June 2008
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I saw Carlin in '95
My birthday gift at 17 was a ticket to George Carlin’s show at the Civic Arts Auditorium in Thousand Oaks. From the first joke, the man made me laugh harder and angrier and more tear-jerking laughter than I have to this day. To a kid still figuring out what brand of non-conformist to be, Carlin was a superhero.
During the show, as I was able, I transcribed his jokes to the empty spaces in...
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“The most unfair thing about life is the way it ends. I mean, life is tough. It...”
– George Carlin
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WatchTumblr. - The Documentary.
David Seger made an incredible documentary. I’m in there. If you’re an idiot or an asshole, so are you.
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Why Me?
As a borderline synaesthete with a debilitating sensitivity to vowels, I’ll admit I was knocked a bit off balance when Apple confirmed rumors and announced MobileMe as the next iteration and rebranding of its .mac suite of online services.
But because this is Apple, I can’t just join the negative nancies in the hoo-ha parade that has subsequently stormed the comment threads (to which...
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“I want to open up transparency in government, so that you guys know what is...”
– excerpt from Obama’s speech to his staff
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Could it be that the aspiration of this candidate is to make of his White House a platform for community involvement? Is he, in essence attempting to make a technologically-aided social network in the service of democracy? If so, would he be...
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yourmonkeycalled:
“Testing the Sony Microphone”
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“The platform is the story. Platforms have staying power, and, once entrenched,...”
– John Gruber on the medium being the message (and why I have a fold-out Grubes poster on my wall)
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