May 2009
April 2009
Yes, because how someone treats you at a cocktail... →
(via dumbmanhattanite)
Well, though it’s clear I might be talking to someone, ahem, unreasonable, I’ll say this: I thought it was obvious that there were complimentary and supportive opinions of Gould’s writing in that last post. I didn’t think I needed to point out every time I said something nice.
One thing the Internet has clearly not gotten the hang of is presenting...
GM / (n+1 * NYM + VF) = 0 →
chrismohney:
I’m ready to forgive everything about the VF story simply because of this line. “The Internet, for now, is made largely of words.” FOR NOW.
XD
Some relevant opinions, to save me future cocktail...
Keith Gessen might be a power-grabbing Ivy-streaked egotist, but I happen to find him to be a very smart and affable person. I admire his efforts, even as I sometimes skim them rather than peruse. I think it’s good to have him around.
BTW, you do know he is, in a contributing but not singular manner, responsible for the genesis of “Magic” Molly Young?
...
"This is the [shit] show that never ends." →
inothernews:
Dude, are you on Reade Street? Holy shit!
No, someone else is on Reade Street. I’m on Twitter which, as it turns out, is almost as effective.
From the Inbox
Or, more accurately, the job postings sitting there needing a dust-off:
Requirements:
Required Skills for the .NET Web Application Developers/Software Engineer position include the following:
Management and Generation
Bidding/Auction Algorithms (i.e. ability to work with complex Inference Algorithms)
Performance Advertising
eCommerce
Social Networking
Mobile Content Distribution
...
Workin on my night cheese
feistyred:
It’s a lot of fun- don’t forget the wine and brie! and me!
My Life Deserves To Be Written About
I am currently (while procrastinating) looking at reviews of ice cube trays on Amazon.com. Specifically, silicone-made square ice cube trays.
Don’t tell me not to buy them, I already own a set.
AmEx Cutting Customers For No Reason →
leitch:
This is absolutely true. I had my American Express card cancelled last month because I was one week late on a Mastercard payment for a card I hadn’t used in a while and thus forgot it had an annual fee of $15. It was paid immediately, and AmEx — a card for which I have never, ever been late to make a full payment each month — cancelled me. It’s a relief, actually, to learn they’re doing...
for what it is worth: on the state of celebrity...
sufferingforfashion:
i think you’re missing the point. (happen often?) i’m not talking about paparazzi pictures. sure, that’s annoying, but doesn’t come under the purview of anyone’s right to privacy. (as long as no one’s breaking the law.) this has nothing to do with the press and their freedom to report any damn thing they want. i’m talking about when famous people decline to talk about some...
a first as a fundraiser
feistyred:
i get checks for work all the time so this is sort of silly, but i just got my first check from a face to face ask for my first ever face to face ask and visit. i am feeling on top of the world right now! my family meeting went really well and we found out some great info because of it!
all my career self doubt feels muted because i was able to ask someone for money.
That’s...
for what it is worth: on the state of celebrity...
sufferingforfashion:
this is a common argument people make when they are defending the celebrity gossip industry: “They are happy to sell pictures to magazines and discuss their personal lives—when it suits them.” As if the fact that sometimes celebrities promote themselves for professional reasons and sometimes they don’t somehow negates their right to privacy. it doesn’t.
i mean, isn’t it...
Oh for fuck’s sake.
“You Texas guys are ugly as hell, but your women are beautiful.”
– Vice President Biden (via notthatkindagay) (via mandalay)
I Am Not In Like With My Bike In NYC
The best route from home (approximately the Slipper Room) to work (approximately 30 Rock) is a long trip up First Avenue to the high 40’s. There are no bike lanes on First Avenue. Ride the City suggests a route that squggles from 42nd and First up to the destination, but that seems sort of insensible until I find a reason why it is sensible. Either way, doesn’t seem safe.
Meanwhile,...
An Error of Omission
For simple things, it takes someone smart to really screw it up. So whether you went (or should have gone) to the likes of Harvard, Yale, Princeton, MIT, Stanford, Columbia, Cornell, Swarthmore, Amherst, Dartmouth, Brown, Oxford, Cambridge, Berkeley, Penn, Caltech, Duke, read on:
You forgot all the smart people who did not meet the criteria for, could not afford, or chose not to attend any of...
A lot of people give Jennifer Aniston a hard time.
I’m not a big fan of most of the projects she’s been involved in. That said, she was really likeable in “Office Space” and all these same people who blast her on the Internet tend to forget that so easily. She was a contributing player in one of the all-time geek classic movies.
“I love kung fu.”
She’s...
Remember, you can have all this for $5
antikris:
Apparently I’ve received a “badge” which says upon clicking on it “Look at you! Checking in with 3 members of the opposite sex!”
Foursquare my love, you have no idea.
Seriously, I need to play bass in a really bad...
pleasedontsqueezetheshaman:
I think it should be all girls, and someone can play the tambourine. I’ll change my name to Justine Masterbateman and we can all poof our bangs out.
Sorry, we already have a Justine Masterbateman in the Tumblr band.
Those Responsible for Writing Disciplinary Letters...
Mugnos didn’t immediately respond to questions about why he didn’t tell the mayor; Bloomberg’s spokesman Stu Loeser issued a statement saying: “He has been reprimanded and a disciplinary letter will be placed in his file.”
davidcho:
“The owner of a defunct Virginia Beach nightclub who has ties to the rap stars Clipse has been charged in U.S. District Court with leading a $10 million drug ring.”
—
By ties, they mean he was the Clipse former manager.
YEEEEUUUUUUCHHHHHHH!
He bakes them cakes as fast as he can…
Is God Displeased With Mexico?
(Swine flu AND earthquake? Come on, that’s not fair.)
BTW, Spiers is correct. There is still plenty of life in the print magazine industry. If anything, now’s a great time to start a scrappy, well-focused magazine.
But when I say “house on fire”, I’m talking about old school monolithic media establishment corporations. Do not hold your breath waiting for 60-year-old men to suddenly fix their business model. Especially when...
If Jeff Bercovici can’t hold down a job, what makes any of you so sure you’ll make it to the end of the year? Start selling your shit now. Cancel your apartment lease. Run for the hills. Forget the “media industry” - no one waits it out in a house on fire.
