Jun 23 2009
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Jun 22 2009
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Vintage Coke Cans
I love these
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So great. I love a good John Hodgman speech.
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But how will I tell people that there’s a fire?
Jun 12 2009
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The Cost Conundrum: What a Texas town can teach us about health care.
“Somewhere in the United States at this moment, a patient with chest pain, or a tumor, or a cough is seeing a doctor. And the damning question we have to ask is whether the doctor is set up to meet the needs of the patient, first and foremost, or to maximize revenue.”
Jun 08 2009
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Jun 04 2009
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Google Wave
Great article on Wave by Andy Inhnatko
Jun 02 2009
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Goodbye, GM
“Don’t put another $30 billion into the coffers of GM to build cars. Instead, use that money to keep the current workforce — and most of those who have been laid off — employed so that they can build the new modes of 21st century transportation. Let them start the conversion work now.”
Jun 01 2009
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Awesome optical illusion by Ze Frank.
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I love our president, and I also love whoever writes his jokes.
Part 2 is even funnier. The 100 days bits are solid.
May 23 2009
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5 Abandoned Stations of the New York Subway System
The history of the NYC subway system is just fascinating. When I lived there, I stayed on the 6 train past the end and saw the old City Hall station, which was very cool. Never did check out that lower level of 42nd, though.
May 21 2009
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Whitest Kids U’Know: Grapist (via maniacalrage, willw)
“He sneaks into little kids’ rooms in the middle of the night, and he grapes them in the mouth.”
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Senate passes credit card reform
This is awesome. The two best points, I think, are
- If your card has more than one interest rate on balances, then payments must be applied to the highest interest rate first
- Individuals under 21 will need a co-signer on their cards unless they can prove that they have the means to make payments on their own
No more “free tee shirt with credit card sign up” at colleges, duping frat boys and sorority girls into massive credit card debt, and no more tricky fine print for those 0% balance transfers and 0% purchases for X months, where any new payments would be applied to the lowest interest rate first, maximizing the credit card company’s profits.
