Life and Times

"I have spent half my life trying to get away from journalism, but I am still mired in it - a low..."

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 12:29:50 -0500

“I have spent half my life trying to get away from journalism, but I am still mired in it - a low trade and a habit worse than heroin, a strange seedy world full of misfits and drunkards and failures.”

- Hunter S. Thompson, in “Generation of Swine” (via juliaallison) (via caro)

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Sun, 15 Nov 2009 18:02:21 -0500

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allmyloving: BTW, Braves humor is great.

Wed, 07 Oct 2009 11:38:22 -0400

allmyloving:

BTW, Braves humor is great.

adamiss: It’s just made football season that much more...

Wed, 16 Sep 2009 11:56:21 -0400

adamiss:

It’s just made football season that much more meaningful…

brooklynmutt:jamieelizabeth:

adamiss: Some days you’re the cat, and some days, you’re the...

Tue, 08 Sep 2009 10:14:43 -0400

adamiss:

Some days you’re the cat, and some days, you’re the bird.

Chimps: More Rational than Humans?

Thu, 20 Aug 2009 10:57:19 -0400

Chimps: More Rational than Humans?:

mikehudack:

heyitsnoah:

The ultimatum games feels like the most overused example of behavioral economics at this point, but it’s nonetheless interesting. (Basically it’s a game where people are asked to split some monetary amount, say $10, between two parties. The first party makes an offer and the second either accepts, taking their share and giving the offerer theirs, or declines, in which case neither party gets any money. Though rational economic theory would predict a person offers the smallest non-zero amount — $1 if we’re going with offers of whole numbers — and that the person on the other end would accept any non-zero amount. The thing is, it doesn’t work that way and most people won’t accept an offer they don’t deem to be fair.)

Okay, so with that out of the way, it turns out that in this case chimps are actually more rational than we are:

Chimpanzees, however, go about the ultimatum game (which involves divisions of raisins in their case) without giving fairness any thought. In this experiment, the researchers found that the chimp responders tended to accept any nonzero offer, however unfair. And conversely, the chimp proposers rarely suggested a fair division, choosing instead to maximize their own share.

Via: Chimps: More Rational than Humans? // NoahBrier.com

"Approximately 61 percent of those aged 19-29 say they watch movies and TV shows online."

Fri, 31 Jul 2009 16:00:00 -0400

“Approximately 61 percent of those aged 19-29 say they watch movies and TV shows online.”

- Contentinople - Ryan Lawler - Report: Cord Cutters Tuning In to Online Video on the TV (via johnfitzpatrick) (via evangotlib)

I was on the phone with a guy from Comcast earlier today. Told him I cancelled my cable about three weeks ago.

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Sun, 26 Jul 2009 15:51:58 -0400

foursquare: So, what are you doing Saturday night? if you’re...

Tue, 21 Jul 2009 17:10:58 -0400

foursquare:

So, what are you doing Saturday night? if you’re in NYC, come and get your foursquare on!

townholler:

You’ve gone out every night since March 13^th. You’ve racked up hundreds of points at locations all throughout New York City. You’ve ousted and been ousted, and now it’s time to celebrate your Foursquare feats.

This Saturday (7.25) will be the very first Town Holler. It’s a meeting of Foursquare Mayors. We’ll gather at One and One at 4PM for our first check-in and make our way around the East Village for pints and points.

Hey, each stop could be a potential Mayorship, or at least a way to earn the Crunked Badge.

If you have any questions, holler at me on Twitter: @conradlisco

mikehudack: elspethjane: wreckandsalvage: Godaddy recommends...

Thu, 30 Apr 2009 15:38:26 -0400

mikehudack:

elspethjane:

wreckandsalvage:

Godaddy recommends against purchasing .tv domain names. The island is sinking.

Should blip.tv be worried?

adamiss: nedhepburn:barelysarcasm:synecdoche:plasticktiger

Fri, 17 Apr 2009 15:21:46 -0400

adamiss:

nedhepburn:barelysarcasm:synecdoche:plasticktiger

want to join our ROCK BAND?

Tue, 07 Apr 2009 19:17:42 -0400

want to join our ROCK BAND?

crazy line at mack and manco’s

Sat, 04 Apr 2009 17:52:33 -0400

crazy line at mack and manco’s

scene from my childhood

Sat, 04 Apr 2009 17:15:34 -0400

scene from my childhood

goldenfiddle: i rest my case.

Fri, 27 Mar 2009 09:40:28 -0400

goldenfiddle:

i rest my case.

adamiss: mikehudack: Why does everyone always want to do phone calls? What’s wrong with IM and...

Wed, 25 Mar 2009 17:04:44 -0400

adamiss:

mikehudack:

Why does everyone always want to do phone calls? What’s wrong with IM and e-mail, people??

Tone. When someone write’s “WTF” in an IM, are they:

incensed?

bored?

curious?

being sarcastic or ironic?

excited?

And meaning. I build relationships through phone calls and meetings. I transer information through IMs and email.

adamiss: El Scorcho-...

Tue, 17 Mar 2009 11:54:38 -0400

adamiss:

El Scorcho- Weezer

peterwknox:humidbeing:girlwhosavedtheworld:danceinyourunderwear:

stew leonard is my homeboy

Sat, 07 Mar 2009 11:42:06 -0500

stew leonard is my homeboy

place sticker on forehead. smile.

Sat, 07 Mar 2009 11:36:34 -0500

place sticker on forehead. smile.

Journalismism: Ten New Jobs For J-School Graduates

Tue, 03 Mar 2009 23:57:13 -0500

Journalismism: Ten New Jobs For J-School Graduates:

adamiss:

Gawker on then vs. now, two excerpts:

Old: Media reporter. New: Flack—New graduates could actually have a leg up on getting into the PR industry. All the laid-off reporters trying to switch careers probably pissed off and abused the flacks already; new grads can act like J-school was just a training ground for Corporate Communications.

Old: Underqualified journalist. New: Overqualified blogger—Uh…on second thought, we don’t need the competition.