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The Acceleration of Addictiveness →

jakelodwick: A short article about how there are more addictions now than in the past, and will be more in the future. This is actually turning into a real problem. By “real problem” I mean measurably affecting the health and happiness of a significant number of people. It’s not as easy as “say no to drugs” when the tool you use to earn a living and communicate with loved ones doubles as a...

Jul 29th

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Has Facebook become today's AOL?

Welcome to AOL 2.0 - Let’s start this journey by taking a ride back in time. Some of you are too young to remember the Internet of the early 90s. Back then one of the most popular ways to get “online” was to use AOL. This was the popular online service that came via disks you received in the mail. Prodigy and Compuserve were on their way out and this new service AOL was the darling of the time....

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Bitter, Lebron-inspired brew "Quitness"...

CLEVELAND — A Cleveland brewery is re-releasing a bitter beer inspired by LeBron James’ decision to leave the Cavaliers for the Miami Heat. Great Lakes Brewing Co. says 30 gallons of “Quitness” ale sold out in three hours Wednesday at the company’s downtown brewpub. The beer will return Saturday on a first-come, first-serve basis. The brewery says...

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Super Mario Bros. Visualized as One Really, Really Long Level

Jul 12th

Fluxtumblr: Ted Leo and the Pharmacists - The Best... →

DOWNLOAD IT! Ted Leo is one of the best pop-rock songwriters working today. He’s an intelligent idealist with a talent for brilliant hooks, and in a better world, many of these songs would be mainstream crossover hits. This set covers the highlights of his five albums with his band the… Everyone unfamiliar with Ted Leo & The Pharmacists needs to listen to this.

Jul 9th

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“He’s a guy that cares more about the end result of playing basketball –...”

– Drew Magary, Deadspin on LeBron James signing with Miami.

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“You’re right. The Kin was a phone designed to meet the market Sidekicks...”

– sdurkin / news.yc

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“No medium has ever survived the indifference of 25-year-olds.”

– Clay Shirky (via soupsoup)

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Tokyo Police Club - Boots of Danger/Wait Up...

Jul 1st

Caltech Scientists: Yes, the World Cup Ball Does... →

dbreunig: They took it to a wind tunnel to find out. “So as the goalkeeper sees the ball coming, it suddenly seems to change its trajectory,” McKeon said. “It’s like putting the brakes on, but putting them on unevenly” (Via Discover)

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I had to text some of my Italian-American friends and rub it in a little bit about the loss, because I figure they don’t know any other Slovaks.

Jun 24th

“People are taking the piss out of you everyday. They butt into your life, take a...”

– Banksy, from Cut It Out (via zaschell) (via nedhepburn) (via antropofagia) (via so-treu) (via nezua) (via zuky) (via jonathan-cunningham) (via littleorphanammo) (via alohanico) (via soupsoup)

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The 2 boys from Queensboro saved Kobe’s ass. If Lakers lost Game 7 with Kobe’s poor performance, people’s perception of him would change dramatically.

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With Foursquare, life is a virtual game

Dennis Crowley was jogging across a New York bridge when he spotted something exciting: a cartoon mushroom, spray-painted on the sidewalk. It looked like something out of Nintendo’s “Super Mario Bros.,” which Crowley grew up playing. He stomped on the mushroom as he ran by and had a sort of nerdy realization. “I was like, s—-!” he recalled. ” ‘I...

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