January 2011
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My Oscars predictions, redux
I’m making pretty much the same Oscars picks as last time:
I won’t watch them
Conservative Supreme Court justices no longer... →
And in Justice Thomas’ case, blatantly lying about it on federal forms.
I won Pendulum tix on Live 105’s Subsonic Sat. night! Pandora schmandora; terrestrial radio’s Subsonic = still best source 4 new electronica
“If you have been using Groupon, Living Social, GILT, HauteLook, or any of the...”
– Is Groupon the new “Jesus Startup?” — Dave Troy: Fueled By Randomness
One of five good points about why Groupon is overhyped (and overvalued).
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“I don’t know if you’re going to get any better performance out of a quarterback...”
– Chicago Bears Tight End Greg Olsen on Jay Cutler’s game against the Seahawks. Cutler’s 15/28 game. For 274 yards (2 TDs) plus 43 rushing (2 TDs). In which, from the highlights I saw, a substantial portion of the yardage came after the catch. In which he had a ridiculous...
The home theater PC is dead, long live Windows... →
I wish Microsoft would take this two steps further:
First: Relaunch Windows TV as a standalone, Microsoft-branded product. Still go the embedded route, but make the set-top boxes too. Use the iPhone as a model for how to launch a disruptive consumer product in a seemingly mature segment (i.e., people already have set-top boxes, just like people already had phones) where an oligopoly of channel...
“E-Mail (from Keith in Suffolk): “How could you bet against the Seahawks...”
– Bill Simmons: Round 2 NFL playoff picks
Hawks4lyfe!
“Harbaugh is the Niners’ best QB right now.”
– [Sean’s] friend Don, minutes after the hiring was announced. (via sportscentr)
Genius.
“You know how competitive and combative I am on the court […] There’s nothing I...”
– Kobe Bryant (via nbaoffseason)
We in here talkin’ bout practice. Not a game, not a game, not a game, we talkin’ about practice.
The scene: Fall 2011, Candlestick Park, midfield
The 49ers have just trounced the Seahawks. Up 34-10 with 1:43 left in the fourth quarter, San Francisco went for it on 4th and 2 from Seattle’s 42 yard line. Frank Gore rumbled over left tackle and broke into the secondary for a 34 yard gain that set up one last touchdown as time expired. Final score: 49ers 41, Seahawks 10.
The coaches have jogged out to shake hands, with the usual mix...
Steve Jobs’ New Year’s resolutions found on... →
Pretty funny.
U.S. Orders Biggest Military Cuts Since Before... →
It’s a good start!
Preemptive note to (most) Republicans and (many/most) Tea Partiers: it’s dumb enough when you claim to be deficit hawks while clamoring for tax cuts; don’t be a total ass and repeat it with military spending.
Notable passages of Constitution left out of... →
The New House Majority and the Constitution:... →
If the Members actually listen, they may notice that the document they are hearing is nationalistic, not state-oriented; concerned with giving Congress power, not taking it away; forward-looking, not nostalgic for the past; aimed creating a new government that can solve new problems, not freezing in place an old one that must fold its hands while the nation declines. Of course, others may...
Read It and Weep →
How the Tea Party’s fetish for the Constitution as written may get it in trouble. - By Dahlia Lithwick, Slate
Dark, lonesome highway / Nostalgia for years gone by / Twenty-eleven.