August 2010
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“L’unico modo di trattare una donna alla pari è desiderarla come uomo.”
– Ennio Flaiano [via sileggetambler ]
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Man killed wife of 35 years with guinea pig... →
[via storyofman]
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“We like this guy a lot. He’s perfect for the brochure. Can you make him African...”
– clientsfromhell
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Browser Pong →
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What's wrong with my Tumblr?
It keeps posting the same items over and over. It’s been a while now.
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SSRN-From J.C. Bach to Hip Hop: Musical Borrowing,... →
Tremendous controversy exists today about legal treatment of hip hop music. Having just reached its thirtieth birthday, hip hop is now the second most popular type of music in the United States and an important musical and cultural force globally. The advent of hip hop has raised serious copyright law concerns. At the core of such concerns is the issue of sampling, or the use of pieces of existing...
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Marco.org - A smartphone retrospective →
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Ian Ayres - Prediction Tools →
Here are some applets that give you a sense of the kinds of things that Super Crunching can help predict. Use them at your own risk
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WatchSexual Consent [via glumbert]
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“There is too much government today. We’ve got to remember the government...”
– Ray Bradbury
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“The tea party movement is not seeking a junior partnership with the Republican...”
– Dick Armey and Matt Kibbe: A Tea Party Manifesto - WSJ.com
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“E’ chiaro che si può essere grandi mascalzoni e al tempo stesso grandi statisti....”
– Francesco Cossiga [via il Nichilista]
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WatchFred Wilson: 10 Ways to Be Your Own Boss [via The 99 Percent]
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Retrodoll →
(Vintage) pictures of your mom and granny
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The James Franco Project →
At age 28, ten years after dropping out, Franco decided to go back to college. He enrolled in a couple of UCLA extension courses (literature, creative writing) and found them so magically satisfying—so safe and pure compared with the world of acting—that he threw himself back into his education with crazy abandon. He persuaded his advisers to let him exceed the maximum course load, then proceeded...
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Ernest Gellner - Wikipedia →
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“Volete tutta la verità sul suo (di Ronaldinho, ndr) peso? Eccola. L’ultimo...”
– Massimiliano Allegri
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SSRN-Congress and the Stock Market by Michael... →
We find a strong link between Congressional activity and stock market returns that persists even after controlling for known daily return anomalies. Stock returns are lower and volatility is higher when Congress is in session. This “Congressional Effect” can be quite large - more than 90% of the capital gains over the life of the DJIA have come on days when Congress is out of session....
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“A man was jailed by a Kemerovo region court on Thursday for assaulting a Gypsy...”
– Marginal Revolution [via pegobry via woody via abr]
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WatchGoogle vs the world [via The Guardian]
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“Ho conosciuto Renzo Bossi quando ho presentato Miss Padania. Aveva appena dieci...”
– Valerio Merola
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“When an actor comes to me and wants to discuss his character, I say, “It’s in...”
– Alfred Hitchcock [via Matteo Bordone]
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Vieni, c’è una strada nel bosco →
Franco Debenedetti su pubblico e privato di fronte alla bellezza
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The $600 billion challenge - Fortune →
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A Hong Kong il primo film porno 3D - Corriere... →
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“Nato da una famiglia di origine libanese, [Paul Anka] divenne famoso a soli...”
– Paul Anka - Wikipedia
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“Il 16 marzo 1978, mentre aspettava l’autobus sotto casa per recarsi ad una...”
– Francesco Pannofino - Wikipedia
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“Come molti uomini spinti dall’ambizione, Stalin era piuttosto basso, sul metro e...”
– Robert Conquest, Il grande terrore - Le purghe di Stalin negli anni Trenta, Mondadori, 1968, p. 99 [via Metilparaben via phonkmeister]
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“A che genere di uomini appartengo? A quello di chi prova piacere nell’essere...”
– Platone, Gorgia [via Paperdoll]
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“I can’t remember the last time I saw two people really falling in love in a...”
– Tragedy of Comecy - NYTimes.com
What The Fuck Should I Make For Dinner? →
[via Signora Maria]
