March 2011
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Why do Street Protests Signal the End? →
I always wondered why street protests always resulted in political institution changes? Why can’t these governments crush them and move on? Even once? And then I stumbled on this blog post. Which made a ton of sense. Check it out. It explains why human history changes.
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“One of the people, who saw a prototype of the phone late last year, said it is...”
– Wall Street Journal WHATTTTTT????
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WatchDetroit, moving towards a 60-kids-a-classroom public educational system, with the closing of HALF of schools.
This is so sad.
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Losing Davies' and My Religion
A few thoughts about the BYU incident, but before I begin, I want to outline what I’m going to covert:
Why I am supportive and disappointed in BYU
Why faith have no place in this world
Before you begin reading, I want to admit the following:
I am not an expert on religion
I am not criticizing people who practice; I am only referring to the beauracracy
Here we go….
BYU
Why I...
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Yuri's Proposal →
Yuri Milner, a huge-name VC, offered a proposal to Y Combinator start-ups they couldn’t refuse.
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Ultra Facebook Stalking
You know that crush you have that is taken? Before you would Facebook stalk, but that took so much work. So an app called Breakup Notifier would do just that. Facebook did not look kindly on the app, so they shut it down. Not to be stopped, WaitingRoom not only fills that niche, but takes it to that next level, no pun intended. In fact, they...
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“Brito, who has diabetes, defended herself against the sizzling allegations by...”
– The defendant’s claim that she was not allegedly having sex with another fellow female teacher in the classroom. I find it very interesting that the teachers teach Spanish and French….
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BlueTunes.net Saved →
BlueTunes.net, a service started by Dukies in my class that lets you upload and access your music from anywhere, recently got second life from MiMedia. Congrats, keep up the solid work.
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“MARIJUANA should be legalized, regulated and taxed. The push to repeal federal...”
– The Seattle Times Editorial. Whoa. A publication advocated it? Bold move. *Applause*
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Breast Milk Ice Cream - Confiscated →
And just like that, the hottest selling ice cream in England was permanently out of stock.
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“…the exploding number of…households headed by women…is...”
– One woman’s take after viewing the report by the Wall Street Journal that most women under 30 earn higher salaries than male counterparts.
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Chirply.com →
Chirply wants to be the Threadless of greeting cards. Which is pretty awesome as they’re usually bland or just plain terrible. Stay posted, as designs are being voted on now, as it just launched. Actual cards and stationary for purchase are available in March.
February 2011
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“Do I hear $75 billion next week?”
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A valid question after Facebook increased its valuation by 20 billion…in one month.
In my opinion, the bubble’s about to burst. $70 billion is kind of crazy, when they only made $2 billion in revenues in the past year.
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Haha. Definitely Not a Bro.
fmylife:
Today, a guy nutted me with a basketball in gym class, just so he could distract me while he asked the girl I like on a date. FML
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The Most Interesting Man in the World →
An fascinating read about the actor that plays the most interesting man in the world in those hilarious Dos Equis ads.
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“Last week Tumblr did 1.2 billion impressions, or pageviews, and it is adding 250...”
– More on Tumblr’s growth here.
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“The men appeared to be unfazed when their female interviewers stared at the...”
– - Ms. Sarah Gervais, researcher.
Makes too much sense. Read about more here.
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Coke Recipe
Although Coke vehemently denies it, the ridiculously guarded Coke recipe (reportedly leaked):
The recipe: Fluid extract of Coca: 3 drams USP Citric acid: 3 oz Caffeine: 1 oz Sugar: 30 (unclear quantity) Water: 2.5 gal Lime juice: 2 pints, 1 quart Vanilla: 1 oz Caramel: 1.5 oz or more for color
The secret 7X flavor (use 2 oz of flavor to 5 gals syrup): Alcohol:...
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WatchA first look at the new Facebook phones. Props to HTC for realizing the idea that your communications device (the smartphone) should be wired to update you on your friends’ lives. But it’s still feels like privacy infringement…for now.
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