Reaction to the Sony Hack Is 'Beyond the Realm of Stupid' | Motherboard
“The reality is having your scripts posted online does not constitute a terrorist act.” via @rossneumann »
Leslie Harpold - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ladies & gentlemen, raise a champagne glass in appreciation of all that we learned from the great Leslie Harpold. »
2014: The Year in Garbage — The Nib — Medium
THE YEAR IN GARBAGE by @Lubchansky »
Susan Wojcicki: Paid Maternity Leave Is Good for Business - WSJ
When Google increased paid maternity leave from 12 to 18 wks in 2007, the rate of new moms leaving fell by 50% (!!) http:/… »
nyti.ms/1uSKAcP
That NYT feature on Yahoo under Mayer is worth reading, if only for this amazing anecdote. »
Snapchat CEO Evan Spiegel's Email Memo - Business Insider
leaked or not, this note from CEO of Snapchat is a master class in board management and clear eyed company building »
Issue 58 — The Magazine
Issue #58! Our last! It’s great! Speedway, Black Hand, fancy guppies, and a very real imaginary … »
Boxcar Theatre
Dear San Francisco, You super-need to go see Hedwig when she returns to @boxcartheatre. »
How Andy and Matt are making a motza by wasting your time with Crossy Road
Whoa, Crossy Road’s pulled down seven figures so far without resorting to abusive IAP. »
Mohammad and the Mountain
If you come to our show on Friday at the Utah, you'll also get to hear these fine folks: Mohammed and the Mountain »
I Don't Know What to Do With Good White People
"What a privilege, to concern yourself with seeming good while the rest of us want to seem worthy of life." »
hastebin
This is how far I got in nginx: Problems: - no MD5 enforcement yet - proxy_redirect won’t URL-escape $1 »
The secret to the Uber economy is wealth inequality – Quartz
A more stark look at Uber, and all new Uber-like services »
Российский дзен. Бессмысленный и беспощадный
As the Russian economy implodes, enjoy this site comparing the ruble, the dollar, and the price of oil. »
Read The Contract : diesel sweeties by @rstevens robot webcomic & geeky t-shirts
Tonight’s comic thinks you should always read the contract »
Texas Theater to Show 'Team America' In Place of 'The Interview' - The Hollywood Reporter
“@THRmovies: Texas Theater to Show 'Team America' In Place of 'The Interview’ »
APOD: 2014 December 15 - The Potsdam Gravity Potato
Almost need a new @metafilter account just so I can use "Potsdam Gravity Potato." Could also be a jaeger name. »
Clockwise #67: Disapproving Record Clerk - Relay FM
New! 2015 tech, unused OS features, requiem for old media, and Sony leaks, with @caseyjohnston and @jeffcarlson! http://t… »
Robo Mama's Cooking Kitchen - YouTube
OH MY FUCKING GOD @gelicia & @j3rrytron BUILT COOKING MAMA IN REAL LIFE. IN. REAL. LIFE. #hax »
nvite
Are you a designer? Let's go see The Hobbit: Battle of Five Armies in *real* IMAX 3D! About 6 tickets remaining! »
Have You Heard the One About…? — The Message — Medium
2014: The Year in Being and Not Being Funny "Today’s comedy is really fucking messy." »
get up stand up — Year End Lists
From 2009, @ystrickler's Anatomy of a Year-End Top Ten List: /via @yewknee »
One Of These Days I'll Get It Right | Jim Guthrie
Our baby has arrived! Brand new album from @jampants and myself! »
Content, Forever - Draft Versions
I wrote a short essay on how Content Forever works, and I link to ten different working drafts, explaining my process »
Five Feminist Moments in the History of Video Games — Matter — Medium
This week @carolynmichelle and I shared Five Feminist Moments in Video Games for @ReadMatter »
Babes at the Museum - Adult Mag
KYLE CHAYKA! NUDES! »
The curse of compressing reality by Noah of Basecamp
