The best use of 360 video I’ve seen yet
The best use of 360 video I’ve seen yet
From inside a stadium.
As it’s being IMPLODED. [via Rands]
The New York Times is streaming the new National album
The New York Times is streaming the new National album
Out in a few weeks why are you still reading this and not listening? (thanks to William Couch for the heads up on this one)
Speaking from personal experience as one who has spent a fair number of hours in bars, there is a universal protocol for dealing with misplaced or forgotten personal items left behind by fellow patrons. Wallets, keys, phones, purses. Whatever. If you see something like that on the floor, or forgotten on a table, you pick it up and hand it to the bartender. If you realize you’ve lost something, you ask the bartender. Everyone knows this.
Speaking from personal experience as one who has spent a fair number of hours in bars, there is a universal protocol for dealing with misplaced or forgotten personal items left behind by fellow patrons. Wallets, keys, phones, purses. Whatever. If you see something like that on the floor, or forgotten on a table, you pick it up and hand it to the bartender. If you realize you’ve lost something, you ask the bartender. Everyone knows this.
—John’s entire analysis of this whole mess about Gizmodo and a lost iPhone is, as you’d expect, spectacular. This bit was my favorite, though.
photojojo going to africa why not bolt a dslr
Going to Africa? Why not bolt a DSLR and a couple flashes to a remote control car and drive it right up to lions and elephants?
That’s what Will and Matt did.
This is awesome.
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This is the funniest thing I’ve seen in a while.
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As Seen on TV - a tribute to doing it wrong:
Whenever a TV product commercial plays I bust a gut during the parts where they show us what we’re doing wrong and why we need the product.
This is my tribute to the hilarious work the actors in these infomercials do.
Asheville has a way of calling people back. You leave, but somehow you always want to come back.
Asheville has a way of calling people back. You leave, but somehow you always want to come back.
—Jake Dann, front house manager for 12 Bones Barbecue in my hometown of Asheville, North Carolina, referring to President Obama choosing to spend a little vacation time in town.
Kevin Weil’s slideshares are great if you’re interested in big data
Kevin Weil’s slideshares are great if you’re interested in big data
Kevin works at Twitter where he helps solve problems like how do you store seven terabytes of data a day. His talk was a great overview of why you might want to look at Hadoop.
The near-giddy response to Apple’s misstep may point to a broader shift in the public attitude toward the company and its covert tactics.
The near-giddy response to Apple’s misstep may point to a broader shift in the public attitude toward the company and its covert tactics.
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NY Times Bits blogger Jenna Wortham asks if Apple’s spell is wearing off. The evidence for this fallen “spell” (that Apple is one of the only companies in the world that gets described in such psuedo-religious terms strikes me as a symptom of lazy tech writers) is a bunch of moronic commenters on Gizmodo and the web’s paragon of critical thinking, Facebook.
If the shine is dulling, you certainly wouldn’t notice from today’s quarterly financials, which detailed Apple’s best non-holiday quarter in the history of the company. Sling those arrows of wit, ye mighty Gizmodo commenters, I’m certain Apple will somehow find comfort amongst its giant piles of money.
The World Bank is releasing a massive amount of free data
The World Bank is releasing a massive amount of free data
Really incredible trove of data on everything from global finance to education. A lot of this used to be subscription only.