‘Careless Whisper’ As A 1930s-Style Jazz Jam
These guilty feet have got no rhythm.
Month: February 2014
finished Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
Shared from Ready Player One
It’s the year 2044, and the real world has become an ugly place. We’re out of oil. We’ve wrecked the climate. Famine, poverty, and disease are widespread. Like most of humanity, Wade Watts escapes this depressing reality by spending his waking hours jacked into the OASIS, a sprawling virtual utop…
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Colorado’s Legal Marijuana Market Is Bringing In Way More Tax Revenue Than Expected
So far, the legalization effort has been a rousing success.
Interesting account of what happens when people fall in love through Facebook.
When You Fall in Love, This Is What Facebook Sees
“During the 100 days before the relationship starts, we observe a slow but steady increase in the number of timeline posts shared between the future couple.”
16 BILLION. http://ift.tt/1eTAi3Z
“Edberg said the last time House of Cards launched, the engineers figured out that the entire season was about 13 hours. ‘And we looked to [see] if anybody was finishing in that amount of time,’ Edberg said. ‘And there was one person who finished with just three minutes longer than there is content.’ That’s right, of its 40 million subscribers around the world, Netflix was able the find the one super binger.”
What happens at Netflix when House of Cards goes live
A dispatch from the Netflix War Room
Real life troubles of being in front of millions of people every day.
The 5 Awkward Times Experts Shut Down News Anchors By Being Experts
If they’re critical of the news and they’re on it, we should pay closer attention.
I seriously had to double check that this was not from theonion.com.
1 In 4 Americans Thinks The Sun Goes Around The Earth, Survey Says
26 percent of those surveyed by the National Science Foundation in 2012 answered incorrectly.
The Home Honeydo List
My House Feels So Boring After Seeing These 33 Awesome Things. I Want Them All, Especially #5.
However, number 22 would become annoying very fast.
I hope that someday Russell Brand is recognised not for his goofy roles, but for his intellect, gentlemanly conduct, and ability to communicate complicated concepts so we can understand other’s situations without having to experience them. “Because, even now, the condition persists. Drugs and alcohol are not my problem, reality is my problem, drugs and alcohol are my solution.” A good read in the wake of heroin’s increase usage around the world.
Russell Brand: my life without drugs
Russell Brand has not used drugs for 10 years. He has a job, a house, a cat, good friends. But temptation is never far away. He wants to help other addicts, but first he wants us to feel compassion for those affected