Turning Heel

OK so these are just old links I had in a Draft post, figured I’d get them up so I can start again.   March ’11 may be the month I actually start updating this thing.   

Girl Talk – All Day (ReadyRickShaw) - Some dude set this site up so each sample used by Girl Talk is shown as the song goes along, cool to see and if you haven’t heard this shit yet definitely worth checking out.

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/16/world/middleeast/16stuxnet.html?_r=1&pagewanted=all

The Best Times to Buy Anything in 2011 (Lifehacker) We’re already 2 months in and most of it is common sense, but oh well decent guide to have around.

Internet 2010 in Numbers (Royal Pingdom) Good list of staaaaaaats about how big Da Net really is

Cracking the Scratch Lottery Code (Wired) Pretty sick article about a dude who picked up on patterns on the face of some scratch off loterry tickets in Canada.  Just goes to show how simple pattern recognition is the best tool of them all. 

 A Really Greater New York (Big Think – Strange Maps) Some dude’s idea from a hundred or so years ago to fill in a bunch of the water around Manhattan, interesting concept but can’t see how it would ever work these days.  Amazing that huge projects like this were actually feasible 100 years ago but nowadays would drown in red tape, or at least it seems that way.

Mario Furniture (Neatorama) Awesome.

Play Angry Birds For Real (Electric Pig) - SICK.  About time they made video games into real life and not vice versa.

And finally, what to expect this upcoming baseball season:

So it begins.   I figure 1/1/11 is a decent day to start writing some thoughts down, or at least provide a few links.    The  combination of being legitimately busy at some times, and legitimately lazy at others may serve as a good excuse to not put a lengthy post up, I can at least link some things I’d been reading.   So that’s what I’ll do today - I’d like to sort of snowball effect this blog into something that’ll be interesting on a regular basis, but one step at a time.   The fans must always be won over before a Heel Turn can be described with capital letters.

This American Life – The Invention of Money 
Interesting listen about the history of what makes the world go round.  Throw this on in while you do an hour of cardio and you’ll not only be less faaaaaaaaaaaaayat, but you’ll learn some history in the process.

Armenian Winery is Oldest to Date (WSJ) 
Getting drunk in 4,100 BC holla!!!!!!!!!

Google Maps & Label Readability (41 Latitude)
A good breakdown of how Google Maps are easier to read than Yahoo, Mapquest, etc.    I think it’s interesting as I would never have really noticed any of these, but after seeing them pointed out they make perfect sense.

On the Verge of a Worldwide Food Crisis (Burning Platform)
Scary.

Cyberspace When You’re Dead (NYT)
Interesting article.  “One estimate pegs the number of U.S. Facebook users who die annually at something like 375,000.”     Considering facebook has only been around for a few years, think about the impact down the road of one’s death who had a facebook profile for essentially their entire life.  

Computers That See You and Keep Watch Over You (NYT)
Creepy – doesn’t sound too far away from the unescapable TV screen from “1984.”

Backstory: Sidd Finch at 25 (John Strubel)
One of the greatest punks of all time.     25 years later, us Mets fans are wondering if Ollie Perez can hit half that on the gun.  At least it’s still football season.

Top 50 Mets of All Time (NYBD)
Interesting List – I don’t necessarily agree with the order or some of the choices, but still very thorough and the author, Mike Silva, responded to many criticisms in the comments so have to give respect there.

8-Bit Hip Hop Medley.  Sick.

Terrafugia.  A real flying car – unfortunately the website doesn’t mention anything about time travel.

Researchers have developed a robot capable of learning and interacting with the world using a biological brain. The beginning of the end? 

Sports Propaganda Posters.  Awesome – My birthday’s in three months in case you were wondering.

The Wright Stache.  Awesome blog devoted to getting David Wright to grow a mean ‘stache.

Article from Sports Illustrated about the Mets’ recent World Series win.  (Unfortunately, this is a 23 year old article.)

Uni Watch – Alternate MLB Uniform Ideas.  Some of these are pretty good, this is a good blog worth checking out. 

This is why you’re fat: Where Dreams become Heart Attacks.  Enough said.

Fender Custom Furniture.   I could use a new kitchen table too.

Offensive food item of the day: Obama-Fingers fried chicken.  This might not even be the most offensive one.  (Although, to be honest advertisers are like dogs – any attention is better than no attention.  I’m personally the most offended by:)

Karl Rove Says Barack Obama Has Moved Chicago Politics to the White House (WSJ).  There’s your Change, ha.

"Don’t think we’re not keeping score, brother." That’s what President Barack Obama said to Rep. Peter DeFazio in a closed-door meeting of the House Democratic Caucus last week, according to the Associated Press.

A few weeks ago, Mr. DeFazio voted against the administration’s stimulus bill. The comment from Mr. Obama was a presidential rebuke and part of a new, hard-nosed push by the White House to pressure Congress to adopt the president’s budget. He has mobilized outside groups and enlisted forces still in place from the Obama campaign.

What they Used to Teach You at Stanford Business School (Portfolio.com) To be honest, I’m of the opinion that these types of things aren’t taught, they are either common sense to someone, or they aren’t.  But for all you assholes in business with no common sense, please read it.

Good video about the credit crisis in pretty basic terms:

The Crisis of Credit Visualized from Jonathan Jarvis on Vimeo.

Why Does Gas Cost $4 or More a Gallon? Hopefully we don’t see $4 again for a few more years at least but still good to know the deal.

What if Uncle Sam Takes Over Your Bank? (WSJ) I’m sure there will be a lot more talk of nationalizing Citi and BoA, if not others, in the next few weeks so here’s what that means.   Everyone’s a crook so no big deal.

20 Tips for More Efficient Google Searches Easy.

The Evolution of Pabst Blue Ribbon’s Beer Advertising

Wake n’ Bacon.   Words don’t do this one justice.

Willie Nelson ft. Snoop Dogg – Superman

Here’s some things worth checking out:

CES: Back to the Future With LG’s Watch Phone (WSJ) Fuck the Iphone, I’m getting one of these.

Citi Field: Where Homeruns Go To Die. (Amazin’ Avenue) Discussion about how Citi Field may yield considerably less home runs than Shea.  Since Aaron Heilman and Billy Wagner are off the team, this may not matter so much.

Strictly Fitteds Apparently there’s a blog about fitteds.  Nice.  This one is real sick.

Jaydiohead: Jay-Z x Radiohead – Minty Fresh Beats: Mix of Jay-Z verses over beats made from Radiohead songs.

A real ol’ G.

The Fall of GM – A Visual Guide (WallStats.com)

The End of the Financial World as We Know It and How to Repair a Broken Financial World (Michael Lewis and David Einhorn, New York Times).    Long article but worth reading, breaks down a lot of the ol’ “financial crisis.”

Rap music originated in medieval Scottish pubs, claims American professor.  The best part:
The most famous surviving example of flyting comes from a 16th-century piece in which two rival poets hurl increasingly obscene rhyming insults at one another before the Court of King James IV.    Titled the Flyting Of Dunbar And Kennedy, it has been described by academics as “just over 500 lines of filth”.

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