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Hard at Work

David documents the moment

David documents the moment, originally uploaded by msippey.

Hadn't seen this.

The 'We Need To Own' Baloney

The VC business is not about grabbing the largest slice of the pie. It is about getting involved with very big pies. If you let your need for the biggest piece keep you out of the pie eating contest, you will lose eventually.

via www.avc.com

I think this is true for all businesses.

Julie & Julia, Foodie & Cook

Foodies watch food television with their pants around their ankles and buy The French Laundry Cookbook for the pictures.  Foodie is a social distinction, not a judgement.  Cooks, on the other hand, cook; they like to cook, they enjoy the work and like feeding others and take pride in various successes in the kitchen, whether it’s their first mayonnaise or a Rachael Ray recipe, and they are not daunted by failure.  (There is a third species, someone who does not like to cook, but loves to eat.  This is called being human.)

via blog.ruhlman.com

Never say Michael Ruhlman is afraid to insult all of his audiences at once.

Yes, I Ran Spell Check

Let’s see if the Spielberg bashers put-off by the metaphysics in Kingdom of the Crystal Skull will be as offended by District 9’s mangled anthropology.

If you saw District 9 on time, you're probably already familiar with Armond White's takedown of the film ("Bullship") and the ensuing blogorrhea. As Adriana pointed out to me, the Nigeria tribe of cannibals living in District 9's are reminiscent of the orcs in Lord of the Rings. It's more surprising today because District 9 is largely a film about race, and LOTR obviously wasn't.

As an Armond White fanboy, I do wish that he'd acknowledge that District 9 is masterfully produced and shot. It's no Transporter 3, but it's surely equal to Transformers 2 or G.I. Joe (all movies that White loved for their kinetic cinematography).

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The Fugitif

The Fugitif
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Originally uploaded by polkas75.

"Why Did you Click Through?"

Bill James on Steroids - a must read for baseball, math, or history nerds:

If we look into the future, then, we can reliably foresee a time in which everybody is going to be using steroids or their pharmaceutical descendants. We will learn to control the health risks of these drugs, or we will develop alternatives to them... How, then, are those people of the future — who are taking steroids every day — going to look back on baseball players who used steroids? They’re going to look back on them as pioneers. They’re going to look back at it and say “So what?”

Bonus! Last night I did some guest blogging on sippey.com, although the good post was his. Meanwhile, Michael used a meta post to entice comment-blogging from other friends.

DOUBLE BONUS: Still on sippey.com, comment-blogger Brett Jackson says: "Please stop cluttering up the Internet... I can't find [desired] results because zoomed to the top is your little piece. Soaking up all the 'I Feel Lucky' luck." Soak on, Friend Sippey

While you were sleeping, from Berlin:

I predict a return to blogging as people discover the power of being able to finish a thought, and to link to another site without going through an intermediary.

I'm not sure "return" is the right word, I think twitter will be gateway to people sharing more on-line (tumblr plays a similar role). 

David Jacobs is the MOST Responsive Web 2.0 Friends in the whole NETOSPHERE!

DAvid Jacobs is the MOST REsponsive Web 2.0 Friends in the whole NETOSPHERE!
Originally uploaded by triciawang 王 圣 㨗.

This is still true! Try following me on Typepad to see for yourself.