Fortune Favors The Bold

And the company’s Seamless delivery people will each...

Tue, 21 May 2013 21:19:01 -0400

And the company’s Seamless delivery people will each receive $56,000; the beer vendors will get $29,000; and ReFrog gets a $8,000 gift card to Old Navy

stryker:

INT. TOPHERCHRIS’S APARTMENT

TOPHERCHRIS, lying face up in bed, laptop on chest, and LACEY, unpackaging a solid gold bong.

CUT TO: Topher’s laptop screen. A CURSOR hovers over the “Place Your Order” button on papajohns.com.

Topher smiles. The cursor moves to “Extra toppings” and checks every available topping.

CUT TO: Lacey placing the bong on a mantelpiece. A closeup shot of the bong. An inscription reads, “Papa’s in the house.”

annicka: creating this image has given me the strength to carry...

Tue, 21 May 2013 16:52:28 -0400

annicka:

creating this image has given me the strength to carry on

"Meanwhile, the Daily News helpfully noted that the victim “was wearing a helmet but not carrying..."

Tue, 21 May 2013 09:37:42 -0400

“Meanwhile, the Daily News helpfully noted that the victim “was wearing a helmet but not carrying identification.””

- (via n8han)

Oklahoma relief organizations whose names are not "Red Cross"

Tue, 21 May 2013 08:16:48 -0400

(preliminary list, and Google for more contact info)

Oklahoma Baptist Disaster Relief http://www.okdisasterhelp.com/

United Way of Central Oklahoma http://www.unitedwayokc.org/

Other national organizations (may not be on-scene): Operation USA, Feeding America, Salvation Army, AmeriCares

This is the unholy trinity of tech scene articles.

Mon, 20 May 2013 23:16:09 -0400

This is the unholy trinity of tech scene articles.

People despondent to find out David Karp is suddenly rich today, not knowing that he’s been...

Mon, 20 May 2013 17:00:50 -0400

People despondent to find out David Karp is suddenly rich today, not knowing that he’s been rich the entire time because he comes from a rich family

The best part about this story (really, why read any further) is to see that David Karp and Marco...

Mon, 20 May 2013 13:05:22 -0400

The best part about this story (really, why read any further) is to see that David Karp and Marco Arment got fired from doing a simple from-scratch CMS buildout that ended up being built on Movable Type in the end.

Unbelievably, people gave them even more money down the road.

elspethjane: Wondering how long it’d take for me to learn this...

Mon, 20 May 2013 13:00:43 -0400

elspethjane:

Wondering how long it’d take for me to learn this dance. 30 mins? 2 days? (by Salaheddine Zehyani)

the intersection of brand voice and cultural relevance

Mon, 20 May 2013 12:35:00 -0400

jasencomstock:

the intersection of brand voice and cultural relevance

the intersection of brand voice and cultural relevance

the intersection of brand voice and cultural relevance

the intersection of brand voice and cultural relevance

the intersection of brand voice and cultural relevance

the intersection of brand voice and cultural relevance

the intersection of brand voice and cultural relevance

the intersection of brand voice and cultural relevance

the intersection of brand voice and cultural relevance

the intersection of brand voice and cultural relevance

the intersection of brand voice and cultural relevance

the intersection of brand voice and cultural relevance

the intersection of brand voice and cultural relevance

the intersection of brand voice and cultural relevance

the intersection of brand voice and cultural relevance

the intersection of brand voice and cultural relevance

the intersection of brand voice and cultural relevance

the intersection of brand voice and cultural relevance

the intersection of brand voice and cultural relevance

the intersection of brand voice and cultural relevance

the intersection of brand voice and cultural relevance

the intersection of brand voice and cultural relevance

the intersection of brand voice and cultural relevance

the intersection of brand voice and cultural relevance

the intersection of brand voice and cultural relevance

the intersection of brand voice and cultural relevance

the intersection of brand voice and cultural relevance

the intersection of brand voice and cultural relevance

the intersection of brand voice and cultural relevance

the intersection of brand voice and cultural relevance

the intersection of brand voice and cultural relevance

the intersection of brand voice and cultural relevance

the intersection of brand voice and cultural relevance

the intersection of brand voice and cultural relevance

the intersection of brand voice and cultural relevance

the intersection of brand voice and cultural relevance

God, I love this Retro Report series

Mon, 20 May 2013 11:23:14 -0400

God, I love this Retro Report series:

This Retro Report video lays out how limited scientific studies in the 1980s led to predictions that a generation of children would be damaged for life. Those predictions turned out to be wrong.

