January 2009
62 posts
“The economic crisis has caused shoppers to go into an essentials-only mode. But...”
– Our Love Affair With Shopping Malls Is on the Rocks - NYTimes.com
“Myron Cope left behind something far more personal than a legacy of terrycloth,...”
– The Terrible Towel’s Wonderful Legacy - NYTimes.com
tears
Too Many Online Friends? Time to Delete -... →
dear nytimes.com,
are you reading my mind?
just curious.
“On Wall Street, where money is the ultimate measure, some employees apparently...”
– What Red Ink? Wall St. Paid Fat Bonuses - NYTimes.com
“Lucian A. Bebchuk, a professor at Harvard Law School and expert on executive...”
– What Red Ink? Wall St. Paid Fat Bonuses - NYTimes.com
“Despite crippling losses, multibillion-dollar bailouts and the passing of some...”
– What Red Ink? Wall St. Paid Fat Bonuses - NYTimes.com
“5. If you provide “white glove” service when delivering large flat-panel TVs to...”
– Video Gripes, Part I - Gadgetwise Blog - NYTimes.com
typo #30283 in nytimes.com
The trade-offs are few; a slightly detuned Intel Core Due processor, with a speed drop to 2.0GHz, from 2.1GHz.
Apple Ups the Ante on Its $999 Laptop - Gadgetwise Blog - NYTimes.com
“The instructions for constructing this massive torpedo-shaped amalgamation of...”
– The Bacon Explosion - Take Bacon. Add Sausage. Blog. - NYTimes.com
“Also helpful, he said, is to “let kids have two dogs and a cat,” which will...”
– Personal Health - Babies Know - A Little Dirt Is Good for You - NYTimes.com
“When my young sons were exploring the streets of Brooklyn, I couldn’t help but...”
– Personal Health - Babies Know - A Little Dirt Is Good for You - NYTimes.com
“Some who use the Hussein part of Obama’s name do so to imply he is Muslim,...”
– Easterbrook: Super Bowl pick and Unwanted All-Pros - ESPN Page 2
“We’re old and retired. We don’t need any more taxes,” said...”
– Calif. governor wants to tax golf, auto repairs - Yahoo! News
boo hoo
“Huberman has run the CTA since May 2007 after for about two years as...”
– Mayor Richard Daley to name CTA chief Ron Huberman to lead city schools — chicagotribune.com
interesting news, poor wording
Smurfette - Top 10 Secret Service Code Names -... →
“Monty Python started a YouTube channel with tons of their sketches streaming for...”
– Streaming: Monty Python Puts Free Videos Online, Sells 23,000% More DVDs
“Red Hat’s market capitalization sits at $2.62 billion, while Sun is just...”
– Red Hat set to surpass Sun in market capitalization | The Open Road - CNET News
“Book writing is like hitting yourself with a hammer: it feels SO good when you...”
– Easterbrook: Pittsburgh offense, meet Arizona’s defense - ESPN Page 2
“A country whose eternal shame is that it once held slaves elects a black man as...”
– Easterbrook: Pittsburgh offense, meet Arizona’s defense - ESPN Page 2
Vice President Dick Cheney pulled a muscle in his back on Monday while moving boxes and will be in a wheelchair for Tuesday’s inauguration ceremony.
Cheney Pulls Muscle and Is in Wheelchair - NYTimes.com
There must be a sinister plot behind this. Right?
“Time is the most perishable good in the world, and it is not replenishable. You...”
– Preoccupations - Meetings Are a Matter of Precious Time - NYTimes.com
“Part of the problem at such meetings is that the leader has not set clear...”
– Preoccupations - Meetings Are a Matter of Precious Time - NYTimes.com
woot!
the Steelers winning the AFC Championship game with a 23-14 win over the Baltimore Ravens to advance to Super Bowl XLIII against the Arizona Cardinals
Official site of the Pittsburgh Steelers - Article
“A review of investor presentations and conference calls by executives of some...”
