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Jun 26 '09
John Galliano Fashion Show - Some spectacular photos from a John Galliano male fashion show that was creatively held in an abandoned graffiti-covered pool in Paris.
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Jun 25 '09
Summerfest Opening Night
The first night of Summerfest was tonight. There were no bands I was interested in seeing tonight so I just went for the fireworks. No interesting groups all run, really, except 'The Roots' next Friday.
People watching the fireworks
Fireworks over the grounds
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Jun 24 '09
Penguin Cafe Orchestra - Perpetuum Mobile - Thanks to Shazam for the iPhone (arguably the best application ever created... why the give it away for free I'll never understand) I finally found this song that I've been searching for years to find... only from a 15 second snippit at the end of a podcast! You might find it familiar because it was used in some HP and GE commercials. Amazing song.
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Jun 19 '09
In case of Fire - Do Not Twitter - Not going to lie, it would probably be my first reaction too. Wouldn't be surprised if these signs actually start popping up in places.
2012 - Apocalypse meets Noah's Arc. Watch the world get distroyed on this awesome HD trailer of 2012.
Jun 18 '09
Tom Brokaw in 1994, reporting on "The Internet" - Featuring Bill Gates!
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Jun 17 '09
Hunch Decision Maker - Ask it a question, answer a few questions about yourself, and it tells you what you should do. A tad more accurate than an 8-ball. It says my next phone should be an iPhone. Right on!
How Businesses Can Respond to Criticism on Yelp - Pizzeria Delfina in San Francisco does so by proudly wearing shirts with their worst reviews, like "THIS PLACE SUCKS". (In Tiny Fey's Voice): "I want to go there".
Children are exceptions to the country's work ethic -
p.s. Next to the New York Times, the Economist's website is beyond excellent for civil and level-headed user-submitted comments."America's poor educational performance is weakening its economy. A recent report from McKinsey, a management consultancy, argues that the lagging performance of the country's school pupils, particularly its poor and minority children, has wreaked more devastation on the economy than the current recession."
listed in: americans, economist, education, lazy, reform | ∞
Jun 10 '09
30 Rock is a Rip-Off of the Muppet Show - You know what, I never thought about it. But after reading this several-page blog outlining the similiarities, it's exactly the Muppet Show. Probably why I love the show so much. (p.s. Bring back the Muppet Show, whoever owns the muppets now!)
And then I just stumbled across this skit of 30 Rock which is allegedly from Sesame Street. (can anyone verify?). If it is, It's a wonderful way to bring kids and parents together to watch the show and both enjoy it.
listed in: 30 rock, muppet show, sesame street, youtube | ∞
Why I Don't Watch Cable News - Well said Jon!
Stimulus Winner Is Ford - Apparently we have so little faith in the car companies we (the U.S. government) bailed out (GM, Chrysler), a majority of the cars we bought to replenish our federal fleet were from Ford. Ha!
listed in: auto industry, government | ∞
Jun 8 '09
Stephen Colbert Is Filming In Baghdad This Week - And is also guest editor of This Week's Newsweek Magazine which I just picked up today. I'm looking forward to reading/watching him!
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Jun 6 '09
Data.Gov - The Obama Administration launched Data.gov to try to provide more government data in easy-to-use open formats like XML, CSV, and KML. It looks like Google is starting to use it already.
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The Shadow Project - About a girl who put up black shadows around Brooklyn, and then took well-timed photographs of the results.
listed in: art, photography | ∞
Jun 4 '09
Jazz in the Park
Went to the first night of Jazz in the Park downtown Milwaukee, WI. It was enjoyable... the music was good, the crowd wasn't too big, and it was a beautiful day out. I snapped a few photos, enjoy:
Jun 3 '09
GM Reinvention Commercial - This is an extremely impressive commercial that GM cranked out in a day to explain the bankruptcy and their future. At least their public relations department over there knows what they're doing.
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