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Wrong
Kathryn Schulz has posted a wonderful interview with Ira Glass on being wrong to Slate. It's part of a larger series that includes entertaining interviews with Anthony Bourdain and Joe Posnanski, and this might be my favorite bit:
But there's a really fascinating instance of what you're talking about in Chuck Klosterman's new book [Eating the ( Read more... ) -
When worlds collide
A few years ago, there was a trend of ads featuring tiny pixelated depictions of musicians and other celebrities; maybe you know the ones I'm talking about. It was amazing to me how recognizable some of them were at such a small, blocky scale. I never learned who created them, and after the ads stopped running, I forgot all about them.
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Detroit Rock (Bottom) City
According to this article, the median price of a house sold in Detroit in December was $7,500. Another source estimates that the median is around $10,000, with the average listing price more than seven times that.
For comparison, the latter source pegs the median sales price in New Orleans as $103,172. It's difficult for me to picture what living ( Read more... ) -
This is why I listen to MIT's radio station.
Listening to WMBR a few days ago, I heard what I can only describe as a kabuki-lounge version of Deep Purple's "Smoke on the Water". Thanks to YouTube, I can share. -
Robotics, peeps, and anthropomorphism
It takes surprisingly little to make a small yellow peep-bot seem alive:
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Photographic recap of my trip to Asia
It only took me three weeks, but I've finally uploaded and organized my photos. You can check out either the Beijing half of my trip or the Seoul half. If you're curious, this is how the week played out:
- Day 1: Fly from Boston to Seoul via NYC.
- Day 2: Fly from Seoul to Beijing. Visit the Forbidden City and Tiananmen Square.
- Day 3: Attend the Daum ( Read more... )
- Day 1: Fly from Boston to Seoul via NYC.
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Now that's a career change
My previous boss recently made an appearance on WWE's Raw in which he was pantsed and beaten by Vince McMahon's illegitimate leprechaun son.
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Ahead of his time
I've mentioned to a few of you that Jim Henson's pitch to CBS for The Muppet Show was hilarious. Thanks to a widget we put together here at work, I can now share it (and a few other Muppet highlights):
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Some marketing departments are very confused.
Since I use Amazon to buy gifts fairly often, it's not unusual for their recommendations to not quite fit my own interests. But Stories of Jesus: My Giant Fold-out Book? Where did that come from?
Even more puzzling is a piece of junk mail I received recently. The front of a glossy fold-out features a photo of a shirtless thirty-something guy with ( Read more... ) -
GH3 OMG
The upcoming Guitar Hero Encore: Rocks the 80s should be fun, but the songs revealed in the official announcement of Guitar Hero III look awesome to me:
* Paint It Black (by The Rolling Stones)
* Cherub Rock (by Smashing Pumpkins)
* Sabotage (by Beastie Boys)
* The Metal (by Tenacious D)
* My Name is Jonas (by Weezer)
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