October 2009
70 posts
Last Review Standing: The Book Bench : The New... →
Something Sam Tanenhaus, the editor of the Times Book Review, said in an interview in Oxford American made me choke on my afternoon coffee. Asked whether there was anything to be done about the…
Oct 9th
Bill Maher: New Rule: Everyone Deserves Equal... →
Shared by Derek Thomas Miller Airball Tomorrow night President Obama will speak before a gay rights group, and on Sunday there will be a massive gay rally in Washington, or as I call it, the…
Oct 9th
President Obama Wins Nobel Peace Price - Gothamist →
Oct 9th
meth lab for cutie →
Oct 9th
Google Lures Local Advertisers With Auction-Free... →
NEW YORK (AdAge.com) — Google is experimenting with its deepest foray into local advertising and along the way is branching out from one of its most cherished philosophies of search advertising:…
Oct 9th
Bering in Mind: God's in Mississippi, where... →
Shared by Derek Thomas Miller I believed in God during the great urban spaces thread war. Also, anyone who comes to Chicago must get their picture taken in front of the Madison stop. In an article…
Oct 9th
YouTube - QChord Demo Movie →
Shared by Derek Thomas Miller Crazy inventors with terrible products are my favorite — especially when geared to the elderly or differently-abled. See also Bulletball: …
Oct 9th
Virtual Street Games - PSFK →
Shared by Derek Thomas Miller Great concept, but the game itself doesn’t sound too thrilling. I’m sure subsequent iterations will bring improvements on that end. A massive hi-tech…
Oct 9th
Chicago Activists Plan Picket of Obama's LGBT... →
Photo by josephp And the funny thing is, the protesters are pro-gay. In reaction to news that President Obama will deliver the keynote address for LGBT org Human Right Campaign’s…
Oct 8th
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Oct 8th
Around Town - Chicagoist →
Shared by Derek Thomas Miller This looks familiar. Like, a few shares ago familiar. Big day for the Monroe stop.
Oct 8th
Island House / IROJE KHM Architects →
Architect : HyoMan Kim – IROJE KHM Architects Location : Gapyunggun, Gyeounggi-do, Korea Design team : SuMi Jung, JungMin Oh, ARum Kim, SunHee Kim Structure designer : MOA….
Oct 8th
Dropbox-Droplet 0.2 →
To share one file or more (directories are NOT supported) using Dropbox-Droplet you will have to drag them on to the droplet icon in your dock. Files will automatically be put into your…
Oct 8th
YouTube - Splatter →
Shared by Derek Thomas Miller Ohhh Corey Feldman. This is from a Netflix original series created by Roger Corman (yeah, that Roger Corman) and Joe Dante (Gremlins).
Oct 8th
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Shared by Derek Thomas Miller #spoilers
Oct 7th
Splendid Urban Places - PSFK →
Splendid Urban Places is a very neat project set up by a Dan Hill, Russell Davies, and James Goggins that aims to collect “a compendium of user-submitted photographs of favourite urban…
Oct 7th
7 Foods That Should Never Cross Your Lips -... →
Shared by Derek Thomas Miller truly the worst 3. Microwave Popcorn Olga Naidenko, PhD, a senior scientist for the Environmental Working Group, gives us the scoop: The problem: Chemicals,…
Oct 7th
Shades to see the forest for the trees →
Shared by Derek Thomas Miller really? Sustainable this, organic that—it’s all good karma, but it can make for some mediocre merch. Fortunately, that’s not the case with the debut sunglasses…
Oct 7th
Drew Carey Ups the Ante: Bids $1 Million for @Drew... →
Over the weekend, we reported on Drew Carey’s bid of up to $100,000 (if he reaches 100,000 followers by Nov. 9th) for the Twitter name @drew. The name is currently up for auction by Drew Olanoff…
Oct 7th
Men's basketball to host open tryouts -... →
The University of Arkansas men’s basketball team will hold open tryouts on Tuesday, October 13.  Participants must be full-time University of Arkansas students and be available to practice Monday -…
Oct 7th
Snow May Be Coming This Weekend, Record May Be... →
Shared by Derek Thomas Miller Too soon! Too soon! Rain is expected overnight Sunday, and long-range computer models now say that light snow could be mixed in. If that happens, it will break the…
Oct 7th
Sage Dance on Flickr - Photo Sharing! →
Shared by Derek Thomas Miller Via Fill… this cat does the Ed Lover Dance. Click through if you can’t see it. Sage Dance
Oct 7th
Susie Buffett's only TV interview →
“Why business loves Charlie Rose” discusses Rose’s interview with Susie Buffett, Warren’s wife. Rose’s interview with Buffett’s wife, Susie — three months before her unexpected death in 2004 —…
Oct 7th
Five Endangered Cultural Monuments That Need Your... →
Shared by Derek Thomas Miller This is where Paris works. Today they released their annual list of sites that are in danger of being damaged. It’s an all-day press event that ends with a party….
