February 2012
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Nerds
I’d like to go to NICAR next year. Can’t let you nerds have all the fun.
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Paying good money for free television
Completely amusing:
At my house, we recently upgraded to the Netflix plan that involves both DVDs and unlimited streaming. We also picked up a new DVD player (Blu-Ray, bluray, Boo Boo Ray, what is this I don’t even) with built in wireless Internets, too, so we can hook up the machines to the Netflix and watch the shows on the old 4:3 TV in the living room.
OK, that’s not the...
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While Gunfire Echoes Inside Syria, A Cry For Help... →
Did you hear this on Morning Edition today? I’m sure I’ve heard reporters introduced as “citizen journalist and blogger” before, but (maybe) not as the sole reporter on the ground.
It’s the natural progression of things, but that attribution caught my ear today. Felt like a milestone.
Related to the last
OLD FRIEND YESTERDAY: i'm enjoying your new teenage girl blog persona
ME: OMG.
ME: great.
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This is what happens when you browse your alma...
A series of events last night:
Was messing around on Tumblr for a few minutes before watching an episode of Downton Abbey on Netflix.
Clicked on the “steenbeck” tag I had saved previously.
They all reminded me of editing rooms back in college at NYU.
Clicked on the first NYU tag I see.
Scrolled through a series of posts most often authored by high school kids dreaming of going to...
“2:50 — Twitter has already blown up about Blake’s dunk. @Jose3030 gets the...”
– Person of Interest, the Los Angeles Clippers’ Blake Griffin - Grantland
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