December 2008
34 posts
New Year's Resolutions
Do people still make these?
Anyhow, I have 3:
1) Yoga!
2) Get thee to Paris, France.
3) Be more awesome.
Situation Matters →
My roommates and I spend hours every week (or night) talking about fantasy basketball. One of the key variables in season-over-season performance is “situation” or, put more simply, is the player in question playing in a) the same situation, i.e. team, coach, health, and surrounding cast, b) has it vastly improved, e.g. Chris Duhon in the article above or c) has it gotten much worse,...
FoodGawker.com →
adamiss:
(via nickmcglynn)
How to launch a product →
Some really good tips here on getting people to pay attention, listen, understand, and follow-up when presenting a new product.
Watchadamiss:
NATALIE PORTMAN & RASHIDA JONES Speak Out
How did I miss this originally?
“I can only remember bits and pieces of the game. I was psyched. I had a feeling...”
– Dock Ellis, the only pitcher in baseball history to throw a no-hitter while taking LSD, died this morning at the age of 63. I think someone tossing a no-hitter on acid is one of the 10 most amazing things that have ever happened in baseball, or on earth. (via leitch)
kmaverick:
One of my all time favorite songs....
I totally forgot/hadn't thought of how big Boyz II... →
Scoble's thoughts on Tumblr, after Marco's smack... →
adamiss:
4. That Tumblr is well positioned to make a ton of money over next couple of years, even with the bad economy factored in because they were going to charge their users, something that SmugMug has done and done quite well with. (Of course, that’s probably why they picked up $4.5 million in venture last week).
robertscoble: marco:
“even with the bad economy factored in because...
i wanna know...
adamiss:
what was your first CD?
I had a whole crow theme going on, bought two with my new discman:
Counting Crows - August and Everything After
The Crow Soundtrack
peterwknox:craytonc:missbrightside:edatrix:
My 3 were:
1) Cooleyhighharmony
2) The Chronic
3) Ten Summoner’s Tales
No idea what the theme was except that the first one I bought at SoundSmith in Coolidge Corner and...
This is not unlike how Squilla uses the Internet →
But it appears that someone in my aunt’s condo complex has finally modernized and installed (unsecured) wireless in their home, wireless internet I was able to use freely and regularly. The result? A near-criminal amount of cyber-stalking of ex-girlfriends and girls I’d like to make my ex-girlfriend on Facebook, coupled with an unreasonable amount of fantasy sports research.
Jann Wenner has his head stuck up his ass →
REALLY???
“…MediaWorks: How much of Wenner Media’s ad revenue comes from digital operations? Jann Wenner: Honestly, I don’t know.”
A Year of CrockPotting →
I spend a lot of Sundays reading food-related websites. Thrilling, I know. There seems to be no limit on topics people will food blog about, including this crock(crack?)pot blog.
I want to make out with Mindy Kaling's blog →
Signs you know from you're Boston #478
My absolute doll of a cousin got into Florida State University today so I wrote on her facebook wall to congratulate. Her completely unironic response?
“thanks Squilla, im wicked happy now!”
If spending money at airports was an Olympic sport... →
In general I don’t like the airport experience but I have a sudden uncontrollable urge to travel to Houston. Leaving On A Jet Plane anyone?
Squilla was born at Tsukiji →
I didn’t get a chance to see the auction (in spite of being there at 6AM) but I was almost killed by the myriad of carts buzzing around.
A normal subway ride.
gillianmae:
katieschenk:
I got on the 1 train at 42nd street and fell in love with the guy four feet away from me. By the time we reached 72nd I had him profiled and his life story laid out. At 96th street I was imagining him getting out with me, picking up a Christmas tree on the way home and spending the evening decorating and giggling while listening to Bing Crosby. When I got out at 137th...
The NBA's Best Owners - Forbes.com →
adamiss:
Two things came to mind while reading this:
No Jimmy Dolan. That’s gott be a misprint
The owner of the Celtics is named Wycliffe Grousbeck?
Yeah, they call him Wyc. And he’s loaded.
“Boston’s dance clubs can be a harsh place for a guy who tries to wear...”
– Boston is great for a lot of things but the nightlife forces you to choose between meathead bars with a bunch of fights or euro-trash clubs with shitty dress codes.
Ahoy! →
With all the talk of Somali pirates raiding ships, why can’t more pirates be like this one?
noahkalina:
M83 - Lower Your Eyelids to Die with...
The rich get pregnant →
I read this article last night and was struck by the sheer amount of money this woman spent trying to get pregnant before popping her baby into another woman’s stomach. It left me feeling a bit queasy about the whole idea. On the one hand, this baby is in the hands of people who clearly have the means to care for it. But the author seemed so relieved that she wasn’t ultimately...
The dead sea mud is an especially large racket. →
doree:
“Wholesalers say cart operators have tried hiring Americans to staff carts, but they lacked the art of the hustle — too polite to move the merchandise, especially for 12 hours straight. “Israelis are natural-born closers” on the sales floor, says Steven Malkin, marketing director for Vancouver-based Relaxus Products Ltd., which supplies slippers, toy airplanes and other items to cart...