched! @Outbrain has a new look: http://bit.ly/bFBQZp”
– choref81
“Obama’s legislation comes from an alternative idea, begun under the Eisenhower...”
– Robert Reich (via azspot) (via marco)
Have the previous 50 years been a success for healthcare in America? Have these historical solutions put us on the right trajectory toward a sustainable health solution? Has anyone discussed the possibility that we screwed up 50 years ago? Have we been so...
Listen to She and Him 'Volume Two' in its... →
(via thegooglymoogly)
“Last Monday night in Austin, about 200 people were milling around the bar at the...”
– Digitally, Location Is Where It’s At NYTimes.com
A-Z of the best coffee spots in nyc
julieerika:
field trip, anyone?
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/10/dining/10coffee.html
Can’t wait for day light savings. I want to go out for drinks after work while it’s still light out.
WatchUrban NYC farmers have set their eyes on a new prize: transforming privately owned backyards into lush, fruitful farmlands.
bkfarmyards.com
(via andrew)
Watchrickyv:
DIE HARDLY WORKING: The CollegeHumor Action Movie
Man. Hardly working has coming a really really long way. This is awesome.
Conan Twitter Tracker: How Conan Met Sarah →
Conan has over 500K followers on twitter and is only following one person. A completely random stranger named Sarah. She’s 19 and from Michigan.
WatchReconciliation - LET’S DO THIS!
Though I have to say Brooks makes a good point (as usual) about the cuts to taxes on the high cost plans so if anyone has anything worth reading on that - I’d love to see it.
WatchI know everyone is tired of health care reform and tired of me talking about it. But if you want to know what’s going on I recommend watching this video and the next one I’m about to post (Shields and Brooks ♥).
I know I also say this all the time but - The News Hour on PBS is the only real news show on television (doesn’t include TDS or Colbert) worth watching.