A few thoughts: The curse of compressing reality (don’t judge your reality against someone else’s compressed work. https://t.c… »
Content, Forever
I'm pretty sure 30 minutes of 'disruption' should do the trick, what do you think @kxande2? »
The Everything Book: reading in the age of Amazon | The Verge
Haven’t read it yet, but this Verge special piece on Amazon’s Kindle looks fantastic and in-depth »
New York Public Defenders Walk Out Of Court Protesting Eric Garner's Death - BuzzFeed News
New York Public Defenders Walk Out Of Court Protesting Eric Garner’s Death »
Cowardly U.S. theater chains refuse to show 'The Interview' after free speech threats - Boing Boing
Free speech must be defended even when the speech at issue is a sure-to-be-shitty Seth Rogen comedy. #TheInterview »
parenting.blogs.nytimes.com/category/how-i-do-it
(BTW that story is part of a terrific @nytmotherlode series called "How I Do It": … all worth read… »
My Must-Have iPad Apps, 2014 Edition – MacStories
My Must-Have iPad Apps, 2014 Edition »
Inside the Buzz-Fueled Media Startups Battling for Your Attention | WIRED
My Wired feature on media startups is now online (but definitely worth checking out in print) »
Why 2014 Was the Year of the Essay | Electric Literature
"Why 2014 Was the Year of the Essay" at @ElectricLit, featuring @ohheygreat's Year of Wednesdays »
Squander Two: An open letter to Russell Brand.
Ummm yes RT @Peston: Has @rustyrockets met his match in an RBS banker whose lunch he spoiled? »
6 Things About Jennicam I Couldn’t Include in Reply All Episode 5 — Reply All — Gimlet Media
Holy crap, @replyall tracked down and interviewed Jennifer Ringley from Jennicam. »
Issues · cashmusic/platform · GitHub
If you're curious about what's next for @cashmusic, check out this sprint planned for January (screenshots, too) »
North Korea Almost Certainly Did Not Hack Sony | WIRED
N. Korea behind Sony hack? Probly not. Love the careful, cautious approach in this @KimZetter piece »
The FBI Used the Web's Favorite Hacking Tool to Unmask Tor Users | WIRED
Great reporting by WIRED uncovering FBI's use of Metasploit code to pierce the veil of Tor anonymity »
Seattle’s unbelievable transportation megaproject fustercluck | Grist
Seattle is in the midst of a full-spectrum transportation fustercluck. »
A Note About Contracts and Authors' Rights
Toast moving to “first North America serial rights” with 6 months’ exclusivity. That’s the right stuff. »
Algorithmic design: How Vox picks a winning layout out of thousands | Vox Product Blog
Algorithmic design: How @voxdotcom picks a winning layout out of thousands »
The Ada Initiative is growing! Announcing our search for a new Executive Director | Ada Initiative
The @adainitiative is growing! We are hiring a new Executive Director. Find out more, including how to apply: https://t.… »
Airbnb Invents a Call Center That Isn't Hell to Work At | WIRED
Airbnb Invents a Call Center That Isn't Hell to Work At | WIRED »
Dear The Toast and The Butter: Please Fix Your Rights Grab | Whatever
@leighalexander @alexhern @tinysubversions don't negotiate and sign every contract you're handed, especially theirs »
The New York Review of Video Games — Matter — Medium
Dear anyone who thinks video games are awesome and so much more than a fun thing to do on a dreary Sunday, THIS. »
New York bans pet piercing - Boing Boing
New York bans pet piercing »
America Will Finally Get Its Very Own Pac-Man-Themed Restaurant -- Grub Street
America will finally get its very own Pac-Man-themed restaurant »
Seasonal Depression - Lego Friends
This one weird trick that will make all Legos appeal to girls more: :‘) »
How the EU is throttling online business with idiotic VAT reform - Telegraph
