July 2011
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June 2011
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Short logic: Groupon IPO: Pass on this deal →
shortlogic:
Groupon has filed its S-1 and hopes to raise $750M in its initial public offering. Given they’re currently losing a staggering $117M per quarter, despite revenues of $644M, they’ll be burning through that cash almost as soon as it hits their account.
At the moment, it’s costing them $1.43 to…
May 2011
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April 2011
8 posts
“Hammerbacher looked around Silicon Valley at companies like his own, Google...”
– This Tech Bubble Is Different - BusinessWeek
“There are two novels that can change a bookish fourteen-year old’s life: The...”
– Growing Up Objectivist, Ctd
“Rodrigo Rosenberg knew that he was about to die. It wasn’t because he was...”
– Rodrigo Rosenberg : The New Yorker
“The whole point of the First Amendment’s free press guarantee is that...”
– The Washington Post’s dependence on the government it covers
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March 2011
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January 2011
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December 2010
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“One evening in Moscow, Tanya (not her real name) found herself at a dinner table...”
– The Cheating Cheaters of Moscow
“The majority of publishers contacted for this article chose not to speak on the...”
– Books After Amazon
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“The vast majority of the artists I know seem to spend a lot of time listening to...”
– The ‘Radiolab’ Effect
“It turns out that there is something that can compete with free: easy.”
– The Men Who Stole the World
November 2010
8 posts
“Once you assume a creator and a plan, it makes us objects, in a cruel...”
– New Statesman - Christopher Hitchens vs. Tony Blair: the full transcript
“Mr. Abu Asab had grown suspicious because Mr. Hasayin would not let anybody come...”
– Palestinian Blogger Angers West Bank Muslims
“Shortly after 8 p.m., Ms. Love burst into the room with the Marchesa dress slung...”
– Courtney Love - ‘I’d Like to Be Trusted Again’ - NYTimes.com
“Dairy Management, which allotted $12.4 million for nutrition research in 2008,...”
– While Warning About Fat, U.S. Pushes Cheese Sales - NYTimes.com
“if I were in the House, I’d much rather lose my seat after making America a much...”
– What drives elections?
October 2010
15 posts
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“We’re not wanting to be a third party,” said Matt Ney, 55, the owner of a...”
– WashingtonPost
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WatchBender would be so proud.
“Even when the evidence shows that a particular research idea is wrong, if you...”
– Lies, Damned Lies, and Medical Science
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“The under-sung history of editing is filled with women’s names, unlike that of...”
– An appreciation of film editor Sally Menke.
““Ah!” I gesticulate. “If you’re explaining to your five-year-old son what fog...”
– Insane Clown Posse: And God created controversy | Music | The Guardian
“How do you (or should you) control a player’s ethics? Chen replied emphatically:...”
– All about the Journey
“Working at Tribune means accepting that you might hear a word that you,...”
– At Sam Zell’s Tribune, Tales of a Bankrupt Culture - NYTimes.com
Campaign to Pay Weezer $10 Million to Break Up →
This headline just made my day.
“A loose definition of the Tea Party might be millions of pissed-off white people...”
– Tea & Crackers | Rolling Stone Politics
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“Then she does what we in the Old World call “French flirting,” which is like...”
– Condos of the Living Dead
September 2010
19 posts
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“The Hollister store sits at the corner of Broadway and Houston in SoHo, a...”
– Sweatpants In Paradise (via Instapaper)
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Oxford Comma
Why should a comma always precede the last item in a list? Garner explains:
…the classic example of ambiguity is the apocryphal book dedication, “To my parents, Ayn Rand and God.”
You have been warned.
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