December 2011
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Dec 28th
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“I walk by a pretty good bootleg DVD stand a few times a month — the proprietor...”
–  Nilay Patel, What is SOPA and how does it work? The Stop Online Piracy Act explained
Dec 26th
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“SOPA is a law borne of the blind logic of revenge: the movie studios can’t...”
– Nilay Patel, What is SOPA and how does it work? The Stop Online Piracy Act explained
Dec 26th
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Dec 23rd
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You and Mark Aren't Friends
thenewinquiry: Facebook’s Timeline turns your old updates into an unexpurgated biography by Giovanni Tiso Timeline is the story of your life. —Mark Zuckerberg Nine beef consommés, one iced cucumber soup, one mussel soup —Georges Perec, “Attempt at an Inventory of the Liquid and Solid Foodstuffs Ingurgitated by Me in the Course of the Year Ninteen Hundred and Seventy-Four” Four months...
Dec 19th
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“Microsoft’s excellent “Metro” design language… [is]...”
– Paul Miller, The condescending UI
Dec 19th
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“I have a kneejerk reaction to most modern computer user interfaces (also, all...”
– Paul Miller, The condescending UI
Dec 19th
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Facebook Timeline: another wonderful way to sell your soul to the devil that is Facebook.
Dec 18th
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“Count no man happy until he be dead.”
– Solon
Dec 15th
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“If you want to write, if you want to create, you must be the most sublime fool...”
– Ray Bradbury (via qu4ntity)
Dec 15th
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Dec 2nd
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“No live shows, ‘cause I can’t find sponsors / For the only black kid...”
– Fire Fly, by Childish Gambino
Dec 2nd
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“I fled, and cried out “Death;” / Hell trembled at the hideous name,...”
– Paradise Lost
Dec 2nd
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