May 2008
I hope Rihanna feels better!
los politicos
Why can’t I find a transcript of what Rove was laying down at the MNGOP convention? I want to read that shit! Also, it’s cool that Barry is coming to the Xcel for his victory speech—is he going to get drunk with all the other Dems at the State convention, tho?
Just saw a copper theft, calling the cops
do it
I could go for a Max Sparber Friday mp3 right about now
Tickets on sale Monday for New Kids on the Block... →
“It is a tale of two cities here at the Republican State Convention in Rochester....”
– The Hammer holds it down in Rochester
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Amazon Feminist books will be closing and having a... →
finding out that Sabbath’s Seventh Star is just as amazing as Headless Cross. “why can’t you see I’m no stranger to looooove…”
My hopes for JCVD are getting ridiculously high →
“I had misinterpreted my secretary’s message, and thought that you were...”
– fromer AG Mike Hatch who’s bringing the lolz today (And, yes, that’s two Minnpost links in a row!)
Watchs4xton: Putting a fresh coat on the neighborhood. If you didn’t already know how much Ed Kohler rocks. I do know how much Ed Kohler rocks!
Four Takes on Santogold’s “Santogold” →
WatchPlease get this guy for at least a VP in the next administration.
“In one typically sobering statistic, ABC lost more than one-fifth of its core...”
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Following up Tokyo Drifter from the Criterion Collection with Tokyo Drift from the Vin Diesel collection
the mars phoenix twitter →
Over the vacation I had the chance to read to read two excellent books, Electric Arc Radio funny man Geoff Herbach’s “The Miracle Letters of T. Reimberg” and “Bitter Fruit”, the extensive early-80’s chronicle of the U.S.-sponored coup in Guatemala. And even though the letters in Herbach’s book are suicide letters, “Bitter Fruit” was by far the more depressing...
Memorial Day weekend two-minute guide →
Tokyo Drifter is amazing: http://youtube.com/watch?v=qu9oVdtOjV0
drop.io: simple private sharing hustle.
RIP Earl Root, Evil will live on
Earl Root, the host of KFAI’s The Root of All Evil and a foundational pillar of the Twin Cities metal scene, passed away last Friday as a result of his battle with cancer. Root had hosted his late night metal show for over 20 years, an incredible feat by any standard, and one made even more incredible considering the fact that The Root of All Evil consistently kept up its high standard of...
This is totally sweet: tag galaxy →
May '68 -- actually not that big a deal →
texting while driving now illegal →
(I’m gonna start making citizens arrests for this—HAY YOU YOU’RE UNDER ARREST FOR TEXTING PULL OVER)
Thanks to Colin and Matt for tearing it up on this here link blog while I was getting crazy sun burnt these last few days. If there’s something I should really see that I might’ve missed while I was offline, please let me know. Otherwise, I’m going to clear out the reader and start fresh! (I’ll also share a quote from one of the guys I talked to this...
Design for the Other 90% opens tomorrow in the... →
Proof that design can change the world? David Stairs at the Design Observer and Alix Rule at In These Times both have dissenting positions. [Thanks Taylor, it’s been fun! - Colin]
There's a Psychogeographic Map Making Party next... →
[Colin’s shameless self-link]
WiiFit vs. WiiFat →
WiiFit, of course, sold out everywhere mere nanoseconds after it appeared.
USA National Gas Temperature Map →
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Javascript Super Mario Kart →
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“When people talk about inequality, they tend to focus exclusively on the income...”
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Health 2.0
Google launches Google Health. [from] ScienceCommons proposes a Health Commons. [from]
A ton of video from the New Yorker Conference just... →
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