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February 27, 2008
San Francisco, CA
The Billboard Liberation Front today announced a major new advertising improvement campaign executed on behalf of clients AT&T and the National Security Agency. Focusing on billboards in the San Francisco area, this improvement action is designed to promote and celebrate the innovative collaboration […]
Clinton, Obama, and Health Insurance Mandates - breakdown of how and why Clinton’s repeated insistence on “mandates” doesn’t actually prove the difference between her plan and Obama’s plan.
In my wild meanderings around the internet, I sometimes come across really cool stuff. One of those things is screenwriter Todd Alcott’s blog. Aside from being generally entertaining, he did some serious analysis of the plot arcs and characters’ motivations in two of my favorite movies of last year. You should check […]
This is awesome. Stanford is certainly not the first school to do this, but I like seeing the trend continue.
Stanford University today announced the largest increase in its history for its financial aid program for undergraduates.
Under the new program, parents with incomes of less than $100,000 will no longer pay tuition. Parents with incomes […]
Merlin Mann’s Food for Thought
Every time you sniff and say somebody has “too much free time,” the part of you that used to love making things for pure joy dies a little.
Stuff White People Like - I’ve been sending people excerpts from this site for the last 10 minutes, and I’ve laughed out loud at least three times. YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY REQUIRED TO READ IT AT LEAST ONCE.
Excerpts:
If you want to go for extra points - white people really love FAIR TRADE coffee, because paying the […]
Do We Really Want Another Black President After The Events Of Deep Impact?
Have we learned nothing from the tragic events of 1998, when, under the watch of President Morgan Freeman, this nation was plunged into chaos, and hundreds of millions of people died at the hands of the deadly Wolf-Beiderman space rock? The mere fact […]
Clip ‘n’ Save! - mental note… Clinton: nay, Obama: yea.
Originally uploaded by Matthew Baldwin.
Microsoft’s awkward love letter to Yahoo - my friend (and webhosting partner) Brad put together this brilliant little ode pulled together from Microsoft’s public statements. It’s funny; definitely read it out loud.
Buffett: Bank woes are poetic justice - Warren Buffet, aka “My Favorite Billionaire” speaks the truth. [thx, Lilly!]
Buffett, one of the world’s wealthiest people, appeared to see irony in the fact that many of the banks who marketed complex investments which have now crashed are bearing much of the fallout.
“It’s sort of a little poetic […]
Translation From PR-Speak to English of Selected Portions of Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang’s Company-Wide Memo Regarding the Microsoft Takeover Bid - John Gruber actually annoys the hell out of me for reasons I can’t quite put my finger on, but he’s definitely smart, and this seems pretty spot on to me.
Sometimes Red, Sometimes Blue (.com)
Animator vs. Animation
Animator vs. Animation by alanbecker on deviantART
Weekend America: The Mountain Goats do Super Tuesday - the Mountain Goats wrote a song about Super Tuesday!
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And we pull down our blindfolds
And we […]
Annals of Law: Death In Georgia - Jeffrey Toobin has an interesting piece about how capital cases are funded, and how crazy they can get, using the Brian Nichols (the Atlanta courthouse shooter) case as an example. Interesting fact: Florida caps death penalty defense funds at $15,000. That’s pretty cheap for making sure […]