January 2012
42 posts
On the Proprietary Nature of the iBooks Author... →
I really want to quote the last paragraph, but that would ruin it.
From Chairman Gruber.
“The rushed and arbitrary deadline insisted on by Congressional Republicans...”
– Barack Obama, nailing shut the coffin of the Keystone XL pipeline. (via squashed)
Get your dirty tar sands outta here.
Report: Medical Marijuana Laws Reduced Traffic... →
“Legalization is associated with nearly a 9 percent decrease in traffic fatalities, most likely as a result of its impact on alcohol consumption by young adults,” the researchers said in the report, published in November.
Wes Anderson's Moonrise Kingdom trailer →
ericalba:
Looks good. Excited to watch it.
#film
This looks so good! And not one single use of Futura in that trailer, strange.
“Police around the country have been affixing high-tech scanners to the exterior...”
– Um, what!? Is that legal? Civil liberties experts are appropriately alarmed. Perhaps you should be too. (via newsweek)
The future is dark.
Why California needs high-speed rail →
In 1956, the Federal Highway Act steered the American Dream away from small towns, streetcar suburbs and central cities toward today’s auto suburb. It fit the time, shaped our communities, generated economic growth and changed our identity.
Today, our country desperately needs new infrastructure development that will create jobs and economic growth while updating the American Dream and...
Totally Drug Resistant (TDR) Tuberculosis Strikes... →
thecallus:
A new entity-ominously called Totally Drug-Resistant TB (TDR-TB )-has been isolated in the fluid samples of 12 TB patients in the past three months alone at Hinduja Hospital at Mahim . The hospital’s laboratory has been certified by the World Health Organization (WHO) to test TB patients for drug resistance.
The fatality rate for TDR-TB is 100%. “Totally” is not a euphemism or an...
1.9 million →
From the Washington Post:
Private employers added 220,00 jobs, moving the total of private-sector jobs created in 2011 to 1.9 million [my emphasis].
From the Bureau of Labor Statistics:
1.1 million: The number of jobs gained under President George W. Bush.
That would be *eight years* of George W. Bush.
This might be the best website I've seen in the... →
Pure nostalgia trip.
I took far too few photos in 2011. I have a big nice camera, big nice lenses, and they just sat in my big nice bookshelf for most of the year.
Not so for 2012.
A short list of other things I want to do in 2012:
Read
Play guitar
Create an iPad app
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2012-1-1) →
El Michels Affair (11)
White Denim (10)
Other Lives (10)
Big Boi (6)
Neon Indian (5)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
“For 5,000 years,” says Cole, “we built cities around people, and they worked...”
– Between the Lines - Features - Los Angeles magazine
December 2011
8 posts
“Citigroup spent years intentionally buying up every bad mortgage loan it could...”
– Patrick Meighan, a writer for Family Guy, explains why he joined Occupy LA (via journalofajournalist)
iamdonald: www.campgambino.com WITH SPECIAL GUEST... →
iamdonald:
www.campgambino.com WITH SPECIAL GUEST DANNY BROWN
Camp Gambino is now in session. Click the site links to be a part of CAMP. (TIMES denote when tickets go ON SALE)
ON SALE NOW!
Dec 31 – South Lake Tahoe, CA – Lake Tahoe Community College – Snowglobe Music Festival
No LA date makes me sad.
