Just a Gwai Lo - fun within prescribed limits

vanessadtam: "Are you a good Asian girl?" -guy last night "Are you fucking serious?" - me

BlueJayHunter: I can't say for sure, but when J.P. Arencibia was arguing the ejection, it looked like he said "Are you drunk?"

dbarefoot: When my VPN pretends that I'm in Canada, I get slightly home sick.

The covers for our digital editions need not yell. Need not sell. Heck, they may very well never been seen. The reality is, entire books need to be treated as covers. Entry points into digital editions aren't strictly defined and they're only getting fuzzier. Internet readers don't casually stumble upon books set atop tables. They're exposed through digital chance: a friend tweeting about a particular passage — and linking, directly, into that chapter.

There is a tremendous opportunity for book designers and software engineers to figure out what our digital book procession should be. There's clearly something lost when you're thrown into a text without context — but how should that context be delivered? What 'function' should a cover serve in the digital book space? And even: What is the cover?

New York legislators are trying to effectively outlaw all anonymous comments online. [ animalnewyork.com/2012/new-york-state-legislators-want-to-ban-anonymous-comments/ ] This is a bad idea for a bunch of reasons.

animalnewyork.com/2012/why-trolling-needs-to-be-legal/

Cast: ANIMALNewYork.com

Tags: internet, trolls, trolling, anonymous, anonymity, free, Angry, Nerd, free speech, politics and Ill Doctrine

An alternative app for the iPhone to help you find something by looking for something else.

survival.sentientcity.net/serendipitor/

Cast: mark shepard and Mads Bødker

Tags: mobile phone, locative media, software and urban computing

A short picture by Alex Beh
Love will make you do irrational acts of kindness.

Written, Produced and Directed by: Alex Beh
Produced by: Jory Cordy
Produced by: Christin Trogan
Exec Produced by: John Michaels, Mike Farah and Jonathan Cheeks.

Starring:
Nicky Whelan
Alex Beh
PJ Byrne
Efren Ramirez
Heath Freeman
Julie McNiven
and
Luka Jones

Cinematography by: Morgan Susser
Edited by: Cory Livingston
Effects and Titles by: Protokulture
Color by: Ian Vertovec
Sound Design by: Joel Anderson
Music by: Justin Hori and Mark Scearce
Costume Design by: Chuck D. Willis

Watson Pictures presents, in association with Protokulture
"Full Speed Ahead" by The Rassle

Cast: ALEX BEH, Jory Cordy, Morgan Susser, ian vertovec, protokulture and Cory Livingston

Tags: Coffees, Nicky Whelan, Alex Beh, Jory Cordy, Mercedes Benz, PJ Byrne, Efren Ramirez, California, Beverly Hills, Girlfriend, Relationships, Comedy, Julie McNiven, Luka Jones, Morgan Susser, RED Camera and Vintage

arieanna: Aiden admiring his baby brother: "He's awake!" http://t.co/jEY6zhxv

There is something really annoying about writing tools for a computer, and it is this: Tool Strapping. Whatever tool you are building, you need that tool to build the tool. In order to write an assembler you need an editor and an assember, and in order to write an editor you'll need an editor and an assembler (or a compiler). Writing an editor without an editor was tricky.

A live environment where you can connect computations together interactively is less interesting if the “universe” is a single process running on your local machine. If the universe is the global network with potentially billions of interacting agents, it’s a different story. Perhaps it’s an idea whose time has come.

The second demo for Light Table, read more here: chris-granger.com/2012/05/21/the-future-is-specific/

Cast: Chris Granger

Tags: Clojure, ClojureScript, IDE, Code, Programming, Coding, Editor and Python

Every time drivers are parked on the curb and open their driver’s side door without first checking their side- or rear-view mirror, they run the risk of dooring a cyclist: striking them as they pass and knocking them into traffic, or abruptly placing the door unavoidably in their path such that they collide with it at full speed. Either way, it’s what we in the business refer to as a “huge bummer” for all involved.

Athlete introspection and contemplation is desperately needed to navigate the superficial result driven orientation in sports today. Though many coaches and trainers consider this risky as it may lead athletes to quit, for others it will do the opposite, it will allow them to find greater meaning and thus direct the passion-within to drastically improve the results. Coach Phil Jackson (NBA Lakers) uses introspection and meditation with his teams and his career results show he’s on to something.

Why I like baseball is a difficult question to answer. But at the same time, it isn’t. I think baseball can teach a person a lot about life. That’s why I love it. One of the reasons I enjoy baseball is because there’s no game clock. It’s one of the few moments in life when time doesn’t matter; when a rigid schedule doesn’t apply. It’s going to take as long as it’s going to take. To some, baseball is slow, it’s boring. To me, it’s methodical, indeed the thinking man’s game. Every play and every pitch is strategic. So much of day-to-day life feels like a race against time. Baseball’s the opposite.

unsuckit: Work-Life Balance - Taking Sunday off on a three-day weekend. http://t.co/K3h07CsJ

whatever its origins, the collaborative and gains-sharing ethos of the innovation community acts as critically important grease on the wheels of the system, reducing legal and deal-making overhead and fostering trust and agility among players at every layer.

greggzaun: 7-0 Cowboys over the Argos

sonwrecka: It's weird to remember how Jean Charest was viewed 15 years ago.

AmyJane: Let’s face the facts, people. All the versions of @thetalkshow are boring.