Nov 03 2011
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Oct 31 2011
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News.me: Looking for #7
News.me is only a few months old as a standalone company. When we spun out of bitly in September and started building out the team, we had some hard decisions to make around hiring philosophy. We looked around at products that we admire - from startups like Instagram and Foursquare all the…
Oct 06 2011
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I’ve never seen this before - You can enter your email address directly into the paid ad on the search results page.
Sep 29 2011
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life:
It was fifty years ago today that Bob Dylan had his first recording session at Columbia Records. Dylan was backup harmonica for folk singer Caroline Hester — It was shortly after that Dylan was offered his own deal with Columbia.
see more — Bob Dylan: The Early Days
Sep 28 2011
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Steve Auerbach of Bethesda has a different concern: When he’s dozed off for a moment, how does he know which station he’s at when all he can see are uniform, bland concrete walls?
“Sure the drivers announce the stops,” he wrote, “but we all know they are incomprehensible and when I wake from a ‘short nap’ the announcement I slept through about the next station does not help one bit.
“If they all have to look alike, there have to be many more identifying signs.”
Sep 21 2011
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Sep 16 2011
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Reading over this, I sound pretty damned curmudgeonly, so I’d like to ameliorate that with a few things that aren’t scams and worth every penny you pay for them:
Real Whipped Cream. Whoever invented it is a genius. It never fails to satisfy. Cool Whip on the other hand is a scam.
High quality shoes for men. They last for years, can be resoled and only improve with age. Worth the spend.
Good tools. I’m a lousy handyman, but what little I’ve done has proved beyond any doubt that the right tool, and a well made one at that, pays the money back.
Great music.
Hot Krispy Kreme donuts. They could double the price, I’m still in for a half dozen.
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In a blog post about scams (with hundreds of comments about other scams) is this wonderful and spot-on list of a few things in life that aren’t scams.
Sep 14 2011
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Gordon Ramsay's Dwarf Porn Double Found Dead In A Badger Den
The headline gets you to click through to see what the gimmick is, but a moment later you realize that you’re reading a legitimate, factual article about Gordon Ramsay’s dwarf porn double being found dead in a badger den.
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News.me: News.me is all grown up (and now free)!
We’re pleased to announce that News.me has officially spun out of bitly to run as an independent company under betaworks. Here’s what John Borthwick has to say about the change on his blog:
Over the past year, News.me has been incubated within bitly. Today, we’re pleased to announce…
(Source: newsme)
Sep 06 2011
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“ The phrase “bring home the bacon” comes from the 12th century when a church in Dunmow, England offered a side of bacon to any man who could swear before God and the congregation that he had not fought or quarreled with his wife for a year and a day. Any man that could “bring home the bacon” was highly respected in his community.
Aug 29 2011
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Jared said, “When we have clients who are thinking about Flash splash pages, we tell them to go to their local supermarket and bring a mime with them. Have the mime stand in front of the supermarket, and, as each customer tries to enter, do a little show that lasts two minutes, welcoming them to the supermarket and trying to explain the bread is on aisle six and milk is on sale today.
“Then stand back and count how many people watch the mime, how many people get past the mime as quickly as possible, and how many people punch the mime out.
“That should give you a good idea as to how well their splash page will be received. That’s the crux of it.”
Aug 16 2011
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Consider this your kitten-of-the-day.
