James Morone on Presidents and Health Care - Chair of Political Science at Brown University, talks with a local KC radio host about National health care and the Presidents who have tried (or succeeded, in the case of LBJ) to pass it. It is in the second half of the show, so you might just skip to it, but totally fascinating. He was so interesting they ended up taking just one call.
Sep 21, 1:46 pm /
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John Moe: I Did Not Read Infinite Jest This Summer - John Moe writing on his brother's suicide... Though I do not have a brother, my boys are brothers, and this made me feel... Also, awed, inspired, and sad. A damn fine example of putting words together.
Sep 11, 2:05 pm /
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2009 ReBrand 100 Global Awards Winners - Branding Strategy - Redesign - Market Repositioning - OMG, this is just awesomeness. I love branding, and the sheer completeness of the before and after for these award winners... so much fun. Will take me a long time to get through all of this.
May 25, 1:07 pm / 0 comments
Don't Miss: Supercool Video Explains New F1 Rules | Autopia from Wired.com - Holy crap this video is cool. I love F1, but even if I didn't, I'd think this was cool.
May 23, 1:03 pm / 0 comments
The other day I was musing to the wife about how ridiculous it would be to spend stupid money, just because I had stupid money to spend. I mean, if I was a billionaire, I said, I could not imagine spending $150,000 on a car, no matter how electric or cool it was. It is one of these truisms I've always held to. Lots of money would never overcome common sense.
And then I heard that Harrison Ford's gun from Blade Runner was up for auction. Here let me show it to you:
Harrison Ford's gun from Blade Runner
It was expected to fetch $150,000, and instead went for $270,000.
And yes, if I was a billionaire, I would probably buy this.
Neat how the iTunes music store lets you - This is fascinating. Guided selections for artists or genres in the iTunes Music Store. That is, they present you with (someone's opinion of) the basic songs for the artist or genre, next steps, and deep cuts. It's a little hard to find in iTunes, but if you click on any of the "iTunes Essentials" links, you get this interface. Quite frankly, awesome.
May 21, 9:04 am / 1 comment