It’s like the opposite of how we manage the news cycle. Let’s follow up on bold claims… 20-30 years later!

Maybe all of our news today should be dedicated to reviewing published research and public-realm decisions from the 1980’s and 1990’s. Not in trying obsessively to figure out how we can blame Democrats for Benghazi

Why is New York Magazine doing a cover story on private space travel? Are there prep schools up...

Mon, 20 May 2013 10:55:50 -0400

Why is New York Magazine doing a cover story on private space travel? Are there prep schools up there?

If you really think about it, Tumblr is like the unknown bastard...

Mon, 20 May 2013 10:06:08 -0400

If you really think about it, Tumblr is like the unknown bastard offspring of Yahoo! - We’ve just missed it this whole time.

Can’t wait until the dashboard background turns Yahoo! purple

Mon, 20 May 2013 09:15:48 -0400

Can’t wait until the dashboard background turns Yahoo! purple

Upset that Michael Shannon didn’t get to this first.

Mon, 20 May 2013 09:11:45 -0400

Upset that Michael Shannon didn’t get to this first.

Hey, did anyone catch that really awkward marriage last night? No, not the one on Game of Thrones

Mon, 20 May 2013 08:41:53 -0400

Hey, did anyone catch that really awkward marriage last night?

No, not the one on Game of Thrones

bugkiss: david karp sold tumblr to yahoo for a large sum of...

Mon, 20 May 2013 08:39:35 -0400

bugkiss:

david karp sold tumblr to yahoo for a large sum of money so he could then spend that money on getting every copy of this picture deleted from the internet forever

Yahoo is the original Internet company

Mon, 20 May 2013 08:37:16 -0400

Yahoo is the original Internet company

Hey, is meghano a millionaire now?

Sun, 19 May 2013 18:44:53 -0400

Hey, is meghano a millionaire now?

Someone wrote me a very condescending reply message on a mailing list. I replied with a very, very...

Sun, 19 May 2013 17:49:19 -0400

Someone wrote me a very condescending reply message on a mailing list. I replied with a very, very irritated and critical response. I’m now sitting here staring at my inbox waiting for the response.

Cool life

Keep in mind that there is a pretty wide circle of people in the Tumblr user Venn Diagram who: Are...

Sun, 19 May 2013 14:47:38 -0400

Keep in mind that there is a pretty wide circle of people in the Tumblr user Venn Diagram who:

Are more or less happy with Tumblr the way that it is
Have nothing specific to fear with a change of management or ownership, or even a modest change in dashboard behavior
May find it appropriate and pleasant to use Tumblr at no charge for the indefinite future as long as it stays online

I have my thoughts about whether or not users might “grow out of” Tumblr as a usual occurrence, but a bunch of people have been heavy daily users for 3-5 years at this point. The earliest “sunset” for a failed acquisition division has been about 3 years, minus a few outliers. And there’s little risk that Tumblr will become moribund just because Yahoo! doesn’t innovate the product - Tumblr hasn’t iterated significantly in years except for some really clunky code editor changes. Doing LESS than what Tumblr itself did might be a benefit!

So, all things considered, there’s no reason to think that doom is imminently upon us. In the worst case scenario, a huge chunk of Tumblr hasn’t even reached halftime of their tenure here, if they’d prefer to stay.

Oh, and btw, no one gives a fuck about associating themselves with Yahoo! or any of that “hip factor” nonsense, so you can bury that notion right now.