Oct 7th
Arkansas Blog: Doctors, heal thyself →
There’s a whopping big medical clinic over in Fort Smith, the River Valley Musculoskeletal Center. You get a dose of politics there these days along with treatment for what ails you. The…
Oct 6th
Judge rules against Autodesk in eBay software case... →
Shared by Derek Thomas Miller Snap! A Seattle judge ruled in favor of a man arguing that he has the right to sell secondhand software, in a case that had some people worried about an end to used…
Oct 6th
Let’s Blow Up The Moon! →
Shared by Derek Thomas Miller They could have just embedded the Mr. Show bit about blowing up the moon: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Csj7vMKy4EI You know what I hate? The fucking moon….
Oct 6th
Hector Berlioz - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia →
“ I am in my 61st year; past hopes, past illusions, past high thoughts and lofty conceptions. My son is almost always far away from me. I am alone. My contempt for the folly and baseness of…
Oct 6th
Wave of the future: mass transit :: CHICAGO... →
Shared by Derek Thomas Miller in the year 2040… Pedestrians and bicyclists could have more safe choices, according to Rob Sadowsky, head of the Active Transportation Alliance. One option is…
Oct 6th
Usher's 'Papers' Debuts, Singer Airs... →
Shared by Derek Thomas Miller Click through for the song. I just wanted to highlight the fact that Usher sleeps in the extra bedroom like a common suburban dad who is in the doghouse. My world has…
Oct 6th
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Shared by Derek Thomas Miller Words from Will Simmons inspired by the Usher song “Papers” dog i hope we never get divorces im finna drink to that
Oct 6th
Your Race Affects Whether People Write You Back →
Shared by Derek Thomas Miller Hat tip to Ben for the heads-up on the OKCupid blog. Stat geeks (Justin and Ed) may want to holler. Welcome back, dorks. We’ve processed the messaging habits of…
Oct 6th
Wilford Brimley Raps →
Shared by Will Picks up at 1:19. @Miller Here’s your Ratatat Remixes, Vol. 3. With amazing flow, and via Sullivan:
Oct 6th
LeBron James: Cleveland Browns WR Braylon Edwards... →
“ I’ve never crossed paths with Braylon before, but it seems like there’s a little jealousy going on with Braylon and me and my friends. I have no idea why. I’ve never said anything to Braylon at…
Oct 5th
Degrassi: The Next Generation (season 9) -... →
Shared by Derek Thomas Miller spoilers! 7 172 “Beat It“ Part One[1]  1 November 2009[4] TBA 907 Riley wants to seduce Fiona to prove that he is not gay. 8 173 “Beat It“ 
Oct 5th
Street in Palestinian refugee camp named after... →
LONDON, England (CNN) — Initially derided for its promotion of inane chatter, Twitter has become a valuable news syndication platform, a campaign tool, and was even used by London’s Royal Opera…
Oct 5th
#25291 - Novation's new LaunchPad hopes to... →
Novation’s new LaunchPad hopes to give digital musicians a hands-on connection with Ableton Live software. Also— it’s beautiful! (Want more? See NOTCOT.org and NOTCOT.com)
Oct 5th
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Oct 5th
semiotics, man →
Shared by Derek Thomas Miller sometimes I put things in my reader that embarrass me. oh, people of the internet…
Oct 5th
News Blog Articles | Absurdist Literature... →
Absurdist literature, it appears, stimulates our brains. That’s the conclusion of a study recently published in the journal Psychological Science. Psychologists Travis Proulx of the University of…
Oct 5th
High five - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia →
“Too slow” The “too slow” variation of a high five occurs when appears to be engaging in a high five initiation; however, the initiator succeeds in pulling their hand away before any reciprocator…
Oct 5th
Facebook | Drew Rogers →
Shared by Derek Thomas Miller I laughed. John R. Gaston just posted a quiz about Drew Rogers on Friend FAQ: “Do you think that Drew Rogers has ever given money to a homeless person?”
Oct 5th
The Weekly Standard's John McCormack is a... →
In a post entitled, “White House: Opposing Obama’s Olympics Lobbying Is Unpatriotic or Something”, John McCormack, the deputy editor of the Weekly Standard, writes I was rooting for Rio. The…
Oct 5th
markleidner (markleidner) on Twitter →
currently on page 3 of to kill a mockingbird, do scout and dill ever hook up?!?
Oct 5th
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad revealed to have Jewish past -... →
A photograph of the Iranian president holding up his identity card during elections in March 2008 clearly shows his family has Jewish roots. A close-up of the document reveals he was previously…
Oct 3rd
Bun B and Pimp C cannot agree on which movie to... →
Shared by Derek Thomas Miller I miss Pimp C so much. Bun B and Pimp C cannot agree on which movie to see tonight…
Oct 3rd
List of The Wayans Bros. episodes - Wikipedia, the... →
Ho’s on First; Original Airdate: October 15, 1998
Oct 3rd
Glenn Beck Loves Muse, Muse Demands Retraction:... →
Shared by Derek Thomas Miller There’s audio, but it’s not worth your time. Glenn Beck praised the music of Muse on his morning radio show, and before his program had even ended, he had received an…
Oct 3rd
Dee's Place - East Village / Ukrainian Village... →
This Wicker Park soul food BYOB set to open in late October will serve homestyle fare in a casual, 1940s Harlem-themed setting—look for live jazz, blues and poetry performances to match. There’s…
Oct 2nd
Reactions from ppl at Daley plaza over Olympic bid... →
typodactyl Reactions from ppl at Daley plaza over Olympic bid loss. … via Brizzly
Oct 2nd