February 2009
35 posts
For the record
Daniel (Number 7) is Starbuck’s father.
Also, they’ll ultimately settle on Kobol.
That is all.
Glad that's over
The PepsiCo Americas Beverages division of PepsiCo is bowing to public demand and scrapping the changes made to a flagship product, Tropicana Pure Premium orange juice. Redesigned packaging that was introduced in early January is being discontinued, executives plan to announce on Monday, and the previous version will be brought back in the next month. (NYT)
It seems the horrible Tropicana...
Who remembers art projects?
Ok, so I don’t know what’s going to happen to this “tumblelog.” All I can tell you is the recent “Julia Allison” reblogging censorship episode and the rather unbearable message about “gary vay . ner . chuck” or whatever has forced me to question some allegiances.
Don’t worry though, I have a plan. Things just might be a bit chaotic and...
“They’re going to find some banks that are hopeless, that are zombie banks.”
– Chuck Schumer (via HuffPo)
I don't even know where to start, title-wise.
teamcaroline:
Overheard in Bobst Library
Guy on phone: You know what I heard? Anyone in Kimmel after 1 am is subject to legal culpability and you know what that means. Attica. Kent State. So, I’m going to stick around here and watch for that. You should come—it’s going to be way better than going to Splash.
I bet if someone just started playing re-runs of election coverage they’d all go...
The spys have their own wiki →
almostepistles:
What have you done?
What you don’t know is that I stopped myself from making cupcakesvswindmills.tumblr.com
"Some sects allow cars, if they are painted...
Turns out the Amish aren’t anti-tech, just very cautious about tech. Kevin Kelly reports!
Turns out the Amish make a distinction between using something and owning it. The Old Order won’t own a pickup truck, but they will ride in one. They won’t get a license, purchase an automobile, pay insurance, and become dependent on the automobile and the industrial-car complex, but they...
An interesting if dubious Twitter phenomenon: a $200 an hour online therapist website is spamming people who express distress in their twitter bulletins with a reply advertising their service. (Mind Hacks)
Might one call this practice…intervention?
This...can't be real. Can it be real? →
Hundreds. Of Millions. Of dollars.
Make sure to look at the whole document.
I already posted a link to this but hadn't noticed...
It is well known that frequent, personalized interventions are required to change deep-rooted behavior like medical non-adherence, but they are labor-intensive, expensive and inherently not scalable. Through automation, PurpleTeal provides a scalable and low-cost personalized intervention solution. (#)
Oh, and also this is SkyNet:
[PurpleTeal’s patent-pending web-based solution] observes the...
Now the people from the old Claratin ads can more... →
Well, I might have to start using it again if I... →
Apparently legitimate.
“Great news about the BlackBerry.”
– Tony Blair, to Obama (HuffPo)
Classy →
Watch(#), via… does Peter have a revolutionary name?
- It’s all like a dream.
- - No, better.
If that’s not an explicit indictiment of cupcakes then I don’t know what it.
Sim Afghanistan
msmandrake:
…then this could reveal the path to peace.
I have a lot of questions about what this means for the battlefield robots.
Watchalmostepistles:
fiatluxemburg:
Do I want this? I can’t tell.
i do not think that you can. wait until the mirror is smarter. this whole stamp business is overly complicated and poorly hued. or until you can simply think “umbrella” and have the computer tell your brain what time it is. why bother with the intermediaries?
But once more direct communication is possible won’t I be nostalgic...
Rumors of a Facebook “sentiment engine” analyzing aggregate user data, or a new form of the company’s Engagement Ads that offer rapid polling to advertisers, have been flying around the web since the start of this week’s World Economic Forum in Switzerland. (#)
This sentence makes it seem like this is a much bigger development than it actually is. Also, “sentiment...