– Bailout Is a No-Strings Windfall to Bankers, if Not to Borrowers - NYTimes.com
The curved shape of its one raised side meant sticking your hard fairy far into the oven to remove the pan.
Cookie Sheets - Cooks Illustrated
my what?!
“There is Obama toilet paper, a tribute that features his likeness, sold for...”
– Inspired by Obama’s Message? Pull Out Your Wallet - NYTimes.com
“Just as you can’t become a marathon runner by watching marathons on TV,”...”
– At M.I.T., Large Lectures Are Going the Way of the Blackboard - NYTimes.com
“I like Miss Manners’ approach because it lets a parent respect a child’s...”
– 18 and Under - Making Room for Miss Manners Is a Parenting Basic - NYTimes.com
“Part of the downward psychology of the recession is that journalists are using...”
– Easterbrook: How ‘bout them Cardinals! - ESPN Page 2
The app allows you to use the iPhone’s touch screen to pick your food and even customize with with things like more meat, according to the MacRumors iPhone Blog.
Extra guac - Chipotle gets an iPhone app - NYTimes.com
i’m so hungry
The Polaroid film cameras may be dead, but you can still have instant photos with the company’s new PoGo Instant Digital Camera, a compact snapshooter with a built-in printer that lets you capture and immediately print 2-by-3-inch images.
New Polaroid Camera Revives Instant Prints - Gadgetwise Blog - NYTimes.com
i want it. (for the kids.)
“Shortly after 8 a.m. Sunday, the stand-in for Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr....”
– Inauguration Dress Rehearsal Looks Almost Like the Real Thing - NYTimes.com
“Sure, we’ll waste some money doing that. That will happen with bridges, too. But...”
– Op-Ed Columnist - Tax Cuts for Teachers - NYTimes.com
“One of the smartest stimulus moves we could make would be to eliminate federal...”
– Op-Ed Columnist - Tax Cuts for Teachers - NYTimes.com
“If we spend $1 trillion on a stimulus and just get better highways and bridges —...”
– Op-Ed Columnist - Tax Cuts for Teachers - NYTimes.com
“What could the “BlackBerry president” charge for his plugs of the device if he...”
– For BlackBerry, Obama’s Devotion Is Priceless - NYTimes.com
“As you may be aware, on Thursday January 8, the University of Florida and the...”
– Florida congressman Cliff Stearns asks Nancy Pelosi for football break - Yahoo! News
The Minimalist - The Latest Must-Haves for the... →
“Home teams in the NFL divisional round are the surest thing in sports, except...”
– Easterbrook: Ministers of defense - ESPN Page 2
“Three employees of a KFC in California have been suspended for bathing in a deep...”
– QUOTABLES FROM ‘SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE’S WEEKEND UPDATE’ WITH AMY POEHLER & SETH MEYERS DECEMBER 13, 2008
“A man in Nebraska who was dubbed the “Butt Bandit,” for making...”
– QUOTABLES FROM ‘SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE’S WEEKEND UPDATE’ WITH AMY POEHLER & SETH MEYERS DECEMBER 13, 2008
“a third-party seller on Amazon.com was offering a “Marshall Peters Hinged Mat...”
– Is This Where the $700 Billion Is Going? - Freakonomics Blog - NYTimes.com
i like the frequently-bought-together price-for-all-three … $2.3T.
“Another good solution to the too-big-to-fail problem is to break up any...”
– Op-Ed Contributors - How to Repair a Broken Financial World - NYTimes.com
“Our leaders have framed the problem as a “crisis of confidence” but what they...”
– Op-Ed Contributors - How to Repair a Broken Financial World - NYTimes.com
“the general idea appears to be that if you give the banks capital they will in...”
– Op-Ed Contributors - The End of the Financial World as We Know It - NYTimes.com
“In the middle of all this, Treasury Secretary Henry M. Paulson Jr. persuaded...”
– Op-Ed Contributors - The End of the Financial World as We Know It - NYTimes.com