February 2012
7 posts
“In Panama, he met a pirate, applied for a job as a pirate’s apprentice and was...”
– John Fairfax, Who Rowed Across Oceans, Dies at 74 - NYTimes.com
“S&P 500 companies [grew] 7 percent in Q4. But if you strip out Apple, that...”
– Mind-Blowing Apple Fact of the Day
“an apparent discrepancy in gender was all it took to increase men’s willingness...”
– Dan Ariely » Blog Archive Supply, Demand, and Valentine’s Day «
January 2012
5 posts
“But his first two years stand as one of the most successful legislative periods...”
– Barack Obama, Post-Partisan, Meets Washington Gridlock : The New Yorker
“The other executives, whose combined worth exceeded $69 billion, jostled for...”
– Apple, America and a Squeezed Middle Class - NYTimes.com
“We thought about it, and we decided that the only way we could document this was...”
– The Mirage: A fake tavern that exposed real corruption, ten bucks at a time | WBEZ
“The Cicada’s wings are made of nothing more than custom-printed circuit boards,...”
– Navy Balloon Launches Drone, Which Drops Two More Spy Bots | Danger Room | Wired.com
GENIUS. Make it’s wings the circuits to run the navigation, which you certainly don’t need once it hits the ground and the fragile circuit boards snap off. Instantly detachable smart wings!
December 2011
10 posts
I know that the way this relationship is supposed...
Ezra Klein on his intern leaving. Everyone with me now: Awwwwwwwww!
“even clear-cut cases of fraud where victims are protected from liability by...”
– Risky Places To Swipe Debit Card | Bankrate.com
This article on fraud risks quotes the con artist who was the inspiration behind Catch Me If You Can. Right.
1. Mark Halperin - Salon Hack List 2011 -... →
Avril Lavigne Gives Great Relationship Advice (No,... →
“Further reflection revealed that it’s quite impractical—nearly impossible—to...”
– Division of Labor Cheeseburger Blogging
“Cumulative earnings across the history of American passenger aviation are...”
– Blame Jimmy Carter for all the airline bankruptcies. Or better yet, thank him. - Slate Magazine
November 2011
16 posts
“Then some economists met some human beings and realized we don’t really work...”
– The behavioral economics of Thanksgiving - The Washington Post
“It is up to us to explain that Fern Gully was not only a predecessor to Avatar,...”
– 10 Things 90s Kids Will Have To Explain To Their Children « Thought Catalog
I was trying to remember the name of Fern Gully just the other day!!
“I never thought I’d say this, but I’m beginning to miss the wisdom of Sarah...”
– Emanuel, in Iowa, Takes Aim at Romney - NYTimes.com
What If the Law Required Campaign Contributions To... →
While this is totally a Slate topic, still a very interesting read: The argument FOR secret campaign donations.
“When Huntsman was running for governor of Utah, in 2004, Liddy, then sixteen,...”
– Are Jon Huntsman’s Daughters Helping his 2012 Campaign? : The New Yorker
“I think, from 2009 to 2010, the Obama administration operated on the frontier of...”
– Shrinking the presidency back down to size - The Washington Post
“Hills appear steeper when we are wearing heavy backpacks, objects appear closer...”
– The Neuroscience of Barbie: Scientific American
“But he was doing the device all wrong. It had a stylus. As soon as you have a...”
– Steve Jobs’s Real Genius : The New Yorker
“And, by the standards of Washington, he has probably done more than anyone could...”
– Obama’s Flunking Economy: The Real Cause by Ezra Klein | The New York Review of Books
“Studies have looked at accidents — individuals in automobile accidents, both...”
– Invasion Of The Mind-Controlling Zombie Parasites : NPR
October 2011
40 posts
“In 1961, students reported studying for an average of twenty-five hours a week;...”
– Debating the Value of College in America : The New Yorker
Though I’m sure part of this is that you can learn more from 5 minutes of Google searches than an hour spent trekking to the library, hauling around books, and searching through their indexes.
“Intubated, when he couldn’t talk, he asked for a notepad. He sketched devices to...”
– A Sister’s Eulogy for Steve Jobs - NYTimes.com
“Obama and his national security team have been so much smarter, tougher and...”
– Barack Kissinger Obama - NYTimes.com
“He thought the oxygen monitor on his finger was “ugly and too...”
– Steve Jobs: A difficult patient – The Chart - CNN.com Blogs
That’s awesome.
“Ronald Reagan: A fictional character based loosely on President Ronald Reagan....”
– Jonathan Bines: How to Speak Republican
“Corporations: Large people who are overtaxed.”
– Jonathan Bines: How to Speak Republican
“Research from the Kauffman Foundation has demonstrated that new and young...”
– The Steve Jobs Act: Why It’s Time to Invest in Entrepreneurs - Andrei Cherny - Politics - The Atlantic