Whoa, these new EU VAT rules seem like a super-thorny issue for - eg - indie game devs, ugh: (via @kertgartner.) »
Thought Experiment
The tortured hypocrisy of US politics: By @JenSorensen »
Dropbox - Screenshot 2014-12-16 21.02.18.png
@Ihnatko @GlennF I just got a 2fer Bingo! »
nytimes.com/2014/12/21/magazine/what-happened-when-marissa-mayer-tried-to-be-steve-jobs.html
This @nytmag piece on Marissa Mayer is exactly as excoriating as the title would lead you to believe »
Lyft says its drivers can make $35 an hour. I spent a week driving to see if that’s true. - Vox
It really would have cracked me up if I'd ordered up a @lyft ride and gotten @binarybits as my driver. »
New in Safari: November and December 2014 - Safari Blog
New in Safari: November and December 2014 via @safari »
Snapchat CEO Evan Spiegel on being hacked: "I felt like I was going to cry all morning" | The Verge
Snapchat CEO Evan Spiegel on being hacked: "I felt like I was going to cry all morning" »
Best-of Light Installations on Fubiz – Fubiz™
best of light installations 2014 »
parenting.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/02/14/terran-lyons-mcdonalds-crew-trainer-on-raising-2-on-the-minimum-wage
Here's a McDonald's night-shift crew trainer describing her day, and the economics of her home »
Sony leaks reveal Hollywood is trying to break DNS, the backbone of the internet | The Verge
Sony leaks reveal Hollywood is trying to break DNS, the backbone of the internet: via @1882Woodbine »
Google Apps brings families together - Office Blogs
Probably 95% of people don't need actual "Office" and blog posts like this just make Microsoft look ridiculous »
The 50 Best Albums of 2014 | Pitchfork
Taylor snub! Pitchfork drops her behind Azealia, Lykke, St. Vincent, Angel Olsen, FKA Twiggs, & more way back at #31 »
Stephen Colbert Is Dead. Long Live Stephen Colbert. - Bloomberg Politics
Nice farewell to the Colbert Report from @williamfleitch »
ICANN hackers sniff around global DNS root zone system • The Register
"ICANN has been hacked and its root zone administration system compromised." (via @TheQuinnspiracy) »
21st Century Fox to Acquire Ad Tech Firm TrueX for $200 Million - CMO Today - WSJ
HUGE congrats to @joemarchese @thedavidlevy on their $200M exit after 8 yr ride! Strong founders, stayed the course. »
Darius Kazemi: the Oscar Wilde of internet bots – Tech Weekly podcast | Technology | The Guardian
Hey, I'm on the Guardian's Tech Weekly podcast talking about my bots and algorithms and how great @tiny_star_field is »
The Golem and the Jinni by Helene Wecker | 9780062110855 | NOOK Book (eBook) | Barnes & Noble
If you have not read THE GOLEM AND THE JINNI, 1. What are you doing with your life 2. It's $2.99 right now! Get it! htt… »
Paul McCartney Continues to Have a Wonderful (Financial) Christmas Time - Forbes
Some estimate that Paul McCartney makes $400,000-$600,000 a year off “Wonderful Christmastime.” »
Heather Champ's Postcard 365 | 2015
Still lots of spots available for Postcard 2015 365. Consider it a gift to your future self »
CASH Music
Care about artists connecting with fans? Then support @cashmusic. And @mailchimp will double your gift when you do »
Try this puzzle - The Incredible Company
@dwineman @davehayden And you can try it in the browser »
The Power of Two - The Atlantic
@remixeverything you read this? »
Trains Are Wonderful and People Are Garbage
@kfan scandal aka the attitude the toast has always had »
The Wall Street Journal - Breaking News, Business, Financial and Economic News, World News & Video - Wall Street Journal - Wsj.com
SCOOP: Regal, AMC and Cinemark will NOT be showing "The Interview" and ask Sony to postpone release. Coming soon to ht… »