May 2012
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Skydiver Lands Safely Without Parachute →
I take issue with this headline and the claimed record. First, he’s only jumping from 2,400 feet—since when is that high enough to be called sky diving? Wikipedia claims the average sky diving height is from 3,000 to 13,000 feet (and I’d guess most people imagine the number being on the higher end there). Second, while he’s not wearing a parachute, he is wearing one of...
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Anonymous asked: Is it yours?
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Anonymous asked: Is your wife pregnant?
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Some of this is also generational. You know, Malia and Sasha, they have friends...
– Barack Obama
Years from now, when the next generation looks back on this period during which the United States spent so much time arguing about gay rights, they’ll be ashamed of us and how long it took for us to do the right thing as a nation. It took Obama nearly four years to announce his...
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swaggasaurus-r-e-x asked: Would you recommend buying AppleCare for any Apple product?
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Anonymous asked: What is your preferred web browser?
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Svbtle Post: How Companies Like Amazon Use Big... →
In a recent Fast Company Co.Design article, good friend and all-around smart guy Sean Madden describes exactly what makes Amazon so great with customer service–they collect useful information about you and know when and just how much of it is appropriate to use when giving you support.
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Anonymous asked: Where do you get your furniture from, you guys always seem to have really nice stuff in your places?
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Anonymous asked: How do you find your Bower & Wilkins MM-1's? They look lovely and Bower & Wilkins is a nice brand but how do you like them?
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Svbtle Post: Paul Miller's Leaving the Internet... →
A writer for The Verge, Paul posted his plans on the site to much internet acclaim and kudos. Cute idea, and a fun challenge if you want to randomly cut things out of your life to earn some strange badge of honor. But my question to Paul and everyone who gave him virtual pats on the back is: Why?