January 2012
16 posts
“Codecademy co-founder, Zach Sims told TNW: We think it’s incredibly important...”
– Codecademy and White House To Train Low-Income Youth (via thenextweb)
That rocks. I hope they’re successful!
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Pecs massage?
My (female) cousin went to get a massage today, and the masseuse asked her if she wanted her ‘pecs’ massaged.
As in, her boobs.
Ummmmm…… for real?
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“Taking vacation at Red Frog is encouraged (and even celebrated). And it’s not...”
– Give Your Employees Unlimited Vacation Days
Some look at business management techniques like this and think they are pipe dreams or flat out silly. I disagree: I think it’s a shift in our culture and a necessary one. Just as sales commissions train salespeople to focus on the wrong results, so do...
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“He landed on a Delta flight in the next terminal over. To reach him, I would...”
– Does Airport Security Really Make Us Safer? (via arod)
Interesting article. “The only useful airport security measures since 9/11,” he says, “were locking and reinforcing the cockpit doors, so terrorists can’t break in, positive baggage matching”—ensuring that people can’t put luggage on ...
How come I cannot search posts within the people I...
am I missing something!?
Looking for things to do in NYC?
nycdigital:
Check out:
The Citywide Events Calendar
NYC and Company’s “Free in NYC List”
NYC and Company’s “Top Five Events” List
Good place to remember…
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December 2011
6 posts
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New Years Goals
I don’t do New Years Resolutions. I refuse to resolve to do something when I know there’s a 90% chance it will last no longer than a week. Goals, however, imply that at some point during the year, I will do something. Which means I can procrastinate and do nothing for the first few weeks of the year and still succeed. So, onto the goals:
Travel somewhere new. See something...
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Suggested new Delta flight policy
Flying today. Also my birthday today. I propose a policy of upgrading anyone who is flying on their birthday.
Who buys a Christmas tree at 1am?
…..
You guessed it: me.
November 2011
8 posts
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“you know what’s great about new york? the threshold for citizenship as a new...”
– - anthony bourdain on the layover, 24 hours in nyc (via sepiabeauty:quarterlifecoe)
NY has definitely ruined me for living anywhere else. No matter where I am, I’m pretty sure it will always be “well, when I lived in NY, the streets were paved in gold…” And I’ll...
“Ask the Siri, the new iPhone 4 assistant, where to get an abortion, and, if you...”
– 10 things the iPhone Siri will help you get instead of an abortion | The Raw Story (via interweber)
If true, this is extremely important. Not just because of the subject matter but because its important to understand that our access to news and INFORMATION may increasingly be funneled through large...
A Baptist church in North Carolina has voted to... →
justinalcon:
natteringnabobs:
barebackobama:
“As people of faith, affirming the Christian teaching that before God all people are equal, we will no longer participate in this discrimination,” the church’s statement says.
The vote was unanimous and brought tears to the eyes of some of the 100 or so members who stood to vote in favor of the “statement on marriage ceremonies.”
The fact...
October 2011
19 posts
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Am I the only person out there who hates... →
katespencer:
I have never enjoyed this holiday, not even when I dressed up as a Puritan in the fourth grade. Especially not then. You want to know how much I hate Halloween? I wasn’t going to dress my 11-month-old daughter up as anything, much to the disappointment of the many friends who texted/emailed to…
Yep, I feel the same. The only enjoyment I get out of the holiday are a) candy...
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tippyinnyc:
using the word ‘whack’ with a work colleague. professional, no?
As in,
“I’m going to whack that other colleague over the head if he doesn’t start pulling his weight”, or “Dude, that powerpoint preso was whack, man. You could have totally done it better.”
?? Either way, muy professional, for sure.
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“We can tell our children that school is important until we’re blue in the face,...”
– Why I’m raising my son to be a nerd - CNN.com (via thatwasntveryclever)
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US Supreme Court to hear Shell Nigeria human... →
fullcredit:
WASHINGTON, Oct 17 (Reuters) - The Supreme Court said on Monday it would decide whether companies can be liable in this country for international human rights law violations, a case about Royal Dutch Shell Plc allegedly helping Nigeria violently suppress oil exploration protests in the 1990s.
The justices agreed to hear an appeal by a group of Nigerians who argue they should be...
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Apparently I talk in my sleep on occasion.
The boyfriend has started documenting what I say since he claims it's usually pretty off-the-wall. He sent me the transcript below, which is his documentation from last night. I remember nothing about this… not even a dream in which this could have been relevant. Good thing he loves me!
Scene: October 6, 2011. Amanda is asleep, Dave is reading on his phone, and mistakenly plays a short loud video. Amanda rolls over, seemingly agitated.
Dave: Sorry.
Amanda: (agitated) There’s a bean on the floor.
Dave: What are you talking about?
Amanda: A bean, a bean….a pepper. There’s a pepper on the floor.
Dave: Alright. Where is the pepper on the floor?
Amanda: It’s on your side of the bed.
Dave: (considering turning his bed lamp on to look at the floor) Are you awake? Are you joking?
No response from Amanda.
Dave: You’re awake, you’re not fooling me (looking onto the floor for a pepper)
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Jay Parkinson + MD + MPH = a doctor in NYC:... →
jayparkinsonmd:
So for the past month I’ve been laying all the groundwork for my next company. It’s called Sherpaa. The branding and the site are coming together nicely and the legal side of things is too. Here’s what Sherpaa will do:
A few weeks ago, I received an email from a friend of a friend who was…
This idea pretty much rocks. If only my company offered it’s health...
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Mets, Jets, Nets...
Tonight, someone tried to sell me on moving to San Francisco by listing all the sports teams there (I do love my sports). I shot back that we have the Mets, Jets, Nets,… and suddenly realized New York sports teams may as well be straight out of a Dr. Seuss book.
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““No one wants to die. Even people who want to go to heaven don’t want to die to...”
– ~Steve Jobs 2005 Stanford commencement speech (via likesandlaunch)
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Steve Jobs has died
Wow, I did not expect that. Super sad.
http://www.apple.com/stevejobs/
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Big decisions afoot...
…And I just want to be able to make my decision, have it accepted, and start getting plans in place so I can cease the big-decision-making process and start the excitement already.
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September 2011
20 posts
“Those who engage in these creative endeavors are the ones who are the future of...”
– via (via jayparkinsonmd)
Accurate. Didn’t anyone ever watch Patch Adams?