January 2012
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Takeaways from Apple’s (Q4) 2011 →
mattrichman:
Apple just reported earnings for the fourth calendar quarter of 2011. It sold 37.04 million iPhones, 15.43 million iPads, and 5.2 million Macs. With a record $13.06 billion in profits, it was Apple’s best quarter ever — by far. If we do some quick math with Apple’s (fourth quarter) 2011 sales…
“A $250 billion per year loss would be almost $800 for every man, woman, and...”
– The Freakonomics guys call bull**** on the MPAA’s piracy numbers. (via jimray)
528. It's better to be right than first. It's best...
“I am excited to meet Mickey, I confess it is always nice to meet a world leader...”
– Barack Obama (via disneyadventures)
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“Don’t despise small beginnings.”
– Montell Owens
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“This wasn’t your everyday, run-of-the-mill cupcake,” wrote TSA...”
– TSA Spokesman Robert Burns on an airport cupcake confiscation.
It’s time to leave the country, folks.
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“Everything that you do is a commodity. In many, many instances, the only...”
– Robert Khoo
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“As the old saying goes, we have a hard act to follow in Wayne and Delores...”
– Shahid Khan
December 2011
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“Life can’t be all bad when for ten dollars you can buy all the Beethoven sonatas...”
– William F. Buckley (via rulesformyunbornson)
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Pair of Robbers Want Only iPhones, No Droids,... →
This is a real story.
A pair of would-be robbers targeting Columbia students in upper Manhattan seem to be rather picky as they prowl. Twice at 526 114th St., and once at 556 114th St., the suspects demanded the victims hand over their iPhones, police said. The first victim complied, but the second only had a Droid, according to police. The thieves apparently didn’t want a Droid...
In These Trying Times →
Shellacking is a word Barack Obama reinserted into the American vernacular following the 2010 midterms. The Jaguars gave a shellacking to the Buccaneers four days ago, beating them 41-14 at home….
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In These Trying Times
Shellacking is a word Barack Obama reinserted into the American vernacular following the 2010 midterms. The Jaguars gave a shellacking to the Buccaneers four days ago, beating them 41-14 at home. They received a shellacking tonight, losing 14-41 to the Falcons. There’s some twisted beauty in the symmetry.
A football season is a life lived in seventeen weeks; a few more if you’re...
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“Worse? WORSE? Take a look around you, Ellen! We’re at the threshold of...”
– Clark Griswold, Jaguars fan.
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“It looks like a human was involved in choosing what went where,” Marissa told...”
– Marissa Mayer addressing Google designers, as quoted in “In The Plex” by Steven Levy (via buzz)
Horrifying. I can think of no more perfect distinction of how Apple and Google are fundamentally different.
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The Greatly Exaggerated Demise of the Nintendo 3DS →
What do Zach Braff, Bob Barker, Fidel Castro, Sean Connery, Miley Cyrus, Will Ferrel and the Queen of England have in common with the Nintendo 3DS? You can find out in my debut article over at GamesAreEvil in my new column, Between the Pixels. Please give it a read and let me know what you think!
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“I am never bored. I never understand people who say they are bored. I wish they...”
– Teller.
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“Winning is a habit.”
– Vince Lombardi
The Da Vinci Method
Illustration courtesy of Wendy MacNaughton for NPR.
By way of Andrew Sullivan, I came across an extremely compelling piece about a to do list found amidst the notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci. From the early 1490s, the to do list denotes the activities that Da Vinci had planned for a week. Along with the article came the illustration that translated the list. Da Vinci’s activities spanned...
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“Get a good idea and stay with it. Dog it, and work at it until it’s done...”
– Walt Disney
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