Matt Lehrer

nbaoffseason: Landry Fields and Jeremy Lin’s new handshake:...

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 23:10:02 -0500

Landry Fields and Jeremy Lin’s new handshake: skimming through book, taking off glasses, then placing inside pocket protector.

Note: Landry Fields graduated from Stanford, Lin from Harvard. Way to set the bar super high for all Asian parents, Jeremy.

Mitt Romney Confusing Children.

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:43:00 -0500

Mitt Romney Confusing Children.

"Prior to November 4, 2008, the California Constitution guaranteed the right to marry to opposite-sex..."

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 13:33:37 -0500

“Prior to November 4, 2008, the California Constitution guaranteed the right to marry to opposite-sex couples and same-sex couples alike. On that day, the People of California adopted Proposition 8, which amended the state constitution to eliminate the right of same-sex couples to marry. We consider whether that amendment violates the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. We conclude that it does.”

- Judge Reinhardt, Ninth Circuit Prop. 8 decision, via Nate Silver.

"A young man wrote to Mozart and said, “Herr Mozart, I am thinking of writing symphonies. Can you..."

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 13:14:36 -0500

“A young man wrote to Mozart and said, “Herr Mozart, I am thinking of writing symphonies. Can you give me any suggestions as to how to get started?” Mozart responded, “A symphony is a very complex musical form, perhaps you should begin with some simple lieder and work your way up to a symphony.” “But Herr Mozart, you were writing symphonies when you were 8 years old.” “But I never asked anybody how.””

- This reminds me of the best entrepreneurs I have met!

Malkavian Quotes

(via roelofbotha)

Sounds like a cool place but I’m not sure I need an...

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 12:25:40 -0500

Sounds like a cool place but I’m not sure I need an additional bathtub on the terrace.

theatlantic: A Guide to the Digital Advertising Industry That’s...

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 11:54:57 -0500

theatlantic:

A Guide to the Digital Advertising Industry That’s Watching Your Every Click

We’re at the start of a revolution in the ways marketers and media intrude in — and shape — our lives. Every day, most if not all Americans who use the internet, along with hundreds of millions of other users from all over the planet, are being quietly peeked at, poked, analyzed and tagged as they move through the online world. Governments undoubtedly conduct a good deal of snooping, more in some parts of the world than in others.

In North America, Europe, and many other places, companies that work for marketers have taken the lead in secretly slicing and dicing the actions and backgrounds of huge populations on a virtually minute-by-minute basis. Their goal is to find out how to activate individuals’ buying impulses so they can sell us stuff more efficiently than ever before. But their work has broader social and cultural consequences as well. It is destroying traditional publishing ethics by forcing media outlets to adapt their editorial content to advertisers’ public-relations needs and slice-and-dice demands. And it is performing a highly controversial form of social profiling and discrimination by customizing our media content on the basis of marketing reputations we don’t even know we have. Read more.

[Image: Based on a Library of Congress photo in the public domain]

An excerpt from University of Pennsylvania professor Joseph Turow’s new book, The Daily You, which investigates the industry that’s trafficking in the data you generate every day online.

I love DuckDuckGo’s related summary, too.

jayparkinsonmd: I’m very excited to announce that we’ve...

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:59:56 -0500

jayparkinsonmd:

I’m very excited to announce that we’ve officially launched Sherpaa.

Who it’s for: Employees of NYC-based companies

Why: When you’re sick or hurt, figuring out exactly who and what you need and when you need it is difficult. You need an accessible, friendly doctor you can call and email 24/7 who will either solve the problem right then and there or guide you to the highest quality, health professionals with the best personalities who will provide exactly the care you need.

Our friends at tumblr are our first clients. And that means that all of tumblr’s employees can now email or call our doctors (or Guides as we call them) 24/7 when they have a health concern or question. Our Guides are well connected, in-the-know local doctors. Sometimes they can solve everything for you right away, and other times they’ll collaborate with other New York City specialists to arrange the most appropriate care for you. They make your health simple. And that’s our mission.

We’re starting slow. We’re focusing on working exclusively with tumblr for a while and will soon be signing up other NYC-based companies. If you’re interested in joining Sherpaa, please do let us know.

I’ve been quite busy for the past few months getting Sherpaa started. This is the next big phase of my life. And I’m super proud of it. It’s a service designed and built by us at The Future Well. We’re doing wonderful things and I’m a happy, happy guy.

Extremely happy to work in a place where unique, new employee benefits are embraced this well. Join us.

