November 22, 2008
 
How many novelty eye glass companies will go out of business this year?
How many novelty eye glass companies will go out of business this year?
 
November 21, 2008
 

caseydonahue:

“Julia’s Store” Written by me, directed by Myself and Blake.

The first official original vimeo video, check it out!

Great job! Julia - very scandalous.

 
 
“The body of the northern bluefin tuna is cigar-shaped and robust. The head is conical and the mouth rather large. Northern bluefin tuna can live for 30 years. Due to overfishing of this species, few known specimens grow to a mature age and typical specimens average 1 m (3.3 ft) long and around 350 kg (770 lb) in weight. The largest recorded specimen was caught off Nova Scotia and recorded at 680 kg (1,496 lb). The species can reach a maximum length of about 4.3 m (14 ft).” (via wikipedia) My boss, who cares more about fish than anyone I’ve ever known, has created a website to bring together people who are concerned about the bluefin tuna. It is a critical time right now to take action to change fishing regulations so that this awesome animal won’t disappear from the face of the earth. Join here.

“The body of the northern bluefin tuna is cigar-shaped and robust. The head is conical and the mouth rather large. Northern bluefin tuna can live for 30 years. Due to overfishing of this species, few known specimens grow to a mature age and typical specimens average 1 m (3.3 ft) long and around 350 kg (770 lb) in weight. The largest recorded specimen was caught off Nova Scotia and recorded at 680 kg (1,496 lb). The species can reach a maximum length of about 4.3 m (14 ft).” (via wikipedia)

My boss, who cares more about fish than anyone I’ve ever known, has created a website to bring together people who are concerned about the bluefin tuna. It is a critical time right now to take action to change fishing regulations so that this awesome animal won’t disappear from the face of the earth. Join here.

 
 
I have a thing for homes made out of shipping containers. Here are some cool pictures of one in Rodondo Beach, CA
I have a thing for homes made out of shipping containers. Here are some cool pictures of one in Rodondo Beach, CA
 
 
I saw this entertainment stand in a fancy furniture store in Williamsburg but I decided it was too expensive - around $1200 I think (even with the damaged floor model discount - only 10% off). Anyway I found myself browsing TVstands.com the other day and what should I find but that exact same piece for $400 less with free shipping. Here is the lesson: always do your research before making a major puchase. Sometimes I fall for it with these places that look like everything in there is one of a kind - but I think in reality that is rarely the case.
I saw this entertainment stand in a fancy furniture store in Williamsburg but I decided it was too expensive - around $1200 I think (even with the damaged floor model discount - only 10% off). Anyway I found myself browsing TVstands.com the other day and what should I find but that exact same piece for $400 less with free shipping. Here is the lesson: always do your research before making a major puchase. Sometimes I fall for it with these places that look like everything in there is one of a kind - but I think in reality that is rarely the case.
 
 
“ Jan. 20, 2009, will be a historic day. Barack Obama (Columbia, Harvard Law) will take the oath of office as his wife, Michelle (Princeton, Harvard Law), looks on proudly. Nearby, his foreign policy advisers will stand beaming, including perhaps Hillary Clinton (Wellesley, Yale Law), Jim Steinberg (Harvard, Yale Law) and Susan Rice (Stanford, Oxford D. Phil.).
The domestic policy team will be there, too, including Jason Furman (Harvard, Harvard Ph.D.), Austan Goolsbee (Yale, M.I.T. Ph.D.), Blair Levin (Yale, Yale Law), Peter Orszag (Princeton, London School of Economics Ph.D.) and, of course, the White House Counsel Greg Craig (Harvard, Yale Law).
This truly will be an administration that looks like America, or at least that slice of America that got double 800s on their SATs. Even more than past administrations, this will be a valedictocracy — rule by those who graduate first in their high school classes. If a foreign enemy attacks the United States during the Harvard-Yale game any time over the next four years, we’re screwed.
Op-Ed by David Brooks, NYT - the personnel of the smarty-pants administration
 
 
geoffreyfisher: i haven’t used my blog in a long time, but this was too good to pass up perfect.

geoffreyfisher:

i haven’t used my blog in a long time, but this was too good to pass up

perfect.

 
November 20, 2008
 

Get out the vote

ok well the main thing you have to vote for is over BUT there is still one big thing remaining - vote for my company (outbrain) for best blog plugin at Mashable’s Open Web Awards

Also - vote for vimeo as best video sharing site while you’re there.

 
November 19, 2008
 
skippile: Betty Grable and 10 million more. Google announced today that they have reached an agreement with LIFE Magazine to publish 10 million photographs from the archives (the first 2 million are up).  According to the press, 97 percent of these photographs heve never been seen before.  This is great news, and there are some fabulous pictures in this collection.  However, it does seem clear why many of these shots were never printed.  And, to my (admittedly under-trained eye), much of the scanning seems automated and/or a little clumsy.  Nevertheless, it is pretty interesting.  Here is the link:  http://images.google.com/hosted/life this is awesome!

skippile:

Betty Grable and 10 million more.

Google announced today that they have reached an agreement with LIFE Magazine to publish 10 million photographs from the archives (the first 2 million are up).  According to the press, 97 percent of these photographs heve never been seen before.  This is great news, and there are some fabulous pictures in this collection.  However, it does seem clear why many of these shots were never printed.  And, to my (admittedly under-trained eye), much of the scanning seems automated and/or a little clumsy.  Nevertheless, it is pretty interesting.  Here is the link:  http://images.google.com/hosted/life

this is awesome!

 
 
a brief, to the point restaurant review
a brief, to the point restaurant review