Dispatches from the man-sized safe
by Pete on August 31, 2009
I think Publius is right on the money with this assessment of Dick Cheney: But I don’t think that “winning” the torture debate is his actual goal. To me, the goal of his recent charm offensive is simply to kick (…)
Twitter Updates for 2009-08-31
by Pete on August 31, 2009
This sounds like my reading program in elementary/high school, except I had to do it on my own time http://bit.ly/eJIiD # Dinner at the Northern Spy! # http://twitpic.com/fwr8f – Actually, it's Southern Tier IPA # Powered by Twitter Tools
Twitter Updates for 2009-08-30
by Pete on August 30, 2009
For whatever reason, this sort of weather makes me want to listen to Tom Waits # Ezra Klein makes a good point http://bit.ly/19HK1y # Hitting the road for Stone Ridge, NY shortly # Is back in the UC # Sweet! (…)
Twitter Updates for 2009-08-29
by Pete on August 29, 2009
Blecch. I feel like crap. # The first TV On the Radio album was really good stuff # Hooray! Rendezvous has 60-Minute IPA on tap! # Powered by Twitter Tools
Maybe we have too much long-form journalism
by Pete on August 28, 2009
Ta-Nahesi Coates has a post over at The Atlantic detailing his take on the “Long form journalism doesn’t work on the web” discussion that’s been floating around the Internets for the last few days. Following up on a post by (…)
Sadly, I have started watching Lost again
by Pete on August 28, 2009
No thanks to Hulu, and against my better judgement, I have gotten sucked back into Lost. I’m about five episodes into the second season. If I recall correctly, I have a few more episodes to go before I get to (…)
Twitter Updates for 2009-08-28
by Pete on August 28, 2009
More maintenance. Wasn't sleeping anyway. # I had completely forgotten that The Mission UK did a cover of "Dream On". Yes, THAT "Dream On". # I vaguely recall seeing a trailer or footage from this a few months ago and (…)
Howard Stern + the Internets = PROFIT (?)
by Pete on August 27, 2009
Jeff Jarvis expands on speculation from the NY Daily News’s David Hinckley that Howard Stern could leave Sirius and go independent via the Internet: Indeed, he could. Technology makes it possible: We could listen to him – and watch him (…)
Financial innovation
by Pete on August 27, 2009
So I keep reading and hearing stories (Planet Money, I’m looking at you here) involving people trying to figure out whether “financial innovation” is a good thing or a bad thing. On the one hand, you’ve got a bunch of (…)
Twitter Updates for 2009-08-27
by Pete on August 27, 2009
Holy shit–Ted Kennedy died? That sucks. # I wonder if Alan Keyes has started thinking about moving to Massachusetts yet # I definitely agree on both #1 and #2 http://bit.ly/KIuyM # @timoreilly No, that graph says p2p users spend a (…)