January 2011
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“It would amount to making a statement that the constitution was designed not to...”
– Jonathan Cohn on the Supreme Court striking down the healthcare act. Conservatives often act as though they understand history, but I don’t think they do. [TNR]
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An open letter to Trader Joe's
Dear Mr Joe,
I believe your chain of stores should be praised for many things: price and queue management immediately spring to mind.
However, I am somewhat concerned about your policy of ‘double bagging’. While it might seem nice and green to offer paper bags as standard, it seems that much of your work is being undone by using two at a time.
I recently asked one of your...
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WatchHere’s that China ad in full. It’s going to be running in Times Square and on CNN, but curiously not on YouTube as far as I can tell.
My favorite part is Chinese space travel, as if to warn puny Americans that no where is safe.
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Here’s a curious thing: In Bonfire of the Vanities, all the English characters moan about Americans shortening their names. They seem to think it’s too chummy or whatever. Nowadays it seems this trend has been completely reversed. I know of hardly anyone British who goes by their full name. I’m lucky in this instance because there’s no really good way of shortening Ian -...
Paul Auster on Radiolab describes how he really... →
Turns out that Paul Auster was inspired to write City of Glass when he got two calls to his apartment from someone looking to hire a private detective. There’s something even weirder at the end of the show, but I won’t spoil what it is.
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“Basically, once we detect a person is naked, he’ll be kicked from our...”
– Chatroulette founder Andrey Ternovskiy on his new business model and cleaning up the site. [Fast Company]
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If US states were countries... →
The Economist created a map showing which countries US state’s economies are equivalent to.
For example: California’s is as big as Italy, New York as Australia and West Virginia as Iraq…
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“I want you to know you have my support. But please look into protection for your...”
– Hyperbole of the day: Glenn Beck to Sarah Palin on violent language in US politics.
“She is known for being the criminal defense lawyers’ criminal defense lawyer,”...”
– The New York Times manages to get ‘criminal defense lawyer’ into one sentence three times. It’s a story about the Tuscon shooter’s lawyer, who also represented the Unabomber.
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Just did a nice test of the iPhone’s interface design. Mum went from black screen through unlocking and making a phone call without any prompting.
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