February 2011
7 posts
Left to the their own devices, the crowd wants to... →
I was surprised at the length and detail of the wikipedia entry for toilet paper orientation. 13 sections that explore gender and character implications as well as solutions (both mechanical and behavioral).
Why One Egyptian ISP is Still Online →
January 2011
24 posts
The Cost of a Freemium Model: Not so cheap →
Nothing in life is ever free, right? Let’s debate that. Since the very early days of WooThemes, we’ve always focused on releasing the odd freebie, which has normally been in the form of free themes, icon-sets and more recently our WooTumblog plugin…
Disney & Fox Consider Pulling Content From Hulu [REPORT http://on.mash.to/hQUm6V
Music Industry Braces for the Unthinkable →
infoneer-pulse:
“Music’s first digital decade is behind us and what do we have?” said Mark Mulligan, an analyst at Forrester Research. “Not a lot of progress.”
“We are at one of the most worrying stages yet for the industry,” he continued. “As things stand now, digital music has failed.”
Music executives disagree, saying there is hope, as long as they can come to grips with piracy, which...
JNOMICS: Girltalk's Mashup of the Music Business... →
jnomics:
(via Fast Company)
Everyone from Pitchfork to the New York Times Magazine has lauded various aspects of Girl Talk’s formula, mostly the shows or the music itself. But most fail to recognize Gillis’s bigger mashup. He hasn’t won over fans and critics merely by playing with the best…
RT @erikmal: Can’t wait. RT @kottke: Grant Achatz’s memoir out soon http://wrd.tw/e78QfB
I just registered to Autodesk, Inc Trek https://haas.campusgroups.com/htc/rsvp.aspx?id=33338 via @CampusGroups
Object at Rest [Wilt] →
It requires a lot of energy to move something at rest. So don’t stop once you have momentum.
RT @Mark_Mulligan: Digital music revenues up by a paltry 6 percent http://tinyurl.com/4th98k9 Welcome to the digital music impasse
Trying to learn how to windsurf when there is no rain. It’s a great way of learning how to balance yourself, but you go no where. #wilt
“Censorship is telling a man he can’t have a steak just because a baby can’t chew...”
– Mark Twain (via outonwalkabout)
Life is Full of Endless Possibilities: Why You... →
americasnexttopattorney:
“A thief learned the mistake of trying to steal a law student’s laptop last week after after becoming a punching bag for an Arizona State student he tried to rip off. Armed with a baseball bat, the intruder, Gabriel Saucedo, allegedly climbed through an open window into Alex Botsios’ apartment,…
Starbucks Launches New Logo
brit:
This is big (well, at least to me). To time with their 40th anniversary,Starbucks is updating their logo and dropping the “Starbucks Coffee” name from it. Time for the sea woman to thrive on her own.
What do you think? Do you like the new logo?
RT @californiabeat: Man vandalizing posters at Zeitgeist bar arrested by SFPD but attempts escape by kicking out police car window. Ex: …
