Memes from 2011-07-01

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Memes from 2011-06-30

  • Geek Factor 11**11 An SQL database written in shell: http://bit.ly/kQ9YkS HT @OvidPerl #
  • "between the emotion and the response falls the shadow" Why does this bit of Eliot stay with me? The rest of the poem does not resonate.. #
  • Steve Novick, one of my fav politicos, has a long history of actual public service. Now running for PDX City Council http://bit.ly/k9aJ3a #
  • RomneyCare resulted in the lowest rate of people without health insurance in USA http://bit.ly/jDD30K Too bad the GOP is ashamed of it. #
  • Massive PR Fail! HT @xenijardin: Google PR just turned all of us at @boingboing down for Google+ trial invites. (I feel better re:my reject) #
  • I see a photo of mine http://n.pr/kydOkB #

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Memes from 2011-06-29

  • In 1970 average executive pay at top companies was 28 times average worker income by 2005 was 158 times. http://bit.ly/ksaGxN Unbalanced! #

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Memes from 2011-06-28

  • Diabetes cure? "This study does not just show proof of principal, it shows proof of mechanism" http://tgr.ph/jiknYY (an extreme diet) #
  • For more on that diabetes thing, Google :: Roy Taylor Newcastle University. :: #
  • The best thing about script jokes is that they start with a bang. #protolol #
  • Obama campaign adviser and U of Chicago Law mentor Stone compares Obama/Bush transpraency & secrecy: http://bit.ly/m64gTE HT @ggreenwald #
  • Powerful and tightly crafted novel Zoo City – take a walk on a very dark side. http://bit.ly/l2ebel #
  • Not letting this one drop. Skype’s evil ways, cont. http://reut.rs/j2AbNS HT: @danfillmor For alternatives http://bit.ly/koTqF0 #
  • Based on only available history, a brief US debt default would cost us $86Billion/year http://econ.st/lZoyuM & GOP is fiscally conservative? #
  • Cost of air conditioning for Iraq and Afghan soldiers is more than the annual budget of NASA, 40 times NPR budget http://bit.ly/ikxzh2 #
  • President under whom the debt ceiling was raised the most times: Reagan, 17. Everyone else is in the single digits. (Time) HT @elipariser #
  • For whoever in your life loves Hormel SPAM: http://bit.ly/lp5fxS #
  • Wine fresh from the barrel at http://kirwinebar.com/ summer PDX treat http://twitpic.com/5hvinq #
  • All colors are friends of their neighbors and lovers of their opposites. ~ Chagall (HT @Zen_Moments) #

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Memes from 2011-06-27

  • Gotta know what you know, believe what you believe http://t.co/30MvoXM #
  • A bank I do business with allows passwords containing ONLY letters and numbers; no spaces or special characters. Insane. @dangillmore #

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Memes from 2011-06-26

  • By being willing to be a bad artist, you have a chance to BE an artist, and perhaps over time, a very good one ~ Julia Cameron @Zen_Moments #
  • Now available, 6th ed. of the book that changed my career for the better. The llama from d_foy, phoenix, schwartz. http://oreil.ly/jqovCt #
  • Good MIDI jokes are always in tune. #protolol #
  • Check /dev/audio for the latest MIDI joke. #protolol #

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Weekly Meme Roundup: 2011-06-25

  • Nostalgia sweeps through as I walk downtown in drizzle and have breakfast at Pazzoria #
  • Watched the underrated and semi-obscure "A Face In The Crowd" recommend it for you. Yes, You. http://imdb.to/iGgraj #
  • Prefer your history non-fiction? "In the Garden of Beasts"/Erik Larson http://bit.ly/mzwDqO Nazi rise in 1933/34 thru eyes of diplomat #
  • natural sex ratio at birth is 105 / 100 girls, in India the figure has risen to 112 boys and in China 121 http://bit.ly/lvAo4e #
  • If you hear a voice within you say you cannot paint, then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced. ~ Van Gogh HT @Zen_Moments #
  • Replace jail time with flogging? US has 7 times normal incarceration rate. Flogging is perhaps more humane than jail http://bit.ly/kVHm4Q #
  • Not that you care, but I've lost 10 pounds since I started cycling again and paying attention to what I eat #
  • Bicycling’s gender gap: It’s the economy, stupid: http://t.co/7yxGQN9 via @grist Elly, again, is spot on. #
  • Happiness as a byproduct of living your life is a great thing, but happiness as a goal is a recipe for disaster. http://bit.ly/jHaSob #
  • PDX "when's summer going to get here" people. OK, It's here (see Google), the forecast is for a week with out rain. Happy now? #
  • Warning: I'm going through my annual "allergies kicked into high gear and I feel nasty" cranky period. #whyIlikerain #
  • Wheat Beer good for atheltes? Yes! Non-alcoholic? ah geez http://bit.ly/mI03pW #
  • In case it had slipped your mind, Fukushima still problematic http://bit.ly/jfDkHk #
  • For a high level view of Fukushima situation: http://bit.ly/k8jtSR #
  • A problem with cutting EPA’s budget, a lot of programs are pass-through programs, funds flow directly to the states http://wapo.st/jDcHDj #
  • Vancouver BC theft of more than a Les Paul guitar http://bit.ly/jyq0o4 #
  • Uh, Wow. BBC 4 Special "The Joy of Easy Listening" wonderful history, so much familiar music http://bit.ly/lFMy4P Be sure to watch all six. #
  • Connoisseurship deconstructed, artists beware. http://t.co/fRVH5tZ #
  • Today's Groupon is great – well, if you like beer and live in Portland (redundant?) http://gr.pn/mSXZEi #
  • Huge culture difference: "We don't buy food." http://bit.ly/m3od1R #
  • Nothing starrts off a bad day quite like spilling coffee on your shirt. After you get to work. @YehudaMoon got that right. #
  • The worst thing about broadcast storm jokes is that everyone’s already heard them a hundred times. #protolol #
  • Lucy Yan is trying to learn spanish by listening to spanish radio while learning matlab in english and taking notes in chinese; feels weird #
  • Heavenly Hales Hefeweizen at The Observatory http://www.theobservatorypdx.com/ #
  • For the non-local, "Heavenly Hales" refers to http://bit.ly/m9Um8t one of the sublime and not IPA addicted NW breweries. #
  • Comparisons of different epublications of Huck Finn – yep, quality varies and not with price. http://bit.ly/lWdHJX #

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Memes from 2011-06-24

  • Huge culture difference: "We don't buy food." http://bit.ly/m3od1R #
  • Nothing starrts off a bad day quite like spilling coffee on your shirt. After you get to work. @YehudaMoon got that right. #
  • The worst thing about broadcast storm jokes is that everyone’s already heard them a hundred times. #protolol #
  • Lucy Yan is trying to learn spanish by listening to spanish radio while learning matlab in english and taking notes in chinese; feels weird #
  • Heavenly Hales Hefeweizen at The Observatory http://www.theobservatorypdx.com/ #
  • For the non-local, "Heavenly Hales" refers to http://bit.ly/m9Um8t one of the sublime and not IPA addicted NW breweries. #
  • Comparisons of different epublications of Huck Finn – yep, quality varies and not with price. http://bit.ly/lWdHJX #

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