July 2009
40 posts
Jay-Z: A Study in International Relations →
heyitsnoah:
What can Jay-Z teach us about Foreign Policy and International Relations? Quite a bit apparently:
As Jay-Z got older and more powerful, the marginal benefits of such battles declined and the costs increased even as the number of would-be rivals escalated. Just as the U.S. attracts resentment and rhetorical anti-Americanism simply by virtue of being on top, so did Jay-Z attract a...
Today, I was at the mall with my friend when I saw...
(via papertissue)
Jackass.
Dear Sabino. 1. I get a lot of them from books, if...
sabino:
fuckyeahfacts:
sabino:
fuckyeahfacts:
sabino:
Dear fuckyeahfacts,
I will not follow you don’t link your facts.
What I wrote was with filled with good intentions because I love your blog (you are the only fuckyeah I read). Sorry if my lack of English skills made you think otherwise, but I’m still happy because you will finally start linking your stuff. Best of luck, ...
Bloomberg on Nokia failing to catch up to Apple in...
July 17 (Bloomberg) — Nokia Oyj, the world’s largest mobile-phone company, may be losing smart-phone customers by failing to come up with applications and designs to take on Apple Inc., analysts said.
Nokia plunged the most in more than five years yesterday, shaving 6.1 billion euros ($8.6 billion) off its market value, after lowering targets for market share and profit margins.
“This is a...
“China Risks Apple’s Reputation by Letting Factories Flout Law”
– China Risks Apple’s Reputation by Letting Factories Flout Law
This is going to be really bad for Apple’s corporate communications image.
lickystickypickyme:
Stevie Wonder - I wish...
“QUANTIFYING EMBARRASSMENT:
Recently, the researchers at Last.fm published a...”
– Collecting all the artists from the pages we can build a list of artists that have frequently had their scrobbles deleted:
Lady GaGa Britney Spears Katy Perry Rihanna Paramore Coldplay Taylor Swift Beyoncé Avril Lavigne Marc Seales, composer. New Stories. Ernie Watts, saxophone Alexander Rybak...
The Old Models Don't Work
soupsoup:
I get 5% of my sports news from ESPN and 95% of it from sports blogs. Why? Because bloggers do a better job at gathering the information I want and providing a point of view that I find more compelling and interesting. You know what else they tend to do? They avoid bashing me over the head with huge ads that I don’t care about, but get this, I buy things from them I would never...
Reblog with your birthday.
toonumb:
ryanstilesblueshoes:
shmaltzy:
theastronaut:
ashleyrawr:
September 17, 1992.
May 28, 1993.
December 30, 1994.
June 14, 1993.
July 8th, 1992.
April 10th, 1984 - I feel so old relative to the above.
“I think the following rules will cover most cases:
(i) Never use a metaphor,...”
– Orwell. How he would have hated the Internet. (via wannablessedbe)
“Instead of watching TV or playing Grand Theft Auto, work on your idea. Instead...”
– 37signals on not quitting your day job (via tmblg)
