Month: April 2010

Axis of Awesome, a comedy band, made a fun song and video about the four chords that are common to numerous top pop songs. I’ve made a list, below, of all the songs and playlist on Spotify. Enjoy. Journey – Don’t Stop Believin’ James Blunt – You’re Beautiful AlphaVille – Forever Young Jason Mraz – … Read more

Prepare your tears, because this tumultuous tale of an Apple iPad’s meeting with fire, water, coffee, a baseball bat, a grinder, gravity, Taiwanese TV and Whitney Houston will crack open the hardest of hearts.

SlateV made a television ad and distributed it through cable channels using Google TV Ads. For about $1,300, the ad (see 3:01 point): Showed 7 times on Glenn Beck episodes Ran 54 times on four cable networks Picked up 1.3 million total views Generated more than 1,000 visitors to vcantellyouwhy.com, a site they set up … Read more

Court Favors Comcast in F.C.C. ‘Net Neutrality’ Ruling – NYTimes.com A court’s decision to disallow the F.C.C. from requiring net neutrality needs to be put in this context: Anything a business can do to increase its profitability without too much collateral damage, it will do. This is not a judgment, but an observation. Companies must … Read more

Basics – Even Among Animals – Leaders, Followers and Schmoozers – NYTimes.com “Scientists studying animals from virtually every niche of the bestial kingdom have found evidence of distinctive personalities — bundled sets of behaviors, quirks, preferences and pet peeves that remain stable over time and across settings.” “Highly sensitive pigs squeal a lot; highly sensitive … Read more

Givv.org – Monthly giving made easy Decide on one monthly amount to give, figure out how you want to divide it among as many charities as you like, and let the site manage your donations each month. You’ll need a PayPal account. Drawback: It’s required to connect PayPal, and PayPal takes a cut to process … Read more

The Writers’ Room at ‘24’ – NYTimes.com “When things weren’t going well, Howard (the lead writer of the show) sometimes proclaimed that his writing motto was: ‘Not good. Never boring.’”

Take It to the Limit – Opinionator Blog – NYTimes.com Apparently not. But adding a little infinity sauce to round things effects the most marvelous magic.

Interruptions are a – oh, wait check this – no, wait, this: No, I meant this one: Via influx insights

10 Simple Google Search Tricks Listed below, but go to the link for instructions. Only seemed fair. 1. search a site 2. spelling help 3. calculator 4. time anywhere 5. currency conversion 6. magical “or” 7. magical “-“ 8. find document types 9. my favorite: numerical ranges 10. area code lookup