Favrd. Trickle-down egonomics for the twitter attention sp… Neat service pulling intriguing Tweets by how many times they’ve been marked as someone’s favorite — something like Flickr’s “interestingness” algorithm. I went to check out the page (at the above link) and noted this little gem, from Twitter user hotdogsladiesкомпютри: Clinton fans tell us they’ll protest [...]
Via the inimitable Warren Ellis, of course.
The semester is winding down; today I’ll be turning in a 1500-2000 word article about Mayor Bloomberg’s calorie labeling initiative and then have a blessedly light load to carry in my head over Thanksgiving. My mom and stepfather are coming to visit for the long weekend, and after that, there’ll just be two more assignments [...]
We’ve been settling in more, albeit slowly. The hospital Kate works at has had its name change frequently over the last 10 years as various schools and corporations have merged and sponsored it. The ambulances say “New York / Presbyterian,” people commonly refer to “Columbia / Presbyterian,” signs around 168th St say “Columbia University Medical [...]
I Am Making a Difference (Ftrain.com) Man, I loves me some Paul Ford. Rather than purchasing goods made by overseas laborers—who are often forced to work in unsafe conditions for low wages—I have kidnapped and enslaved a group of neighborhood children and chained them to a bench in my garage, where they make my clothes [...]