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the trench gives nerds a way to look badass

November 6th, 2012 · Uncategorized


  The price is (really) right: ‘Dynamic ticketing’ could transform the way we pay to see live events – independent
  From The Desk Of Howe Gelb: Top Five Ways To Get Rid Of A Guitar – magnetmagazine
  They Might Be Giants’ “Flood”: Track by Track Guide to the Geek-Chic Breakthrough (2009) – rollingstone
  Ongakubaka
  TeenageLobotomy
WAINES – Let Me Be
The Mountain Goats – In Memory of Satan
The Mountain Goats – No Children
Bare Wires – One More Hour of Love
Replacements – I Hate Music/Stuck In The Middle
Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash – If I Were A Carpenter
Donnie & Joe Emerson – Baby
The Sheepdogs – The Way It Is

 

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a little more cruising down the highway, and a little less doing crystal meth on New Year’s

October 31st, 2012 · Uncategorized


   Spotlight on the WFTDA: 2012

  Super Bowl L: Mayor Lee Makes Dubious Claims of Economic Boost – sfweekly

  Alternative Ownership Models on Display in Soccer – sportseconomist

  High-Speed Video Clips from the 2012 NLCS and World Series – physicsofbaseball
  An Analysis of Hunter Pence’s “Triple Double” – physicsofbaseball
  Pitching Grips – How To Grip And Throw Different Baseball Pitches – thecompletepitcher
  Still playing moneyball: An exclusive interview with Billy Beane – athleticsnation
  Athletics Nation Year-End Awards – athleticsnation
  Post-Season Palaver: Plutes’ Pundits Pontificate Pathetically – mgmtbybaseball

 

2011 : Tying It All Together
2006 : BugMeNot
2003 : A lane too far — a moral quandary

 

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on the thin line between minimal functioning and moribundity

October 30th, 2012 · Uncategorized

 

  • EconoTrolls: An Illustrated Bestiary – noahpinion
  • Obama Defends His Finance Reform Record to Rolling Stone: A Response – mtaibbi   rollingstone
  • A Financial Economist Talks About Things We Should Know: Why We Have Debt. – mcsweeneys
  • U.S. Sues BofA for $1 Billion Over Mortgage Losses – yahoo
  • U.S. Sues Wells Fargo: Yet Another Bailed-Out Bank Accused of Fraud – mtaibbi   rollingstone
  • The Self-Destruction of the 1 Percent – nytimes
  • Congress Must Simplify Tax Code – jrickards   usnews
  • Expecting Nothing: How to Avoid Disappointment in a “Muddle Along” Economy – dailyreckoning
  • IMF Cuts Global Growth, Warns Central Banks, Whose Capital Is An “Arbitrary Number”, Is Only Game In Town – zerohedge
  • Rethinking Robert Rubin – businessweek
  • Why Does the SEC Protect Banks’ Dirty Secrets? – bloomberg
  • Is The SEC’s Ponzi Crusade Enabling Companies To Cook The Books, Enron-Style? – forbes
  • A Tax to Kill High Frequency Trading – forbes
  • Citigroup CEO Vikram Pandit Steps Down, Is Well Paid For . . . What Exactly? – mtaibbi   rollingstone
  • Chart of the day: US household debt-to-income versus debt servicing cost ratios – creditwritedowns
  • Chinese, US, Russian firms to set up ratings agency – straitstimes
  • Taibbi Talks One Percent on Bill Moyers – mtaibbi   rollingstone

     

    2008 : Hate’s last stand
    2007 : Britney Spears – Blackout review
    2003 : Passive-agressive robbery
    2002 : Headache-Relief Tips

     

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    disappointing, embarrassing, and over very quickly

    October 26th, 2012 · Uncategorized

     

        DrB 2010 sampler flashbacks:
     
       Theta 10-05   [download]
     [playlist]
     
     
       Theta 10-06   [download]
     [playlist]
     
     
       Theta 10-07   [download]
     [playlist]

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    Getting old is not polite.

    October 25th, 2012 · Uncategorized

     

      Two new DrBeeper 2012 samplers :

        Kappa10   [download]
    Easiest is not always best

         [playlist]
     

        Kappa11   [download]
    Hear a good tune, pick it up

         [playlist]
     

     

    2007 : In the Dreamscape of Nightmares, Clues to Why We Dream at All
    2002 : For Richer

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    Diplomacy is the art of saying ‘nice doggie’ until you can find a rock.

    October 24th, 2012 · Uncategorized

     

      Three new DrBeeper 2012 samplers :

        Kappa7   [download]
    Another pack of 2012 EP & single trax

         [playlist]
     

        Kappa8   [download]
    Toe-tappin’ 2012 top tunes

         [playlist]
     

        Kappa9   [download]
    Katy bar the door…

         [playlist]
     

     

    2008 : The Flow of Skills
    2006 : Should Vegas Take Over the BCS?
    2004 : The Path to Florida

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    what make your big head so hard!?

    October 23rd, 2012 · Uncategorized

  • Errors vs. Bugs and the End of Stupidity – winnowingoar
  • 99 life hacks – tuxedomask
  • NESbox | SNESbox

    The Science of Lucid Dreaming

     

    2009 : Ferris on TMBG
    2004 : Supercharging the brain
    2002 : Make Your Own Lava Lamp

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    The cool thing about the placebo effect is that it works even if you know it’s a placebo.

    October 21st, 2012 · Uncategorized

     


      The Story of the Iconic Cover Art for Joy Division’s Unknown Pleasures – laughingsquid
      Factory Girls: Cultural technology and the making of K-pop. – newyorker
    The Decemberists – The Mariner’s Revenge Song
    Daryl Hall & Cee Lo Green – I Can’t Go For That
    Stevie Wonder 1974 concert

     

      DrB 2005 mix flashback:
      I Couldn’t Help Being Mean   [download]
         [playlist]

     

    2010 : The Johnny Cash Project
    2003 : Oh, to be a pair of ragged claws

     

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    simplification, conquest or collapse

    October 19th, 2012 · Uncategorized

     

  • Athletes Perform Better Under Pressure When They Make a Fist With Their Left Hand – theatlantic


    Scenes from A’s memorable season – sfgate
    From prospect to priest: Grant Desme leaves the A’s, becomes a monk and tries to find his peace – yahoo
    The Prisoner of Redemption – grantland
    Comparing 2012’s No-Hitters – baseballanalytics
    How Big-League Bats Are Getting Harder Than Ever – wired


    Soccer’s big takeover – soccernet

    Computing Texas hold ’em – thehub

     

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    Joey’s nervous and the lights are bright

    October 10th, 2012 · Uncategorized

     

  • Let’s have a chat about death
  • Is marriage just a quaint notion? – jcarroll

     

        DrB flashbacks:
      2005 mix:
        Believing is Art : Spoon live 2004-2005   [download]
      2007 mix :
      Epsilon 07-05   [download]
         [playlist]

     


      Mountain Goats’ John Darnielle on Songwriting for Tormented Souls – time
    Black Market Karma – All That I’ve Made
    Jack White – I’m Shakin’
    Deer Tick/Turbo Fruits – Fight For Your Right
    PJ Harvey – Good Fortune
    The Mountain Goats – Cry for Judas
    Bob Dylan – Duquesne Whistle
    Dom – Living In America
    Mighty Fine – Black Train
    Wayne Coyne & The Saga of The Vibrating Panties
      MikkiSays
      N.A.R.
      nodata

     

    2011 : Do I Do
    2007 : The fascinating transformation of American democracy
    2003 : Tramp Lamps

     

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