June 2009
68 posts
On Twitter...
@codinghorror: out of curiosity -- how does Tumblr generate revenue?
@marcoarment: Venture capitalists! (not an official statement of Tumblr, Inc., its member companies, or subsidiaries)
Too many CAPTCHAs
If Facebook’s over-sensitive anti-spam mechanism doesn’t stop hassling me every time I try to share a link with someone, I might use e-mail instead. C’mon, this isn’t Myspace.
BBC comedy will follow rivalry between... →
It was pitched as “Seinfeld with BBC Micros”.
(It probably wasn’t).
“If there’s time for an emergency, why isn’t there time for...”
– Seth Godin
What's the best gift you've ever received?
“I believe Don’t Ask Don’t Tell doesn’t contribute to our national security. In...”
– President Obama (via notthatkindagay & asprettyasasong)
There’s fun stuff over at the Little World Gifts Tumblr at the moment…
(Transformer USB sticks, sketches of teacups and chilled-out punk covers).
What would make you..?
At some point in your online travels, you must’ve been sent a link to an article, or a picture or video by a friend. (Admit it, your mum sends you LOLcats). If you got one of these in your inbox today:
What would make you really pleased (appreciative, “wow” etc) they sent it?
And/or what would make you sigh and hit delete?
Vague I know, but that’s the point! :-)
...
“A former civil servant who wrote an internet blog imagining the kidnap and murder of the pop group Girls Aloud has been cleared of obscenity”.
“Whatever the final autopsy results reveal, it was greed that killed Michael...”
– Daily Mail
(Non-British readers: anyone in their right mind here in the UK takes everything the Mail publishes with a very large fistful of salt).
PDF Split and Merge →
Great free utility for Mac - simple but effective, and solved potential hassle for me this evening.
Ads presented during shows like The Simpsons and CSI are getting higher ad rates online [eg. Hulu] than they are on TV. (via NewTeeVee)
Boxee adds Tumblr support →
“You’ll be able to stream music shared by people you follow on the blogging platform, as well as play picture slideshows.”
Yum.
We7 playlist - "Why I Do What I Do" →
By my mate Pursehouse, who says:
“I’m currently working for an indie music publisher, working with over a thousand unsigned/independent artists helping them to make money from their music and promote them on TV/Adverts/games etc. Music has always been my passion and the following are 7 songs that could been seen as landmarks in shaping my musical taste. These are in chronological order as...
Jonathan says that "Barack Obama is dead". WHY... →
KisMac + Growl notifications = I can't see my...
/geek
The Beagles
Sat in a bar on holiday watching a naff singer/guitarist doing classic rock covers. And the GENIUS idea of a Beatles/Eagles tribute act hit me. Give ‘em the above name, they’d wear canine costumes and play songs like “Hard Dog’s Night” and “Retriever Sunrise”. This is gonna make me rich.
Jonathan is going on holiday. →
The curious economics of lighters and umbrellas
No one owns them. You rarely seem to have one when you need one. I know I’ve never bought either, but have had numerous in my possession over the years. They sort of pass from person to person in a ghost economy of being left behind in pubs and on trains, where finding them means they are now yours for a brief, transient period, only to be passed on to someone else just before you actually...
BBC: Hydrogen car to be 'open source' →
“The cars will be leased with fuel and repair costs included, at an estimated £200 ($315) per month.”
"Momblogging" as a new marketing solution for the... →
When Fred Wilson talks, I listen. Even if this is one of the least rock ‘n’ roll music industry suggestions I’ve ever heard ;-)
From OverheardInNewYork.com
Cop, taking report of stolen car: Ok, what was the color, make and model?
Metro Guy: It's cranberry and...
Cop: Cranberry's something you eat, son, your car was red.
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-6-14) →
Moby (18)
DJ Shadow (12)
Grizzly Bear (10)
Massive Attack (9)
Flight of the Conchords (7)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
jhnbrssndn says:
Younger readers may be interested to know that Beth Ditto used to be in a band, before she became a full-time fixture on magazine covers.
Ha! John’s witty barb is a good opportunity for me to link to my 2006 review of one of The Gossip’s early singles. Just ‘cos I can.
Changed my profile pic to match my haircut.
And to momentarily confuse and disorientate my Tumblr followers.
“In the North-west it rains and it rains. And yet we managed to produce the...”
– Tony Wilson (via Little World Gifts)
Little World Gifts →
My new place of work can haz a Tumblr?
“When I was in Taiwan, I heard that they sometimes held dictionary look-up...”
– Why Chinese Is So Damn Hard
Common Tag - Standard vocabulary for tags →
(via iamdanw)
Great idea:
“Common Tag is an open tagging format developed to make content more connected, discoverable and engaging. Unlike free-text tags, Common Tags are references to unique, well-defined concepts, complete with metadata and their own URLs. With Common Tag, site owners can more easily create topic hubs, cross-promote their content, and enrich their pages with free data,...
“The Web is evolving so quickly, it’s clear the ‘versioning’...”
– John Battelle & Tim O’Reilly
"Corporate social responsibility" →
Interesting BBC article. It’s from a couple of years ago, but still relevant if you like that sorta thing.
“Sustainable development is like teenage sex – everybody claims they are doing it...”
– Chris Spray (Northumbrian Water) in a Design Council piece about sustainability
London Science Museum's top 10 "iconic" objects →
Steam engine
V2 rocket engine
Electric telegraph
Stephenson’s Rocket
X-ray machine
Model T Ford
Penicillin
Pilot ACE Computer
DNA double helix
Apollo 10 capsule
Zappos Core Values →
It’s tempting to say “they’re just a mail-order shoe company”, but after reading an interview with founder Tony Hsieh in Inc. magazine, I thought this was quite cool:
Deliver WOW Through Service
Embrace and Drive Change
Create Fun and A Little Weirdness
Be Adventurous, Creative, and Open-Minded
Pursue Growth and Learning
Build Open and Honest Relationships With...
Help I'm trapped inside the Tumblr API →
Quick post by Dave Winer, so of course very geek-centric. And as I’m posting it here on Tumblr, oh-so meta.
“Everything is becoming software. Saying there are too many software companies in...”
– Paul Graham
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-6-7) →
Manic Street Preachers (11)
Primal Scream (2)
Twisted Wheel (2)
U2 (1)
BBC Radio 4 (1)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Domain used in Oman →
If .om were to ever allow unrestricted second level domain registration, many forms of cybersquatting would then be possible. For example, instead of yahoo.com, one could register “yahooc” under “.om” to create the typo yahooc.om.
I accidently typed “flickrc.om” this morning, and thought I was a genius for coming up with this scam. Seems I’m not the first...