"[I]n 1931, the American League made a series of rules changes which impacted the definition of “home..."

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:29:06 -0500

“[I]n 1931, the American League made a series of rules changes which impacted the definition of “home run” so greatly as to render the above to penny-ante status. After this rule change, a ball which went over the fence in fair territory but landed foul would, as it is today, be considered a homer. Prior to that, such a swat was considered a foul ball — a long strike, debited from the batter’s allotment of three. Some researchers believe that the Babe lost as many as 75 (!) home runs due to this rule.”

- Babe Ruth was born today in 1895. He was the greatest hitter of all time — and he was better than you think.

harryh: mattlehrer: werdsmiffery: The 20 Most Beautiful...

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:15:07 -0500

harryh:

mattlehrer:

werdsmiffery:

The 20 Most Beautiful Bookshops in the World

Foursquare list waiting to happen.

https://foursquare.com/harryh/list/the-20-most-beautiful-bookstores-in-the-world

:)

Thanks, Harry.

How To Decorate Your Breastfeeding Baby To Please Fans Of Boobs

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:14:58 -0500

How To Decorate Your Breastfeeding Baby To Please Fans Of Boobs

theatlantic: Congressman Falls For Months-Old Onion Story About...

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:03:00 -0500

theatlantic:

Congressman Falls For Months-Old Onion Story About Planned Parenthood “Abortionplex”

Meet Rep. John Fleming, the unfortunate Republican congressman from Louisiana who made that wonderful and all-too-common mistake of thinking that an Onion article was real and telling his Facebook followers to read it. Fleming’s Facebook status, from Friday, was posted by Literally Unbelievable, a Tumblr that collects images of Facebookers who think Onion satires are the real deal and post them on their walls.

What’s doubly sad about this posting (obviously deleted now) is that The Onion article shared, “Planned Parenthood Opens $8 Billion Abortionplex,” is from May 2011 and is something of a viral classic, even inspiring some users of Yelp to “review” the facility described. So not only did Rep. Fleming (who calls abortion a “pernicious evil”) or at least one of his staffers believe Kansas now has an abortion clinic with “coffee shops, bars, dozens of restaurants and retail outlets, a three-story nightclub, and a 10-screen multiplex theater,” but it’s not even recent fake news. Read more.

Literally unbelievable.

werdsmiffery: The 20 Most Beautiful Bookshops in the...

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 11:04:01 -0500

werdsmiffery:

The 20 Most Beautiful Bookshops in the World

Foursquare list waiting to happen.

Fuckyournoguchicoffeetable.tumblr.com exhibit at MoMA

Sat, 04 Feb 2012 17:09:00 -0500

Fuckyournoguchicoffeetable.tumblr.com exhibit at MoMA

staff: Introducing: Highlighted Posts Every now and then, a...

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:19:05 -0500

staff:

Introducing: Highlighted Posts

Every now and then, a post comes along that’s meant for big things. It could be pulling the wraps off your new project, promoting your next show, raising awareness for a cause, or just sharing a truly incredible photo.

Today you’ll have a new option to Highlight those extra-important posts. For one dollar, your post will stand out in the Dashboard with a customizable sticker to make sure your followers take notice!

Pumped.

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:14:06 -0500

"12. Depeche Mode songs are always much slower than you remember them being, and dancehall only works..."

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 18:03:31 -0500

“12. Depeche Mode songs are always much slower than you remember them being, and dancehall only works on wasted people, after 1 AM, and only if they have been dancing to party rap for most of the night.”

- How to play music for a party

Clever Design Hides a Chest of Drawers Under the Stairs

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 15:49:48 -0500

Clever Design Hides a Chest of Drawers Under the Stairs

domgoodrum: New Yorkers, let’s go and float on Doug Wheeler’s...

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 14:15:45 -0500

domgoodrum:

New Yorkers, let’s go and float on Doug Wheeler’s cloud installation.

(via Mind-Blowing Installation Makes You Feel Like You’re Walking On A Cloud | Co.Design: business + innovation + design)

This looks incredible.

Flying People in New York City. Freaky. (via @GreatDismal)

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 11:38:18 -0500

Flying People in New York City. Freaky. (via @GreatDismal)

bookshelfporn: Slanted Bookshelf in the library of PROGRAM’s...

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 11:23:28 -0500

bookshelfporn:

Slanted Bookshelf in the library of PROGRAM’s project space in Berlin

Dizzying or interesting?