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Entries from January 31st, 2009

the strenuous contraction of circumoral fascia with incomplete zygomatic involvement

January 31st, 2009 · Comments Off · Manila Home Page Archive

Mirror, Mirror on the Wall – zoom-emorris

The Audacity of Hoops: How basketball helped shape Obama – si

Physics of ëthe Hití – nytimes

  Aphex Twin – Selected Ambient Works II
  Quality – blefsetz
&nbsp&nbsp The Cobra: Inside a movie marketer’s playbook – newyorker
They Might Be Giants – Older

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a city of southern efficiency and northern charm

January 21st, 2009 · Comments Off · Manila Home Page Archive

  Still Small Voice And The Joyful Noise
  DRM or no, file-sharing dwarfs legitimate digital sales – hitsville
  The DRM fight isnít over yet – hitsville
  Mysterious Bob Log III reveals all – tucsoncitizen
  Bob Log III – My Shit is Perfect – vimeo
MGMT [...]

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Middle age is when your broad mind and narrow waist begin to change places

January 14th, 2009 · Comments Off · Manila Home Page Archive

Hack your brain: How to hallucinate with ping-pong balls and a radio – boston
Inside the Savant Mind: Tips for Thinking from an Extraordinary Thinker – sciam
Making Room for Miss Manners Is a Parenting Basic – nytimes
Harperís Index: A retrospective of the Bush era – harpers
Malcolm Gladwell [...]

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rather like trying to befriend a porcupine

January 12th, 2009 · Comments Off · Manila Home Page Archive

Questions for Sports Economist Andrew Zimbalist – freakonomics

Rules for next year’s BCS critics – usatoday

Let Freedom Ring: Busting the Myth of the Salary Cap – bbprospectus
The Going Rate != Intrinsic Value – squawkingbaseball
Willie, Bloomquist and the Dunn – joeposnanski
Loyalty a Foreign Substance in Baseball – [...]

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cognitive dissonance has become a national epidemic

January 9th, 2009 · Comments Off · Manila Home Page Archive

Some players in compensation-pick purgatory – bolney
Dodgers are playing the Manny Ramirez game perfectly – latimes
Gammons’s take – boston
Old guard squeezed in new market – tverducci
Moneyball Comes Full Circle – jonahkeri
Citi Field: Where Homeruns Go To Die – amazinavenue
Romero Joins a Unique [...]

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This war against consumers is unwinnable.

January 8th, 2009 · Comments Off · Manila Home Page Archive

At the Stove, a Dash of Science, a Pinch of Folklore – nytimes
A zest for lemons – sfgate

College Coaches Running up the Score: Responding to Incentives
Mega Event Update: Beijing Bird’s Nest Stadium
 - sportseconomist

  Stooges guitarist Ron Asheton found dead – freep
  How the [...]

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you can’t use a bulldozer to study orchids

January 6th, 2009 · Comments Off · Manila Home Page Archive

Dr. Horrible
The Best Links 2008 – kottke
Best of “Dark Roasted Blend” in 2008
Google Zeitgeist 2008

  Itunes goes DRM freeóat a price – hitsville
Guided By Voices – Teenage FBI
She & Him – Sweet Darlin’
Dead Trees – Killer in Me
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Di-di-dah-dit Di-di-dah Dah-di-dah-dit Dah-di-dah

January 5th, 2009 · Comments Off · Manila Home Page Archive

Strange But True year in review – jstark
What to watch for in 2009 – tverducci
2009 will celebrate the young player – pgammons
Slim pickings for starting pitchers – tbrown

Andrew Bird Discovers His Inner Operatic Folkie – nytimes
One bright spot amid the economic downturn – hitsville [...]

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my necktie is asleep

January 4th, 2009 · Comments Off · Manila Home Page Archive

Farewell to All That: An Oral History of the Bush White House – vanityfair
Corporate Code of Conduct – dilbert
Trend map for 2009: The vital Trends, Risks, and Red Herrings – rossdawsonblog
Edge Annual Question 2009: What Will Change Everything?
The Year in Review – dbarry in washingtonpost
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I’m counting on you to misinterpret what I say

January 3rd, 2009 · Comments Off · Manila Home Page Archive

DrBeeper’s Favorite Albums of 2008

2007 : Champagne Sabering
2005 : Kiddie Records Weekly
2002 : Auggie Wren’s Christmas Story

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